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According to literature, the stylistic innovation in
painting known as
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Impressionism. began in the 1880’s. Unlike the Impressionism, the
Post- |
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Impressionism did not concentrate on the play of
light over objects, people, |
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and nature, breaking up seemingly solid
surfaces, stressing vivid contrast |
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between colors in sunlight and
shade, and
depiction reflected light
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all of |
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its possibilities.
Instead, the new style
wanted to depict what they saw in |
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nature by. pursuing
a more personal and spiritual
expression. The Post- |
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Impressionists did not want to observe the world
from indoors. Like earlier |
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Impressionists, they abandoned the studio,
painting in the open air and
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recording spontaneous impressions of
their subjects instead of making
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outside sketches and then moving
indoors to complete the work form
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memory. |
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Post-Impressionism was a movement in France that not
only represented |
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an extension of.Impressionism, but also a rejection of
that style’s inherent |
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limitations. Of all the painters in the Post-Impressionism,
Paul Cézanne, |
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Georges Seurat, Paul
Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Henri
de Toulouse- |
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Lautrec
are the most famous ones.
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The Post-Impressionists often presented their
workstogether, but, unlike |
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the Impressionists,who began as a close-knit,
convivial group, they painted |
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mainly alone.
Cézanne painted in. solation
in southern France; his solitude |
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was
matched by that of Paul Gauguin, who in 1891.took
up residence in |
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Tahiti, and of van Gogh, who painted in the countryside at Arles. Both |
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Gauguin and van Gogh rejected the indifferent
objectivity of
Impressionism |
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in favour of a
more personal, spiritual expression. In
1 886, Gauguin |
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renounced “the abominable error of
naturalism.” Also, Gauguin sought a |
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simpler truth and
purer aesthetic in
art;turning away from the sophisticated, |
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urban art world of Paris, he
instead looked for inspiration in rural |
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communities with
more traditional values. The
Dutch painter van Gogh |
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quickly adapted
Impressionist techniques and color to
express his acutely |
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felt emotions
after his arrival in
Paris. But later, he conveyed his emotionally |
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charged
and ecstatic responses to the natural
and scape bytransforming the |
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contrasting short brush strokes of
Impressionism into curving,vibrant lines |
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of color, exaggerated even
beyond Impressionist
brilliance. |
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The Post-Impressionism not
only led away from a naturalistic approach |
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but also developed the two
major movements of early 20th-century:Cubism |
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and
Fauvism. Therefore, the works of the Post-Impressionists
could be called |
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as a basis for several
contemporary trends and for early 20th-century |
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modernism. |
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