Art Appreciation

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Theeighteenth and nineteenth centuries inEurope are characterized by

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concerns about social equality, and a transition inpower from the wealthy to the growing middle class

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Absolute, Absolutism:

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when applied to a ruler or monarch, the beliefthat he or she holds the ultimate power and that this derives from the will ofGod.

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Enlightenment-

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Enlightenment thinkers called for reason overfaith, liberty over oppressive systems of government, and equal rights for allmen

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Romanticism:

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movement in nineteenth-century European culture,concerned with the power of the imagination and greatly valuing intensefeeling.

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Rococo-

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Rococo artworks tend to be lighthearted, indulgent, andeven somewhat supercial, featuring elaborately curved lines and organic forms.Rococo paintings were often commissioned by the aristocracy and are playful inmood, sometimes with erotic undertones.

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Rhythm:

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the regular or ordered repetition of elements in the work.

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Impressionism-

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The artists who came to be called Impressionists worked in individual,sometimes very different, styles, but they were united in rejecting the formalapproach of the art taught in the Academy. Their art attempted not so much toportray exactly and realistically such scenes as a landscape or life in a city(although they did depict those subjects), as to capture the light and sensationsproduced by the scene.

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The Swing

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Fragonard1766, France(Rococo)

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The Oath of the Horatii

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Jacque-Louis David, 1784,France.

(Neoclassicism)

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The Slave Ship,

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J.M.W. Turner, 1840, England.(Romanticism)

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The Oxbow,

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Thomas Cole, 1836, America.Style: Romanticism

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Stone breakers

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Gustave Courbet,1849,France. (Realism)

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Harvest of Death

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Timothy O’Sullivan, 1863,Gettysburg, PA.

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Luncheon on the Grass

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Manet, 1863,France. Style: Realism to Modern.(naked woman)

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Impression Sunrise

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Monet, 1872,France. Style: Impressionism

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Mont Sainte-Victoire

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Cezanne, 1886,France. Style:

Post-Impressionism(Landscapes/mountain art)

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Starry Night

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Vincent van Gogh,1889, France. Style: Post-Impressionism

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Joyof Life

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Matisse, 1905, France. Style: Fauvism.

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The Ladies of d’Avignon

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Picasso, 1907,France. Style: Cubism

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Improvisation #30

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Kandinsky, 1913, German. Style: Expressionism

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The Third of May

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Francisco Goya, 1808, 1814, Spain.(Romanticism)

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Persistence of Memory

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Salvador Dali, 1931,Spain. Style: Surrealism

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En plein air

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(French pronunciation: or plein air painting, is a phrase borrowed fromthe French equivalent meaning "open (in full) air".

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Modernism

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A movement toward modifying traditional beliefs inaccordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in thelate 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Abstraction-

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AbstractExpressionism: a mid-twentieth-centuryartistic style characterized by its capacity to convey intense emotions usingnon-representational images.

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Avant-garde-

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Avant-garde: early twentieth-century emphasis on artisticinnovation, which challenged accepted values, traditions, and techniques.

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Number 1A

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Jackson Pollock, Number 1A, 1948,American. Style: Abstract Expressionism

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Thirty are Better than One

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Andy Warhol,1963, American. Style: Pop Art

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Donald Judd, Untitled,

Style?

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1967, American.Style: Minimalism

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Untitled Film Still #35

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Cindy Sherman, 1979,U.S. Post-Modern

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Three Folk Musicians,

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Romare Bearden, 1967,American. Postmodernism