Importance of gesture in Art
Gesture has played a very crucial role in the development of modern art. The gestures alone can tell us which time period a painting is from. In such paintings like, The Night Cafe and The Scream, gesture shows us what kind of message we should be getting when observing the paintings. The gesture shows us how we are supposed to be feeling, agitated and having a sense of isolation and fear. In many other works of art gesture has played a very important role. It tells us what the artist was feeling at that time and what type of message we are supposed to be getting. Henri Matisse was the most well-known Fauvist painter. He was also well-known for his very bold use of color in all his works. Towards the beginning of his career he adopted techniques from the impressionistic painters and tried to modify them repeatedly. He would try to modify these techniques by using broader brushstrokes throughout his paintings. In his painting, Open Window, Collioure. 1905, Matisse makes it look almost as an impressionistic painting. He uses very sketchy brushstrokes. You can also see that he was not being very careful with his brush and hand movements. The paint seems to blotted on to the canvas. He was obviously not trying to be
direction. This painting almost looks like a big, sloppy mess. The artist does not make an effort to try to keep the painting nice and neat and clean. I guess he wanted it that way to express his own very vibrant emotions. These emotions might not be bad or they might not be good, but all we know is that they are very loud, expressive emotions and the gestures he uses help us to see that. used a version of Impressionist brushstroke for all the natural elements of the scene. Also, if you are at a close up of this painting it looks like a bunch of brightly colored brushstrokes all splotched together. But from a distant view it looks like a painting with every gesture put in its place for a reason, to create this painting. can almost see which direction his hand was moving while painting this picture. It also looks like he used very quick strokes when painting this picture. His gestures play an important role in this painting because it is his way of releasing all his emotions. It also tells us how he is feeling. When you look at this painting you can obviously see, from the brushstrokes, what type of message he is sending. He wants us to see how he is feeling at this time. This painting reminds me of Edvard Munch's The Scream. They are both sending off the s
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