Modern Art History: Exam 2

Impressionism: Characteristics

1.) Tubes of paint

2.) Painterly brushstrokes

3.) Observation of the relationship between light and color

4.) Influence of realism- painting what they see

5.) Japonisme (vantage-point perspective)

6.) Captures a fleeting moment

Impression: Sunrise

Monet

Impressionism

1872

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette

Renoir

Impressionism

1876

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

Manet

Impressionism

1876

The Tub

Degas

Impressionism 

1886

Nocturne in Black and Gold

Whistler

Impressionism

1875

Post-Impressionism: Characteristics

1.) Greater sub-context 

2.) Conceptual/ Emotional/ Technical

3.) Japonisme (Lautrec)

4.) Artificial light

5.) Geometric shapes

6.) 3D Breaks it Down to a 2D Plane

At the Moulin Rouge

Lautrec 

Post-Impressionism

1895

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Seurat

Post-Impressionism

1886

The Potato Eaters

Van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

1885

Starry Night

Van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

1889

Vision after the Sermon

Gauguin

Post-Impressionism

1888

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Gauguin

Post-Impressionism 

1897

Basket of Apples

Cezanne

Post Impressionism

1895

Mont Sainte-Victoire

Cezanne

Post-Impressionism

1904

Symbolism: Characteristics

1.) ANTI-Impressionism

2.) Symbols

3.) Influenced by Romanticism

4.) Individual Style

5.) Mystical Quality

Sacred Grove

Chavannes

Symbolism

1884

Jupiter and Semele

Moreau

Symbolism

1875

The Cyclops

Redon

Symbolism

1898

Sleeping Gypsy

Rousseau

Symbolism

1910

The Scream

Munch

Symbolism

1893

Art Nouveau: Characteristics

1.) Sensuous Quality

2.) Mysticism

3.) Influenced by Nature

4.) Sinuous Line (Continuous Curve)

The Peacock Skirt

Beardsley

Art Nouveau

1894

The Kiss

Klimt

Art Noveau

1908

Ugolino and His Children

Carpeaux

Art Noveau

1867

The Burghers of Calais

Rodin

Art Noveau

1889

Casa Mila

Gaudi

Art Noveau

1907

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel

Art Noveau

1889

Fauvism: Characteristics

1.) Color-Emotive Properties

2.) Patches of Color to Create Composition

3.) Influenced by Symbolism

4.) Avant-Garde (Modern)

5.) Unnatural Use of Color

Woman with a Hat

Matisse

Fauvism

1905

Bridge Group/German Expressionism: Characteristics

1.) Located in Dresden

2.) Goal was to “bridge” German art from the past to the future

3.) Anti-Industrial

4.) Influenced by Fauvism, Woodblock Print, Ethnographic Museum

Street, Dresden

Kirchner

German Expressionism

1907

Blue Riders/German Expressionism

1.) Munich

2.) Influenced by Mysticism

3.) Found Inspiration in Animals

Improvisation 28

Kandinsky

German Expressionism

1912