ARTH101: Art Appreciation and Techniques

9.6.5 Post-Impressionism

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "Post-Impressionism: Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884' Page

  Watch this video, which discusses an artwork by Georges Seurat. What characteristics of 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884' can be considered reactions to Impressionism?

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Joseph Roulin' Page

  Take note of the discussion of structure and color in Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Joseph Roulin'

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "Cézanne's 'Still Life with Apples'" Page

  Watch this video and read the accompanying text, both of which discuss an artwork by the Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne. Take note of Cézanne's relationship to older artistic traditions, how he at once reflected on visual traditions (including Impressionism) and innovated through form.
  

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "Gauguin's 'Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)'" Page

  Watch this video, which discusses artwork by Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. According to Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, how is Gauguin's use of color innovative?