synthétisme (English spelling)

Japanese: synthétisme(英語表記)synthetisme
synthétisme (English spelling)

...The colors were divided into simple but solid shapes, creating a spirituality that could be described as religious, as seen in "Jacob and the Angel" (1888). This divisionalism (cloisonnisme), influenced by ukiyo-e prints, Epinal prints, stained glass, etc., made it possible to "synthesize form and color while focusing only on the main color," and the entire painting acquired a truly comprehensive decorativeness full of allusions (synthétisme). Thus, from 1888 to 1890, including his co-living with Van Gogh in Arles, which ended with the "Van Gogh Ear-Cutting Incident," he produced a series of symbolist masterpieces, such as "The Yellow Christ" (1889), "The Loss of Virginity" (1890), and "Be Women in Love" (wood engraving, 1889), and Gauguin is considered the leading figure in symbolist painting. ...

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Japanese:

…その色彩は,簡潔ではあるが重厚な形態に平坦に区分され,《ヤコブと天使の争い》(1888)にみられるような宗教的ともいえる精神性を生みだした。浮世絵版画,エピナル版画,ステンド・グラス等に影響されたこうした区分主義(クロアゾニスムcloisonnisme)により,〈主調色にのみ注目しつつ行われる,形と色彩の総合〉が可能となり,画面全体は暗示にとんだ,まさに総合的な装飾性を獲得する(総合主義またはサンテティスムsynthétisme)。こうして,88年から90年にかけて,〈ゴッホの耳切り事件〉に結末をみるアルルでのゴッホとの共同生活をはさみ,一連の象徴主義的な傑作,すなわち《黄色いキリスト》(1889),《処女喪失》(1890),《恋する女たちであれ》(木彫,1889)等が制作され,ゴーギャンは象徴主義絵画の第一人者と目される。…

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