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Things to Get:
 Notebook
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paper (2)
Things to Do:
 PUT
YOUR
HOMEWORK IN THE
BOX!
 Opener: Impressionism
Review
 Class work:
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2) Post Impressionism
 Exit
Slip: Quiz on Artists
and their Work
Opening Agenda
Opener: Answer the following as you watch the following video clip:
1) What two main characteristics of Impressionism that you see in the film clip?
2) This scene shows the influence of many Impressionist artists. How does this scene
use color to create light?
3) What medium is used in this scene? Why is this medium crucial to the development
of Impressionism?
4) Where do you see the influences of the following two Impressionist artists?
a. Renoir
b. Monet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYonzhFT_z4
Impressionist music
Maurice Ravel
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March 7, 1875 - 1937
Important Fact:
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Characteristics of Music:
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Famous for being a French composer and pianist
of the impressionist period
He relied on traditional forms and structures as
ways of presenting his new and innovative
harmonies.
He often masked the sections of his structure with
transitions that disguised the beginnings of the
motif.
Famous Works:
 “The Waltz”- starts with ¾ time; at the end,
dissonance is used to create a feeling of
chaos, representing Europe after WWI
 “Bolero”- Ballet set in Spanish tavern, where
a gypsy dancing on a table induces a state of
ecstasy for the audience. Causes a riot
How does Ravel’s Bolero use dynamics and timbre to
reflect the Industrial Age?
“a piece lasting seventeen minutes and
consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue
without music" — of one very long,
gradual crescendo…”
What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does
this remind you of?
Clip One:
- Answer questions #6-10
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KgpEru9lhw Clip Two:
- Answer question #11
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkHA2pf1gvc
Claude Debussy
• 1862 – 1918
• Born in France
• Transition from late-Romantic music to early Modern
music
• His music was thought to suggest “how sounds look and
how colors sound.” – “instrumental color”
•Clair de Lune is his most famous piece.
• His two biggest influences were Richard Wagner and styles of
non-western music (specifically the instrumentation of music
from the island of Java).
• He had a turbulent private life – had affairs with four women,
only one of which he actually married
“Color…is
vibration just as
music is.” – Paul Gauguin
How does Debussy’s Clair de Lune use timbre to create
mood?
“themes are blended seamlessly so that the
transitions are as fluid and undetectable as
possible”
What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does
this remind you of?
Think of this quote as you watch this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcpamvLB2JU&featu
re=related
Answer the corresponding questions on your
viewing guide.
http://www.tcd.ie/Music/JF%20History/debussy.html
Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
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1886 to 1892
describes European art following
Impressionism
Individual approach to painting
was stressed that was unique to
each artist working at the time.
Main artists were:
 Paul
Gauguin
 Georges Seurat
 Vincent van Gogh
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Paul Gauguin
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1848-1903
leading Post-Impressionist
artist
paved the way to primitivism
 a belief that the qualities
of primitive or early
cultures are superior to
those of contemporary
civilization.
 Influenced by his move to
Taihiti
Famous work:
 Where Do We Come
From? What Are We?
Where Are We Going?
 Self Portrait With Halo
Where Do We Come From? What Are
We? Where Are We Going?
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"I believe that this canvas not only surpasses all
my preceding ones, but that I shall never do
anything better—or even like it."
Where Do We Come From? What Are
We? Where Are We Going?
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The three women with a child
represent the beginning of life
the middle group symbolizes
the daily existence of young
adulthood;
and in the final group,
according to the artist, "an old
woman approaching death
appears reconciled and
resigned to her thoughts;" at
her feet, "a strange white
bird...represents the futility of
words."
The blue idol in the
background apparently
represents what Gauguin
described as "the Beyond."
www.wikipedia.com
•This painting is meant to be
read from right to left.
•While painting this piece,
Gauguin vowed to commit
suicide once it was complete.
Self-Portrait with Halo (1889)
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Gauguin uses bold
design, intense color,
flat shapes to
emphasize symbolism.
Desired to find the
primitive core of human
imagination.
The Vision After the Sermon, Jacob
Wrestling the Angel- 1888
Georges Seurat
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1859-1891
French
founder of Neoimpressionism and
Pointillism
 Distinct
dots of color to
create work
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Famous work:
 Sunday
Afternoon on the
Island of La Grande Jatte
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
XaJRtRZIT5o
Bathing at Asnieres (1884)
The Circus
(1891)
Vincent van Gogh
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1853-1890- Dutch
Previous jobs included:
 art dealer
 teacher
 missionary worker
 started as an artist in 1880 @ age 27
Was known for using expressive elements such as
twisting lines to reflect his feelings and emotions
about a subject
Had a great interest in Japanese art and collected
Ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
produced more than 2,000 works during the last
ten years of his life
friends with Paul Gauguin
committed suicide
Japonisme
The Potato Eaters (1885)
- Van Gogh’s first great painting
Café Terrace at Night, 1888
- Van Gogh uses linear
perspective, unlike many of
his other works.
- What is the vanishing point?
- Paints darkness without black
– the buildings are in shades
of blue
- The café is still there today,
refurbished to look like the
painting
Café Van Gogh in 2007
The café is still there, in Arles, France. It’s been refurbished to
look (something) like it did in the painting. (Photo © 2007 Heidi Pettigrew)
Starry Night (1889)
- movement & rhythm
used though
repetition and pattern
- one of his greatest
works
- artistic brilliance
soared as his mental
state declined
- painted while
Vincent was in an
insane asylum
- Unlike most of his
works, Starry Night
was painted from
memory and not
outdoors as was his
preference
Vase with Twelve
Sunflowers
-sunflower series are
the most famous of
his works
-mostly done in 1888
in the hopes of
pleasing Paul
Gauguin when he
came to the "Yellow
House"
Self Portrait with
Bandaged Ear (1889)
-Gauguin moved in with Van
Gogh in October.
-The relationship deteriorated
throughout December.
-Relations between the pair
declined in tandem with
Vincent's state of mental health.
-On 23 December, van Gogh, in
an irrational fit of madness,
mutilated the lower portion of
his left ear, wrapped it in cloth
and then took it to a prostitute.
-Originally went after Gauguin
with the razor blade before
attacking himself
Portrait of Doctor Gachet
(1890)
Portrait of Doctor Gachet
is famous for a number of
reasons.
-painted in the last few
months of Van Gogh's life
-1990, Portrait of Doctor
Gachet was sold within
three minutes for $82.5
million.
Night Café, 1888
Night Café, 1888
 Van Gogh wanted this painting to convey
an oppressive atmosphere
- “A place where one can ruin oneself, go
mad, or commit a crime.”
Proprietor at the edge of the billiard table
Madness is conveyed with vivid hues that
contrast each other
Deep perspective on the table makes it
seem like it’s going to slide out of the
painting
The thickness, shape, and direction of his
brush strokes created a tactile counterpart
to his intense color schemes
Moved the brush back and fourth or at
right angles
Direct application from paint tube
Activity
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Fold into three parts
In each section, label it with
the following:
 Gauguin
 Seurat
 Van
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Gogh
Draw the image on the left in
their style
Must use color
15 minutes
Homework
Impressionist Self-Portrait
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1) Your illustration must take up
an entire sheet of white
computer paper.
2) All subject matter in the
painting must be illustrated
using the techniques of
impressionism: ONLY SHORT
“BRUSHSTROKES” CAN BE
USED!
3) Your illustration must use
color.
4) Setting: Outside, Cafes,
Streets of Lexington (pretty
ones)
Exit Slip
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Match the following
styles with the correct
artist.
1. Layered brush strokes
2. Bold, flat color
3. Tiny dots of color
4. Which image best
describes the
following two musical
pieces?