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1800-1945. The Modern World:. 19 th century artists and writers, walking through the city streets would be equivalent to us channel surfing today 19 th century also gave birth to leisure activities such as shopping, going to entertainments, or visiting art museums Art was now for everybody - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE MODERN WORLD:1800-1945
INTRODUCTION 19th century artists and writers, walking
through the city streets would be equivalent to us channel surfing today
19th century also gave birth to leisure activities such as shopping, going to entertainments, or visiting art museums
Art was now for everybody 1st national museum was the Louvre in
Paris
NEOCLASSICISM Neoclassicism- greatest subject matter
of all, history including Classical mythology and biblical scenes
Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres- student of Jacques-Louis David that made this style popular during this time
Ex. Jupiter and Thetis- from Homer’s Iliad
ROMANTICISM Not so much a style but a set of
attitudes and characteristic subjects The style rebelled against leading
thinkers and wanted to focus on emotion, intuition, individual experience, and above all imagination.
Ex. Eugene Delacroix- The Women of Algiers and Liberty Leading the People
GOYA, EXECUTIONS OF THE THIRD OF MAY
IMPRESSIONISM Art moved outdoors, the true outdoors Portable oil tubes enabled artists to
bring their art outside Leisure activities of the middle class
were their favorite subjects
CLAUDE MONET The most faithful of all impressionists His great subject was landscape Ex. A Bridge Over a Pool of Water Lilies
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Began directly with the colors instead
of building layers Straightforward painting technique
devoted to capturing perception Ex. Le Moulin de la Galette
POST-IMPRESSIONISM Meaning simply the artist that came
after Impressionism Artists include: Georges Seurat Vincent van Gogh Paul Gauguin Paul Cezanne
SEURAT Developed the technique of Pointillism-
discrete dots and dashes of pure color were supposed to blend in the viewer’s eye
Ex. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
VAN GOGH Used high-keyed colors, agitated
brushwork, and emotional intensity Ex. The Starry Night and Wheat Field
and Cypress Trees
MARY CASSATT (LATE 19TH CENTURY) She focused on intimate domestic
scenes of mothers and children-a world men rarely depicted in art
Ex. The Boating Party
FAUVISM Did not last long (about 3 years) Crucial for the development of modern
art Critics called these artists fauves or
“wild beasts”
ANDRE DERAIN (1905) Used pure, unmixed pigments, applied
straight from the tube at times Ex. View of Collioure
EXPRESSIONISM Describes any style where the artist’s
subjective feelings take precedence over objective observation
Ex. Edvard Munch- The Scream
VASILI KANDINSKY He discovered the power of
nonrepresentational art when he didn’t recognize a painting in his own studio
He realized that subject matter was only incidental to art’s impact
He wrote that color influences the soul (color-keyboard, eyes-hammer, soul-piano with many strings)
Ex. Black Lines
CUBISM The beauty of cubism was that like
linear perspective, anybody could do it
PABLO PICASSO Born in Spain Loved women Came up with cubism “An artist works of necessity, that he
himself is only a trifling bit of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other which please us in the world, though we can’t explain them.”
LES DEMOISELLES D’AVIGNON
SEATED WOMAN
GUITAR, SHEET MUSIC, AND GLASS
GEORGES BRAQUE One of the most naturally gifted artists
in history Worked with Picasso Their styles became virtually identical
THE CASTLE AT LA ROCHE-GUYON
THE EMIGRANT
FANTASY AND FUTURISM These artists believed that art would
move forward only through exploring new subjects
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO One of the most influential artist of this
style “to become truly immortal a work of art
must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere”
Dreams are what come to mind in this example, nothing in nature at all
THE DISQUIETING MUSES
DADA Art style that rebelled against art itself Ready-made is a work of art that the
artist has not made but designated Most notorious artist of this style was
Marcel Duchamp
MARCEL DUCHAMP Ordinary porcelain urinal set upright on
its back After the exhibition the object was to
be returned to life Wanted to prove a point
FOUNTAIN
SURREALISM Appreciated logic of dreams,
unconscious, bizarre, irrational, and marvelous
Was a way of life Automatism- writing or drawing that
flowed straight from the subconscious, unchecked by reason or inhibitions
SALVADOR DALI Super realistic- yet the forms could not
possibly be real Perhaps in this painting Dali’s dream or
fantasy was to triumph time
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE 1920’S Served as a magnet for some of the
greatest talents such as- artists, musicians, composers, actors, writers, poets, scientists, and educators.
Lasted only a decade 3 experiences that made up this movement: Heritage of Africa Ugly legacy of slavery Modern urban life
AARON DOUGLAS Studied West African sculpture and
used flattened space Ex. Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery
to Reconstruction
OTHER RENAISSANCE ARTISTS Dorothea Lange- Migrant Mother Rockwell Kent- Workers of the World,
Unite!