Gauguin

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Gauguins Tahitian BodyWritten By Peter Brooks

Edited by Dr. Kay Picart and Donna
Gallagher Based on a presentation by Erika
Vasquez
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Key Concepts/Terms

• Gauguins Tahitian Eve
• Looking
• Animal Innocence/Animality

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Tahiti

• How does Gauguin feel about Tahiti and the
  Tahitian people?

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Discussion Question

• What do we know about Victorian views/attitudes
  towards sex and sexual relationships?

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Paul GauguinFrench post-impressionist painter

• Born June 7, 1848 in Paris
• Started painting as a hobby in 1871 while working
  as a stock broker and married with five children
• In 1883, separated from his wife and children,
  and devoted himself to painting
• 1891 sailed for the South Seas to escape European
  civilization

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Europe vs. Tahiti


Paul Gauguin Duex femmes tahitiennes
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Europe vs. Tahiti
How does Gauguin contrast Europe and Tahiti?

• Tahiti

• Europe

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European Women vs. Tahitian Women
How does Gauguin contrast European and Tahitian
Women?

• European Women

• Tahitian Women

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Paul Gauguins Tahitian Body

• Discuss Gauguins idea of the Tahitian Body

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Discussion Question

• What is the difference between seeing a child
  naked and an adult? What feelings do these sights
  provoke?

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Gauguins Idea of Looking

• What is Gauguins idea of looking?