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CLAUDE MONET, Rouen Cathedral: the Portal

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series

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many paintings exploring the same theme over period of time

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pointillism

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colours are systematically applied in small dots, producing a vibrant surface

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lithography

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printmaking process inwhich a flat stone, previously marked witha greasy substance that retains ink, ischarged with ink, placed against paper,and run through a press

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expressionists

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communicates strong personal & emotional feelings to viewer

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primitive

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art produced by untrained or naïve artists

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EDGAR DEGAS, The Absinthe Drinker

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AUGUSTE RODIN, The Thinker

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GEORGES SEURAT, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

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PAUL CEZANNE, Mont Sainte-Victoire

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VINCENT VAN GOGH, The Starry Night

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EDVARD MUNCH, The Scream

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HENRI ROUSSEAU, The Sleeping Gypsy

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Early Expressionism

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  • some European painters began to express theirpersonal dissatisfaction with contemporaryurban life
  • triggers the beginnings of Expressionism
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Post-Impressionism

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  • this term was used to describe a major change in the 1880’s& 1890’s; a variety of unique styles develop
  • artists combined colour & light theory of Impressionismwith traditional design & composition concerns
  • artists were often critical of society & its ills and were nolonger interested in recording fleeting/spontaneous moments
  • 2 main directions emerged:

a) interest in form and design (Cézanne & Seurat)
b) emphasis on personal and emotional expression(Van Gogh & Gauguin)

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Impressionism

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  • during the 2nd half of 1800’s; style began in France as areaction to realism & academic traditions
  • revolutionized art; fascinated with the effect of light oncolour/surfaces (light & colour as subject matter)
  • painters worked outdoors; tried to record fleetingimpressions of nature at different times of the day
  • paint was applied in small brightly coloured dabs orstrokes, which lack firm outline
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Optical mixing

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Impressionist technique; the viewers eyes blend juxtaposed dabs of colour from a distance

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avant-garde

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any contemporary stylerepresenting a new form of visualexpression

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EXPRESSIONISM

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-artists expressed their emotional attitudetoward the world and themselves in symbolicand/or personal ways

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Fauvism

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-artists were called fauves (“wild beasts”) by critics-their art incorporated flat abstract forms, distortedperspective, and intense clashing colours

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HENRI MATISSE, The Red Studio

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German Expressionism

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-artists used distorted forms and vivid colours-2 main groups emerged: Die Brücke & Der Blaue Reite

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PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER, Old Peasant Woman Praying

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Die Brücke (The Bridge)

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-style lasted from 1905-1913-artists were figurative expressionists; they distorted figures andused violent colours to protest the conditions prior to WWI

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EMIL NOLDE, Masks

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Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)

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-style lasted from 1911-1912-artists were abstract expressionists; they simplified andabstracted shapes until the subject was almost unrecognizable

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Expressionism in the Americas

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-artists created social statements about thestruggles of common people

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DIEGO RIVERA, Liberation of the Peon

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ABSTRACT ART

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-artists are concerned with composition/designand how the various parts relate instead ofexpressing feelings

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Cubism

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-this style was invented by Picasso and Braque-the primary concerns were design and abstraction-2 phases: the first was Analytic Cubism and thesecond was Synthetic Cubism

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collage

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(*materialssuch as paper, cloth, etc. are glued to a surface)

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simultaneity

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*the technique of depicting objects from separate vantagepoints in one art work

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PABLO PICASSO, Three Musicians

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MARCEL DUCHAMP, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2,

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Futurism

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-artists observed that speed fragments outlines-represents new interest in mechanical advancements

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JOSEPH STELLA, Brooklyn Bridge

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UMBERTO BOCCIONI, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

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De Stijl

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-nonobjective style of art-complete reliance on design and the elimination of allfeeling and emotion

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CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI, Bird in Space

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FANTASY ART

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-artists turned to psychological fantasy toexpress themselves-art works are imaginative and dream-like

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MARC CHAGALL, I and The Village,

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Dada

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-style was developed as a protest against WWI-created nonsense art that was intended to outrage theviewer-wanted to convey the message that everything wasmeaningless

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JEAN (HANS) ARP, Birds in an Aquarium

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assemblage

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; *art made up of bits ofobjects/materials originally intended forother purposes

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Surrealism

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-style was based on weird imagery from dreamsand the subconscious mind-symbols are personal and unexplained

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SALVADOR DALI, The Persistence of Memory

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RENÉ MAGRITTE, Time Transfixed

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ASHCAN SCHOOL

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-artists expressed their feelings about American lifein crowded cities-critics called them the “Ashcan School” because they felt that “low-life urban subjects” were fit for the ash can (used to throw away cigarette butts)

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GEORGE BELLOWS, Cliff Dwellers

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AMERICAN ABSTRACTION

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-after WWI, abstraction became an important elementin American art, but it was not fully accepted by thepublic

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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, From the Plains I

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CHARLES DEMUTH, The Figure Five in Gold

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ALEXANDER CALDER, Lobster Trap and Fish Tails

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mobile;

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*balanced construction with moving parts, suspended from above

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stabiles;

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*standing sculptures with moveable parts

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AMERICAN SCENE PAINTING

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-many artists continued to work in a Realist style; theypainted the farmlands and cities of America-the Regionalists were a group of Midwestern artistswho limited their subject matter to the area wherethey lived

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THOMAS HART BENTON, The Kentuckian

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EDWARD HOPPER, Nighthawks

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SOCIAL REALISM

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-the Great Depression of the 1930’s caused mass unemployment, hard times, and near social panic-artists portray the dehumanization of urban life andreveal the injustices imposed on ordinary people byan uncaring society

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BEN SHAHN, Handball

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Kaufmann House

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cantilevered

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horizontal projections are balanced & supported with a fulcrum

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GERRIT RIETVELD, Schröder House

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International Style

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modern architecture developed after WWI-box-like structures of steel, concrete, and glass with no ornamentation or natural materials-influenced by Wright and Piet Mondrian: crisp lines and multiple surfaces

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE

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-new steel and metal-frame construction-function was the primary concern; the goal was toachieve clean lines, with minimal decoration-the tensile strength of steel and the invention of highspeed elevators allowed for the development ofskyscrapers

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LE CORBUSIER, Notre-Dame-du-Haut

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MOSHE SAFDIE, Habitat

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POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE

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-combined function and technology with no fixed rules-reaction against Modernism, which was felt to be toohard-edged and uncluttered-architects respected the client’s specific needs and embraced history, symbolism, ornamentation, andeclecticism-buildings were designed to work in harmony with thesite, its environment, and its history

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PHILIP JOHNSON & JOHN BURGEE, PPG Place

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FRANK O. GEHRY & ASSOCIATES, California Aerospace Museum

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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

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-also called “action painting”; a variety of different styles and techniques that were based on freedom ofindividual expression-artists turned against reason, stressing emotions andfeelings more than design and form-art work had a spontaneous feel and was meant to begrasped intuitively by the viewer rather than logically

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drip paintings

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; *laid the canvas on the floor and walked on it while dripping,spilling, and throwing paint

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JACKSON POLLOCK, No. 1 (Lavender Mist)

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POP ART

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-in the early 1960’s, artists dealt with the commercialaspects of popular culture and mass produced commodities-this style was a reaction to Abstract Expressionism; artistsincorporated hard edges and invisible brushstrokes, withcareful preparation and drawing-artists had an impersonal attitude toward their work andsubject; they poked fun at trendy ideas while incorporatingwit, satire, and humour

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CLAES OLDENBURG, Falling Shoestring Potatoes

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soft sculpture;

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*sculpturemade with painted fabric and stuffedwith soft material

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ANDY WARHOL, 100 Cans

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OP ART

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-this style was another reaction to Abstract Expressionism-artists used scientific principles to create the illusion ofmovement-art incorporated carefully calculated and preciselypainted colours, lines, and shapes to make the eye detectmovement

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BRIDGET RILEY, Fall

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COLOUR FIELD PAINTING

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-this style developed during the 1960’s & 1970’s; artists created flat fields of colour and precise lines, with nobrush work or emotionalism-enlarged field painting also developed; artists createdmural-sized canvases, using unplanned improvisationaland accidental happenings-artists opened up space in their works by leaving areas ofthe canvas white or completely unprimed

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minimalism;

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*non-representationalart using very simplified forms andflat areas of colour

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FRANK STELLA, Protractor Variation,

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HELEN FRANKENTHALER, The Bay

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Enlarged Field Painting

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-enlarged field painting; several canvases can work together as a total environment-he poured diluted acrylics on unprimed canvas, then tilted the canvas to createoverlapping, transparent shapes-spontaneous and unplanned, but colour was applied carefully and canvas was tiltedin a controlled manner

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NEW REALISM

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-revival of realistic art during the 1970’s -the style was also called Photo-Realism; every detailwas painstakingly reproduced-artists were influenced by commercial art techniquesand photography; no interest in showing the personalityof the subject

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CHUCK CLOSE, Mark

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DUANE HANSON, Self-Portrait with Model

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HENRY MOORE, Sheep Piece

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DAVID SMITH, Cubi XII

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NEW DIRECTIONS

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-from the 1960’s on, new ideas are based on an experimental attitude, technology and art is combined,and art is seen as an event to be experienced-there is an emphasis on conceptual art, includingkinetic, environmental, computer/video, performance,installations, and temporary works

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CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE, Running Fence

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conceptual art:

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*art that is intended to convey an idea or concept, rejectingtraditional art

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installation art: *

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art that is created for a specific site in order to alter the way aspace is experienced

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JUDY CHICAGO, The Dinner Party

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