Post-Impressionism (1)

Sources: History through Art, the Pre-Modern Era

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A. From: History through Art - the Pre-Modern Era

Click on: Contents (in the menu bar), and Feature.

Do features 8 and 9.

1. Stop the “tape” (by clicking on the left button) to fill in the table. Use the
backward button to repeat. Click on the middle icon at the bottom for the dictionary.

B. From: Encarta

Click on: Experiment, Famous Paintings, Gallery, Spirit of the Dead Watching

1. Look at the painting. What do you see? Who is the black figure?

 

 

2. Click on: Description. Read and take notes. a) What was the purpose of art, according to Gaugin? b) What is the connection between the two figures in the picture

C. Close the Experiment. Click on: Find. Type: Gauguin .

1. When did he live? _________________________

2. What did Gauguin do before beginning to paint?

3. At what age did he begin to paint? __________________

4.a. What art style did he begin with? _____________________

2. Click on the link. What characterized this art style?

 

3. Give the names of three painters from this school?

d. Listen to Debussy. What is similar about the painting and music of this period?

5. What art forms inspired Gaugin to change to a less naturalistic style?

6.a. Where did Gauguin spend the last 12 years of his life?

2. Why did he go there?

c. What characterized his paintings during this period?

7. Click on : Features (at the top), Atlas. Type: French Polynesia.

1. Where is French Polynesia located?

Click on: French Polynesia, Sights and Sounds. Look and listen.

How do you think living in a place like Tahiti can influence an artist’s work?