The term “Modern Art” covers a wide variety of art styles and perceptions that emerged during the 1800’s through the 1940s. Some of the many styles that are encompassed by this movement include romanticism, realism, impressionism, cubism, futurism, and surrealism. Romanticism “was not so much a style as a set of attitudes and characteristics” (Getlein 473), favoring emotion, induvial experiences, intuition, and imagination. Realism was romanticism’s polar opposite, instead favoring the day to day lives and experiences of ordinary people. Impressionism took to nature for inspiration, and fauvism which is a small part of expressionism, “describes any style where the artist’s subjective feelings take precedence over objective observation” (Getlein 484). Cubism concentrated on forms, while surrealism focused on the irrational and incongruent. Finally, futurist were fixated with motion and machinery.
My favorite piece of artwork from this chapter is Claude Monet’s Autumn Effect at Argenteuil. This is an impressionism painting, and a lovely one at that. Impressionist painters looked to the great outdoors and Mother Nature for inspiration, and Monet painted …show more content…
This also signified a shift in power if you will, Europe, Paris specifically, was no longer the sole producer of interesting art. Additionally, the modernist art style of surrealism and it’s “emphasis on creative powers of the unconscious” (Getlein 501) inspired the postmodern art style of abstract expressionism. Finally, I believe evens of the time such as the great depression, the Harlem renaissance, and World War 2 caused artists to turn to their artwork as a means of escape and a form of self-expression in these confusing and frightening times took modernism to
My favorite piece of artwork from this chapter is Claude Monet’s Autumn Effect at Argenteuil. This is an impressionism painting, and a lovely one at that. Impressionist painters looked to the great outdoors and Mother Nature for inspiration, and Monet painted …show more content…
This also signified a shift in power if you will, Europe, Paris specifically, was no longer the sole producer of interesting art. Additionally, the modernist art style of surrealism and it’s “emphasis on creative powers of the unconscious” (Getlein 501) inspired the postmodern art style of abstract expressionism. Finally, I believe evens of the time such as the great depression, the Harlem renaissance, and World War 2 caused artists to turn to their artwork as a means of escape and a form of self-expression in these confusing and frightening times took modernism to