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Art history

the approach of Gauguin and his circle of simplifying forms into flat areas of colour bounded by dark contours to fuse observation with memory and idea.

In art history, synthetism refers to the approach of Gauguin and his circle of simplifying forms into flat areas of colour bounded by dark contours to fuse observation with memory and idea. This meaning comes from Rookmaaker (1959) in Synthetist art theories.[1]

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Rookmaaker, H. R. (1959). Synthetist art theories: Genesis and nature of the ideas on art of Gauguin and his circle. Swets & Zeitlinger. Open Library record

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