What makes these modern paintings

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Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines in 1873

Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in 1884-1886

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night in 1889

Edvard Munch, The Scream in 1893

After you've explored the above paintings, describe your reaction to what you saw. What did you notice about the brush strokes, the color, the approach to form and space? How does the artist call attention to the painted surface of the canvas (the artifice of the act of painting)?
Which of these paintings would you describe as "descriptive" -- which ones would you describe as "expressive"? Explain your choices
What makes these "Modern" paintings? What motivated artists to be "modern" -- describe some of the context for changing practices and attitudes?
Which painting do you most prefer and why?

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