LECTURE "CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE EXPECTATION OF WORLD WAR I: PAUL CÉZANNE, HENRI MATISSE, PABLO PICASSO, GEORGE SEURAT, HENRI ROUSSEAU"

How did the world feel before World War I?

Why did post-impressionists go further than the impressionists?

How did George Seurat use ideas about optics in his paintings?

Can you paint "like a child" and still be a great artist?

How did Paul Cézanne "discover" that a person sees the world with two eyes?

Why did Europeans start to imitate "primitive" art, and how did African ritual masks influence contemporary art?

Why did Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck paint "like wild beasts"?

How did Constantin Brâncuși create modern sculpture?