Neo-Impressionism: Pointillism

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Neo-Impressionism Pointillism

• Christina Parker

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What is Neo-Impressionism?

• Neo-Impressionism is a smaller movement connected
  to the much larger, avant-garde movement of
  Post-Impressionism
• It is based on the system of applying separate
  colors to a surface so the eye will mix the
  colors, not the artist and his paints

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So, how did it come about?

• French artist Georges Seurat studied the color
  theory of the time and formulated a precise
  application of painted dots that would mix
  optically. Seurat called this Chromoluminarism
• Because of Seurats scientific breakdown of
  combining dots of color to create the illusion of
  color he is often stated to be the father of
  Divisionism, or Pointillism as we call it now

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To illustrate
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Key characteristics of Neo-Impressionism

• Tiny dots of color
• Clean, clear contours around forms
• Luminescent (bright) surfaces
• Artificial lifelessness in figures/landscapes

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Key characteristics continued

• Paintings were created in a studio as opposed to
  painted outdoors like the earlier Impressionists
• Carefully and systematically ordered unlike the
  sporadic, spontaneous strokes of Impressionists

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Neo-Impressionists

• Georges Seurat
• Paul Signac
• Charles Angrand
• Georges Lemmen
• Henri Edmond Cross
• Camille Pissarro

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Georges Seurat

• Born in Paris, France in 1859 Seurat developed
  the Pointillism style, basing it off of the
  Impressionistic ideas, but going about it in a
  methodical way
• He believed a painter could create harmony and
  emotion in art similar to how a musician creates
  harmony and emotion in music

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"Art is Harmony. Harmony is the analogy of the
contrary and of similar elements of tone, of
color and of line, considered according to their
dominance and under the influence of light, in
gay, calm or sad combinations. Georges Seurat
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Georges Seurat
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Georges Seurat
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Paul Signac

• Born in Paris, France in 1863 he helped Seurat
  develop the Pointillist style and kept it going
  after Seurats early death in 1891
• Felt Neo-Impressionism was a natural successor to
  Impressionism, and brought Seurats color harmony
  system to the attention of critics and writers
  who could promote it

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Paul Signac
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Paul Signac
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Paul Signac
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Charles Angrand
18541926
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Georges Lemmen
18651910
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Henri Edmond Cross
18561916
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Camille Pissarro
18301903
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Resources

• http//arthistory.about.com/od/modernarthistory/a/
  Neo-Impressionism-Art-History-101-Basics.htm
• http//www.impressionniste.net/neo-impressionism.h
  tm
• http//www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/seni/hd_seni.htm
• Google images

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Now for a bit of fun!

• On these next few slides there will be a few
  tribute works to the piece Sunday Afternoon on
  the Island of La Grand Jatte, see if you can
  recognize the materials/media!

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Can you guess the medium?
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LEGOS!
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How about the medium here?
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Any clues?
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Aluminum cans!
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• Just in case you were wanting to see how close
  the photo is to the painting

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Thats all!

• Now YOU will create a Pointillism project of your
  own! Are you ready?