2.3 - Realism to Fauvism

Modern period

It is the art movement which offers unlimited opportunities for artists and lovers; hence, many mediums for sculptures are improved during this movement.

• Cubism

• Futurism

• Constructivism

• Surrealism

• Dadaism

Under the modern period, the following art movements include:

Modern period

The primary goal of this movement is to please the public.

• innovative

• free style

• figurative

• confusing

Most of the characteristics of the artworks in this period include:

Cubism

AN ART STYLE THAT BREAKS OBJECTS INTO GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND SHOWS MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS AT ONCE

Futurism

AN ART MOVEMENT THAT CELEBRATES SPEED, TECHNOLOGY, AND MODERN LIFE.

Constructivism

A STYLE THAT USES INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS AND ABSTRACT FORMS TO SERVE SOCIAL OR POLITICAL PURPOSES

Surrealism

AN ART MOVEMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND THROUGH DREAMLIKE AND IRRATIONAL IMAGERY.

Dadaism

AN ANTI-ART MOVEMENT THAT EMBRACED NONSENSE, ABSURDITY, AND REJECTED TRADITIONAL ARTISTIC RULES.

Realism

It is the one of the modern periods in the art movement which was adopted by a group of artists in France concerning on representing contemporary subjects in a realistic manner.

Realism

This movement is recognized as the first modern movement of art that rejects the traditional forms of art

Gustave Courbet

He is a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th century French painting.

• “The Young Ladies of the Village”

Winslow Homer

He is an American landscape painter and printmaker and one of his masterpieces includes

• “THE BLUE BOAT”

Edward Hopper

He is a prominent American realist painter and printmaker, and he is famous of his works:

• “NIGHT HAWKS”

Impressionism

a movement that aims to bringing out the effects of experience upon the artists and audiences’ consciousness

Impressionism

This particular movement started by Paris-based world, and the name of the movement is derived from the work of Claude Monet’s “Impression, sunrise”.

Oscar Claude Monet

He is the founder of the French Impressionist Painting

“WATER LILIES”

Monet’s very famous works:

Vincent Van Gogh

He is major impressionist painter and is very famous of his works,

• “THE STARRY NIGHT”

• “THE POTATO EATERS”

Edgar Degas

He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism and most of his works include:

• “BALLET REHEARSAL”

Post-Impressionism

It is an art movement that appeared after the Impressionism movement, from the word “POST” means “after”.

Post-Impressionism

Thus, it marks the beginning of the modern art.

Post-Impressionism

It is an art form that looks beyond the natural world, art that is a fascination to foreign cultures and attraction to the exotic primitive cultures of South Africa.

Paul Cezanne

He is famous of his works:

• “THE CARD PLAYERS”

Paul Gaugin

He is famous of his artwork

“TAHITIAN WOMEN OF THE BEACH”

Symbolism

Give emphasis in imagination over the copying of nature and most of all, from the term itself; it uses symbols in presenting the art subjects.

Symbolism

artists in this movement believed that art should represent absolute truth using particular images or objects with symbolic meaning; thus, giving meaning to objects, events and conditions.

Symbolism

As what Confucius said in relation to this movement, “Signs and Symbols rule the world, not words nor laws”.

Gustav Klimt

He is an Austrian symbolist painter who is famous of his masterpieces, “THE KISS” and “PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCK BAUER

Edvard Munch

He is a Norwegian painter famous of his masterpieces;

• “THE SCREAM”

• “MADONNA”

Frida Kahlo De Rivera

She is a Mexican painter who is best known for her self-portraits like:

• “SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THIRN NECKLACE AND HUMMINGBIRD”

• “SELF-PORTRAIT DEDICATE TO LEON TROTSKY”

Art Noveau

This art movement refers to the “NEW STYLE” and “NEW ART”.

Art Noveau

This art is characterized by its use of long, sinuous organic lines which is most often engaged in jewelry, architecture, interior design, posters, and illustrations.

Alfons Maria Mucha

He is a Czech Art Noveau painter and decorative artist famous of his works:

• “THE SEASONS (Spring, Summer)”.

Henri Marie Raymonde De Toulouse- Lautrec Monfa

He is a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator in Paris in the late 19th century famous of his works:

“AT THE MOULIN ROUGE” and “THE HANGOVER”.

Fauvism

It is an art movement popular in France with the use of vivid colors on subject like pictures of comfort, leisure, and joy to express feelings.

Fauvism

Common characteristics in this movement include intense bright, clashing colors, distorted forms and perspectives, vigorous brush styles, flat linear patterns, and bare canvass as part of the overall designs.

Henri Matisse

He is a French artist known for his use of color and his fluid and his original craftsmanship. He is famous of his works:

• BLUE NUDE