PPT-Abstract Expressionism

By Christy Balewski amp Sam Bush What it is Abstract Expressionism is a painting movement in which artists typically applied paint rapidly and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions. Theory of Knowledge. aesthetic objects express eternal forms (Mimetic). Plato and Aristotle held that artists create an.  imitation. , or . representation. , of . reality.. They . were not advocating the naive idea that artists strive to mirror natural objects as exactly as possible. Rather, the artist seeks to represent the essential nature (essence) of objects, the rational forms on which they are patterned (Plato) or which are inherent in them (Aristotle). . By: Christy Balewski. &. Sam Bush. What it is…. Abstract Expressionism . is. . a painting movement in which artists typically applied paint rapidly, and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions.. Chapters 20-21. Rebekah Scoggins. April 2, 2013. Wassily Kandinsky. . Composition IV. . 1911. German Expressionism: The Blue Rider. Giacomo. . Balla. .. Abstract Speed - The Car Has Passed. . 1913.. Early 20. th. century Film in Europe. Russian History. In 1917 there have been two revolutions in Russia. The February Revolution eliminated the Tsar's government. The second revolution took place in October. Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the revolution and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was created. . By: Sofia . Garces. -Vasquez. What is it?. Abstract Expressionism is the name for an artistic movement that grew in the USA (1940) (1950) shaped by the legacy of surrealism . It is also known as the New York School, since most artists who had fled the fighting and persecution in Europe ended up in New York. The abstract expressionist group was made up of artists who had either come from Europe or who were directly influenced by the movements, styles and techniques . The –isms. The Remixing of Art. Renaissance. 1400-1550 (includes early, high, Venetian, and Italian Renaissance). “Renaissance” means rebirth – a return of classical ideas from Ancient Rome and Greece.. Caligari. Mise. en Scene and German Expressionism. Mise. en Scene. “What matters . is the way space is cut up, the precision of what . happens . within the magical space of the . frame. , where I refuse to allow the smallest . INTRODUCTION. Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting , originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20. th. century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective , distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality.. Machinal. Sophie Treadwell. Born in 1885 in Stockton, CA.. Went to UC Berkeley, where she began acting and writing plays.. Began writing for the . San Francisco Bulletin. as a journalist in 1908.. . CONTEMPORARY ART APPRECIATION. AIM OF SUBJECT . CONTEMPORARY Means “within the same period” , “ . Samkaalin. ”. Compare art within various period of history, . realize the link between art and daily life, and recognize the . 1915-2005. Background Info. Born in NYC. First success in 1947—. All My Sons. Wrote. Death of a Salesman. —1948. Married with two children at the time. Background Info. 1950—. F. ell in love with Marilyn Monroe (eventually married and then divorced). Century. Impressionism. Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism. Mrs. Fox . - . 2016. Art Movement. T. endency or style . in . art. with a specific common philosophy or goal, and a group of artists working in this tendency or style during a period of time. Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman . by Arthur Miller was first performed in 1949 on Broadway and was an. . immediate success. This deceptively simple story of the tragic road to suicide of a travelling. Throughout the life of Chance Glass Brothers. Timeline throughout the life of . Chance Glass Brothers. Alphonse . Mucha. , The Four Seasons, 1896. Art Nouveau: from1880’s to World War 1. From the 1880s until the First World War, western Europe and the United States witnessed the development of Art Nouveau (“New Art”). .