2. Art Style etc. Flashcards
Surrealism is an art form that
initates a dream-like quality in art.
What is Cubism? ___________
Who was is major propontent or given credit for starting cubism?
Making subjects or art look angular or taken apart and put back together in an angular manner.
Piccaso
Many of the Indiana artist’s landscapes are horizontal and planar which means
They are in ¨landscape¨ format with planes or areas of painting
Forground, Middleground, and Backgrounds are the usual planes…….
Minimalism is an art movment that
Uses as little form or subject as possible to convey a message or be a workof art.
Atmospheric perspective is
Making things look more distant in a painting by creating a hazy look.
(sometime called aerial perspective)
The Impressionist painters were influenced by
Japanese Art
Regionalism is
an art form that mainly depicts a certian region and often appeals to the people of that region.
Genre Painting is
the pictorial representation of scenes of everyday life (markets, domestic settings, inn scenes, interiors, parties, street scenes, etc.)
Orientalism is
a term used to define the imitation or depictions of Middle Eastern, African, South Asian, or East Asian cultures.
(Arans, Turks, Kurds, Persians, etc.)
Japonism is
or Janonisme is a french term refering of japanesse influence on western art
(bold design, intense, flatter colors)
Chiaroscuro is
large contrast between light and dark
Figurative work includes
figures or people
is charecterized by loose brushstrokes and vivid colors as practiced in the US in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
American Impressionism
Impressionism lost its cutting edge status when modern art was exhibited at the
in 1913 at the Regiment Armory building in NYC- the ¨Armory Show¨
The “Society of Western Artists” association existed mainly to
have an annual exhibit of its members work that would circulate among the cities of its members.
(3 Indianapolis Members; Steele, Forsythe, Adams)
In 1896, eighteen artists gathered in Chicage to form the
.
3 artsists from each of 6 cities
“Society of Western Artists”
not in the ¨west¨ but west of the Appalacian Mountians
Indianapolis, Chicago, Detriot, Cleveland, St. Louis, Cincinatti
In 1894, the Art Assoc of Indiana sponsored the exhibit, , by Steele, Gruelle , Forsyth, and Stark.
Art critic, Garland arranged the show in Chicago.
¨Exbibit of Summer Work¨
One of the consequences of the accumilation of wealth and population of Indiana cities was a
growing interest in education and culture:
Art Association, Schools, and Musueams were founded
In 1898. and purchased a home they called the to serve as a studio for themselves and others
The Hermitage
in
Brookville, IN.
In the art schools of Muncie and Inianapolis, many of the students were
wives and daughters of wealthy upper class citizens.
To go to Munisch, the Indiana artists had to raise funds. They did so by
Offeres art to subscribers who would help fund their journey. (Copies of Masters, portraits and and promised work on return.)
THe Brown Co. Artist Colony was formed in the early 1900s by artists who wanted to depict . The first artist resident was
¨Peaceful Valley¨
T.C. Steele
Adolph Shulz is considered the founer of the
Brown Co. Art Colony
