History of Modern Art Quiz 2

Glass of Absinthe

1st Assemblage

Houses at L'Estaque

1st cubist painting. Structure of houses (flattened) perspective doesn't line up - looking from multiple points of view. Shading and highlights that make them look like different planes. Color palette is subdued with minimized colors

Violin and Palette

Analytic cubism. Materialization of a new space - see space that gives an idea of depth but in a new way. Creates a visual pun.

Asemblage

Art form where objects that already exist are attached and incorporated into the art medium

London Bridge

Combines Neo-Impressionist brushstrokes and color with Fauvist style. Abstraction and looseness.

Le Luxe II

Connects the great historical and mythological paintings of the past with the new modern art. Painting about forms and how they are depicted

Le Bonheur de Vivre

Considered an outrage at the time because of the simplicity of forms and bright unstable colors

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Figures have mask like faces - on the right based on African art. Used the African mask as shock effect. Connected to cubism because he treated the background and the foreground as in the same plane. Hard to tell what is the subject and what is not. Last of the Rose Period paintings. Made this painting and didn't show it for 9 years. Became a rumor and people wanted to come to the studio to see it. People didn't know how to take it - they knew that it would change the way things were being done

Analytic Cubism

Form of cubism based on direct observation. Done in the studio. Focused on still life and using them as a springboard for painting

Die Brucke

German Expressionism. Means "the Bridge." Influenced by Van Gogh and Edvard Munch

Strong Abstraction

Has no basis in reality, and comes from the artist's imagination

The Open Window

Historical reference to classical paintings that would use the window to create depth. This painting doesn't really have depth. Very little distinction between what is happening inside/outside the room. Gives enough info to give you an idea of what you are looking at but obfuscates the rest.

Fauvism

Movement that emphasized painterly qualities over representation. Strong use of color not necessarily descriptive of the actual form. Translates to "Wild Beast".

The Belle Epoque

New excitement and optimism about technology Innovation was key

Weak Abstraction

Observation of the natural world that has been broken down into various forms

La Vie

Painting done in response to his Casa Jamis committing suicide. Female models are from prison (often with syphilis or prostitutes. Portrays them as femme fatales - sad women that bring doom to the men around them. Lived in the Bateau Le Voir, Bohemian Lifestyle

Portrait of Madame Matisse, The Green Line

Painting of the artist's wife. Used as a vehicle to use the colors and different planes. Playing with radically different flesh tones to separate the face out into different planes.

Harmony in Red

Playing with Pattern - same pattern used for the wall and the tablecloth, makes your understanding of depth confusing. Bold use of color. Framed in an unusual way - chair is cut off and has more depth than the rest of the painting

Still Life with Chair Caning

Printed chair caning. Also used oil and rope - rope used to make fun of the gold frames in gallery shows. Used lettering - JOU - may have come from the newspaper, but also from JOUE which means to play - reference to playing with each other

Dance (II)

Radical painting because of its simplicity

Bird in Space

Representational of something that cuts through the air. Sent to Paris for an exhibition. Held up at customs. Caused an argument: what is art?

Young Lady with an Umbrella

Used color starches that were applied to the photographic emulsion