Artists longed to be different from the rest of the world. That is one of the reasons why people become artists and go a different path from the work world of any century. Facing the numerous problems of surviving as an artist of his or her time. The guild system was set up to keep the work system flowing, giving artists a chance to obtain their time and fame in the light, if they were talented enough. After artists repeated their techniques and perfecting thier style, many of the art works were repetitive in the eyes of many artists. After a time artists were ready to look beyond there bubbled life and to horizons of different cultures, food, religions and just the complete opposite of themselves.
             The word primitive is defined in so many terms, however the one I took to was
             "belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development" (Merriam Dictionary). The 20th Century brought new horizons. Slowly but surely more and more ancient tribes who had kept to their traditions, influenced artists who were ready to run off and escape to a primitive land. Henri "Dousnier" Rousseau was one of the first artists who self taught himself. The painting Sleeping Gypsy is a great example of the exotic influence of going back to the early stages of development, not following traditional painting and becoming primitive.
             Sleeping Gypsy by Henri "Dousnier" Rousseau is composed of a person sleeping by the side of a stream with a lion sniffing him. This painting steps away from the classical style that many artist were taught to display. In the background is a large landscape . The artist captured a moment that is not possible with out dangerous consequences of the lion attacking. The mood of the painting takes the viewers to this beautiful exotic place. A place where the dreamer, who can be anyone, is sleeping in the land of adventurous and exotic opportunities. The landscape is calm and relax. There is no ...