Modern Art

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Modern Art

A shift of style away from teh academic style, started with the birth of modernism (industrial revolution, 1760-1840).

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Impressionism

  • Subjects show everyday life of ordinary people and shows how objects reacted with light

  • Captures the fleeting moment, done in open air.

  • Uses pure colors of paint dabbed on canvas, displays quick, spontaneous and loose brushstrokes

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Post-Impressionism

  • Adapted the impressionist style and combined it with emphasis on geometric forms.

  • Creation of distortions of expressive effect and, utilization of unnatural and indiscriminate colors

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Expressionism

  • Communicates personal feelings to the subject rather than just painting what they see

  • Artist’ message is more important than the realistic depiction of the subject

  • Uses impasto (thick application of paints), and loose brushstrokes with strong and unnatural colors

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Cubism

  • Inspired by the geometric style and composition of Paul Cezanne

  • First abstract style of modern art

  • showcases objects from multiple points of view and at different timesl concentrated on 2D surgace and rejected linear perspective

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Dadaism

  • Formed as a negative reaction to the horrors of the First world war.

  • Art, poetry, and performance produced by this style are often satirical and nonsensical in nature.

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Surrealism

  • It was influenced by the works of psychologist Sigmund Freud, who said that dreams were our subconscious way of dealing with personal issues and realities

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Representational Surrealism

Type of surrealism where the realistic depiction of objects but is set or distorted beyond the capabilities of reality

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Abstract Surrealism

Type of surrealism based on shapes and forms that does not represent anything found in real life

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Abstract Expressionism

  • It emphasizes abstract elements of art stressing on feelings and emotions rather than perceivable subject matter.

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Op Art

  • It uses scientific knowledge about vision to enable artist to create movement through optical illusion, with the arrangement of lines and complementary colors