Post Impression and Art Nouveau

Post impression 





Impressionism led to forms being dissolved and the lost of the drawing.
At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th other painters starting from the impressionism, it developed a more personal style, that us going to be the advance of some of the pictorial movements of the 29th century.

Characteristics of the movement :
  • The recovery of the importance of drawing
  • The worry about capturing not only the light but also expression of both, things and people.
  • Interest in building the shape, the drawing and the expression of objects and human images.
  • Equilibrium between the volume and the pure aesthetic taste (Cezanne).

Van Gogh

  • He was established in Arles, enthusiastic about the light of Provence.
  • He painted curved, wavy images and landscapes.
  • The flame shapes represented his internal matters.
  • He was passionate of color s the vehicle to express his frequent depressions and anguishes.
  • His brushstroke is very characteristic, wavy, sinuous, cursive and thick.
  • Colors are sometimes aggressive with infrequent contrast (yellow over orange).
  • He painted :- Landscapes, flowers, portraits, self-portraits


Potato Eaters by Vincent Van Gogh


The Potato Eaters, completed in 1885, is considered by many to be Van Gogh's first work of art. At the time of its creation, Van Gogh had only recently started painting and had not yet mastered the techniques that would later make him famous.The painting that was completed consisted of 5 figures sitting around a square table eating potatoes; four of them are females and one male. Although the piece is laced in darkness, the mixed emotions residing in the faces of the occupants shine out brightly. These figures are so intense that one can nearly hear the conversations being spoken around the table. Perhaps this vibrancy layered with the darkness is what draws one closer to examine the smaller details of the painting.

These details include but are not limited to:

  • The rafter boards in the back of the piece.
  • The soft gentle lines forming a window in the darkness.
  • The picture frame hung on a darkened wall.
  • The large platter of potatoes and the boney fingers stretched out to obtain them.
  • The woman pouring a brew similar to coffee.
  • The large rectangular column behind the table seems to hold the building up.
  • The weathered edges of the table.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (French for "new style") was popularizes by the famous Maison de l'Art Nouveau (House of new art), a Paris art gallery operated by Siegfried Bing. Art Nouveau represents the beginning of modernism in design modern architecture. It occurred at  time when mass-produced consumer goods began to fill the marketplace and designers, architects and artists began to understand that the handcrafted work of centuries past could be lost.

While reclaiming this craft tradition, art nouveau designers simultaneously rejected traditional styles in favour of new, organic forms that emphasized humanity's connection to nature. Art Nouveau and architecture flourished in major European cities between 1890 adn 1914.

It embraced all forms of art and design :
  • architecture
  • furniture
  • glassware
  • graphic design
  • jewelry
  • painting
  • pottery
  • metalwork
  • textile

Antoni Gaudi

  • Gaudi was a Spanish Architect who created compled buildings in that the architecture was considered sculptural as well.
  • His buildings are considered biomorphic or organically-shaped.
  • His famous architectures are : Casa Mila, Casa Battlo, La Sagrada Familia, Parque Guell.

Park Guell by Antoni Gaudi


The Parc Guell has multiple entrances. The most beautiful one certainly is the main access from the Carrer d'Olot. Typical of Gaudi are the two pavilions with cafe on both sides of the entrance. When we get to the staircase, there will be  surrounded with dragon. As well as the surrounding walls and the famous bench above the market hall that the dragon also decorated with spit ceramics.





The famous salamander or dragon in the center of the staircase is covered with small pieces of colorful ceramic kangaroo court with no problems adjusting to Gaudi's sinious forms themselves. This technique called "trencadis" is perhaps the latter of the architect, who uses one way or another in all his works.

Guell and Gaudi conceived this park, situated within a natural park. They imagined an organized grouping of high-quality homes, decked out with all the latest technological advancements to ensure maximum comfort, finished off with an artist touch.










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