Studied by 26 people
Expressionism
1905-1913
Free use of form, color, and space
Interest in conveying intense moods through formal experimentation
Primitivism
modern artists’ appropriation of the forms of African art in the hope of investing their work with a primal truth and expressive energy (what they saw as “primitive”)
Modersohn-Becker,
Self-Portrait on 6th Wedding Anniversary,
1910
oil on canvas
Expressionism
Kirchner
Street Dresden
1910
Oil On Canvas
Expressionism
Kirchner
Portrait of Henry Van de Velde
1920
Woodcut out
Expressionism
woodcut
one of oldest types of printmaking (used in the West since 15th century); a design is drawn on a block of wood, which is then carved so the desired image remains in relief; ink is applied to the raised design and the block pressed onto sheet of paper
The Bridge ( Die Brucke)
1905-13
Confrontation with modern society
Nihilism: God is Dead
The Blue Rider(Der Blaue Reiter)
1911-14
Attraction to spirituality
Retreat from city and modern life (turn to nature and folk culture)
Kandinsky
Sketch for “Composition II”
1910
Oil on Canvas
Expressionism
Munch
The Scream
1900
Oil, tempera, pastel and crayon on cardboard
Expressionism
Munter
Kandinsky Painting a landscape
1900
Oil on canvas
Expressionism
Picasso
Le Moulin de la Galette
1900
Oil on Canvas
Cubism
Picasso
La Vie(life)
1900
Oil on canvas
Picasso
Two Nudes
1910
Oil on canvas
Cubism
Picasso
The Young Ladies of Avignon
1910
Oil on canvas
Cubism
Picasso
Three Women
1910
Oil on Canvas
Cubism
passage
-Technique whereby the edges of color planes merge with adjacent areas
-troubles any sense of demarcation between the figures and their environment
- total ambiguity of figure and ground
Picasso
Girl with a Mandolin
1910
oil on canvas
Analytical Cubism
Picasso
Guitar, Sheet Music ,and Wine glass
1910
Mixed Media
Synthetic Cubism
collage
literally ‘gluing’ (in French); involves gluing disparate elements onto a canvas
papiers colles
literally ‘pasted papers’ (in French); involves gluing paper elements onto a canvas
construction
a three-dimensional assemblage of materials
manifesto
a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an art movement or of an individual within an artistic group
Carra
Patriotic Celebration (Free-Word Painting)
1910
Mixed Media
Synthetic Cubism
Severini
Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin
1910
oil on canvas with sequins
Futurism
Boccioni
Unique Forms of Continuity in space
1910
Bronze
Futurism
Picasso,
Maya in a Sailor Suit
1940
oil on canvas
Picasso,
Homage to Braque
1960
lithograph
Tatlin,
Counter-Relief,
1920,
iron, copper, wood, and rope
Malevich,
Black Square
1910
Oil on canvas
Suprematism
Malevich,
Morning in the Village after a Snowstorm,
1910
Oil on canvas
Cubo-Futurism
Malevich,
Suprematist Composition: White Square on White
1920.
Oil on canvas
Suprematism
zero form
-trash heap of academic art
-got out of the circle of objects
Constructivism
•first abstract movement in “sculpture”
•based on assembling materials rather than carving or modeling
•use of unorthodox materials (often from world of machines and industry)
•valuing of form and function -> not decorative or ornamental
faktura
the artist as the material's assistant; effacing the artist’s presence within the work; fostering the volition of the material rather than expressing the artist’s individual will
cold structure
forms stripped of all authorial signs of agency
