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According to literature,
the stylistic innovation in painting known as Post- |
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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 in 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 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 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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