Gauguin : Impressionism
Van Gogh : Post-Impressionism
Impressionism : depiction of light, its brush strokes, and its open composition on everyday subject matter
Post-Impressionists rejected Impressionism's spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color.
Post-Impressionists : more symbolic content, formal order, and structure. Post-Impressionists : stressed the artificiality of the picture.
Gauguin painted Impressionist landscapes, still lifes, and interiors influenced by Cezanne Pisarro & Cezanne
Van Gogh : left gobs of paint for the effect. didnt flatten it
Van Gogh was impulsive and tied to the fantasy world, while Gauguin was a rationalist and a good tactician
Van Gogh used imaginary and real elements
Van Gogh tried to show anxiety, suffering, love and hope
Abstract art : no certain conclusion as to its subject.
Impressionism vague but certain what the subject matter is
Gauguin & van Gogh :
emotional symbolism and personal meanings .
used their memories and emotions to connect with the viewer on a much deeper level.
not interested in depicting the "real" world
van Gogh : impassioned in symbolic and intense color, in surface tension, and in the movement and vibration of form and line
Impressionists used colour in a natural way, to capture the world they saw around them.
Van Gogh manipulated colour as a symbolic element in many of his paintings
Van Gogh used dramatic colour contrasts to create a sense of atmosphere rather than reality.
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