Art Final

Note: Only the following six works of art will be referred to specifically by title

in the exam.

Any other images in the review are only there to illustrate examples from those

periods & styles.

Masaccio, Holy Trinity, ca. 1424–1427. Fresco

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling mural.

Goya, Third of May, 1808 (1814)

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley (1935)

Titian, Venus of Urbino (1538)

Manet, Olympia, 1863.Chapter 15

Northern Europe,

1400 to 1500

The Early Renaissance:

Two technological inventions that had a profound impact on art:

• Oil painting.

• The invention of the printing press and movable type.

Chapter 16

Italy, 1400 to 1500

The Early Renaissance:

Linear perspective:

A system to create the illusion of depth on a

two-dimensional surface.

• A perfect example: Masaccio, Holy Trinity

FrescoChapter 17

Italy; 1500 to 1600

The Renaissance – begins in Italy.

• The rebirth of classical art & culture.

Michelangelo painted the

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Chapter 17

Italy; 1500 to 1600

First reclining female nude painted solely for male viewing pleasure.

Titian, Venus of Urbino (1538)Chapter 21

Europe and America,

1700 to 1800

Neoclassical

• The Enlightenment (the Age of

Reason)

Neoclassical art:

• art as a tool for revolutionChapter 22

Europe and America,

1800 to 1870

Romanticism

… imagination and emotion, often turning to

dramatic and theatrical depictions of violence,

death, insanity, etc.

Goya, Third of May, 1808: often considered

the first modern painting

• graphic depiction of the horrors of war

Goya, Third of May, 1808Chapter 22

Europe and America,

1800 to 1870

Realism & photography

Photography invented in the early 19th c.

Manet, Olympia

• Olympia = prostitute

• Shocked viewers

• Intended to challenge artistic and

cultural conventions Chapter 23

Europe and America,

1870 to 1900

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

& Symbolism.

Capturing the transient effects of

light and color…

… and the spirit of the age.Chapter 23

Europe and America,

1870 to 1900

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

& Symbolism.

van Gogh: The primary role of color: to convey emotion.

Symbolism: The scream Edward Munch

Post-Impressionism: van gogh starry night Chapter 24

Europe and America,

1900 to 1945

Modernism

• Avant-garde

• Goal: To challenge

artistic and cultural

conventions.

Cubism

AbstractionChapter 24

Europe and America,

1900 to 1945

Modernism

• Avant-garde

• Goal: To challenge

artistic and cultural

conventions.

Modernism

• Avant-garde

• Goal: To challenge

artistic and cultural

conventions.

Mexican Modernism

Addressing Mexican history,

culture & politics

– not simply imitating

European & N. American

modernism.

Chapter 24

Europe and America,

1900 to 1945

stock market crash of 1929:

The Great Depression

Dorothea Lange

Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley (1935)

15Chapter 25

Postwar Modernism &

Postmodernism

Abstract Expressionism

• the first American avant-garde movement.

• Abstraction

Chapter 25

Postwar Modernism &

Postmodernism

Pop Art represented a rejection of abstraction by embracing

representation, mass media and consumer culture.

Chapter 25

Postwar Modernism &

Postmodernism

Postmodernism: no singular

style or definition (pluralism).

• Power

• Identity

• Race & Ethnicity

• Sexual orientation

• Institutional critique