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Impressionism Post-Impressionism Fauvism Expressionism Cubism Surrealism

Impressionism Post-Impressionism Fauvism Expressionism Cubism Surrealism

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ImpressionismPost-Impressionism

FauvismExpressionism

CubismSurrealism

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Captured everyday subjects and emphasized the momentary effects of sunlight

Concentrated on reflected light rather than form of objects

Artists broke up solid forms and blurred edges by applying paint to canvas in small dabs of pure color-the dabs blend together in the eye of the viewer

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Wanted to produce something more meaningful than the impressionists

Some wanted to express feelings, intuitions and ideas-others to show more form and structure

Most outstanding: Paul Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin

Led to important developments in art of the 20th century

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Young French painters used bold bright colors in unexpected or unusual ways

Short-lived movement-circa 1903-1908 Also used bold distortions, bright colors

and loose brushstrokes Les Fauves means “wild beasts” Looking to express feelings Henri Matisse & Andre Derain examples

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COMMUNICATE STRONG EMOTIONAL FEELINGS AND WHICH STRESSED PERSONAL FEELINGS RATHER THAN COMPOSTION

Experienced terrible economic and social conditions before and after WWI-emotions ranged from fear to anger to poverty and death

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3 things influenced the Cubists 1st –All shapes in nature are based on

geometric solids 2nd – All matter is made up of atoms

that are constantly in motion 3rd – Art from another culture: African

Art

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Tried to paint 3D objects so that you could see all angles and points of view at once

Futurists (subgroup)- placed lines and shapes in a composition to suggest movement

Dadaists (subgroup)- introduced fantasy into their artwork –aimed at the culture & society they felt had failed them-featured strange objects such as fur lined teacups

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Style in which dreams, fantasy, and the subconscious served as inspiration

Very realistic, almost photographic images but would combine objects that didn’t belong together

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Artists who painted the farmlands and cities of America realistically

Focused on the largeness, beauty, productivity and Abundance of America

SCULPTURE: Alexander Calder• Made sculptures using wire and sheet metal

in a balanced arrangement that always remained in motion: called the works MOBILES.

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ARCHITECTURE• Frank Lloyd Wright-believed that FORM

should follow FUNCTION• Designed buildings that were in harmony

with the environment• MEXICAN MURALISTS• Expressed feelings about the plight of their

people• Covered ceilings and walls with murals of

Mexican history, sufferings of the peasants, and the bad behavior of the ruling class

• Combined solid forms of ancient Mexican art with colors of European expressionism

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Abstract Expressionism• 1st style following WWII-abstract because it

emphasized principals &elements of art as its subject matter-expressive because it stressed feelings and emotions rather than planned design

• COLOR-FIELD PAINTING Only flat colors-without precision or emotion

Mark Rothko

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Pop Art early 1960s – artist began using mass media and advertising for inspiration

Pop artists, like Andy Warhol, created artworks using images of things like Coke bottles, soup cans, giant hamburgers and comic strips in many forms of art

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OP Art –artworks created to fool the eye OP= optical art-uses scientific

knowledge about vision and how we see to create illusions of movement

Has hard edges, smooth surfaces and every element is carefully planned

NEW REALISM aka photo-realism, hyper-realism, & super-realism

Subject matter is looks very real

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Reduced their works to a minimum of elements • Such as one color or minimum of geometric

forms• Some created gigantic earthworks

• Some of today’s artist are referred to Postmodern

• -art styles are changing very rapidly