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years. Paul Signac met Claude Monet and Georges Seurat in 1884. He was struck by the systematic working methods of Seurat and his color theory. He became Seurat’s faithful supporter. Under his influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of impressionism to experiment with scientifically juxtaposed small dots of pure color‚ intended to combine and
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Picasso’s work is a cubism work as Van Gogh’s is a post impressionism work. Van Gogh used bright color in his work to bring the piece alive‚ Picasso however uses black‚ white and grey to give his work a serious sad feel to it. Van Gogh forms things such as the tree and the village so we know what they are when looking
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Kindred Spirits vs Christina’s World When you look at two pieces of art‚ side by side‚ there are always things you notice. Some of these observations may be similarities‚ some may be differences. So‚ what observations can we make about the two classic American pieces Kindred Spirits and Christina’s World? Let’s find out. Kindred Spirits is a painting made in 1849 by Asher Brown Durand. It was a tribute to the deceased Thomas Cole‚ a friend of Durand. It shows Cole standing
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Pointillism is the technique of painting using small‚distinct doors and organizing them into certain shapes and patterns to form an image. This technique was developed by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in 1886. Some artistic techniques like Neo-impressionism and divisionmare are also corresponding to pointillism. It is a technique that relies on the ability if the eye and in he mind to blend the dots together to form a picture. When the painting is seen from a distance the dots and rough edges get
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Van Gogh Essay In this essay I am going to discuss Vincent Van Gogh and post-Impressionism. Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work‚ notable for its rough beauty‚ emotional honesty and bold color‚ had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness‚ he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound‚ generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found). His work was
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http://www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/art/composition-with-red-yellow-and-blue-composed-by-piet-mondrian-from-1937-1942-possesses-a-sense-of-simplicity-whilst-simultaneously-comprises-of-complexity.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian IMPRESSIONISM HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: * Claude Monet worked on WaterlilyPond from 1904 to 1905. * In 1883 Monet moved from the north-west of Paris to Giverny where he lived until his death. Adjacent to his property was a small pond which he acquired
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Tommy Van Pham Grade 11 Art History Questions – The Renaissance to Impressionism 1) Gutenberg’s printing press facilitated the spread of ideas such as religious books‚ volumes of poetry and the mass production capability gave thousands of readers’ access to knowledge that had to be recopied before the perfection of the printing press. People of the renaissance time were now knowledgeable and educated about current events‚ literature‚ science etc. It changed the way they viewed life because of
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Van Gogh and The Representation of Happiness Through His Own Bedroom Vincent Van Gogh‚ Bedroom in Arles‚ 1889‚ Oil on canvas‚ currently at the De Young Museum (San Francisco)‚ “Van Gogh‚ Gauguin‚ Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay”Exhibition. On a smaller canvas than two other similar paintings‚ Vincent Van Gogh carefully painted for the third time his bedroom in Arles‚ a charming town in the south of France‚ and thus created this approximately 22
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Odilon Redon As an artist‚ Odilon Redon expressed his volition to “place the visible at the service of the invisible.” What‚ in these terms‚ constitutes the “visible” aspect of Redon’s works‚ and what constitutes the “invisible”? Similarly‚ what reappearing motifs do we see in Redon’s works‚ and how might these be contextualized or interpreted? As a child‚ Odilon Redon had learned from his father‚ to watch the rolling clouds and see the infinite manifestations of form. This carried on far
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