Observation

The candidates’ that attempted this question were limited and they performed well in the (a) part but in the (b) part managed to mention some of the techniques used by the renaissance artist and couldn’t explain any of the techniques. They were expected to answer the question in this manner:

1. Post – Impressionism is a late 19th Century art movement that emphasized
   the artist’s personal response to a subject, rather than focusing on the external effect of the atmosphere on a subject, as in impressionism. By the 1880s a number of artists had began to react against various aspects of impressionism. The artist sought to create more solid, monumental forms and make a more timeless statement.
   Though, it took its name from impressionism. In 1910 when Roger Fry a
   British art critic organized an exhibition of the paintings of French artist like: Cézanne; Seurat; Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse and the Dutch born Vincent Van Gogh at Grafton Galleries in London.



2. • Impressionist painters concentrated on the depiction of a subject’s immediate appearance while, post – impressionist focused on emotional or spiritual meanings that the subject might convey.
   • Although impressionism artists interpreted what they saw, their approach nevertheless, remained rooted in observation of the natural world. Post- impressionisms conveyed their personal responses to the world around them through the use of strong unnatural colours and exaggeration or slight distortion of forms.
   • The impressionist concentrated on capturing the effect of light atmosphere on their subject whereas post – impressionism were concerned on personal emotion.
   • Impressionism painted mainly landscape, while post – impressionism focussed on human activities.