Modernism
Introduction
Modernism was a radical movement or percolating rebellion in history which changed the modern artistic, literacy philosophy and practise that reformed the western arts, gathering in speed around the early 20th century. This was a period of change, the use of new materials being used like iron and steel, which colonized the boom of the Industrial revolution (c.1760-1860) Causing changes to sculpture and architecture. New Technologies which included inventions of transport cars, trams, steam trains that allowed people and goods to travel, more rapidly unlike anything before. The invention of the light bulb allowing people to stay awake for longer periods, household goods like the vacuum cleaner, made peoples home life …show more content…
They had started to become audacious in their use of colour, blending their compositions with natural light, with a calming, peaceful effect. Their artwork had stated to transform from being the main central focus in the artwork to becoming less important, everyday objects or subjects were being used, their subjects slightly more abstract, less solid, brush strokes had become shorter, smaller, not as precise and thicker in texture, less important was the subject matter, more secondary, it was more about how they felt or perceived their ideas.
Different movements at that time also included Fauvism where artists like Henri Matisse (1869-1954) felt colour was much more important and extreme, using brighter and bolder colours, more expressive, they were pushing the boundaries, evolving paintings as they progressed.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Early Modernism
Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line, 1905
Oil on canvas
100 1/2 × 32 1/2 in
255.3 × 82.6 cm
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
French Art 1900-1930 at Statens Museum for Kunst
Henri Matisse was renowned as one of the influential artists of early modernism, mostly known for his vivid use of bold colours and large brush stroke textures and techniques, which he used in his paintings, sculptures and paper
Introduction
Modernism was a radical movement or percolating rebellion in history which changed the modern artistic, literacy philosophy and practise that reformed the western arts, gathering in speed around the early 20th century. This was a period of change, the use of new materials being used like iron and steel, which colonized the boom of the Industrial revolution (c.1760-1860) Causing changes to sculpture and architecture. New Technologies which included inventions of transport cars, trams, steam trains that allowed people and goods to travel, more rapidly unlike anything before. The invention of the light bulb allowing people to stay awake for longer periods, household goods like the vacuum cleaner, made peoples home life …show more content…
They had started to become audacious in their use of colour, blending their compositions with natural light, with a calming, peaceful effect. Their artwork had stated to transform from being the main central focus in the artwork to becoming less important, everyday objects or subjects were being used, their subjects slightly more abstract, less solid, brush strokes had become shorter, smaller, not as precise and thicker in texture, less important was the subject matter, more secondary, it was more about how they felt or perceived their ideas.
Different movements at that time also included Fauvism where artists like Henri Matisse (1869-1954) felt colour was much more important and extreme, using brighter and bolder colours, more expressive, they were pushing the boundaries, evolving paintings as they progressed.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Early Modernism
Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line, 1905
Oil on canvas
100 1/2 × 32 1/2 in
255.3 × 82.6 cm
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
French Art 1900-1930 at Statens Museum for Kunst
Henri Matisse was renowned as one of the influential artists of early modernism, mostly known for his vivid use of bold colours and large brush stroke textures and techniques, which he used in his paintings, sculptures and paper