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Art Movements
The –isms
The Remixing of ArtSlide2
Renaissance
1400-1550 (includes early, high, Venetian, and Italian Renaissance)
“Renaissance” means rebirth – a return of classical ideas from Ancient Rome and Greece.
Natural approach to depiction of the human figure – anatomically and scientifically correct.
Raised the status of artists in society to be on par with writers and philosophers.
Classical content – human figure, religious figures (
M
adonna, baby Jesus, angels).Slide3
RennaisanceSlide4
Mannerism
1520-1580
Personalized and idealized interpretation of figures, rather than “true to nature” depiction of Renaissance artists.
Exaggerated and elegant representation of figures.Slide5
MannerismSlide6
Baroque
1600-1700
Reaction against artificial stylization of the Mannerists.
Realistic interpretation; figures in action; emotional.
Religious, mythical, historical subjects.
Used as propaganda for the Church and State.Slide7
Baroque
Art as a weapon in religious wars.Slide8
Rococo
1700-1775
Decorative response to Baroque.
Said to be refined and elegant by some, pompous and pretentious by others.Slide9
RococoSlide10
NeoClassicism
1765-1850
Reaction to the pompous-ness of Rococo.
Age of the Enlightenment; political, social, and cultural revolutions.
Needed/wanted serious art that reflected more serious times.
Historical scenes of heroism and virtuosity for political propaganda.Slide11
NeoClassicismSlide12
Romanticism
1765-1850
Valued expression of emotion over the control of Classicism.
Emotive and sensual subjects.Slide13
Romanticism
Imagination and individuality.Slide14
Romanticism
Imagination and individuality.Slide15
Realism
1840-1880
Focused on everyday reality of subject.
Reaction against heightened emotions of Romanticism.
Objective truth; social realities.
Inspired by “visual reality” theme brought about by the invention of photography in 1840s.Slide16
Realism
Revolted against typical subjects; painted “real” life and ordinary subjects.Slide17
Impressionism
1870-1890
Analyzed color and light in nature.
Lost much of the outline and detail of their subjects.
Strayed from realistic portrayal of subjects.Slide18
Impressionism
Painted light rather than a subject.Slide19
Post-Impressionism
1885-1905
Rebelled against Impressionism.
Not one set style – collection of many artists and styles that were all reacting to Impressionism’s formless, unstructured style.Slide20
Post Impressionism
Revolted against Impressionism; reintroduced structure to the paintings.Slide21
Expressionism
1905-1925
Emotional or spiritual vision of the world. Slide22
Expressionism
Used emotion to distort form.Slide23
Cubism
1907-1915
Show many views of the subject at the same time.
Referenced other cultures as inspiration – specifically African art.Slide24
Cubism
Experiments; new art forms to reflect modern times.Slide25
Dada
1916-1922
Not a style, per se, more of a reaction to the social, political, and cultural things going on at the time that led Europe to WW1.
“Anti-art” stance. Attempted to provoke other artists by doing things “wrong.”Slide26
DadaSlide27
Surrealism
1924-1939
Positive response to
Dada’s
negativity.
Goal was to liberate an artist’s imagination by tapping into the
unconcious
and fine a “superior reality” – a
sur-reality.Slide28
Surrealism
Painting dreams and exploring the
unconcious
.Slide29
Abstract Expressionism
1946-1956
First American art style that influenced art globally.
Physical act of painting is as important as the result. Slide30
Abstract Expressionism
Abstraction and expression without form.