10. Post-Impressionism (1885 – 1905) Influenced by: Altered understanding of physical reality Atomic physics & chemistry; experimental psychology & subconscious “ All things become flimsy, with no strength or certainty.” – Kandinsky New understanding of artistic tradition Challenges to the art establishment, new influences Development of avant-garde culture Democracy & pluralism; rise of mass culture; alienated artists Changes in artistic form and content Imitation replaced by internal processes & structures – new subject matter
11. Creating a model of the real world Nature as observed Perception Mind Intellect Creating an imaginary world Artist’s sensations Conception Spirit Intuition Is art most rightly concerned with: or … or both? Seurat (1859-1891) Gauguin (1848-1903) Cezanne (1839-1906) Van Gogh (1853-1890)
12. “ Woman Leaning on a Parapet By the Seine” 1881 “ Study for Une Beignade ” 1883
13. “ Bathers at Asni è res” – Georges Seurat 1883-84
14. “ A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” – Georges Seurat 1884-86
15. “ Bridge at Courbevoie” - Georges Seurat 1886-1887
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17. “ Orchard, C ô te Saint-Denis at Pontoise” 1877 Paul C é zanne Camille Pissarro
33. "May I repeat what I told you here: treat nature by means of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything brought into proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point. Lines parallel to the horizon give breadth... lines perpendicular to this horizon give depth. But nature for us men is more depth than surface, whence the need to introduce into our light vibrations, represented by the reds and yellows, a sufficient amount of blueness to give the feel of air." Paul Cézanne to Emile Bernard, 15 April 1904
40. "I have sacrificed everything for style, because I wished to force myself into doing something other than what I know how to do." Gauguin to a friend, 8 October 1888
