How Did Henri Rousseau Influence Art Work

“This is where you can find your soul, if you dare.” (Anderson, pg 10) This belief comes from the mind of the Melinda, the progantists, art teacher, Mr. Freeman. Art is truly a door to the mind of an individual, showing things that people aren’t able to say. It shows through images and colors what many people aren’t able to express in words, events and thoughts speaking through the medium. Art is growing as a use of therapy to heal and tell. Psychologists analyze their patients art at a psychological level, interpreting the image into words. One of the theories in art therapy, which is seen throughout “Speak”, is the idea that unconscious thoughts are expressed in an image. (Irvings)These images then can be explained rationally. Melinda’s three major art images, the half dead trees, turkey bone, and cubism represent this theory.

Rousseau was a man of great things, that led to a point in history which would change the way society worked forever. He was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment, which helped the people gain more independence and knowledge. Through his works he was able to influence other greats of their time like, Immanueal Kant which helped branch his ideas into the French Revolution. His main standpoint, was that government should be ruled based on the people. He was a strong believer that the people had all the power, if they knew how to gain it. His overall arching goals were, modern political, educational, and sociological thought. His ideas helped unlock the way the people did things, and how government was run. In return,

The French philosopher and author of The Social Contract, Jean–Jacques Rousseau, postulated that “Women…possess no artistic sensibility…Their creations are as cold and pretty as women themselves” (Yudkin, 110). Rousseau wrote during the Enlightenment, a period of intellectual expansion in Europe during the eighteenth century. During the Enlightenment, philosophers explored the nature of religion, government, and society, capitalizing on themes such as freedom and equality. Yet, despite the social expansion of the period, the enlightened definition of equality did not include women. In fact, society clearly and limitedly defined the roles of women during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As dictated by society, men and women not only

Artworks express an artist’s emotions, memories and experiences by the way they represent themselves in the artwork, this is seen by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907- 54). Kahlo was influenced by indigenous Mexican culture. This is shown by the use of bright colours and symbolism within her artworks. Kahlo was also influenced by many personal life experiences, like Diego Rivera and Kahlo’s unfaithful marriage, traumatising miscarriages and many medical operations, because of these experiences, emotions and memories Kahlo’s paintings reflect her pain and anguish.

A person’s state of mind and their emotions can be expressed in numerous ways without a word ever being spoken. In writing, a poet may share their heartbreak through verse, while a musician will spread their joy and happiness through melody. A photographer may express a moment of beauty and awe through a vibrant image, while an artist can use paint to silently convey turmoil using dark colors or shadow. Taking a more in depth look into the visual arts, it is evident that artists will often use their artwork, such as paintings, to convey an autobiographical account of different, but poignant periods in their lives. Some will paint their bare souls on to the canvas, leaving little to contemplated. Others make their loneliness and sadness subtle,

Andy Warhol was loved by everyone due to view and of course his art. Andy Warhol rose to become famous in several ways and soon became the most controversial artist of the 21st century. His views, as well as his art, was associated with the Pop Art Movement in the 1960s. The famous art made by Andy didn’t just changed our view on art, it change art entirely.

Emotions in art have social implications, and they always have something in common with the original feelings experienced by every human being, so an artist never experiences merely a simple emotion, but rather a kind of a general social feeling.

Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712 and died in 1778 in France. While Golding lived through the two World Wars, Rousseau never lived through such conflict. A topic of Rousseau’s that always came up is about how humans can keep their freedom despite their dependence on one another. He believed that there were two things that had something to do with this topic and that was a human’s material and psychological need and that the latter was more important. Rousseau believed that humans get their sense of self due to opinion of others. Rousseau believes that humans are inherently born good and that and that it is society’s corruption that causes humans to be evil.

In early 1742 Jean-Jacques Rousseau moved to Paris. While in Paris Rousseau hoped to become a composer, but instead ended up helping Denis Diderot with his radical magazine Encyclopédie.

I am intrigued by the way that artists reflect their emotion by the use of colour. Therefore I have decided to focus on Picasso, Soutine and Matisse. I am going to delve into their frame of mind and attempt to unpick their emotions and link them to how each artist expresses that feeling by using a specific palette of colour. I am fascinated by how the chosen artists may go through similar emotions but reflect these emotions in a completely different way through personal connotations to colour. For example Picasso goes through many periods but one of his main periods was the blue period where he uses blue to link to the fact that he is depressed. This relationship between the artist’s deeper feelings and how they portray this through the expression of colour will be the main focus of this essay. I will use specific

Leonardo da Vinci was a great painter, sculptor and a great inventor. He was born 15 April 1452 and died on 2 May 1519 {aged 67} but luckily most of his artwork was saved and is still displayed in galleries. Leonardo da Vinci was a scientific genius that created lots of famous inventions, he was also a famous for his paintings and sculptors which are also displayed in galleries.

Jean Jacques-Rousseau was a wise man, he almost completely taught himself most of what he knew growing up. Rousseau did not go to school growing up, but did go to Les Charmettes for 2 years where he realized his love for reading and writing. He was not only an outstanding philosopher, but also a composer and writer. Rousseau wrote two of his major books, “Emilie”, also known as “On Education” and “The Social Contract”, in 1972. These caused outrage and Rousseau was on the line of

Jean Jacques Rousseau is a French philosopher, writer and a composer from the enlightenments era about the science and the new learning; during the 1717 through 1778. He made music, as a theorist and as a composer. Also, he has influenced the French Revolution and the development of liberal, conservative and socialist theory. Jean Jacques Rousseau as a philosopher had some works, fames and recognitions. Some of those works includes an autobiography and a novel Julie, ou la nouvelle Heloise. – Which was one of the best selling works during that era of time. Jean Jacques Rousseau has made a philosophical work as well. He did a work called A Discourse on the sciences and Arts, which was the winning response to an essay contest conducted by the

Per Jean Jacque Rousseau,” Every man has the right to risk his life for the preservation of it,” this was in the context of the French Revolutions, which both were significant events in history. The first and second French Revolution because the outcome was one of the first impacts that created a somewhat democratic society where power belonged to more than just the elites (De Tocqueville et al. 2001). Due to the fact that a majority of the population were illiterate, many relied on art to understand political factions and in essence, they understood the unjust society that they lived in for anyone who was not part of the elite class (Wallerstein, 1989).

     Unfortunately, for some artists, the reality of life isn’t so beautiful. One of the most talented, yet mentally ill artists of all time was Vincent Van Gogh. He was also from the 19th century belonging to the post-impressionists. In order for one to analyze the art of