Moulin Rouge/Montremarte

Toulouse-Lautrec Documentary Observations

Fluent Draftsmanship
    Spontaneity
    Immediacy

1882-Henri moved to Paris

Hilly, narrow streets'

Bohemian artists against the bourgeoisie
1881-could publish journals without censorship

naturalist, but beyond surface, in search of the internal

degas influenced lautrec

tension between middle-class and poor
circuses--lautrec was intriqued by the clowns
seedy nocturnal world

posters
jules cheret-opening poster of moulin rouge
lautrec
    shadows were reminiscent of shadow puppet entertainment
    influenced by japanese art (fragments, flatness, simplicity)
lithograph

Jane Avril
    Focused on her as a friend and with delicacy

May Belfort
May Milton

pictures of brothels-daily life

decadence

lautrec became an alcoholic and was committed to a mental hospital by his family

died in 1901


Moulin Rouge observations

pening titles-use of shadows

prostitutes, drunkards in intro to montmartre

immediacy, dancing, swirling

1899

circus performers, absinthe

outfits are more colorful and exotic than original

makeup is same exaggerated rouged faces (garish)

more risque than original can can

rouge and absinthe green are prominent colors

men wear makeup
lautrec is a comical character
strange white lighting

For our Final group project our group is focused on covering examples from Print media propaganda used during World War I and II.    Also we are covering propaganda created by all Countries involved in the wars.  We have decided to create a 'flag' image as the background for our timeline piece, with the focus being on the posters created. We plan using the American Flag and on the opposing Side using a compilation of two flag forms representing the two other countries.  As far as the mapping and 3rd project we do not have a set idea yet we are still gathering our research and trying to decide what the best mode of representing the additional information is.