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    Paul Gauguin: Vision After the Sermon   Paul Gauguin was born to a journalistic father and a socialistic mother June 7‚ 1948. As a young child‚ Gauguin’s parents decided to start a new life in a new city due to the political climate. Tragedy stole away Gauguin’s father on their journey to their new life. Spending a few years in Peru‚ the city in which his father dreamed of living‚ Gauguin moved back to France‚ his birth place. Still young‚ Gauguin began to pursue excellence in his schooling‚

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS ART AND ANXIETY 3 INTRODUCTION 3 BUFFET AND THE AGE OF ANXIETY 4 Who was Bernard Buffet? 5 Bernard Buffet and Anxiety 5 Paul Gauguin and Postimpressionism 7 Who was Paul Gauguin? 8 Paul Gauguin and Anxiety 9 CONCLUSION 13 ART AND ANXIETY INTRODUCTION If we look the word anxiety in the dictionary‚ probably we will find something like the following definition: “Feeling of worry‚ nervousness or unease‚ typically about an imminent event or something

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    Impressionism was the first movement in the canon of modern art. Like most revolutionary styles it was gradually absorbed into the mainstream and its limitations became frustrating to the succeeding generation. Artists such as Vincent Van Gogh‚ Paul Cézanne‚ Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat‚ although steeped in the traditions of Impressionism‚ pushed the boundaries of the style in different creative directions and in doing so laid the foundations for the art of the 20th century. Their name was derived from

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    Compare and Contrast Duccio‚ Madonna and Child - Gauguin‚ La Orana Maria Madonna and Child is a panel painting by Italian medieval artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. Painted in tempera and gilded on a wood panel in around the year 1300‚ the Madonna and Child is still in its original engaged frame. The fact that it was in private hands and out of public circulation for years might be why the painting is basically intact after 700 years. The craftsmanship and preservation are simply amazing. The

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    inspiration for their works. Artists such as Paul Gauguin and Emil Nolde both draw inspiration from these primitive forms of art and borrow different aspects in order to become closer to nature and return to a more pure and expressionistic form of art. Paul Gauguin is said to have always felt like an ‘other’‚ a primitive and therefore in his later years set out in search of a pure society that was close to nature and free from the corruption of civilisation. ‘Gauguin is traditionally cast as the founding

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    mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland‚ a middle-aged English stockbroker‚ who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. Contents [hide] 1 Plot summary 2 Inspiration 3 About the title 4 Adaptations 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links Plot summary[edit] The novel is written largely from the point of view of the narrator

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    Sunflowers‚ 1888 It was painted during a rare period of excited optimism‚ while Van Gogh awaited the arrival of his hero‚ the avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin. The lonely and passionate Vincent had moved to Arles‚ in the South of France‚ where he dreamed of setting up a community of artists with Gauguin as its mentor. The ’Sunflowers’ was intended to impress Gauguin and was a gesture of friendship. The alliance was to end in disaster. Why sunflowers? Sunflowers had a special significance for Van Gogh

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    Talking about the place we can definitely say that it happens in Tahiti as there is a mention of it in the text but it is difficult to speak about the time of the novel. There is a point of view that this story runs about a life of a real painter Paul Gauguin who lived in the 19th century and taking into consideration this fact we can refer the events of the story to the 19th century too. The main theme of the text is the power of the art‚ its influence on the life of a man‚ the power of which makes

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    and area‚ but the map is hard to understand. So our perception will be different depending on which map we pick up. We can even take an old map that is untrue now. In addition every person has a subjective perception. And as a post-impressionist Paul Gauguin said‚ “Out in the sun‚ some painters are lined up. The first is copying nature‚ the second is copying the first‚ the third is copying the second… You see the sequence.” As we try to understand the issues we work with‚ are we merely the third or

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    Useful phrases for text analysis and literary appreciation Begin with these simple expressions: the writer/ poet/ novelist/etc ... : - is aiming at (sth or verb+ing form) - wants to achieve the purpose of - wants to produce the effect that … - wants to contrast sth with sth else - arouses the reader’s emotions (feelings/ interest) - evokes the attitude of … - focuses the reader’ s attention on … - expects the reader to (infinitive) - wants to produce the effect that - appeals to the

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