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Cubism
- cubist were greatly influenced by african and native american cultures
- Paul Cezanne bridge between impressionism, romanticism, post impressionism and even cubism
- Pablo picasso les demoisseles d'avigon 1907
Pablo Picasso & Georges Braque
- analysed the subjects they wanted to paint, broke it apart, and put it back together on a canvas in an abstract form
characteristics:
- two dimensional
* filled with geometric forms
- flat
- they painted in a way that suggest a three-dimensional form by emphasising the two dimensional flatness
-- bringing together
- different views of the subjects in the same painting
renaissance art 1400-1600
- artists of this period looked back at ancient Rome and Greece and found inspiration in classical art, which materialised in portrait paintings, anatomically correct sculptures and symmetrical architectecutre
Northeren renaissance art:
*domestic
- religious
- oil paint
- realistic
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Surrealism 1920s to 1960s
- dream logic
- love of the absurd
- focus on the subconscious
- explored the inner workings of the mind, aiming to revolutionise the human experience
- surrealists artworks challenged perceptions and reality by juxtaposing unrealistic subject matter with realistic painting styles
Salvador Dali, apparition of face and fruitdish on a beach 1938
galatea of the spheres (1952) by salvador dalí
- he even used automatism = a method of art making in which the artist releases conscious control over the creation process to allow the unconscious mind to take over
abstract expressionism 1940s to 1950s
following world war 2, this movement incorperated the dark trauma of the war that lingered, with the sponteity of surrealismwithin this movement there are two groups of artists:
- action painters
- who fill their canvases with expressive brush strokes
- Jackson pollock one n31 1950
- colour field painters
- who created canvasses with large areas of a single colour like
Mark Rotko orange red and yellow
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Neoclassicism 1770s to 1840s
came with a renewed interest in the simplicity principlesand subject matter of art ancient rome and greece
this art movemetn can be distinguished by:
- its classic looking subjects
- minimal use of oclour
- attention to lines and symmetry
- clear definition of forms and figures
Medieval art 500 to 1400
- were trying to convery religious messages in their art
- they were not really concered with realism -- flat
Baroque art 1600-1730s
art during this movemetn emphasised:
Caravaggio calling of saint matthew Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the vision of saint theresa architects across Europe took to this art movemetn to embellish their designs .
- from more ornate carvings to adding in columns and dome-like ceilings to their structures
Rococo 1700 to 1770s
jean honeré the swing
- fluid asymmetrical forms
- elabrorate onamentation
- lighter pastel colours and whimsical narratives
Romanticism 1800s to 1850s
- individualtiy
- found inspiration in their own imaginations and nature around them
this art movement looked into the:
- spiritual side of humanity
- exploring the essence of the natural world
- the value of personal freedom and expression
Realism 1850s to 1880s
- depicting real people in real life
- realism was the first art movement that gave a voice to the members of society that were overlooked becuase of their social and financial circumstances
- realist artists depicted contemporary life and nature completely unembellished
Gustave Courbert the stonebreakers 1849
1860s to 1880s Impressionism
- a group of french artists broke academic traditions
- en plein air = painting outside - canvases were smaller
- fleeting moment in time
- effect of light
- quick brush strokes
- no blending
- vivid colours
claude monet
berthe morisot
auguste renoir
edgar degasa
post-impressionism 1880s to 1905
is an extension of impressionism
- bold colours and painting scenes of modern life but left behind their predecessors' spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and movement
Major figures:
- vincent van Gogh - starry night 1889
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Gauguin
- Georges seurat
futurism 1909 to 1914
is characterised by the:
* power of machines
- the restless energy of modern life
THe city rises umberto boccioni 1910
Giacomo Balla, dynamism of a dog on a leash 1912
expressionism 1905 to 1920
- presenting the world solely from a subjective point of view
expressionist artists radically distorted the scenes on their canvases to align with:
- their mood, emotions and ideas including their works with power through emotional experiences
they offered their viewers a new meaning of what is considered beautiful
the scream
art nouveau 1890s to 1910s
in spain called modernism but more commonly called in france = art nouveau
- it modernised the path of art progression, seeking to escape traditional styles and instead creatin luxurious works by returning back to nature
casa batiló Barcelona
dadaism 1916 to 1924
rejected all logic, reason and order of western civilisation that caused the horrors of war
- these artists produced works that were satirical in nature
- they wanted to destroy traditional artistic values and create something new to replace it
Marchel Duchamp Fountain 1917
Bauhaus 1920s to 1930
established by:
Bauhaus was:
- a revolutionary school of art
that aimed to show:
- art in everyday life and not just in fine art museums
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Klee
Bauhaus is characterised by:
- abstract styles
- geometric shapes
- aesthetics that include no historical, mythical or emotional sources
pop art 1950s to 1960s
in the 1950s in post war Britain and America young artists began to revolt agains the traditional views on what art should be
- they felt what they were taught in art schools or saw in museums had nothing to do with their everyday lives or what they considered to be art
so:
- they turned to what surrounded them for inspiration
- holywood movies, product packaging, comic books and advertisement posters
They used:
- repetition
- bold imagery
- bright colour palattes -- to introduce art to new demographics this time without intimidation but through familiarity
Andy Warhol campbells soup cans 1962