ART History- Rousseau

The Post impressionists-Henri Rousseau


Define

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.

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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.

Art History-Van Gogh

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS-VAN GOGH (50 MIN)

Here is a picture of his work of his famous painting
Starry Night


How did Van Gogh die and at what age?
Van Gogh's depression, (one he had for quite sometime) deepened, and on July 27, 1890, at the age of 37, he walked into the fields and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. Without realising that he was fatally wounded, he returned to the Ravoux Inn, where he died in his bed two days later. Theo hastened to be at his side and reported his last words as "La tristesse durera toujours", (French for "the sadness will last forever"). He was buried at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise.
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What color did he use a lot?
Yellow
Where is he from and where did he move to to continue his painting?
Birth Year : 1853 Death Year : 1890 Country : Netherlands then he moved to Paris.
Can you find a picture of Van Gogh with a candle in his hat?
I could not find one, but I remember seeeing a painting on the vedio.
What painting did he paint using this method?
Starry Night and other night scenes, he would put a candle in his hat so he could see at night when he would paint.
How many paintings did Van Gog sell in his life time?He sold one painting when he was alive but now he is famous and many paintings have sold and sell for millions of dollars.
Who supported him during his life ?
His brother Theo.
Van Gogh might have been mentally ill, he went to a mental hospital , it is reported that he hallucinated, how do you think this effected his art? Be descriptive and thoughtful like an art historian.
I think his depression and that he was hallucinating effected his art a lot because through out his painting nothing Is clear and I'm wondering is that what he thought his surroundings looked like.
Did Van Gogh have syphilis?
Yes, he did so did many other artist.
Van Gogh was inspired by what native or foreign countries work?
Japan
find an example of this influence and upload.


Define psychiatric illness:A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_illness
define psychotic: "Person afflicted with psychosis
characteristic of or suffering from psychosis."
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80 people signed a petition to have Van Gogh recommitted to a mental hospital , why do you think they did this? Because he was a little crazy and because he wasn't like every one else.
Can you find a work of art that Van Gogh painted during this period, while he was in the asylum? Yes it is titled The assylum Garden
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Art History- Munch

The Scream

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS

-Munch (50 MIN)

Describe Munich s childhood and how did it effect his painting?
"1868 Munch's mother dies of tuberculosis at the age of 30. Her sister, Karen Bjolstad, takes over household.
1877 Sister, Sophie, dies of tuberculosis at age of 15. "(edvardmunch.com)
This effected him a lot in his art, it made his art more gloomy because he was so very little when he lost his mother and sister.
define Bohemians, Munch consider himself one -A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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or A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life.
define Kierkegaard- Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (; ) (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. What is the Philosphy?
Define Angst:In German, an emotional state of anxiety without a specific cause. In existentialism, the term refers to general human anxiety at having free will. www.bigcityart.com

Define Melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the ...
black bile: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
somber: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Munch liked pointillism define this style and try to find an example: "Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of color create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending. or a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye." (wikipedia.com)

What artist influenced him the most, Van Gogh, Pizarro, Cezanne, Monet or Gauguin.
Munch was not known for his landscapes, what was his subject matter?
He was known for his death, love and anxiety paintings.
How did he die? "1944 Shortly after his 80th birthday, on January 23, Edvard Munch dies peacefully at home in Ekely. Bequeaths 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolors, and 6 sculptures to the city of Oslo." (Edvardmunch.com)
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