MPC 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Edgar Degas, Upper Class, Divisionism
30 Dec 2015
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~1886 impressionists accepted as serious artists, but some felt impressionists were neglecting too many elements of traditional picturemaking to capture moments. Post = more systematic examination of line, pattern, form, and color. Sensibility of modern life with a satirical edge. Upper class, but dabbled in nightlife with tawdry people and social outcasts. Energy of music halls: at the moulin rouge. Oblique composition, asymmetrical composition, diagonals, strong lines. Uniquely tl: glaring lights, masklike faces, dissonant colors. Scenes like impressionists, but unlike renoir"s moulin which is relaxed and casual, tl has brassy music, corrupt and cruel faces. Pointillism or divisionism: separate color into component parts then apply pure color in tiny dots: shapes become comprehensible at a distance, when viewer"s eyes blend the dots: a sunday on la grande jatte. Impressionist recreational theme and analysis of light and color. But: more rigid and remote, not spontaneous. Repeated forms = rhythmic depth and side to side.
