Review 2

Impressionists

Monet, Degas, Pissaro, Renoir, Mary Cassatt

Example of the Neoclassical architecture

The White House

Example of Dada art

THE FOUNTAIN by Duchamp

Examples of Realism

* THE STONE BREAKERS-Courbet *BREEZING UP-Winslow Homer

Exmples of Romanticism in art

*THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA by Gericault *THE THIRD OF MAY by de Goya *WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE by Leutze *SLAVE SHIP by Turner

Characteristics of Cubist art

-multiple views of an object -disintegration -geometric shapes -flat space -figure and ground merge into an interwoven surface of shifting planes

Romanticism

A literary and artistic movementof in late 18th and 19th centuries characterized by intense, exaggerated emotional excitement, passion ABOVE ALL, powerful forces of nature, exotic lifestyles, nostalgia for the past without technology, especially The Middle Ages

Neoclassicism

A revival of classical Greek and Roman forms of art during the 18th and 19th centuries. Characteristics : rational simplicity, symmetry, proportion, setting in Ancient Greece or Rome,

Post-Modernism

A trend of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s. inspiration drawn from all art periods and styles, willingness to combine elements of different styles and periods

The Salon

An official art exhibition in France, judged by members of the French Academy of Fine Arts.It was known for adhering to strict and traditional rules of painting .

Abstract Expressionism

Art movement in the 1950 in the US characterized by spontaneous, personal expression (e.g. flinging paint onto the canvas) in large paintings that were abstract and nonrepresentational. E.g. Pollock, Rothko

Pop Art

Art of the late 1950s and 1960s based on popular culture and the mass media. It challenged the notion of originality and what it is to be an artist. E.g. Andy Warhol

Dada

As a reaction to the horrors of WWI and to the accepted rules of aesthetics, Dada ridiculed culture and conventional art. This movement's only rule was, "No rules."

Who was the first to experiment with multiple perspectives in a single painting?

Cezanne

What was the most influential style of the 20th century and who developed it?

Cubism, developed by Picasso and Braque

Who was the precursor to Impressionism? Which of his paintings was groundbreaking?

Edouard Manet. THE LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS.

What are some of the artistic styles that emerged in the 20th century?

Fauvism Cubism Dada Surrealism Abstract Expressionism Pop Art Post -Modern Art

What is pointilism? Who developed it?

It is a painting method of placing dabs of color next to each other, allowing the eye to do the mixing. It was developed by Seurat.

Goal of Impressionism

Originated in 1870, Impressionism tried to capture a glimpse, an impression of a moment in time, focusing on mood and light and its effect on color

Art periods/styles in chronological order

Stone Age, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Art of the 20th century, Post-Modern art

Example of Neoclassical art

THE OATH OF THE HORATII by Jacques-Louis David

Example of a Surrealist painting

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Salvador Dali

Modernism

The broad movement in Western arts and literature from around 1850, characterised by a deliberate rejection of the styles of the past; emphasising instead innovation and experimentation in forms, materials and techniques in order to create artworks that better reflected modern society.

Post-Impressionists

Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Seurat

Surrealism

artistic movement (1920s-mid-1940) aimed at revealing the unconscious mind in dream images, the irrational, and the fantastic.

Realism

believed that art should deal with human experience (good or bad) and accurate observation

Characteristics of Impressionism

focus on light and mood of a particular moment short brushstrokes casual subjects (often urban life and leisure) painted outdoors

Post- Impressionism

reaction to Impressionism. It was interested in form, composition, symbols, psychological intensity, and expression , not just light . Used impasto.

Fauvism

style of painting developed in the early 1920 in Paris, characterized by bright, contrasting colors and simplified shapes. "Les fauves" means wild beasts

Impasto

thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner, showing brush and palette knife marks; favorite of the Post-Impressionists