synthetism is a term used by post-impressionist artists like paul gauguin, Ãmile bernard and louis anquetin to distinguish their work from impressionism. earlier, synthetism has been connected to the term cloisonnism, and later to symbolism. the term is derived from the french verb synthÃ©tiser (to synthesize or to combine so as to form a new, complex product). paul gauguin, Ãmile bernard, louis anquetin, and others pioneered the style during the late 1880s and early 1890s. synthetist artists aimed to synthesize three features: *the outward appearance of natural forms. *the artistâs feelings about their subject. *the purity of the aesthetic considerations of line, colour and form. in 1890, maurice denis summarized the goals for synthetism as, :it is well to remember that a picture before being a battle horse, a nude woman, or some anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. the term was first used in 1877 to distinguish between scientific and naturalistic impressionism, and in 1889 when gauguin and emile schuffenecker organized an exposition de peintures du groupe impressioniste et synthÃ©tiste in the cafÃ© volpini at the exposition universelle in paris. the confusing title has been mistakenly associated with impressionism. synthetism emphasized two-dimensional flat patterns, thus differing from impressionist art and theory. ==synthetist paintings==  *paul sÃ©rusier - talisman (bois d'amour) (1888) *paul gauguin - vision after the sermon (1888), la belle angele (1889), the loss of innocence (1890) *Ãmile bernard - buckwheat harvest (1888) *charles laval - going to market (1888) *cuno amiet - breton spinner (1893) ==gallery== image:paul gauguin 085.jpg|paul gauguin, les alyscamps, (1888), musÃ©e d'orsay, paris file:paul gauguin 137.jpg|paul gauguin, vision after the sermon,&nbsp;1888. file:paul sÃ©rusier 001.jpg|paul sÃ©rusier, the talisman (with the forest landscape of love in pont-aven) 1888 file:laval allant au marchÃ©.jpg|charles laval, going to market, brittany, 1888, indianapolis museum of art charles laval retrieved april 6,
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