Art Exam Two Flashcards
Academic Art
Raft of the Medusa; Ecole des Beaux-arts; the salon system; “the crisis in art”
this period looked back on the past of art, emphasis on the Renaissance. the art school only taught art one way.
Raft of the Medusa
by Théodore Géricault. it won a gold medal in the salon system
the salon system
The Salon, held anually, was the most prestigious arts event in France. Having a painting accepted by the jury for the Salon was a huge achievement for any artist. It meant an official seal of approval for artistic merit, quality and taste.
the crisis in art (academic to realism)
do people really want to make art one way? that’s what the ecole d’beaux arts and the salon system wanted. a crisis in art came after the industrial revolution. asian art was put into the picture and well as the camera. we realized “what is art?” and “what does it mean to be an artist?” and this is where the experiments began with Manet’s Realism.
Realism/Manet
stifling of originality; foreign cultural influence; the camera; “a new vocabulary for art”
(academic to realism transition) what does being an artist mean?
Luncheon on the Grass
by Manet (Realism)
Impressionism
so the experiment begins!!
Monet, Renior, Degas; “plain-air”painters; ambient light; fleeting moments; tube paints
Impression sunrise
by Monet (impressionism)
Rouen Cathedral
by monet (impressionism)
shows ambient light, fleeting moments
Absinth Drinker
by Degas (impressionism)
The boating party
by Renior (impressionism)
“plein air” painting
the act of painting outside! (impressionism)
tube paints
these were invented during impressionism!
Post Impressionism
Seurat; Cezanne; Van Gogh; Gauguin; pointillism; “cube cone and cylinder”; arbitrary color, expression
artists started to experiment with how they can paint something. using color and technique, these paintings are more reductive but more expressive!
Pointillism
based on color theory (dot painting)
The Grande Jatte
by Seurat (post impressionism)
uses pointillism
Mount St Victoire
by Cezanne (post impressionism)
arbitrary color
a choice of color in an artwork that has no basis in the realistic appearance of the object depicted (think purple cows, yellow sky, pink sun, etc.) (post impressionism)
Yellow Christ
by Gauguin (post impressionism)
made with arbitrary color
starry night
by Van Gogh (post impressionism)
uses impesto (thick painting)
Expressionism
Munch; Kandinsky; Matisse; arbitrary color; expressive content; “flatness”
The Scream
by Munch (Expressionism(German))
