modern art
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Modern ArtRejecting the past
ExpressionismFauvismCubismCubismDada
SurrealismAbstract Art
Pop ArtMinimalism
Early Expressionism
Style that portrayed emotions through distorting form and color
Edvard MunchEdvard Munch Mental illness, depression Said he would never want to cast of his
illness Aimed to induce strong reactions in his
viewers
Munch
Vampire
The ScreamScream
PubertyFauvism
1904-1908 Explosion of color, exaggerated and vibrant Disregard for true/actual color Disregard for true/actual color as if gremlins seized the color knob on the tv Influenced by non-European tribal art of the
colonies Leader: Matisse
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MatisseBlue Nude
Derain Purple Bridge
Cubism
Break down of objects into a multitude of geometric shapes
Stuck between representation and abstract Life through a flys eye
Braque
Fishing Boats
Juan Gris
Portrait of Picasso
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Picasso
Italian Girl
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso1881-1973
His mother said, If you become a soldier, youll be a general. If you become a monk, youll end up as the Pope. He said, I y p p ,became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
Painted around 50,000 pieces Notorious for relationships with women Children from many women
Guernica
Expressionism1905-1930
Art should express the artists feelings rather than images of the real world
Distorted exaggerated forms and colorDistorted, exaggerated forms and color Began with van Gogh, Gauguin, Munch Dark colors and woodcuts relay sadness of
war
Kathe Kollwitz
Poverty
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Nolde
Wildly Dancing Children
What is art?
Come up with a definition for art.What isnt art?
Abstract Art Began with Kandinsky in 1919 Post WWII to 80s Abandon any reference to recognizable
reality No subject No subject Color can convey emotion even without
content Founder: Kandinsky
Abstract art is art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way
Kandinsky
Improvisation 31
Black Spot I
Mondrian
Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray,Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue
Used only primary colors and non-colors
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Dada Art
1916-1923 Got its name from nonsense
French for hobby horse French for hobby horse Protested the madness of war Founded by WWI refugees Strategy was to denounce and shock
Duchamp Fountain
Duchamp
Mona Lisa with
moustache
Surrealism
1920s and 1930s Implies going beyond realism Painted the bizarre and irrational to express Painted the bizarre and irrational to express
truths Defy common sense Looks like a dream-world
Joan Miro1893-1983
Invented unique biomorphic images Geometric shapes and amoeba-like blobs Colorful playful Colorful, playful Cartoon from another planet
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The PolicemanPoliceman
Dutch Interior I
Chagall
I d thI and the Village
Salvador Dali1904-1989
Exploited his own personality quirks Fears: bugs, crossing streets, trains, boats,
airplanes, Metro, buying shoes in public Actual objects but distorted Had the canvas next to his bed and woke to paint
ddreamscapes Disliked by some because of his fascination with
Hitler Pulled publicity stunts
Gave speech with foot in pail of milk Press conference with lobster on his head Wore a diving suit and lectured but no one could hear
him and he started to asphyxiate himself
The Persistence of Memory
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CrucifixionPortrait of
Paul Eluard
Weaning of Furniture-Nutrition
Cannibalism Ain Autumn
Rene Magritte1898-1967
Le sicle des lumires
The Century of Lights
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Matisse Threatening Weather
Abstract Expressionism
Also called action painting 40s-50s Came out of the jazz eras lack of formCame out of the jazz era s lack of form No longer was art required to be a visual
representation of some object Jackson Pollock=Jack the Dripper (1912-1956)
Paint Hard, Live Hard Died drunk in a car crash-age 44
Jackson Pollock
Eyes in the Heat
Lavender Mist Minimalists
Color Field Huge canvases of color Representations of feelings and ideasRepresentations of feelings and ideas
Hard Edge Calculated, simple forms Colors in harmony
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Color FieldRothko
1968
Rothko
White Center
Hard EdgeKelly Elsworth
Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
Frank StellaHarran II
Pop Art
1950 s and 1960s Derived from the word popular Used everyday items as inspiration for art Used everyday items as inspiration for art Soup cans and comic strips Mass produced Pope of Pop: Andy Warhol
6 hour movie called Sleep
Andy Warhol
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Roy LichtensteinGo for Baroque
Modern Art Homework
Find a piece of art that fits any of p f f y fthe styles from this PowerPoint and
bring it tomorrow.