WEEK 10

• Visual art recounts stories of our past, it gives an account of past events
• Middle Ages


  The period between the decline of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, characterized by the central authority of the Church
• During the Middle Ages, great cathedrals were built, categorised into Romanesque and Gothic styles
• Renaissance Art


  Artists valued the "individual" as a subject, emphasized naturalism and the proportionality of the human body, added perspective of depth, and explored non-religious themes
• Renaissance Art

  • Michelangelo's "David" sculpture
• Mannerism Art


  Artists directly copied subjects from existing works of art, displayed distorted figures, two-dimensional spaces, discordant hues and colors, and lack of defined focal point
• Mannerism Art

  • "Perseus and Andromeda" by Joachim Wtewael
• Baroque Art


  Artists used colorful palettes and ornamentation, considered motion and space, and used dramatic lighting and the concept of time
• Baroque Art

  • "The Triumph of the Immaculate" by Paolo de Matteis
• Rococo Art


  Characterized by ornate and elaborate decoration, with a focus on light, grace, and elegance
• Rococo Art

  • "Triumph of Venus" by François Boucher
• Baroque music was able to clearly distinguish loud from soft and solo from ensemble, and composers tried to evoke certain emotions from their audience
• Neoclassicism Art


  Aimed to revive and rekindle the influences of Greek and Roman art and architecture, emphasizing human reason and keeping society in order
• Neoclassicism Art

  • "Paolina Borghese as Venus Victrix" by Antonio Canova
• Romanticism Art


  Emphasized heroic elements, patriotic and nationalistic movements, the goodness of mankind, justice, equality, and social order, and emotions and feelings of man
• Romanticism Art

  • "The Raft of Medusa" by Theodore Gericault
• Realism Art


  Focuses on the accuracy of details that depicts and mirrors reality, with little room for imagination
• Realism Art

  • "Burial at Ornans" by Gustave Courbet
• Impressionism Art


  Incorporated scientific principles to achieve a more distinct representation of color, emphasizing the immediate impression the artist has of a particular event or scene
• Impressionism Art

  • "Berthe Morisot" by Manet
• Post-Impressionism Art


  Resulted from both the influence and rejection of Impressionism, with artists developing individual styles that gave emphasis to defining form with the use of broken colors and short brush strokes
• Post-Impressionism Art

  • "The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh
• Neo-Impressionism Art


  Relied on a systematic and scientific technique that aimed to record optical sensations, using discrete dots and dashes of pure color
• Neo-Impressionism Art

  • Painting by Maximilien Luce
• Art Nouveau

  An ornamental style of art that emerged between 1890 and 1910, as a break from conservative historical styles
• Neo-impressionism


  A systematic and scientific technique that has a predetermined visual effect on the artwork and how the audience perceives it
• The leading figure in neo-impressionism was Georges Seurat who recorded optical sensations in a more scientific manner
• Pointillism


  An art technique that utilizes discrete dots and dashes of pure color that are believed to blend with the viewer's perspective
• Other neo-impressionist artists

  • Henri-Edmond Cross
  • Maximilien Luce
  • Camille Pissarro
• Art Nouveau

  An ornamental style of art that emerged between 1890 and 1910, using long and organic lines manifested in architecture, jewelry and glass design
• The defining characteristic of Art Nouveau is the asymmetrical line that usually is in the form of insect wings or flower stalks
• Emile Galle's work was inspired by nature and literature, and he pioneered experimental techniques in glassmaking
• Fauvism


  A style of painting that emerged in France around the turn of the twentieth century, using pure and vibrant colors applied straight from the paint tubes directly to the canvas
• Fauvist works reject the conservative and traditional renderings of three-dimensional space, introducing a picture space defined by the movement of color
• Cubism

  A visual arts style introduced by French artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque between 1907 and 1914, highlighting the two-dimensional surface of the picture plane and rejecting the use of perspective, foreshortening, and modeling
• Futurism


  An early twentieth century art movement that started in Italy, highlighting the speed, energy, dynamism, and power of machines, as well as the restlessness and fast-pace of modern life
• The greatest impact of futurism is evident in poetry and visual arts
• Antonio Sant'Elia's design for a new city reflects the architect's ideas of modernity, with elevators ascending the façade, modern modes of transportation, and a multi-leveled building composed of elliptical and diagonal lines