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Intellectuals:An intellectual is a person who uses intelligence (thought and reason) and analytical thinking, either in a professional or a personal capacity.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectuals)
avaunt guard:Avant-garde ( in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.
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Naivete:lack of sophistication or worldliness
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colorist: colorists - Artists, usually painters who give more importance to color believing that form may be differentiated using only color.
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A painter able to achieve special effects with color (wordnetweb.com)
Define and find an image of a pantograph: Mechanical device used to copy a figure or change the scale.
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TB or the illness of tuberculous:
1888-Rousseau's wife, Clémence, dies of tuberculosis.
Definition:"Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions usually in the lungs."(wordnetweb.com)
What does it mean to be a self taught artist:Educated or trained by oneself.
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Find the paintings and upload the following
War or
Discord on Horseback:
The sleeping gypsy:
The Dream:
Portrait with landscape:
Which painting do you like the most, and why, give your overall impression of his work. I like The Dream the most out of the four because the colors are bold and I like the fact that he put in many different animals in the picture, it makes you look deeper in the picture.I like most of his art.The colors he used how he arranged them,he might be my favorite Post impressionist.
Related research
Find a link to the Paris world fair, explain a little about it, up load an image, Remember that the Eiffel tower was made for this exhibition. How did Rousseau use the fair for inspiration.
Link: HERE
Old Photos of the World Fair:
A LITTLE ABOUT THE FAIR: The Fair opened April 15, 1900 and Closed November 12 1900.The 1900 World Fair, held in Paris, was a celebration for the turn of the century, and attracted over 50 million visitors.
ROUSSEAU and the FAIR:
"1889
• He visits the 1889 Paris World's Fair and is inspired to write a play on the subject, a light comedy entitled A Visit to the 1889 Exhibition.
• He also paints Myself, Portrait-Landscape in which he features the Eiffel Tower, the famous Paris landmark built for the 1889 Exhibition."
From:(http://www.tate.org/)
The fair inspired him to do all of his jungle paintings because at the fair they had a Safari exhibit. That's were he got most of his ideas for his animals and the plants.
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