Impressionism

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Expressionism is a term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect, which first surfaced in the art literature of the early twentieth century. When applied in a stylistic sense, with reference in particular to the use of intense colour, agitated brushstrokes, and disjointed space. Rather than a single style, it was a climate that affected not only the fine arts but also dance, cinema, literature and the theatre.

Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him. He accomplishes his aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements. In a broader sense Expressionism is one of the main currents of art in the later 19th and the 20th centuries, and its qualities of highly subjective, personal, spontaneous self-expression are typical of a wide range of modern artists and art movements.

Unlike Impressionism, its goals were not to reproduce the impression suggested by the surrounding world, but to strongly impose the artist's own sensibility to the world's representation. The expressionist artist substitutes to the visual object reality his own image of this object, which he feels as an accurate representation of its real meaning. The search of harmony and forms is not as important as trying to achieve the highest expression intensity, both from the aesthetic point of view and according to idea and human critics.

Expressionism assessed itself mostly in Germany, in 1910. As an international movement, expressionism has also been thought of as inheriting from certain medieval artforms and, more directly, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and the fauvism movement.

The most well known German expressionists are Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Lionel Feininger, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein; the Austrian Oskar Kokoschka, the Czech Alfred Kubin and the Norvegian Edvard Munch are also related to this movement. During his stay in Germany, the Russian Kandinsky was also an expressionism addict.

Impressionism is not a religion.

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Post impressionism, art Nouveau, Symbolism, Vienna secission, les Nabis

Of course Impressionism, since Post-Impressionism means after Impressionism.

There are thousands of painters of Impressionism, including painters today. Historically, Monet, Manet, Degas, Pissaro, Homer, Macchiaioli, Pissaro, Sisely, Cezanne, Berthe Morisot, and Cassatt, are some of the most famous.

The image above is not one of Cézanne's Bathers. He painted Bathers from the 1870's onward. Near the end of his life he painted three large scale works of women bathers. The figures in all of these paintings have one thing in common, they are linked architecturally to each other and the background. He worked for seven years on the most famous of his Bather paintings, and considered it unfinished upon his death in 1905. You can view the actual painting at this link: http://totallyhistory.com/the-bathers/

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T. Fournier is a contemporary artist known for his modern impressionist style, which blends traditional impressionism with modern techniques and themes. His work often features vibrant colors and dynamic brushwork, capturing the essence of light and movement. Fournier's art seeks to evoke emotions and convey a sense of immediacy, making it resonate with today's audiences. He is part of a new wave of artists revitalizing the impressionist movement for the 21st century.

Primitivism and Impressionism are distinct art movements with different focuses. Primitivism seeks inspiration from non-Western cultures and emphasizes a return to simpler forms of expression, often idealizing the primitive or the "natural." In contrast, Impressionism, which emerged in the late 19th century, focuses on capturing the effects of light and color in everyday scenes, often through loose brushwork and an emphasis on the momentary experience. While both movements challenge traditional artistic conventions, primitivism looks outward for inspiration, whereas Impressionism concentrates on the immediate visual experience.

Impressionism began to fade as a dominant intellectual school in the late 19th century, particularly after the 1880s, as artists sought new styles and movements, such as Post-Impressionism and Symbolism. The transition was marked by a shift toward more abstract and expressive forms of art. By the early 20th century, Impressionism had largely been integrated into the broader narrative of modern art, influencing subsequent movements while no longer being seen as a distinct intellectual school.

Impressionistic painters from France are: Edgar Degas, Eduard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley.

Paul Gauguin - Apex

The song clearly demonstrates a deep-seated admiration for not only the work of Van Gogh, but also for the man himself. The song includes references to his landscape works, in lines such as "sketch the trees and the daffodils" and "morning fields of amber grain" - which describe the amber wheat that features in several paintings. There are also several lines that may allude to Van Gogh's self-portraits: perhaps in "weathered faces lined in pain / are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand", McLean is suggesting that Van Gogh may have found some sort of consolation in creating portraits of himself. There is, too, a single line describing Van Gogh's most famous set of works, Sunflowers. "Flaming flowers that brightly blaze" not only draws on the luminous orange and yellow colours of the painting, but also creates powerful images of the sun itself, flaming and blazing, being contained within the flowers and the painting.

In the first two choruses, McLean pays tribute to Van Gogh by reflecting on his lack of recognition: "They would not listen / they did not know how / perhaps they'll listen now." In the final Chorus, McLean says "They would not listen / They're not listening still / Perhaps they never will." This is the story of Van Gogh: unrecognised as an artist until after his death. The lyrics suggest that Van Gogh was trying to "set [people] free" with the message in his work. McLean feels that this message was made clear to him: "And now I understand what you tried to say to me," he sings. Perhaps it is this eventual understanding that inspired McLean to write the song.

There are also references to Van Gogh's sanity and his suicide. Throughout his life, Van Gogh was plagued with mental disorders, particularly depression. He "suffered for [his] sanity" and eventually "took [his] life as lovers often do."