art chart af
renaissance (1300-1600)
individualism and humanism
interest in classical art and culture
ancient greece
ancient rome
depict natural world + humans realistically
examples
“mona lisa”
“the school of athens”
“the last supper”
“the creation of adam”
mannerism (1520-1600)
end of renaissance/beginning of baroque
theatrical
examples
el greco
baroque (1600-1750)
absolutism
drama/ exuberance
dynamism
examples
“the girl with the pearl earring”
bernini
rococo (1700-89)
art is less formal and more light
artificial “never-never world”
examples
watteau
neoclassicism (1770-1820)
beginnings of nationalism
shallow space and clarity of form
examples
“the birth of venus”
“the coronation of napoleon
romanticism, naturalism, and the barbizon school (1800-50)
reaction against neoclassicism
glorification of the past
appreciation for nature
examples
liberty leading the people
realism (1850-90)
attention to problems and social contexts
real people and events
examples
courbet
impressionism (1870-1905)
middle class life became acceptable subject
light + outdoor setting
examples
monet
“starry night”
degas
renoir
symbolism (1890-1914)
response to impressionism
meaning > literal representation
flowing, organic lines
floral
examples
munch
modern
response to WW1
subgenres
cubism
expressionism
dadaism
futurism
surrealism
examples
picasso
“the scream”