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54 Cards in this Set
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Courbet, Stonebreakers, 1849 Realism Draw attention to plight of peasants. Connected to the earth. Large size (typical to history pieces) but the scale was to draw attention to the subject matter In salon |
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Courbet, The Burial at Ornans 1850 Realism Unfiltered portrayal of contemporary life Paint what is seen Not religious scene Huge painting in salon No drama or narrative Figures act like a typical funeral, unremarkable and not dramatized Common people individualized Unedited truths, some people look bored, others mourning Reminder of mortality Use of a palette knife to take away some of the realism |
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Millet, The Sower 1850 Realism Rejects city life and promotes rural peasants. Rich landscape. Interested in union of peasant and landscape using earthy color palate Powerful representation of musculature Focus on idea instead of individual identity Influence Van Gogh |
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Manet, luncheon on the grass 1863 Avant garde The female is not nude but naked and looking at the the audience |
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Manet, Olympia 1863 Avant-garde Bold outline to flatten pictureNot trying to be illussionistic.Slipper off foot being seductiveStrong gazeNot idealized form, not enlogated Choker, jewelry, pinned hair with flower for prostitute. Olympia typical namePower positionBlack cat, witchcraft, devil, hell |
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Monet, Impression: Sunrise 1872 Impressionist Sought to capture momentary subjective response to nature Capture fleetingness Brushwork emphasize speed Free from studio Pastel colors Space compressed No clear viewpoint Playing with perspective |
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Monet, Rouen Cathedral (early morn and sunlight) 1894-5 Impressionist Cropped How stone and light work Attention to materiality of paint |
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Renoir, Moulin de la Galette 1876 Impressionist Space for leisure Social status on display Effects of light Nothing polished Artificial outdoor lights Lack of identifiable characteristics. Identity not important. Viewer elevated |
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Degas, Cafe Singer with a Glove 1878 Impressionist Dramatic cropping Vision naturally crops Photos influenced Assertive gesture Attention to gloves arm |
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Cassatt, Mother and Child 1889 Impressionist Linked with degas Explore domestic Capture tender moment Faces and hands emphasized Similar to virgin and child imagery Madonna to convey idealized motherhool |
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Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte 1884-86 Post-Impressionist Pointillism, colors mix in eyes (color theory), further to get full effect. Emphasize stillness/own worlds. Emphasize class not identity |
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Cezanne, basket of apples 1895 Post-impression - thinks impression lacks form Make it look solid Emphasis on line and geometry Visible brushwork Not trying to be illusionistic Contradicting viewpoints/perspective (was an inspiration to picasso and others) |
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Cezanne, The Large Bathers 1906 Post-Impressionistic Not trying to be illusionistic Masklike faces Contradicting perspectives Visible brushwork |
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Van Gogh, Starry Night 1889 Post impressionism Cosmic vision of night sky Heavenly and earthy realms Pulsating forms for movements Thick applied paint Impasto effect- paint applied thickly to where strokes are visible |
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Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897 Post impression Thought of as summary of views and techniques Luxiourious landscape Reference realism and folk culture of Tahiti Imaginative, not real, place Ignore reality to produce pure and close to nature painting Imagery posed philosophical questions Birth/Family/Death Seen R to left Icons are ambiguous not fix, subjective narrative Simple flat patches of unnatural colors influential to movement Influential to fauvism |
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Matisse, The Joy of Life 1906 Fauvism Not naturalistic Arcadia setting Idealic setting Vibrant colors |
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Kirchner, Street, Dresden 1908 German expressionism Working with the bridge group Faces masklike New version of city is exciting yet uncivilized Devoid of humanity Unnaturalistic |
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Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 1912 German expressionism Posed question if art can be heard Musical composition |
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Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907 Early cubism Influenced by cezanne Geometrical more confusing Large scale Fruit look rotten, prostitutes Violence in brothels Avant garde |
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Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase 1912 Mature cubism Flatten pictorial space Different perspectives, muted color palate |
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Duchamp, Fountain 1917 Readymade Dada art Urinal as fountain Lack of uniqueness Art can be recreated |
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Miro, Painting 1933 Abstract surrealism Automatism Stop thinking and just do Free association |
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Dali, The Persistence of Memory 1931 Naturalistic surrealism Details taken out of context and distorted Hand painted dream photograph, size of photo |
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Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (number 30) 1950 Gestural Abstract expressionism No focal point Line have energy Unconventional tools and methods First to put canvas on the ground and insert self into painting Reinvent line It is nature |
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Rothko, Untitled 1949 Color field Abstract expressionism |
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Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? 1956 Pop Art Collage of mainstream mass produced media |
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Lichtenstein, Oh Jeff... I Love You, Too... But... 1964 Pop Art Taking something that's simple and disposable like comic books and elevating to the realm or high art Use of painting dots to replicate the mass production printing technique that used benday dots |
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Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans 1962 Pop Art Visual rhetoric of mass produced ads What can art be? Exhibit soup cans as if at a grocery |
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Tony Smith, Die 1962 Minimalist Nuf said |
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Kosuth, One and Three Chairs 1965 Conceptual art Promoting concept that chair is more than one thing. Not object but idea such as language or a picture. How we interpret the word chair. The existence of chair through multiple formats |
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Abramovic, The Artist is Present 2010 Performance art There is a powerful interaction of gazing into someone's eyes. Very intamate. |
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Charles Moore, Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans 1978 Postmodern architecture Eclectic Considered the people that would be there, Italians, and related architecture to the Italian and Roman past. Then incorporated modern materials and created a dialogue of past and present using collonades Roman arches Corinthian columns-stylized Flying buttresses |
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Post Impressionism |
Part of avant garde movement, forward thinking. Push impressionism in another direction Focused on rationalizing, maintaining and controlling art Using scientific method to maintain and control impressionism |
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Realism |
Undermine the Academy Avant garde Ains to be truthful objective representation of world Meticulous of sight Contemporary life/unfiltered |
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Impressionism |
Inspired by the change, industrialization of Paris. People wanna be outside now. Oil tins for transport of paint. Working outside of academy and salon Paint en plein air Attempt to capture a fleeting moment |
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En Plein Air |
Movement when painting takes place outside. Occured more often because of the innovation of the oil tins to make transport easier. |
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Japonisme |
The influence of Japanese prints on France between 1850-1910. Painters borrow fromFrance. Black outlines and flatness. There is an ambiguous setting Only decorative colored |
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Pointillism |
Using small dots of color to make a picture. Color mixing theory As you step away the colors mix in your eyes |
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Fauvism |
Beastlike Misunderstood rule breakers not working with the salon Not naturalistic |
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German Expressionism |
According to Nietzsche axienty due to advance tech God dead because too advanced So they either produce paintings of fresh start Or scary take barbaric alienation |
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Early Cubism |
Multiple perspectives (Cezanne) Simplification of forms with geometric shape Influence by African masks, abstract primitive faces Unnaturalistic |
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Mature cubism |
Flattening of pictorial space Diff perspectives How we see and understand isn't fixed Muted color palate Intentional to lessen distractions so explore space and form... color important for Fauvism |
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Dada |
Antiart movement Around ww1 Artists in military, new weapons and warfare Mock senselessness of rational thought Think irrational instead Begin in Switzerland Lit and drama movement too Expressed reactions to ww1 Emphasize spontaneity, chance, noise |
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Readymade |
asking what is art. Art doesn't have to be unique so long as artist feels it is art |
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Surrealism |
Founded by andre breton in Paris 1924 Branch of Dada Explore aspect of subconcious and dreams Art from chance/irrational |
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Naturalistic surrealism |
Detailed but taken out of context Distorted and doesnt make sense Like a dream |
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Abstract surrealism |
Emphasize free association and automatic drawing. Automatism Emphasize fantasy/imagination Without conciousness |
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Automatism |
The act of drawing without thinking. Referred to as free assoiciation |
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Abstract expressionism |
Emphasize form and timeless beliefs. Transcend the political End of ww2 Devastated Europe so art hun now in NY, fled to USA Raw form and visual elements Gestural- expression through action Color field - expression through large expansive plains of color |
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Minimalism |
Sculpture coined in 60s. Art extreme visual reduction Present ordinary subject matter in literal way No symbolism No hidden meaning |
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Pop Art |
Post war USA experience period of economic and cultural growth New tech and media New age of imagery Rejection of lofty philosophies More accessibility Low brow cultural media that is raised up to high class art Follow duchamp, deemphasize originality |
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Conceptual Art |
Art is not the object but the idea Questioning what art is again |
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Performance Art |
Blur the boundaries between art and life Prioritize action over object Takes place in front of an audience Imperminant... does not last |
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Post modern Art |
In regards to artistic architecture Modern is very minimalistic no symbolism, less is more Post modern less is BORE Rejects minimalism, uniformity, and simplicity Use modern materials Considers the identity of the people using the building Incorporates dialogue between present and past |
