FAH287H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Georges Seurat, Mary Cassatt, Neo-Impressionism
22 Oct 2018
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Declaring the right for women to look, and not only be the objects. Male artists were engaging with this idea as well. He refused the viewer access to the full nude. Monet was very inspired by these japanese prints. I. e. the subject matter, the way that the composition is organized. Monet"s late work slowly moving into abstraction. Desires of the unconscious, the idea of irrationality. The facture of the sculpture also being foregrounded in the works. Claudel carving out a space for women"s experience in sculpture. She had an interest in mixed media works. The term post-impressionism was coined by roger fry. Be careful when using these two terms. Post-impressionists wanted to do more than just catch a fleeting moment. Developed pointillism (also known as divisionism [divided brush strokes]) De la loi du contraste simultane des couleurs, chevreul, 1839. All about colour studies and how colours interact with each other. A lot of post-impressionists used these theories in their work.
