In the Woods

          In the Woods, was a painting by Paul Cezanne in 1885. This means that it is set right after the Impressionist age, but could not be called clear Post-Impressionist art, but rather, a mix of the two styles. Impressionism is the specific style that uses the elements of emphasis on light and visible brush strokes, unusual angles and including movement. Post-Impressionist art is more relating to the continued use of vivid colors, thick paint and heavy brush strokes but inclined to use more geometric shapes and out of the ordinary color (Post Impressionism). This painting is somewhere in between because it uses the thick heavy brush strokes of impressionism, yet does not have an emphasis on light. Yet this painting still symbolizes the unknown.
          In this painting, Cezanne wants to capture a moment in time, using impressionism to do so. He captures a relatively simple scene of the woods, yet in these woods lays an air of mystique. This painting helps symbolize the unknown in nature, and shows how there are things no man could understand in our own world.