Art a la Carte

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Toulouse-Lautrec, Munch, Klimt

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How do you think French artists reacted to
Parisian nightlife of the late 19th century?
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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 1901)

• Toulouse-Lautrec is most famous for capturing the
  Parisian nightlife of the late 19th century in
  paintings and lithographs.
• Because his legs were broken as a child and due
  to illness, his growth was stunted as an adult.
• Toulouse-Lautrec visited the Moulin Rouge often
  and would come home to make paintings of what he
  saw.

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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

• Why do you think Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated
  by Parisian nightlife at the Moulin Rouge?
• Who do you think is the woman in the right
  corner?
• Why do you think her face is green?

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Edvard Munch (1863 1934) (pronounced Moonk)

• Munch worked with intense psychological and
  emotional themes.
• Theme subjects often included depression, death,
  isolation, sickness, and fear.
• Munch is recognized for developing a style using
  color, line, and distortion of the human figure
  for expressive ends.

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Edvard Munch (1863 1934)

• Who do you think Munch painted in this portrait?
  
• Why is he or she screaming?
• What kind of mood do you think the colors,
  shapes, and brushstrokes create in this work?

The Scream (1893), Munch
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Gustav Klimt (1862 1918)

• Klimts work is part of the Art Nouveau movement.
• Klimt was influenced by various styles such as
  classical Greek, Byzantine, Egyptian, and Minoan
  art, and late-medieval painting.
• Klimts work uses intricate patterns of tiny
  shapes and often gold backgrounds.

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Gustav Klimt (1862 1918)

• Why do you think Klimt used such elaborate
  patterns and designs in place of clothing and
  scenery in this painting?
• What kind of significance (if any) do you think
  Klimts use of gold paint has in this work?

The Kiss (1907-1908), Klimt
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How do each of these artists portray feelings and
emotions through color, form, pattern, and shape?
Training of the Girls by Valentin at the Moulin
Rouge(1889-1890), Toulouse-Lautrec
Death in the Sickroom (1895), Munch
Expectation (1905-1909), Klimt
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What words describe the emotions that these
paintings convey?
Self Portrait Between Clock and Bed
(1940-1942), Munch
Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge(1887-1888),
Toulouse-Lautrec
Death and Life (1915), Klimt
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How and why might emotional themes in artworks
lead to abstraction?