Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism is an artistic movement that accepts and at the same time rejects some of the principles of Impressionism. The beginning of Post-Impressionism coincided with the crisis of Impressionism in the 80-ies of the XIX century. This period is based on illustrating emotions rather than simple objects. The Post-Impressionists were not united by a common program or common method. However they were connected with Impressionism and experienced its influence, they were not satisfied with Impressionist compositions, loss of integrity of form, and a sense of the materiality of the depicted world. Gradually, the artists began to search for new means of expression, not only instantaneous issues as a single moment as in Impressionism, but the realization of some long conditions. As a result, they invented new methods of illustrating the beauty of the world and the effective ways of depicting spiritual conditions. A feature of the Post-Impressionism was the mutual inf...
