1. What new color theory/theories did Pointillism rely on to achieve the visual effects that defined the movement?
2. What characterized Primitivism? What kind of function was at the basis of Primitivism? What was considered “primitive”?
3. What aspect of Matisse’s Blue Nude made it such a controversial painting? And what other movement or influence can be see in this aspect?
4. Art after Impressionism evolves radically and at a rate exponentially faster than ever before seen in the history of art. But do the new modern artists “forget” about the art that came before them?
5. What was van Gogh’s relationship to the rest of the major artists of the time (Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Pointillists, etc)? Was he very much a part of their art world? How did it effect his art?
6. What different influences can we see in Matisse’s Joy of Life?
7. What painting technique characterizes Gauguin’s work before he left for Polynesia & Primitivism? What other non-painting technique was it based on?
