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Art History Hum 7 » Impressionism
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Impressionism
It is all about the OPTICAL BLENDING!!! |
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OPTICAL BLENDING!! Impressionist techniques - Short, thick strokes of paint are used to quickly capture the essence of the subject rather than its details.
- Colors are applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible, creating a vibrant surface. The optical mixing of colors occurs in the eye of the viewer.
- Grays, and dark tones, are produced by mixing complimentary colors. In pure Impressionism the use of black paint is avoided.
- The play of natural light is emphasized. Close attention is paid to the reflection of colors from object to object.
   Degas   Monet   Close
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/     Cassatt    Cézanne   
  Renoir
  VanGogh
Vincent by Don Mc Lean Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul...
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land.
Now I understand
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they did not know how --
Perhaps they'll listen now.
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
Now I understand
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they did not know how--
Perhaps they'll listen now.
For they could not love you
But still, your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do--
But I could've told you, Vincent:
This world was never meant
For one as beautiful as you.
Starry, Starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
Now I think I know
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they're not listening still--
Perhaps they never will.
[Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch Painter] Medical records -
Van Gogh is often seen as the "mad" painter, particularly as he cut off part of his ear on one occasion. He had periods of mental problems, and did not paint (or sometimes was not allowed to) during them. Debate has raged over the years as to the source of Van Gogh's mental illness and its effect on his work. Over 150 psychiatrists have attempted to label his illness, and some 30 different diagnoses have been suggested.   Seurat 
Robert Silvers: www.photomosaics.com http://www.faheykleingallery.com/featured_artists/silvers/silvers_frames.htm ---this one you click on picture and run curser over segment you want to view enlarged....really cool!
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