Lecture 31Art is an important position in the bourguoiseeArt is now becoming experimentalHuman need to make art is being emphasizedArtist is now sometimes inside the fourth wall: project the viewer into the scene.Perspective also inites the viewer in.GustaveCaillebotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day, (1877)Steep plain is peculiar, and is not accurate in perspectivalComposition projects you into the paintingAt eye level with the man on your rightPeople become less easy to distinguish themselves as the eye moves further into the horizon.No typical subject matter: it is quotithian: regular, daily activity.Flaneur: gentleman distinguished by his clothes. Seems condescending.About daily life, seeing, and how the artist can represent daily life.Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-86)Indifferent representation of a moment.Shadows are nonsensical: they go in irrational ways.Does not appear so on the onset. Looks natural but is not.Makes it impossible to determine the time of day.Experimental colors. Pointillism.Also uses separation of complimentary colors to frame the pictureVincent Van Gogh (1853-90)Very intelligent man, who did not succeed as a minister.Plagued by psychotic episodes and eventually killed himself.Painting was a means of healing for him, but it was unsuccessful.Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night (Painted during a psychotic episode in an asylumChristian image of an apocalypse: The sun is shining in the night.The tree in the foreground, waving back and forth, becomes a looming presenceThe town looks threatened by a cosmic towerEdward Munch, The Scream (1910)Norwegian artist: contemporary of Van Gogh.“I hear the scream in nature”- the scream coming from the earth. A terrified version of existentialism.Color of the sky is as in the last judgmentSkewed perspective warps the landBlood raining down into the landWater is twistingThe face is not a person: it is a skull, a demonic figure, blown by almost a nuclear explosion.PsychologicalAugust Rodin, The Burghers of Calais (1884-89)Edward Matisse, The Woman with the Hat (1905)Combined romanticism, and modernism, and impressionism, and post-impressionism. Just in a primitive way.Intense blurs of color.Fauvism: wild beasts of the subconscious mind. The ID.Henri Matiss, Le Bohnheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)A Pastoral scene, rendered very simply.2-dimensional.ARTH 112 1st Edition Lecture 31 Art is an important position in the bourguoisee- Art is now becoming experimental- Human need to make art is being emphasized - Artist is now sometimes inside the fourth wall: project the viewer into the scene. - Perspective also inites the viewer in.  GustaveCaillebotte, Paris Street, RainyDay, (1877)- Steep plain is peculiar, and is notaccurate in perspectival- Composition projects you into thepaintingo At eye level with the man onyour righto People become less easy todistinguish themselves as theeye moves further into thehorizon. - No typical subject matter: it isquotithian: regular, daily activity. o Flaneur: gentleman distinguished by his clothes. Seems condescending.o About daily life, seeing, and how the artist can representdaily life.  Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon onthe Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-86)- Indifferent representation of amoment. - Shadows are nonsensical: they go inirrational ways. o Does not appear so on theonset. Looks natural but is not.o Makes it impossible todetermine the time of day. - Experimental colors. Pointillism. - Also uses separation ofcomplimentary colors to frame thepicture Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90)- Very intelligent man, who did notsucceed as a minister. - Plagued by psychotic episodes andeventually killed himself. - Painting was a means of healing forhim, but it was unsuccessful.  Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night (- Painted during a psychotic episode inan asylum- Christian image of an apocalypse: The sun isshining in the night. - The tree in the foreground, waving back andforth, becomes a looming presence - The town looks threatened by a cosmic tower Edward Munch, The Scream (1910)- Norwegian artist: contemporary of Van Gogh.- “I hear the scream in nature”- the screamcoming from the earth. A terrified version ofexistentialism. - Color of the sky is as in the last judgment- Skewed perspective warps the land- Blood raining down into the land- Water is twisting- The face is not a person: it is a skull, a demonicfigure, blown by almost a nuclear explosion. - Psychological August Rodin, The Burghers of Calais (1884-89) Edward Matisse, The Woman with the Hat (1905)- Combined romanticism, and modernism, and impressionism, and post-impressionism. Just in a primitive way. - Intense blurs of color. - Fauvism: wild beasts of the subconscious mind. The ID. Henri Matiss, Le Bohnheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)- A Pastoral scene, rendered very simply. -