Friday, May 16, 2014

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Pop Art

Pop Art 1950-1960's

-Pop art is a reaction to abstract expressionism which strived to convey the emotion of the individual artist creating it. Pop art focused

on the mass materialistic, consumerist culture of the 1960's. The influential artists of this period reflected what they saw as life during

this era. Some characteristics include recognizable imagery drawn from popular media and products, using very bright colors,  flat

imagery influenced by comic books, and newspaper photographs.

Andy Warhol
-Moon Museum, 1969.
 

-Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962.

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism 1945-1960

Abstract expressionism was an art movement that swept the United States after World War II. Each artist's style is different, but

paintings using the abstract expressionist style have some similar characteristics. Each piece was abstract, even those that were inspired

by, or were depictions of, the real world. Abstract expressionism rejected convention, and artists sought new ways to think about art,

and began creating art in new ways, such as Jackson Pollock's technique of dripping paint on a canvas laid on the floor.

Wassily Kandinsky
-The White Dot, 1923.


-Kallmnz
Gabriele Munter Painting In Kallmunz - Wassily Kandinsky

Wilhelm de Kooning
-Woman III, 1953.


-Excavation, 1950.

Surrealism

Surrealism 1920's-1940's

Surrealism gave artists a chance to depict images of perverse sexuality, scatology, decay and violence. It also gave them the desire to

push against the boundaries of socially acceptable behaviors and traditions in order to discover pure thought and the artist's true nature.

Fundamentally, Surrealism gave artists permission to express their most basic drives: hunger, sexuality, anger, fear, dread, ecstasy, and

so forth.

Salvador Dali
-The Persistence of Memory, 1931.
The Persistence of Memory

-Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937.


Rene Magritte
-The Son of Man, 1964.
The Son of Man - Rene Magritte

-The Human Condition, 1933.

Marc Chagall
-Four Seasons, 1974.
Chagall's Four Seasons







-I and the Village
I and the Village - Marc Chagall

Cubism

Cubism 1907-1929

Cubists who painted using the analytical style of cubism, basically analyzed and broke up natural forms into little cubes or other

geometrical shapes. They used a monochromatic color scheme for these paintings. Picasso and Braque, both used the analytical style of

painting. Apart from this style, they also developed synthetic cubism. This was based on the art of creating compositions that focused

on objects together. Besides, artists also made use of the technique of mixed media.


Pablo Picasso
-The Weeping Woman, 1937



-Guernica, 1937



Georges Braque
-Violin and Candlestick, 1910.
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-Little Harbor in Normandy, 1909
Harbor in Normandy - Georges Braque
Paul Cezanne
-Forest, 1904.


-The Large Bathers, 1905.

Fauvism

Fauvism 1900-1920

The first characteristic a viewer will notice on fauvist works is the intense colors used throughout the painting. Fauvists used pure and

unblended colors in a way that has nothing to do with how the human eye views an object, person or a landscape. Another deviation

from the predominant movement of the late 19th century, impressionism, was the absence of small and thin brush strokes. Disregard of

three-dimensionality does not refer to disregard of perspective, as fauvist painters made use of the technique to depict depth in objects

and landscapes. Instead, the issues that weakened the perception of depth on fauvist paintings were the seemingly autonomous bold

strokes and the lack of subtle shading.

Franz Marc
-The Tower of Blue Horses, 1913.


-Yellow Cow, 1911



Henri Matisse
-Open Window, 1905.


-The Dance, 1910

Post- Impressionism

Post-Impressionism 1880-1900

Post Impressionism is identified by vibrant colors, thick paint application, real life subject matter, geometric shapes, and distortion of

objects or figures for expressive effect. The Post-Impressionists were an eclectic bunch of individuals, so there were no broad, unifying

characteristics. Each artist took an aspect of Impressionism and exaggerated it. Vincent Van Gogh intensified Impressionism's already

vibrant colors and painted them thickly on the canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh
-Cafe Terrace at Night, 1888.


-The Potato Eaters, 1885.