Art History 103: Exam 1

Characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities - Light was primary focus of this composition

Impressionism 1874

Utagawa Hiroshige, Hakone; Kosui, 1833

*Japanese print-making*

Mathew B. Brady, Dead Confederate Soldier at Fort Mahone, Albumen silver print from glass plate negative, 1864

*image of dead soldier laying in battle field*

1. History 2. Portrait 3. Landscape 4. Still life 5. Genre

5 Genres of Academic painting approved for Academy

- Embraces aesthetic properties of art making "fantastical" - Decorative patterning - Formal aspects: curvilinear linework (tangled, organic lines), Fanciful, whimsical, and layered (almost like a collage), crafty (heavy patterning), gold

Art Nouveau 1890

*bleeds into all aspects i.e. architecture, lamps, subway entrances, etc. - Decorative patterning - Formal aspects: curvilinear linework (tangled, organic lines), Fanciful, whimsical, and layered (almost like a collage), crafty (heavy patterning), gold - ART NOUVEAU REBEL TO THE INDUSTRIALIST I.E. EIFFEL TOWER

Art Nouveau Architecture

- Plate produces a negative image! From a negative, you can produce multiple positive images so you can replicate the image as many times as you want - Still used today

Calotype (Early Modern Photography)

First commercially successful photographic process in history; Included a chemical and mechanical reaction to produce the positive image

Daguerreotype (Early Modern Photography)

*could apply to all time periods and pretty much all artwork - a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world

Expressionism

Fauve = wild beasts --> vivid - Not autobiographical, but pure visual expressive states of color/vibrancy = aesthetic viewpoint, not conceptual (aka not trying to send a political or social message, just visual) - Elements of pointillism

French Expressionism (Fauvism) 1950

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936 (photography)

Name the artist, the work, and the year it was created. (photo)

Formed from the last Impressionist exhibition up to the birth of Fauvism. The movement emerged as a reaction against Impressionism and its concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color.

Post-Impressionism 1886

- Style seeking to present a realistic view of society to its viewers - Sought to convey truthful and objective vision of contemporary life - Real in subject matter! Not real in terms of a perfect reflection of the world, but real in terms of content e.g. depict everyday lives of the working class - Ordinary and mundane, not trying to create drama and emotion - Rejects the royal academy classical art and dramatic themes from romanticism - Some elements of realism in romanticism and vice versa

Realism

- Artwork is fundamentally the expression of the artist (representation of the artist's imagination) - Uses light for dramatic effect and to elicit and emotion - Artist has a unique vision unconstrained by academic practice - Different from Neoclassicism because you were not able to have your own style/had to follow the academy - Expresses the humanities and emotional force, rather than a cultural/aesthetic value - Artists turned inward for their inspiration, rather than emulation of an academic example

Romanticism

- Trained in dutch landscapes Very interested in how paint moves (linear style) - Painted a lot of self-portraits *become common in modern era - Similar to still life, because you go at your own pace/schedule - Typically try to paint own psyches - Suffered from depression, alcoholism, epilepsy - Arbitrary painting --> color for colors sake

Vincent Van Gogh