Modern Art History - Exam 2

1) Impressionism

2) Tubes of Paint

3) Painterly Brushstrokes

4) Observation of the relationship between light and color

5) Influence of Realism - Painting what they see, photography

6) Japonisme - Everything Japanese; Birds Eye view

7) Captures a fleeting moment

Impression Sunrise

Monet

1872

Impressionism

Dance at le Moulin de la Galette

Renoir

1876

Impressionism

A Bar at the Folies - Bergere

Manet

1882

Impressionism

The Tub

Degas

1886

Impression

Nocturne in Black and Gold

Whistler

1875

Impressionism

1) Post Impressionism

2) Greater Sub-Context (emotional, technical)

3) DEPENDS ON ARTIST - REST OF CHARACTERISTICS

*(Lautrec - Japonisme, Seurat - Technical, Van Gogh - Emotional, Gauguin - Emotional, Cezanne - Technical)*

At the Moulin Rouge

Lautrec

1892

Post Impressionism

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Seurat

1884 - 1886

Post Impression

The Potato Eaters

Van Gogh

1885

Post Impressionism

Starry Night

Van Gogh

1889

Post Impressionism

Vision After the Sermon

Gauguin

1888

Post Impressionism

Where do we Come From? What are we? Where are we going?

Gauguin

1897

Post Impressionism

Basket of Apples

Cezanne

1895

Post Impressionism

Mount Sainte-Victoire

Cezanne

1902-1904

Post Impressionism

1) Symbolism

2) Anti-Impressionism

3) Mystical Quality

4) Influenced by Romanticism

5) Individual Style

Sacred Grove

Chavannes

1884

Symbolism

Jupiter and Semele

Moreau

1875

Symbolism

The Cyclops

Redon

1898

Symbolism

Sleeping Gypsy

Rousseau

1897

Symbolism

The Dream

Rousseau

1910

Symbolism

The Scream

Munch

1893

Symbolism

1) Art Nouveau

2) Senvous Quality

3) Mysticism (Tarot Cards, etc)

4) Influenced by Nature

5) Sinuous line (a continuous curve)

The Peacock Skirt

Beardsley

1894

Art Nouveau

The Kiss

Klimt

1907 - 1908

Art Nouveau

Ugolino and His Children

Carpeaux

1865 - 1867

The Burghers of Calais

Rodin

1884 - 1889

Casa Mila

Guadi

1907

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel

1889

1) Fauvism

2) Color - emotive properties

3) Patches of color to create a composition

4) Influenced by Symbolism

5) Avant-Garde (Modern Art)

Woman with the Hat

Matisse

1905

Fauvism

1) German Expressionism (Bridge Group)

2) (name of group)

3) Located in Dresden

4) Goal was to “bridge” german art from the past to the future

5) Anti-industrial

5) Influenced by: Fauvism, woodblock print, ethnographic museums

Street, Dresden

Kirchner

1912

German Expressionism (Bridge Group)

1) German Expressionism (Blue Riders)

2) (name of group)

3) Munich

4) Influenced by Mysticism (symbolism)

5) Found inspiration in animals 

*(Marc was, Kandinsky was not)*

Improvisation 28

Kandinsky

1912

German Expressionism (Blue Riders)