ART 312 Midtern 2 (Prof. Joanna Roche)

Artist: Kazimir Malevich Movement: Russian Suprematism

(Black Square)

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky Movement: German Expressionism

(Composition VII)

Artist: Tatlin Movement: Russian Constructivism

(Counter-Relief)

Artist: Nolde Movement: German Expressionism Specific Group of German Exp: The Bridge

(Female Dancer)

Artist: George Braque Movement: Cubism

(Houses of L'Estaque)

Artist: Fanz Marc Movement: German Expressionism Specific group of German Exp: The Blue Rider

(Large Blue Horses)

Artist: Picasso Movement: NONE (pre-Cubism)

(Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)

Artist: Matisse Movement: Fauvism

(Luxe, calme & volupte)

Artist: Picasso Movement: Cubism

(Maquette for Guitar)

Artist: Giorgio De Chirico Movement: Metaphysical School

(Melancholy and Mystery of a Street)

Artist: Marc Chagall Movement: None

(Paris Through the Window)

Artist: Oscar Kokoschka Movement: Austrian Expressionism

(Portrait of Adolf Loos)

Pablo Picasso Movement: Analytic Cubism

(Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler)

Artist: Matisse Movement: Fauvism

(Portrait of Madame Matisse/Green Line)

Pablo Picasso Movement: Synthetic Cubism

(Still Life with Chair Caning )

Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Movement: German Expressionism Specific Group of German Exp: The Bridge

(Street Dresden)

Artist: Giacomo Balla Movement: Futurism

(Street Light)

Artist: Matisse Movement: Fauvism

(The Joy of Life)

Artist: El Lissitzky Movement: Russian Constructivism

(The constructor)

Artist: Umberto Boccioni Movement: Futurism

(Unique Forms of Continuity in Space)

Artist: Rodchenko Movement: Russian Constructivism

(Untitled advertising poster)

Rethinking of space in painting, attempt to represent multiple simultaneous viewpoints impossible to see at once

1) How do each of these 4 artworks fit into its Picasso period in terms of subject matter & style? 2) How would you summarize what Cubism was trying to do?

1)graphic design advertising selling books that support the revolution 2) in the service of the revolution, focuses on supporting the communist revolution in relation to the rise of Russia

1) What was the function of this work? 2) How is this work tied to the goals of the Communist Revolution and the Russian Constructivists?

1) Work made of: inexpensive common materials such as paper, cardboard p, wire 2) Reason: made from simple common materials 3) simplifies geometric forms for breaking the fragmentation. Focuses on multiple perspectives

1) What was this work made from? 2) Why was it radical? 3) How does it relate to Cubist experimentation?

1) Expressionist because It focuses on the emotional surrealism 2) the painting style, not rendered, expressive brush strokes. Looking to the side portrait

1) Why and how is this portrait "expressionist?" 2) What makes this portrait modern?

Pablo Picasso Movement: Blue Period

La Vie (Life)

Artist: Gino Severini Movement: Futurism

(Bal Tabarin)

Artist: Brancusi Movement: NONE

(Bird in Flight)

1) Subject matter: focus on the geometrical shapes but very reduced and simplified forms 2) Detachment from a whole figure and breakdown in different perspective not linear throughout fracmentation and deconstruction

1) How do each of these 4 artworks fit into its Picasso period in terms of subject matter & style? 2) How would you summarize what Cubism was trying to do? 1) How do each of these 4 artworks fit into its Picasso period in terms of subject matter & style? 2) How would you summarize what Cubism was trying to d

1) A very staring face, no blending, painting applied as color blocks, unfurnished quality and not naturalistic. 2) One of the sources he used to create this painting was African influences. The idea of very simplified form. I

1) How is this portrait characteristic of Fauvism? 2) What non-European influences are present here?

1) The bridge: strong emotion, sexually charged energy (pleasure and euphoria). 2) Primitivismo : look from the French POV to a foreign culture 3) conflictive: Sexually point of view to other cultures. Colonists: depicts foreign cultures as free and expressive

1) How is this work tied to themes/subjects of The Bridge? 2 ) How is it "primitivist?" 3) How does it show a colonialist perspective?

This idea of creating this idea of nature. Metic golden age, and innocence. Idrogenus figures. Not the nudes themselves but The way nudes were made was the uniqueness about this paiting. Perspective. *A beautiful Arcadian space, Pastoral Arcadian painting One of the paintings that changes everything. Subject; heartily paradise...Arcadian, a state of innocence. Timeless, hard to where is happening, the pleasures of the body. Senses (earring, touching...) sexuality Traditions of the renaissance, pastoral scenes. Industrializing, pre modern, when the body was close with nature. References to classism but he turns everything on his use of lines and colors, space, and perspective, odd scales Archaic

1) What French art tradition does this belong to? 2) What elements from that tradition are included in this painting? (hint: shepherds)

1)multi exposures: superimposes 2, photomontage, self portrait 2) uses photomontage that uses tools for engineers

1) What Modern technique of photography is El Lissitzky using? 2) What Constructivist concept of the artist is conveyed in this self-portrait?

1) Influenced by Cezanne 2) simplified objects into geometric forms

1) What earlier Modern artist influenced this specific painting and the Cubists Braque & Picasso? 2) In what ways does it show this artist's influence?

1) Blue: was masculine and spiritual. Yellow: was feminine and sensual for him. Red: force and matter. 2) Representing spiritual forms, connected to nature. 2) Connected to "the blue rider" : • The spiritual side of reality • Both groups inspired by emotions • spiritual aspect of the horses

1) What is Marc's color symbolism here, that is 2) what did he believe the color blue meant? 2) How is this work connected to the themes of The Blue Rider?

1) No reference of nature, no place or object are identify. Spiritually, He said :the artist needs to focus inwardly on what's inside, he had a philosophy. 2) He's interested on symbolism, non objective elements on his art would symbolize something. (Spirituality) 3) He was inspired by music. Inner feeling rather than an outer matter. He was considered the father of abstraction.

1) What is non-objective art? 2) What is Kandinsky's focus in this work? 3) What other art form influenced him and why? (hint: not a visual art)

1) city in the multi sensory experience through statics and dynamics, pictures of some. Night club in Paris. Nationalism and social classes 2) realism: comes back from the reference to Renoir but rejects the static qualities of cubism with a everyday party night dance hall 3)capturing the dynamism of motion with the integration of text and collage elements

1) What is the subject here and how does it connect to earlier Modern art movements? 2) How it this work Futurist?

1) One of the big subject matter of French art tradition is the bathing, females nudes. 2) Similar to Seurat poitntilsm but with a more loose canvas, points not to close to each other Influenced by the neo-impresionistas 3) Arquidia: a time of humans being close to nature, armony, simple.

1) What is the subject matter here? 2) What French art tradition is this landscape is part of? 3) What recent art historic movement influenced Matisse's technique?

1) Depicting the idea of flight and notion conveying motion through the shapes 2) Conveys his idea upward and ascent and the wooden base to connect to the earth

1) What is this abstract sculpture depicting? 2) How does it convey its meaning?

1) A crowded street, tension, darkness. Not a natural atmospheric. Urban anxiety. (See similarities to Munch painting) 2) The name indicates the influence of their work with their art viewed as a bridge between the past, present and the future. 3) Anxiety's Expressionist because focuses on emotion with color and forms

1) What is this scene representing? 2) How is this work tied to themes/subjects of The Bridge? 3) What makes this an "expressionist" painting?

1) motion: the figure is aerodynamically deformed by speed exaggeration of the body's dynamism so that it embodies the urge towards progress or future. 2) showed movement and action in psychological motions, looked towards the future

1) What is this sculpture representing and how is it related to Futurist themes?

) common everyday materials 2) each substance through structural laws depicts specific forms, something like everyday material helps display art through perspectives. Changing notion of what art is supposed to be while using common materials 3)it's made/ put together on the site of exhibition

1) What kind of materials did Tatlin use in Counter-Relief? 2) What did the artist mean by his principle of "truth to materials?" 3) What makes this a Constructivist work?

1)cubism: background on angles and simplified shapes Fauvism: Paris was the center of modern fauvism 2) religious and folk traditional: the cat face was Jewish folk belief that sinners would come back as cats to torment their family Cultural: pre-revolutionary war with the simple life

1) What other Modern art movements influenced Chagall here? 2) What religious, cultural, and folk traditions did Chagall draw on in his artwork?

1) cubism: but believed it was too static Neo-impressionist: the way it depicts light in a scientific way (optics etc.) 2) focuses on new technologies, values warfare (new inventions, the street light)

1) What prior Modern art theories of color and form influenced this work? 2) How is this subject related to Futurist themes?

1) the manifesto of paint, foundation of suprematism relation to Russian orthodox. Brings spirituality to recognizable forms, white: infinity/ Black: zero form 2) orthodox (Russian) was set in the corner where typically the icon was located. Families placed art of religious figures in the top corner of a room, Malevich placed this painting in the top corner of his exhibit symbolizing how art should be worshiped and valued

1) Why did Malevich paint just a black square? 2) What Russian tradition did he use in his installation (placement) of this painting?

1) far from what we know, focuses on the fear of open spaces 2) focuses on beyond realism interpretation, but not necessarily abstract 3) alienates or creates a stark contrast between two separate objects/ focuses

1) Why is this work considered "metaphysical?" What imagery does De Chirico use to create mystery and melancholy? 2) What does "juxtaposition" mean and how is it used here?

1)Original reference to his own painting, brothels/ prostitution in the red light district 2)traditional African art and a little of Hispanic 3) it deals with prostitution 4)some of the subjects are wearing masks

1)What is the subject matter of this work? 2) What sources/influences does Picasso include (hint: non-European art)? 3) What made this work modern and shocking to viewers? 4)How is it primitivist?

Pablo Picasso Movement: Rose Period

Family of Saltimbanques