Analysis Of Camille Pissarro's The Goose Girl At Montfoucault

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The goal of this paper is to discuss Camille Pissarro’s, The Goose Girl at Montfoucault, and Vincent van Gogh’s, The Rocks. This paper will analyze the stylistic changes between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. I will also reflect upon the historical development of these styles in reference to these paintings. By analyzing these paintings individually, we can develop and acknowledge the differences between the styles that they belong to. This will be accompanied by comparing the paintings to other artwork in the given styles and analyzing the paintings brushwork, landscape, and depth. Historical Development The term impressionism was initially created by a critic when responding to Claude Monet’s Impression: Sunrise. Although the
The artwork mirrored qualities of sketches because of the brushwork involved in the paintings. Impressionists of the era abandoned traditional lines which emphasized on clarity. Having only a limited time to capture an image, the brushwork showed signs of speed and impulse. When analyzing Camille Pissarro’s, The Goose Girl at Montfoucault, this aspect is evident when focusing on area’s like the large patch of grass or bushes. You can physically see the loose lines of brushwork for the trees and the repeated spotting for the bushes, which show a sense of
In Vincent van Gogh’s The Rocks, like many Post-Impressionists, he uses heavy brushstrokes to record an image that is not perfectly realistic. The colors for this painting are not perfectly realistic either. Van Gogh’s absence of yellow almost makes the image seem as though there is no sunlight or darkness for that matter, created by the use of a pale white sky, or maybe he just ran out of yellow pigment. It is worth also mentioning the shapes of the rocks in Van Gogh’s painting. Because of his brushstrokes and refusal of any rigidness, the rocks almost appear as a river flowing through the

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