art 3

• Contents of this continuation

  • Romanticism
  • Realism
  • Impressionism
  • Post-impressionism
  • Neo-impressionism
  • Art Nouveau
  • Fauvism
  • Cubism
  • Futurism
• Romanticism


  A movement in which the artists of the Neoclassical period sought to break new ground in the expression of emotion, both subtle and stormy
• Romantic Paintings


  • "Liberty of leading the people" by Eugene Delacroix
  • LE DÉSESPÉRÉ (THE DESPERATE MAN) by Gustave Courbet 1843 and 1845
  • SPOLIARIUM by Juan Luna 1884
• Romantic Architecture


  • The facade of the palais garnier opera house Charles Garnier 1875
• Romantic Sculpture


  • The Statue of Liberty
• Realism


  A style of work that focuses on the accuracy of details that depicts and somehow mirrors reality
• Realism


  • Based on direct observation of the modern world
  • Objective and down to earth
  • Opposite of abstract
  • Does not convey beauty, but a common place in all its plainness
  • Reject Romanticism
• Realist Paintings


  • Young women from the Village, 1852 by Gustave Courbet
  • The Gleaners, 1857 by Jean-Francois Millet
  • The Fox Hunt, 1893 by Winslow Homer
• Impressionism


  A style of painting developed in France during the mid- to-late 19th century
• Characteristics of Impressionism


  • Small, visible brushstrokes that offer the bare impression of form
  • Unblended color
  • Emphasis on the accurate depiction of natural light
• Goal of Impressionist art


  To accurately and objectively record visual reality
• Impressionist Paintings


  • 'Poplars on the Epte' by Claude Monet
  • "Meules, milieu du jour" by Claude Monet
  • Pont Neuf by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Post-Impressionism


  An art movement that developed in the 1890s, characterized by a subjective approach to painting, as artists opted to evoke emotion rather than realism in their work
• Focus of Post-Impressionism


  • Breaking away from the naturalism of Impressionism and focusing their art upon the subjective vision of the artists, rather than following the traditional role of the art as a window onto the world
  • Focused on the emotional, structural, symbolic, and spiritual elements
• Post-Impressionist Paintings


  • "Starry night" by Van Gogh
  • Fonds D'écran by Van Gogh
  • The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
• Neo-Impressionism


  A response to the empirical realism of Impressionism, considered as a part of the Post-Impressionist movement
• Neo-Impressionism


  • Painters relied on systematic and scientific techniques that have predetermined visual effects
  • Pointillist and Divisionist techniques were dominant
• Divisionism


  An attempt to put Impressionist painting of light and colour on a scientific basis by using an optical mixture of colours
• Pointillism


  An art technique that utilizes discrete dots and dashes of pure color
• Neo-Impressionism vs Impressionism


  • Impressionist painters spontaneously recorded nature in terms of the fugitive effects of colour and light, while the Neo-Impressionists applied scientific optical principles of light and colour to create strictly formalized compositions
• Art Nouveau


  A style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I, characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms
• Between 1890 and 1910, countries from Europe and United States witnessed the emergence and flourishing of a new art style, which was a break from the conservative historicism, the prevailing and dominant theme of most Western artwork
• Art Nouveau


  • Uses long and organic lines that are concretely manifested in architecture, jewelry and glass
• Georges Seurat


  Recorded optical sensations on a more scientific manner. His color theories paved the way for the technique called pointillism
• Pointillism


  • Utilizes discrete dots and dashes of pure color
• Neo-Impressionism


  Leading figure: Georges Seurat
• Between 1890 and 1910, countries from Europe and United States witnessed the emergence and flourishing of a new art style
• Art Nouveau


  An ornamental style of art that was a break from the conservative historicism, which was the prevailing and dominant theme of most Western artwork
• Art Nouveau


  • Uses long and organic lines that are concretely manifested in architecture, jewelry and glass design among others
• Art Nouveau


  • Defining characteristic is the asymmetrical line that usually is in the form to insect wings or flowers stalks, done in a graceful and elegant manner that evokes a certain power
• Fauvism


  The style of les fauves (French for "The wild beasts"), a group of early 20th century artist whose works emphasized strong color
• Fauvism


  • Fauvist paintings have 1) Simplified Drawing 2) Exaggerated Color
• Fauvism paintings


  • Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green line by Henri Matisse
  • Bâteaux dans le Port de Collioure by André Derain
• Cubism


  One of the most influential art styles of the early 20th century, created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914, highlighting the two-dimensional surface of the picture plane
• Analytic Cubism


  • Densely patterned, near-monochromatic surface of incomplete directional lines and modeled forms constantly plays against one another, fragmenting objects into their composing parts or facets
• Analytic Cubism paintings


  • Seated Nude by Picasso
  • Large Nude spring by Braque
• Synthetic Cubism


  • Composed of distinct superimposed parts painted or often pasted onto the canvas, using brighter colors to bring many different objects together to create new forms
• Synthetic Cubism paintings


  • Bowl of fruit and violin by Picasso
  • Still Life, Le Jour by Braque
• Cubism


  • Simplified forms, subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in an abstracted form, limited color palette
• Futurism


  An early twentieth century art movement that started in Italy, which highlighted the speed, energy, dynamism, and power of machines