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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
PROGRESS AND ITS DISCONTENTS:
POST-IMPRESSIONISM, SYMBOLISM, AND ART
NOVEAU, 1880-1905
Google Earth Coordinates:
Wainwright Building, St. Louis, MO
Robie House, Chicago, IL
Video Links:
Cézanne, Mt. Sainte Victoire
Compare and Contrast
Image Flashcards
Term Flashcards
Post-Impressionism
Key Images
Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, p. 906, 26.1
26.12
Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? p. 916,
26.13
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Primary Source: Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), From a letter to Émile Bernard, p. 907
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), From a letter to J.F. Willumsen, p. 917
Materials and Techniques: Lithography, p. 911
The collective term Post-Impressionist applies to significant avant-garde art of the
1880s and 1890s.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec s greatest impact was through his lithographic posters of
Parisian nightlife.
Van Gogh explored an intensely personal, emotive expression in painting, in which
color intensity and distortions of form serve to communicate emotions.
Symbolism
Key Images
Édouard Vuillard, The Suitor (Interior with Work Table), p. 918, 26.14
Gustave Moreau, The Apparition (Dance of Salomé), p. 918, 26.15
Odilon Redon, The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity, from the series
Edgar A. Poe, p. 919, 26.16
Henri Rousseau, The Dream, p. 919, 26.17
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: Feminist Art History, p. 923
Gauguin s Symbolist followers, the Nabis, continued to explore the pictorial
relationships at the core of much of Post-Impressionist painting.
Art Nouveau and the Search for Modern Design
Key Images
Louis Comfort Tiffany, A Wooded Landscape, p. 928, 26.28
Victor Horta, Interior Stairwell of the Tassel House, Brussels, p. 928, 26.29
Hector Guimard, Métro Station, Paris, p. 929, 26.30
Antoni Gaudi, Casa Milà, Barcelona, p. 929, 26.31
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, North façade of the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, p.
930, 26.33
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Salon de Luxe, Willow Tearoom, Glasgow, p. 930, 26.34
Art Nouveau, a primarily decorative style based on the whiplash line, intended to
American Architecture: The Chicago School
Key Images
Henry Hobson Richardson, Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago, p. 931, 26.35
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The birth of modern architecture can be dated to the 1880s and 1890s when the first
skyscrapers were erected in Chicago.
These architects were known as the Chicago School.
Photography
Key Images
Peter Henry Emerson, Poling the Marsh Hay, p. 936, 26.42
Gertrude Käsebier, Blessed Art Thou Among Women, p. 937, 26.43
Edward Steichen, Rodin with His Sculptures, p. 938,
26.44
Alfred Stieglitz, The City of Ambition, p. 945, 26.45
The utilization of photography greatly expanded at the end of the nineteenth century,
moving beyond Pictorialism to include documentary photography and motion
photography.
The Photo Secession promoted Pictorial aesthetic which emphasized a painterly look.
Pictorial photographs were often highly textured.
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Key Terms/Places/Names
Post-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism
the Nabis
Art Nouveau
Discussion Questions
1. Contrast Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec s At the Moulin Rouge (p. 913, 26.8) with
Auguste Renoir s Luncheon of the Boating Party (p. 875, 25.16).
2. In what ways was Georges Seurat s work influenced by the Impressionists? How
was it different?
7. The Scream (26.19)?
8. How is Frank Llo both abstract and organic at the
same time?
Resources
Books
Bonafoux, Pascal. Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye, tr. Anthony Zielonka. New York:
Harry Abrams, 1992.
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Cachin, Françoise. Gauguin, The Quest for Paradise, tr. I. Mark Paris. New York: Harry Abrams, 1992.
DVDs
Alfred Stieglitz The Eloquent Eye (American Masters) (2001). Winstar. 85 min.
Biography: Vincent van Gogh, A Stroke of Genius (2004). A&E Home Video. 50 min.
Cézanne in Provence (2006). PBS Home Video.
The Post Impressionists Henri Rousseau (2006). Kultur Video. 50 min.
The Post Impressionists Toulouse-Lautrec (2006). Kultur Video. 50 min.
The Post Impressionists Van Gogh (2006). Kultur Video. 50 min.
Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre (2005). Homevision. 30 min.
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