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Bell Art 1

1. What do you think Abstractmeans?

2. Fill in the blank(ORGANIC or GEOMETRIC)

• ______has irregular shapes that look like they come from nature

• _______has shapes with straight hard edges and corners

GEOMETRIC and ORGANIC

Abstract Art

•Artwork which has no recognizable image.

• Non-representational, not something we see in everyday life.

•Artists use a visual language of shapes, forms, lines and colors to interpret a subject-matter, without necessarily providing the viewer with a familiar visual reference point.

Abstraction• Abstract art, nonfigurative art,

nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are loosely related terms, but they may slightly differ.

• Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art.

• This departure from accurate representation can be slight, partial, or complete.

• Abstraction exists along a continuum. Artwork that noticeably alters forms and colors can be said to be partially abstract.

Realist Versus Abstraction

• Abstract contrasts dramatically with Realist forms of art, which set out to achieve a literal representation of subject matter that communicate a ‘reality’ to the viewer.

• Realistic painting attempts to demonstrate what the eyes actually see, including human hardships.

• This goal of accuracy includes color choice, subject matter, and brush strokes. The painting should represent the subject clearly and viewers should know what they are looking at.

Realist to Abstract painting

How Abstract Art Began: “Art for Arts Sake”

• Abstract art began due to the invention of the camera.

• Before the camera, painting was mainly used to convey images and people, but with the camera the need for realistic paintings and portraits sharply declined.

• In this moment, abstract art was born. Its focus was not the subject matter, as in realism, but rather its purpose was to create aesthetically pleasing and challenging works for enjoyment. Untitled XII by Willem de Kooning

Abstract Art

• Really took off in the early 1900s and still is very prevalent today!

• Romanticism, Impressionism, and Expressionism contributed to the development of abstract art.

Henri Matisse, The Yellow Curtain, 1915. With his Fauvist color and drawing Matisse comes very close to pure abstraction.

Wassily Kandinsky:

• Founder of Abstract Art

• Believed that colors have emotion and sound.

• He was Russian composer, some people say his music heavily influenced his paintings.

• He started the term composition (a musical term to describe his piece).

Composition IV,

1911 Kandinsky

Georgia O Keefe

• She painted what she saw. Some of her up close works are considered abstract.

• Some of it was controversial as being femininity paintings.

• She painted over 200 flower paintings from 1918-1932.

Georgia O’Keeffe Blue and Green Music, 1921

Piet Modrian

• Founder of De Stilj Art Movement ,Began in Netherlands

• Abstraction that is painted in a grid like fashion.

• Much use of primary colors. Very simple

Picasso

• Cubist style of abstraction

• One of the greatest and most influential artist of the 20th century

Jackson Polluck

Is that Art Debate?

• These paintings by Chuck Close and Edouard Manet have similar subject matter.

• Which of these paintings do you like the best? Why?

Abstracted/Distorted figure

What are the major similarities and differences of these two works?

Some techniques for Abstraction

• Geometric

• Minimalism

• Splatter or Dripping

• Pixilated

• Changing Colors

• Cubist: Skewing proportions and shapes

Activity:

• Can you abstract this image?

• Do in sketchbook

Horses as abstract Expressionist

• Is this art?

• Does abstract art take the same amount of skill and cognitive ability as portrait painting?

• http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_a/a/a_abstract_art.htm

• http://www.abstract-art-framed.com/what-is-abstract-art.html