modern art: realism to the present realism, impressionism, post impressionism, expressionism,...
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Modern Art: Realism to the Modern Art: Realism to the PresentPresent
Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism,
Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism
RealismRealism
• Cynical confrontation with Romantic flights of fancy and the rising bourgeois culture
• Portrayed ordinary people doing daily tasks
• Major Artists:
• Courbet
• Brown
1849-1850
The Stone Breakers
Gustav CourbetGustav Courbet1819-18771819-1877
The Painter's Studio; The Painter's Studio; A Real AllegoryA Real Allegory
1855
Ford Ford Madox Madox BrownBrown1821-1821-18931893
The Last of England1855
ImpressionismImpressionism
• Based on earlier Spanish painting and Japanese art
• represented a new enthusiasm for the reaction of the artist to a scene
• portrayed what the eye could see with a single glance
•Painted mostly outdoors
•Flat brush strokes become flecks of paint/more free
•Concept of color palettes
• important artists: Manet, Monet, Renoir
The Fifer1866
Edouard Edouard ManetManet
1832-18831832-1883
1882
The Bar at the Folies BergèreThe Bar at the Folies Bergère
1863
Luncheon on the GrassLuncheon on the Grass
Claude Claude MonetMonet
1840-19261840-1926
Water Lilies
Water LiliesWater Lilies
1905
Japanese FootbridgeJapanese Footbridge
1899
Auguste RenoirAuguste Renoir1841-19191841-1919
The Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876
A Girl with a A Girl with a Watering CanWatering Can
1876
Post ImpressionismPost Impressionism
• Applies to painters in the 1880s and 1890s
• A move beyond Impressionism which emphasized the realistic aspects of art
• which desired to explore psychological effects with more solidity than the Impressionist gave
• important artists:• Cezanne• Seurat• van Gogh
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne1839-19061839-1906
Still Life with Apples1890-1894
1890-1892
The Card PlayersThe Card Players
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Irises1889
1889
The Starry NightThe Starry Night
1888
Café Café Terrace at Terrace at
NightNight
1886
Sunday Afternoon on the Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande JatteIsland of la Grande Jatte
approx. 1884
Bathing at AsnièrsBathing at Asnièrs
ExpressionismExpressionism
• Everything subordinated to the expression of emotion
• Major artists:
•Henri Matisse
•Edvard Munch
The Scream1893
Edvard Edvard Munch Munch
(1863-1944)(1863-1944)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
The Red Studio
1911
1905-1906
The Joy of LifeThe Joy of Life
1937
Woman in Woman in a Purple a Purple
CoatCoat
CubismCubism
• Painters emphasized geometric patterns in portraying an artist or a situation
• Major artists:
• Pablo Picasso
Pablo Pablo Picasso Picasso (1881-(1881-1973)1973)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907
1903
The Old The Old GuitaristGuitarist
1937
Guernica, detailGuernica, detail
1921
Three MusiciansThree Musicians
SurrealismSurrealism
• Founded in the 1920s
• Influenced by Freudian psychology
• Portrays the fantasies and dreams of the subconscious
• Major artists:
• Max Ernst
• Salvador Dali
Max Ernst Max Ernst (1891-(1891-1976)1976)
The Wavering Woman
1923
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
The Sacrament of the The Sacrament of the Last SupperLast Supper
1955