Essays on Post-Impressionism

Art is one of the most ancient aspects of history and there has been its evolvement over the years. Many of the artists in history use their art works having specific objectives and the main one being to express their thoughts. Art work varies widely but in our case we will look at painting works. We will not look at it in general terms but we will be specific and look at the movement that came up of post-impressionism and how Van Gogh and Gauguin used their artistic work as a reaction against the concerns that were raised by ...

The word “modern” at first appeared long time ago – in 1585 and its meaning in Late Latin was “just now”. In English language the term modern had almost a similar meaning – “existing now”. There are two terms that relate to modern: modernism and modernity. Though they seem to be the same while derived from one term, it is though necessary to point out a definition of each of them and tell about their differences. Modernity, also known as modernization, can be defined as a process of social and economic development, involving the rising of industry, urbanization, technology and bureaucratic ...

Impressionism is one of the most striking periods in art that started in the 19th century. This period is characterized by the stylistic arts that greatly differ from the traditional manners of painting. It’s styles includes light as one of the main subjects, subtle and blurry lines, use of fanciful color combinations, and capturing of dynamic movements in the canvass (Schumann, 2012). The works in this period varies greatly from the traditional ones such that the arts reflected by the impressionist artists are real time and dynamic. Whereas the previous arts deal with static ...

There is a remarkable change regarding the extent of art in history. In the past, art paid attention to the natural art and beauty solely. However, the majority of art has continued to flow on different directions and has crossed different oceans. Many years ago, arts that depict the environment has captured interest and it has developed as an imperative center of contemporary investigation of arts. Together with environmental principles, art has turned to be an element of the wider variety of environmental investigation as well as environmental activities and endeavors. This development has sustained, understanding environment in ...

Impressionism refers to a period of art that existed in 19th century. It originated from the France based artists as they exhibited their work in the public in 1874. The origin of the word impression can be traced from Luis Leroy, an art critic, as he commented on Monet’s painting. He referred the painting to be just an impression and should not be considered finished, thus the named adoption of the name. The early impressionists were radical painters who used to changing the idea of the historic impressionists. Impressionism had certain characteristics that would define their painting. For ...

Impressionism was a movement or style of painting that originated and developed in France in 1870s and distinguished by its focus on the immediate impression produced by a landscape or scene and use of the primary colors to replicate actual reflected light. The style was characterized mainly by the use of intense colors, open composition, light and movement and brush strokes. The roots of impressionism include the early 19th century plein-air painting methods by the Barbizon school and naturalism of Camille Corot. Impressionists specialized mainly in genre scenes and landscapes. They were mainly concerned with producing visual reality in their paintings ...

The movement that I like the most is post impressionism. Post impressionism is defined as an extension of the impression movement. Artists who produced post impressionistic works used many of the same techniques as impressionists, but used them with a greater amount of freedom. Impressionists were more concerned with natural paintings and emphasized the use of light; post impressionists, however, rejected these limitations. Post impressionists used vivid colors like the impressionists, but they often would blend colors together. They achieved this technique by painting over colors while they were still wet on the canvas which would create a blending of color ...