Post-Impressionism
and its artists and theory
Introduction / Learning Objectives / Tasks / Rubric
Post Impressionism formed a link between Impressionism and Expressionism. During this period the value of color was expressed. It was an artistic style that followed Impressionism at the end of the 1800's. Many Post Impressionists were Impressionists at first. Post-Impressionism is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of artists who were influenced by Impressionism but took their art in different directions.
Students will be able to; know what is Post-Impressionism and its background information, know who are Post-Impressionist artists and identify the characteristics of Post-Impressionism, know unique style of each artist's works of art, compare and contrast Post-Impressionist artists' works, use Microsoft Word program to complete the task which requires to copy and paste, adjust font for the layout of their paper, type their own answers according to the given format, and finally conduct painting using one of the artist's style.
You are going to start your quest to find out the following questions about Post-Impressionism and its artists and its relationship with Impressionism. You want to copy and paste the questions below to your Word file and save it as " Post-Impressionism," and search answers and type them under each question. References need to be written for each answer; you have to state the URL address from which you get the answer.
The questions are:
1.what were the differences of Post-Impressionism from Impressionism? (5pts.)
2. Who were the Post-Impressionist painters, list the six artists' names. (5pts.)
3. Write explanation of each artist's technical painting style and subject matters. At least four sentences for each artist. (30pts.)
4. How were Post-Impressionism related to Fauvism and Expressionism? (10pts.)
5. What might be the name of the artist of each picture on this page, one on the top, the other two at the bottom? What is it that make you think it is the artist's work? (5pts.)
6. Which artist's artwork do you like most and why? (5pts.)
Your answers should be written in complete sentence and include the main point of what you read. You want to click on every hyper-linked word to find out the answers.
*Writing answers in complete sentence and at least four sentences for each question (25% )
Complete sentence, three sentences for each (15%) complete sentence, two sentences (10%) incomplete sentence (3%)
*Answers include all important points (25%) a few points (20%) few points (10%) no point (5%-0%)
*Summarize what you read in your word (25%) copy a lot (10%) all copied (5%)
*Correct layout of your paper (25%) inconsistent font, size, spacing (20% - 0%)
*Working all times (25%) browsing unrelated sites or playing games (5%)
