SPSU Arts 2001, Colebeck, 20th Century Survey- Review ...



SPSU Arts 2001/Art Appreciation/Colebeck, 20th Century Survey- Review Info.

Movement, “ism” Major Artist(s) characteristics Other

Post-Impressionism Cézanne geometric forms “father of modern art”

Fauvism Matisse non-natural colors “Wild Beasts”

Cubism Picasso, Braque break apart, angular analytic-geometrical, reduce

Synthetic-other materials

German Expressionism express feelings

The Bridge Kirshner angular like woodblocks raw direct style

The Blue Rider Marc, Kandinski blue colors feelings through color

Futurism Balla depict movement machine imagery

Dada Duchamp real objects as art illogical, based on ideas

Surrealism incongruent/dream imagery

Naturalistic Dali, Magritte melted, unrealistic forms recognizable out of context

Organic Miro’ organic, freeform shapes amorphic, ambiguous space

American Modernism

Regionalism 1920’s-30’sBenton, Wood, Curry, stylized realism American heartland

Am. Realism Hopper empty, lonely realism form more than subject

Simplicity of design

Abstract Expressionism emphasis on brush gesture 1st painting style originating in America

Action Painters Pollock drip painting influenced by automatism

[Emphasis on creative “act’ of expression, not the result] -unchecked self-expression

Abstract Expressionist DeKooning abstract but retained recognizable imagery

Rothco abstract images rectangular areas

Frankenthaller stained canvas large areas of color, large ptgs

Pop Art Warhol objects from popular culture/machine made items

(reaction against Ab. Exp) Lichtenstein comic book images bubbles for words

Op Art Vasarelli, Rieley manipulates line & color optical illusions

Minimalism Judd usually sculptural very simple forms,shapes

Color Field Painting Noland, Stella Noland –“bulls eye” Stella- shaped canvas

Photo Realism Close, Estes looks like a photograph ultra real looking but a ptg.

[Usually no narrative significance (does not tell a story)]

Post Modernism Venturi, architect 1970’s-1980’s, some 1990’s many approaches and styles

Feminist Art Chicago 1970’s-1990’s female artists & themes

Earthworks. Site specific Christo “wrapping”, instillations limited time, environmental

Smithson Spiral Jetty designed for a particular spot

Performance Art drama & art combined one time or limited time

Folk Art Finster untrained, found objects many Southern artists

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