Transcript European Modern Art

European Modern Art
1600s-1900s
European Art 1600s-1900s
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Baroque: 1600s to early 1700s
Neo-Classical: late 1700s
Romanticism: early 1800s
Realism: mid 1800s
Impressionism: 1860s
Expressionism: late 1800s-early 1900s (post-Impressionism
Cubism: 1907
Surrealism: early- mid 1900s
Art Nouveau: 1880-1910
Art Deco: 1920s and 1930s
Modern Movements- post WWII
Baroque
• Grand, ornate, intense design
• Versailles palace an excellent
example
• Caravaggio and Gentileschi are artists
of distinction during this period
Michelangelo Caravaggio
Palace of Versailles
Neo-Classical
• Simple, elegant style inspired by
classical Greco-Roman art. Influenced
by the Enlightenment.
• Robert Adam (architecture), JacquesLouis David (art), Antonio Canova
(sculpture) and Josiah Wedgewood
(decorative arts) are key artists of this
period
Robert Adam
Jacques-Louis David
Antonio Canova
Josiah Wedgewood
Romanticism
• Reflected deep interest in nature and
the thoughts and feelings of the
individual.
• Movement from reason to
emotion/society to nature.
• Eugene Delacroix key artist.
Eugene Delacroix
Realism
• Life as it truly was. Gritty. Scandalous
(realistic, sexual nudes)
• Reflected increasing importance of the
working class.
• Gustave Courbet key artist.
Gustave Courbet
Impressionism
• 1860s Paris the origination point.
• Impression of a subject in a moment of
time (like a quick glance)
• Used light and fascination with pure,
shimmering colors.
• Monet, Degas and Renoir key artists.
• Van Gogh and Gauguin
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Expressionism
• Bold colors
• Distorted and exaggerated forms
• Klee, Kandinsky and Munch are key
artists
Paul Klee
Wassily Kandinsky
Edward Munch
Art Nouveau
• Art Nouveau is French and means New Art. It is
characterized by its highly decorative style and by
the dedication to natural forms. Art Nouveau was
popular from about 1880 to 1910 and was an
International art movement.
• Art Nouveau was not restricted to painting or
printmaking. It covered all forms of art architecture, furniture, jewelry, glass and
illustration.
• Louis Tiffany and Gustav Klimt are key artists
Louis Tiffany
Gustav Klimt
Art Deco
• Art Deco was primarily a design style,
popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In
simplified terms, the Art Deco movement can
be considered as the follow-up style on Art
Nouveau - more simplified and closer to
mass production. The Art Deco movement was
dominant in fashion, furniture, jewelry,
textiles, architecture, commercial printmaking
and interior decoration.
Rene Lalique
Cubism
• Natural shapes turned into geometric
objects.
• Inspired by traditional African art.
• Picasso and Braque are key artists.
Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
Surrealism
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“Above or beyond reality.”
Inspired by Sigmund Freud
Dream world linked to real world
Eerie, dreamlike
Salvador Dali key artist
Salvador Dali
Modern Movements
Some of the more popular modern movements
of the late 20th century are as follows:
1. Abstract Art- Chagall
2. Pop Art- Warhol
3. Op Art
Marc Chagall
Andy Warhol
OP Art