ART-APP

• Dadaism


  A post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design
• Dadaism


  • A protest against the barbarism of the War and what Dadaists believed was an oppressive intellectual rigidity in both art and everyday society
  • Its works were characterized by a deliberate irrationality and the rejection of the prevailing standards
• Dadaism Philosophy


  • "The idea is more important than the work itself"
  • "Art can be made of anything"
• Constructivism


  • An artistic and architectural theory that originated in Russia at the beginning of 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin
  • A rejection of the idea of autonomous art by constructing it
  • The movement supported art as a practice for social objectives
• Constructivist art


  • Focused on industrial production
  • Used stripped down, geometric forms and modest materials
  • Visual language existed of forms that they could draw with practical instruments like compasses and rulers
  • Materials like wood, glass and metal were analysed and judged on the basis of how suitable they were for use in mass-produced objects and images
• Optical Art


  • A form of geometric abstract art, that explores optical sensations through the use of visual effects such as recurring simple forms and rhythmic patterns, vibrating colour-combinations, moiré patterns and foreground-background confusion
  • Employs tricks of visual perception like manipulating rules of perspective to give the illusion of three-dimensional space, mixing colours to create the impression of light and shadow
• Conceptual Art


  • Ideas are more important then the finished work
  • Art of ideas
  • Uses images and objects to make the viewer think, and to think particularly about what art is and what it means
  • Rejected the idea of "art should be beautiful"
  • Rejects conventional painting and sculpture
• Photorealism


  • An art movement that involves replicating the original photo image into a painting or a sculpture
  • Derived from pop art minimalism because it challenged peoples art paradigms and it also focused on American consumerism
  • Originated in the United States in the 1960's
• Installation Art


  • Body Art appears from influence of the hippie movement (sexual freedom and pacifism), from the counter-culture movement and from the youth explosion
  • Could be: Hairstyles, Nail Art, Make up, Tattoos, Piercings
• Performance Art


  • An art in which the medium is the artist's own body and the artwork takes the form of actions performed by the artist
  • A legitimate artistic movement
  • Live
  • Has no rules or guidelines. It is art because the artist says it is art. It is experimental
  • Not for sale (It may, however, sell admission tickets and film rights)
• Baroque music


  A period or style of Western classical music from approximately 1600 to 1750 originated in Western Europe
• Baroque music


  • Baroque composers focused heavily on upper and lower tones, or on the parts to be played by bass and soprano, leaving those in between to improvise
  • Focused heavily on layered melodies, with the same notes often repeated throughout by different musicians
  • The size of orchestras grew substantially during this period, with composers requiring multiple violins in many pieces
• Baroque music function


  Served as a musical expression for brilliant composers, a source of entertainment for aristocrats, a way of life for musicians and a temporary escape from the routines of daily life for the general public
• Baroque instruments


  • Strings - violins, violas, cellos and double basses
  • Woodwind - recorders or wooden flutes, oboes and bassoon
  • Brass - sometimes trumpets and/or horns (without valves)
  • Timpani (kettledrums)
  • Continuo - harpsichord or organ
• Johann Pachelbel


  • A German composer who was one of the most influential composers of the Baroque period
  • His compositions were overly ornamented and often embellished
• Canon in D Major


  Probably written around 1680 and may have even been composed in celebration of the wedding of JC Bach in 1694, although there is little academic research to support this claim
• Antonio Vivaldi

  • A Venetian priest and Baroque music composer, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist
  • Left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto and the style of late Baroque instrumental music

  
• The Four Seasons


  • A set of four concertos by Vivaldi, with each sonnet (season) divided into three movements
  • Classified as "programmatic"
• The Four Seasons


  • Spring - Starts with the clarity and crispness of a typical spring day, accompanied by the choirs of birds and streams, invaded by a sudden thunderstorm, ending with a lively country dance
  • Summer - Starts slow, portraying the weather as too hot for any movement, until a breeze gathers up and a hail storm arrives
  • Autumn - Returns to the clarity resembling "Spring", with the country-folk rejoicing and celebrating the harvest
  • Winter - The opening movement resembles a shivering person, the middle movement portrays the pleasure of getting warm inside, and the final movement offers people outdoors walking down icy paths
• Johann Sebastian Bach


  • A German composer and musician of the late Baroque period, known for instrumental compositions, keyboard works, and vocal music
  • Generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music
• Goldberg Variations


  A musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations
• Well-Tempered Clavier


  Two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor


  A piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach, opening with a toccata section followed by a fugue that ends in a coda
• George Frederic Handel


  • A German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions
  • Wrote the most famous of all oratorios, Messiah (1741), and is also known for such occasional pieces as Water Music (1717) and Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)
• Handel's compositions


  • 42 operas
  • 29 oratorios
  • More than 120 cantatas, trios and duets
  • Numerous arias
  • Chamber music
  • A large number of ecumenical pieces, odes and serenatas
  • 16 organ concerti
• Franz Schubert


  • Considered the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic ones
  • Schubert's music is notable for its melody and harmony
  • Remarkably prolific, writing over 1,500 works in his short career, including songs, secular works, orchestral overtures, symphonies, and fragments

  
• Erlkönig


  A song setting by Franz Schubert, written in 1815 and based on a 1782 poem of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, considered one of the greatest ballads ever penned
• Ave Maria


  One of the most recognized songs in the world, with each rendition having a unique way of paying tribute to this classic
• The classical period of music is ranging from 1730 to 1820
• Joseph Haydn


  The first great master of the classical style
• Bach and Gluck are often considered transitional figures between the Baroque and Classical periods
• Erlkonig - Erlkönig, also called Erl-King or Elf-King, song setting by Franz Schubert, written in 1815 and based on a 1782 poem of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. "Erlkönig" is considered by many to be one of the greatest ballads ever penned.
• Ave Maria - 'Ava Maria' is one of the most recognized songs in the world. It's beautiful tube truly makes your heart swell with feeling and each rendition has a unique way of paying tribute to this classic
• Classical period of music

  Ranging from 1730 to 1820
• Joseph Haydn


  • The first great master of the classical style
  • Composer who helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony

  
• Bach and Gluck are often considered founders of the Classical style
• Classical Music was Originated in Western Europe
• During the Classical period in music history


  The piano overtook the harpsichord and organ as the primary keyboard instrument
• Classical music


  A term that most commonly refers to the formal musical tradition of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions
• The beginning of the eighteenth century saw a shift from the ornate and highly aristocratic Baroque style to a revival of reason, nature, and morality