Art & Society II

The idea is expressed through forms

Symbolism

Western nations take over non western people, in order to take their economy from them and administer their culture for them. is racist and deeply destructive

Colonialism

the use of divided colors to build up form

Divisionism

Represent an anti-academic expression of individual freedom. Firs: these painters rejected chiaroscuro modeling, through which form and space were created by gradations between light and dark. The Impressionists eliminated dark tones, resulting in a kind of tonal flatness Second: some of the Impressionists painted en plein air, outdoors, to evoke the interaction of light and air in nature with bright juxtaposed colors. Third: whereas academic work was highly finished, the Impressionists created work with coarse and irregular surfaces. Individual brush strokes are varied in terms of width, breadth and direction, but the entire surface of an Impressionist work is uniformly animated and agitated.

Impressionism

All prior to the modern era, the purpose of art was to legitimize authority and power up to the 1760, the modern art open up a question of "what art can do" and goes totally against the prior art form of design.

Modern Art

Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, Neoclassicism was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome but with enlightenment ideas. Design Technique: -Elimination of pictorial depth -Presence of the forth ground -Composition in a linear action -High degree of finish eliminating brush work -Emphasizes on light -clear gestures

Neoclassicism

The brush strokes

Pointillism

A range of artistic responses to Impressionism, that all used the the stylistic developments of Impressionism as a starting point.

Post-Impressionism

Simple, direct, authentic, naive relationship to the world

Primitivism

Aim to show a truthful and objective vision of contemporary life. Emerged in the aftermath of the french revolution of 1848 and developed the period of the Second Empire under Napoleon III Realists democratized art by depicting modern subjects drawn from the everyday lives of the working class. Rejecting the idealized classicism of academic art and the exotic themes of Romanticism., refers to the subject matter itself Design Techniques: -Elimination of depth -Elimination of modeling -Truthful art/ meaningful -Elimination of atmospheric perspective -Eliminates Narrative

Realism

Romanticism developed in response to the ideals of the Enlightenment. It emphasized imagination and emotions instead of reason and order. Design Technique: -Dynamic approach -Colors- sensory - emotion - feelings -Lines: Reason - Restrain

Romanticism

Monet & Renoir Their own terms, their own exhibition to recognize modernity as a visual experience. Artistic freedom and freedom of the individual

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