Post Impresssionism and German Expressionism

characteristics of post impressionism

• emotional depiction was valued over visual accuracy

• colour was used symbolically instead of realistically

• form, structure and composition was important

• overall shift away from traditional art

• (distorted perspectives, nudity, outlines etc)

van gogh influenced

expressionism

cezanne influenced

cubism

gauguin and seurat influenced

fauvism and divisionism

the large bathers - paul cezanne

• colour is used to build form

• female nude figures (not religous or mythological) > shift away from traditional norms (nude depictions were frowned upon and women were not common in subject matter)

• visible brushstrokes > show artist’s labour and hand + shift away from traditional norms

• distorted perspective (flattened space) > shift away from traditional norms

• simplified and loose forms (lack of anaotomy) > shift away from traditional norms

the starry night - vincent van gogh

• vibrant palette > colour used emotionally and symbolically not accurately

• visible brushstrokes (impasto) > emphasizes movement, labour and artists individuality

• distorted perspective (space is simplified) > shift away from traditional norms

where do we come from? what are we? where are we going to? - paul gauguin

• symbolic use of colour rather than naturalistic

• form is defined by line and colour not by light and shadow

• distorted perspective (one viewpoint) > shift away from traditonal norms

• unnaturalistic setting

• subject matter: philosophical

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at the moulin rouge - henri de toulouselautrec

• distorted perspective

• cropped and unbalanced composition (framed by table) > shift away from traditional composition

• loose form and outlined figures (some parts look unfinished/thin)

• unnatural colours

• exaggerated faces and figures > psycological characterisation over idealised beauty and proportion

influences of expressionism

• Van Gogh

• non-western culture

• art created by children and the mentally ill

• german character (searching beyond appearance)

• tension form WWI

• Edvard Munch

characteristics of die brucke

• name - bridging the gap between old and new art

• themes - critisising social conditions, personal feelings, angstful art (love, hate jealousy)

• content was more important than traditional elements

• strong primary and secondary colours, contrasts, used non-naturally

• distorted shapes, bold outlines, crowded spaces, work seemed unfinished

• broad, thick brushstrokes and loose application emphasise the artists emotion

self-portrait as a soldier - kirchner

• strong contrasting palette > emphasize inner conflicts

• distortion > conveyed psycological state

• subject matter: personal and psycological (shifting away from reality)

• darkened eyes > highlights unease and discomfort

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