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Sparked by excavation of Pompey in which a lot of porn, poorly done pieces, and disappointments were discovered
Academy valued imitation over imagination
Examples: David "Oath of Horatii |
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Great value on emotion; subjective rather than objective
Less about form, more about communicating
Looked to gothic period, interest in exotic
Example: "Burning of the Houses of Parliament"
Concern with color, emphasis on fire, no distinct figures, contemporary scene |
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An image from everyday life, rejects elitism, artists should paint what they know, all feelings present
Increase development of the middle class to afford paintings
Examples: Brown "Work"
Focus on hardworking man in middle, people in tattered clothing
Eakins "Portrait of Dr. Gross"
Wanted to show personality of individual, butt exposed on patient, mother crying in back, blood everywhere, Dr. has stopped to talk, rejected |
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Influenced by social developments, art criticism emerges, art becomes focus of social debate
Manet "Luncheon on the Grass" "Olympia" "Portrait of Emie Zola" |
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Celebrate movement, what we actually see quickly, how light and color change over time, influenced by contemporary developments in science
Monet, Renoir, Degas, Tanner |
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A period rather than a style, emphasis on subjective experience of the world, artists begin to leave urban centers and look towards more primitive cultures.
Seurat, Cezanne, |
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| based on subjective interpretations, art is a way to get to a higher reality, started in literature, emphasis on intuition, fixation with sexuality, drugs, death, mental illness, altered states, feme fatal |
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Interested in the sensual use of color and influenced by light
Inspired by Van Gogh (use of paint) and impressionsim (landscapes)
Painting got away from use of medium, wanted to get back to that
Wanted subjects to be treated honestly
Example: Matisse (synesthesia) |
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Started in Germany, unmediated expression of personal understanding in the world, freedom in art and life
Use of woodcuts
Most had no formal academic training (Van Gogh, Monk)
Abstract use of color and use of contour lines for body movements like Fauvists |
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German expression group
looked at art made by children, uninhibited outlook on the world
Into mysticism, art is one way to get to a higher plane of power and existance
Kandinsky |
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Picasso and Braque
Interest in nonEuropean cultures, looked at baskets and pottery
Inspired by Cezanne- dealt with nauture in cylinder, sphere, cone (these forms got flattened out as cubism moved along) |
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Analyzing shape and form, breaking it down devoid of color
"Violin and Pallet" "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon" |
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Synthesis of objects to create a new image
Developed out of collage
Combo of objects and paintings
Questions reality |
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Hailed modernity, social revolution, technology, anarchy, anti-women
Example: Balla "Street Lamp" Boccioni "The City Rises" |
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Called themselves engineers, artists should be involved in environment and move society forward, desire to transform life
Propaganda posters |
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Saw the world as one that went insane
Adopted irrationality as their mode of operation
Leftist Politics until Stalin came to power
Celebrated nonsense and chance |
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Formed when Dada was broken up
Dreams were very important, wanted to give up control to get to reality
Very political, developing techniques to get to something new
Creation of art without any preconceived subject or structure |
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