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1. Characteristics Post-Impressionism
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artists subjective feelings choose bright colors for nature vs. earth tones
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characteristics of modernist literature
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usually pessimistic; usually an alienated individual / a dysfunctional person trying to make sense of the world
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Kafkaesque
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"the metamorphosis" - the characters lack identity and control in their lives
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joyce
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" a stream of consciousness" - uses to create non-linear thoughts of characters and random chaotic developments
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characteristics of impressionism
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painting "en plein air" = out-doors vs. studio / tube paints
-"blurry" = unfinished appearance -subjects: nature, casual and domestic life |
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characteristics of cubism
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a bold and distictive ormal language taht came to challenge the priniples of renaissance painting as dramatically as possible
-short angular lines -makes ordinary objects appear in bits and pieces -abstract |
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characteristics of expressionism
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favored macabre and intimate subjects
- rendered by means of distorted forms, harsh colors and bold and haunting use of black -content: explored dark depressing psychological states -colors: secondary to tertuary for depression -themes: alliteration, lonliness, happiness |
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characteristics of surrealism
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express in conscious life the working of the unconscious mind
- artist's liberation from reason and the demands of the conventional society -explicit homage to Freud -spontaneous and random - guided by through functions free of rational control and exmpt from aesthetic or moral concern |
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characteristics of abstract and non-objective art
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free-form= non-representational
-content free: no " obvious" meaning or value; untitled or un- numbered= free association/ Neutral? -process over product: random application= "action painting" |
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expressionism
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haunting synthesis of violently distorted forms and savage colors
-rebel against " old - establish forces" of academic art -distorted forms, harsh colorrsl bold use of black |
