Midterm 2

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Art Nouveau

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Literally "new art". It is a late 19th century, early 20th century artistic movement.

Characteristics are:

1. Use of decorative patterns

2. Flat surfaces

3. Extensive use of organic forms

4. A high level if craftsmanship

5. Use of extensive and varied materials

6. The extensive use of the imagination

7. Influences of Byzantine, Gothic, Asian, and other art from the past

8. The artists wish to act against the increasing use of mass-produced goods.

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Abstract Art

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Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. Abstraction exists along a continuum; it can be only slight, partial, or complete. Total abstraction bears no trace of any reference to anything recognizable.

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Local Color

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An object's actual color in white light

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Primary Colors

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Red, blue, and yellow. These are the purest colors not mixed with any other color.

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Secondary Colors

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The possible mixtures of primary colors. They are green (blue and yellow), orange (red and yellow), and purple (red and blue).

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Complimentary Colors

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There are three sets of complimentary colors. Each set is formed by one primary color and one secondary color. The sets are: yellow and purple, red and green, blue and orange.

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Fauvism

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"Fauves" literally means "the wild beasts". It is an early 20th century art movement characterized by:

1. The use of bold, arbitrary colors

2. Strong and visible brushwork

3. An abstraction of forms and space

4. An acknowledgement of the flatness of the surface

5. A complete focus on the application of the paint and the harmonious interaction of colors thereby making the paint the purpose of the painting

6. An absence of interest in the subject which is completely unimportant

7. Pictures that are pleasing to the eye and that show pleasant activities and interiors

8. A complete lack of symbolism in the work

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German Expressionism

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An art movement that originated around WWI in Germany. Stylistically the art is like the art of the Fauves. The differences are:

1. For German Expressionists subject is everything

2. These subjects are serious and deal with religious, political, and personal issues

3. The artists expression their personal and political emotions and symbolism in their works

4. They are idealistic in their belief that art can help to change the world for the better

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"Inner Necessity"

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Kandinksy's terms for the overwhelming need the artist feels to Express him/herself in a visual manner

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Analytical Cubism

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First phase of Cubism. It is an early 20th century art movement. Is is characterized by:

1. An emphasis on form and line, where objects from nature are analyzed, fragmented, and re-assembled on the canvas as geometrical forms

2. This process allows for "simultaneity" which is the incorporation of the time and space on a flat surface, where the fragmented forms show several aspects of the same object at once

3. Because the objects are shown in this way, the light and therefore the shading comes from a variety of directions

4. The surface is very flat

5. The texture of the paint is very thin

6. Since the emphasis is on the form and line, the colors are reduced to muted yellows, browns, and white

7. The process of making the images is very intellectual and lacks emotional content

8. The artists play "mind-games" with themselves and the audience by including words and numbers in the images

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Simultaneity

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A term that refers to the simultaneous views of the same object as seen in Analytical Cubism and Futurism. It thereby includes the element of time (4th dimension) in the artwork. In Analytical Cubism, the simultaneity shows a fragmented, frozen view of the object, where all parts have been taken apart (analyzed) and reduced to geometrical forms. In futurism, the simultaneous views are shown in sequence as the forms move through space

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Synthetic Cubism

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Second Phase of Cubism. The emphasis is:

1. On creating an image by putting several elements together in one composition

2. It includes a variety of materials, such as paint, paper, string, newspaper clippings, and collage

3. Color is important

4. Surfaces may be 3 dimensionally illusionistic

5. The works play with the audience's minds by juxtaposing painted and collages surfaces

6. It lacks the simultaneity of the Analytical Cubist phase

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Collage

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A technique where the work is created by gluing a variety of materials to a surface