Klimt, Judith I, 1901 

symbolist; decadence (strong decorative quality)-things are going weird/bad at the turn of the century (drugs); rampant nostalgia, flirtation with badness, evil

dark sexuality that pervaded the times 

judith behead holofernes

she looks dangerous,

flatness; excessive 

stylized motifs of nature

Picasso, Woman Ironing, 1904

transition between blue and rose period (darker)

social depiction (lover of social ladder)

exaggerated/mannerist (symbolic)

looks like she is straining 

has TB-looked at as beautiful, being thin

Munch, Anxiety, 1894

people being neurotic

particular curvature of time 

Munch, Madonna, 1894-95

vampire madonna

sexy death 

Munch, Puberty, 1894

awakening of sexuality is not nec. a good thing (very dark)

prostitution, veneral diseases

Toulouse-Lautrec, Jardin de Paris, Jane Avril, 1893, Poster

Toulouse-Lautrec, Divan Japonaise, 1892

savored life on the bottom 

Toulouse-Lautrec, Moulin Rouge, La Goulue, 1981

romance of a life on the fringes/drugs/drink/sex

beginning of myth of starving artist

elongated style 

Picasso, Absinthe (Girl in a Cafe), 1901

elongated line 

Picasso, La Vie, 1903

symbolic meaning-no one really knows

Picasso, The Actor, 1905

rose period-happier 

extension of impressionism and divisionism 

cubist precursor (lead into expressionism-the color)

distinct brushstroke-stands by itself, becomes carrier of image (larger)

brief period (2-3 years)

less about light-more physical aspects of piece 

"wild beast"

Derain, Boats in the Port of Collioure, 1905

color moves away from natural 

moves away from that which is seen

Derain, Collioure, 1905

pushes idea of likeable works

work was HATED 

Derain, Mountains, Collioure, 1905

subject matter is fairly neutral-no industrialization-landscapes 

emotion of heightened color-not visual sense

Derain, L'Estaque, 1906

seemingly crude 

Derain, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, 1905

more impressionistic 

Derain, Charing Cross Bridge, 1906

strong complimentary colors

no subtle colors 

Derain, The Turning Road, L'Estaque, 1906

primitive quality, symbolic (of people), arcadian quality

outlined

brushstrokes-less impressionistic 

Vlaminck, The Seine at Chatou, 1906

play of light on water

bowing of trees and dialogue with vertical mast 

Dufy, Sailboat at Sainte-Adresse, 1912

scenes of france, decorative

weaker than others 

Matisse, Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon, 1902

taken from studio window

no ornamentation of notre dame (cares about structure and how it fits into greater piece)-not much detail

employs traveling of the eye, bring eye through piece to ND (the people do)

Matisse, The Open Window, Collioure, 1905

interior/exterior painting-mix genres (still life and landscape)

interplay of masts-set in motion

sophisticated use of color

Matisse, Luxe Calme et Volupte, 1904-06

arcadian, symbolic quality (vaguely neoclassical)-innocent 

Matisse, Joy of Life, 1905-06

controversial (very flat/cartoon-like/crude/unportrait-like/unart-like)

eye is free to move all around the painting

arcadian scene-primitive time, innocence 

never seen before-fresh, viewer was just as innocent as characters 

Matisse, The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse), 1905

infuriated people-portrait, human painted unnaturally (color), harsh contrasts 

Matisse, Young Sailor I, 1906

painted in thinner manner, shadows/transparent 

Matisse, Young Sailor II, 1906

more distorted 

Matisse, The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra), 1907

wanted to make process evident-series of revisions

painting is theater of activity 

influenced by trip to N. Africa 

doesn't look exactly right, people just aren't made that way>sense of twist 

trees mirror nudes body 

sculptural quality 

Matisse, Harmony in Red, 1908

mixing of genres-still life, interior scene and landscape 

landscape is as much of the wallpaper as the wallpaper is to the landscape 

flatness-compressed space

similar patterns in table cloth and wallpaper 

no atmospheric perspective-(softer/grayer in the distance) everything on one articulated surface 

Matisse, Still Life with Blue Tablecloth, 1908-09

same pattern as harmony in red

daring sense of scale (in wallpaper and cloth)

right side (window)-puts it into 3D

Matisse, The Conversation, 1908-12

many psychological perspectives

matisse and madame 

not much dialogue

henri looks columnar-rigid/stiff-he has power

"non" in rod iron fence

Matisse, Le Luxe I, 1907

arcadian fantasy 

Matisse, Bathers with a Turtle, 1908

cute/goofy 

classic french subject

arcadian innocence 

very flat, simple, architectural 

triangular shape in middle 

so radically simple 

Matisse, Game of Bowl, 1908

classic arcadian-mythic country 

Matisse, Dance (1st version), 1909

more contrast 

looks primitive, crude, harsh 

movements of human body are perfectly done 

Matisse, The Dance (2nd version), 1910

muscle definition, more finished 

Matisse, Music, 1910

companion piece to dance

mystical piece 

Matisse, Still Life with Dance, 1909

studio pictures (mixed genres-picture within a picture)

Matisse, Nasturtiums with Dance II, 1912

adding/mixing genres 

matisse, goldfish, 1911

moves in complicated ways

layers of circles 

colors are not wildly extravegant 

arcadia in itself 

Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911

Very flat

geometrical 

use of particular pigment-cobalt violet 

Matisse, The Blue Window, 1913

geometric organized quality 

Matisse, French Window at Collioure, 1914

balcony underneath blackness, before black was painted over it 

not sure if this is unfinished 

most abstract painting 

Matisse, Piano Lesson, 1916

organized-triangular 

restrained color 

Matisse, Odalisque with Red Culottes, 1921

20's-least interesting period 

exotic, near east quality 

pattern on pattern on pattern 

Matisse, The Hindu Pose, 1923

desire for pleasure-not ills of society-escape from world 

Matisse, Odalisque with Gray Culottes, 1926-27

Matisse, Window in Tahiti, 1935-36

matisse meets gauguin 

Matisse, Woman in a Purple Robe, 1937

pattern on pattern 

bigger forms 

flatter

Matisse, Still Life with Oysters, 1940

simplified, flattened 

Matisse, Chapel of the Rosary, View onto the Chapel, Venice, 1948-51

Matisse, Flowing Hair, 1952

group of blue nudes 

Matisse, Blue Nude II, 1952

sophistication of negative space 

Matisse, Jazz I, The Clown, 1947 

Book Project 

Matisse, Memory of Oceania, 1952-53

fragrant, lucious, tropical quality

planes stack up together

dynamic balance 

Bonnard, Strawberries, 1910

follower of matisse

sensuality of eating-staying in garden 

Bonnard, Nude by the Fireplace, 1917

wife-his only model 

Bonnard, Dining Room in the Country