I spend a lot of my time visiting art galleries, which is why I have come to the
\nfollowing conclusion:-<\/p>\n
That the classification of art can sometimes prevent us from really understanding
\njust what the artist is or was doing.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to illustrate this observation by looking at the work of two artists.<\/p>\n
Paul C\u00e9zanne <\/strong><\/p>\n Paul C\u00e9zanne <\/a>( 1839\u20131906 ) has traditionally been thought of as an Impressionist<\/a> Just look at these painting:-<\/p>\n L’Estaque<\/a> The Bay of Marseilles, view from L’Estaque<\/a> Still Life, Drapery, Pitcher, and Fruit Bowl<\/a> &<\/p>\n The\u00a0 watercolour<\/p>\n Mill at the River<\/a> If you look these works closely enough you will realise that they are more cubist<\/a> Vincent van Gogh<\/strong><\/p>\n Vincent van Gogh<\/a> ( 30 March 1853 \u2013 29 July 1890 ) is always referred to as being a What are less commented upon are\u00a0 his drawings.<\/p>\n For example:-<\/p>\n Cypresses<\/a> (Les Cypr\u00e8s), 1889<\/p>\n or<\/p>\n Starry Night, after the painting<\/a>, 1889<\/p>\n Now just start looking at his paintings such as:-<\/p>\n The Starry Night<\/a>, June 1889<\/p>\n Wheatfield with Crows<\/a>, 1890<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n Cypresses<\/a>, 1889<\/p>\n What will then become very obvious to you is that many of his paintings were no Understand that, These observations about looking afresh at works of art can also be applied to political thought.<\/p>\n Just you think about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I spend a lot of my time visiting art galleries, which is why I have come to the following conclusion:- That the classification of art can sometimes prevent us from really understanding just what the artist is or was doing. I\u2019d like to illustrate this observation by looking at the work of two artists. Paul … Continue reading Looking At Paintings.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\npainter,
\nyet in many ways he was more than that.<\/p>\n
\n1883\u20131885<\/p>\n
\n1885<\/p>\n
\n1893\u20131894<\/p>\n
\n1900\u20131906<\/p>\n
\nthan impressionist in nature.<\/p>\n
\npost-Impressionist painter.<\/p>\n
\nmore and no less than drawings in colour.<\/p>\n
\nand start to look at the rest of his works with a fresh eye.<\/p>\n