Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte
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Fin de Siècle William V. Ganis, PhD Post-Impressionism Experimenting with form and color 1880s-Impressionism came to be seen as too limited greater concern for expression, structure and form rejected the emphasis the Impressionists put on naturalism and the depiction of fleeting effects of light. Artists-examine the properties and the expressive qualities of line, pattern, form, and color. Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin -expressive capabilities of formal elements Georges Seurat and Paul Cézanne - more analytical Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave off Kanagawa 1857 color woodblock print 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. Ando Hiroshige Plum Garden, Kameido 1857 color woodblock print 36 x 24 cm Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge 1892-1895 oil in canvas 4 ft. x 4 ft. 7 in. Vincent van Gogh • • The Night Café • 1888 oil on canvas 2 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 3 ft. • How many paintings did he sell in his life? Influenced Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction colors and distorted forms to express his emotions Thick paint Vincent van Gogh Starry Night 1889 oil on canvas 2 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 1/4 in. Vincent van Gogh Starry Night 1889 oil on canvas 2 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 1/4 in. • • • Taught by Pissarro Expression Stained glass & Cloisonne enamels Paul Gauguin The Vision after the Sermon 1888 oil on canvas 2 ft. 4 3/4 in. x 3 ft. 1/2 in. •Subject/content: •abstracted into a pattern- flat color •Distortion of scale • • • flat shapes expressive color one of the important forerunners- expressionism Paul Gauguin Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897 oil on canvas 4 ft. 6 13/16 in. x 12 ft. 3 in. Paul Cézanne The Basket of Apples ca. 1895 oil on canvas 2 ft. 3/8 in. x 2 ft. 7 in. Mount Sainte Victoire Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte Victoire 1885 oil on canvas • • • • analytical style lines, planes, and colors that comprised nature – "cylinders, spheres, and cones” established the foundation of the modernist trend toward abstraction Cézanne = "Father of Modern Art" Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte Victoire 1897 oil on canvas Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte-Victoire 1902-1904 oil on canvas 2 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 11 1/4 in. Neoimpressionism Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884-1886 oil on canvas 6 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. • Neo-Impressionism • Optical mixing • Pointillism or Divisionism successive contrasts (afterimages) Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884-1886 oil on canvas 6 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. Symbolism • • Rejecting artistic Conventions Symbolism – Freedom of imagination, expression, & form – not to imitate reality but create a parallel world Gustave Moreau Jupiter and Semele ca. 1875 oil on canvas 7 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. Odilon Redon The Cyclops 1898 oil on canvas 2 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy 1897 oil on canvas 4 ft. 3 in. 6 ft. 7 in. • naïve artist (artists called naifs or naïfs)- no formal training • STYLE = childlike, non-naturalistic, brightly colored- sophisticated • subconscious, dream state • emotional response • dramatic presentation • color • lines Edvard Munch The Scream 1893 oil, pastel and casein on cardboard 2 ft. 11 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. Edvard Munch The Dance of Life 1900 oil on canvas 49 1/2 x 75 1/2 in. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Ugolino and His Children 1865-1867 marble 6 ft. 5 in. high Augustus Saint-Gaudens Adams Memorial 1891 bronze 5 ft. 10 in. high Auguste Rodin Walking Man 1905 bronze 6 ft. 11 3/4 in. high Auguste Rodin Burghers of Calais 1884-1889 bronze 6 ft. 10 1/2 in. high Arts and Crafts • • • • • • Aesthetic movement that brought a new appreciation of the decorative arts John Ruskin & William Morris England Second half of the 19th century Art made by the people for the people- high quality artistry Floral and geometric designs William Morris Green Dining Room 1867 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Ingram Street Tea Room Glasgow, Scotland 1900-1902 Art Nouveau • New Art • Developed from ideas of Arts & Craft Movement • Influences: – Japanese print design – Van Gogh & Gauguin • Art based on natural forms • Massed produced for large audience • "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect.” • inspired by – impressionist and pointillist artists – steel and glass Victor Horta staircase in the Van Eetvelde House Brussels, Belgium 1896 • English artist • Symbolism & Art Nouveau • Salome, Oscar Wilde illustration • Japanese print • Organic • Pattern • Pen and ink Aubrey Beardsley The Peacock Skirt for Oscar Wilde’s Salome 1894 pen-and-ink illustration • • • • Spanish Moorish-Spanish architecture Sculptural affect cave-like – 1879 discovery Antonio Gaudi Casa Milá Barcelona, Spain 1907 • • • • • “end of the century” Political turmoil Aspiring middle classes Decadence & indulgence Most prominently in Austria Gustav Klimt The Kiss 1907-1908 oil on canvas 5 ft. 10 3/4 in. x 5 ft. 10 3/4 in. Gustav Klimt Death and Life 1908-11 oil on canvas 70 1/8 x 78 in. Louis Comfort Tiffany Lotus Table Lamp ca. 1905 leaded favrile glass, mosaic and bronze 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high • • • • • • • Industrialization and architecture Skeleton structure French Revolution 984 ft- largest structure at the time What was the public’s reaction? Use of cast-iron in commercial buildings France’s gift to USA Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel Eiffel Tower Paris, France 1889 wrought iron 984 ft. high AlexandreGustave Eiffel Eiffel Tower Paris, France 1889 wrought iron 984 ft. high • • 1st modern architect Latest technology + aesthetic design – Materials– Design- Henry Hobson Richardson Marshall Field wholesale store Chicago, Illinois 1885-1887 Louis Henry Sullivan Guaranty Building Buffalo, New York 1894-1896 Louis Henry Sullivan Carson, Pirie Scott Building Chicago, Illinois 1899-1904
