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## History of Art and Architecture **Pierre August Renoir** Artist of genre and portrait of real people. He was interested in the interplay of light and shadow, and his tone harmonies are attained by innumerable light refractions. Works: _The Luncheon of the Boating Party, By the Seashore_ **5....

## History of Art and Architecture **Pierre August Renoir** Artist of genre and portrait of real people. He was interested in the interplay of light and shadow, and his tone harmonies are attained by innumerable light refractions. Works: _The Luncheon of the Boating Party, By the Seashore_ **5. Rodin** Sculptor. Interested in conveying dynamic, experimental process, rather than in the finished work itself. Work: _The Burghers of Calais; The Kiss_ **XIX. Neo Impressionism (after 1880)** Movement in French painting of the late 19th century that reacted against the empirical realism of Impressionism by relying on systematic calculation and scientific theory to achieve predetermined visual effects. Neo-Impressionists applied scientific optical principles and color to create strictly formalized compositions. **A. George Pierre Seurat** Originated the pointillism technique (also confettiism). ## Symbolism Symbolism is a movement providing an intellectual alternative to the purely visual painting of the impressionists, inspiring surrealists. **A. Important Artists** **Paul Gaugain** Applied paint smoothly; colors are bright in flat, un-modeled shapes. Painted tropical landscapes and brown-skinned natives. Works: _The Spirit of the Dead Watchers, Two Tahitian Women_ **The Spirit of the Dead Watchers** ## XXI. Synthetism a theory of art that posted works of art ought to blend three primary elements: the outward appearance of the subject, the artist's emotional reaction to the subject, and artistic choices of color, form, and line. **A. Paul Cezanne** Pre-cubism: simple handling of masses and planes given depth by structure, color and unconventional perspective. Works: _Still Life with Plaster Cupid, Village of gardane, The Large Bathers_ This new technique is based on the skillful putting side by side touches of pure color. Works: _Le Grande Jatte, Le Circus_ **Symbolism**