Modern Arts Flashcards

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A shift of style away from the Academic Style.

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Modern Arts

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Modern Arts Started with the birth of

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modernism (Industrial Revolution, 1760-1840)

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shows everyday life, captures the fleeting moment of middle class relaxing and doing leisurely activities

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Impressionism

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impressionism arts were done in

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open air

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technique used to paint by Impressionists

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dabbing method, quick, spintaneous and loose brushstrokes

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adapted the impressionist style combined it with emphasis on geometric forms

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Post-impressionism

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post-impressionism created and utilised

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distortions of expressive effect, unnatural and indiscriminate colours

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the greatest impressionist artist

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Claude Monet

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the greatest post-impressionist artist

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Paul Cézanne

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communicates personal feelings to the subject

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expressionism

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painting technique used by expressionists

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impasto (thick application of paints) to evoke an intense and violent mood,
loose brushstrokes with strong, unnatural colours

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another important post-impressionist after Cézanne

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Vincent Van Gogh

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norwegian painter and printmaker from the expressionist movement

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Edvard Munch

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inspired by the geometric style and composition of Paul Cezanne
first abstract style of modern art

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Cubism

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15
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two styles of cubism

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analytical and synthetic

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16
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special ement of cubism

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multiple points of view and at different times; concentrated on 2D surface and rejected linear perspective

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anti-art movement

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dadaism

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dadaism productions are often

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satire and nonsensical

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two styles of dadaism

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readymade and photomontage

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art made from found objects, but used differently from their normal context

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readymade

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clipping of photographs or reproduced images that were pasted together

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photomontage

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It was influenced by the works of psychologist, Sigmund Freud, who said that dreams were our subconscious way of dealing with personal issues and realities

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surrealism

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2 styles of surrealism

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Representational and Abstract

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realistic depiction of objects but is set or distorted beyond the capabilities of reality

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representational

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based on shapes and forms that does not represent anything found in real life, but rather forms made by subconscious

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abstract

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technique wherein a piece of paper is places on top of a textured surfsce

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frottage

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paint is splashed on a piece of paper

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decalcomania

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painted canvas placed on top of a textured surface, paint will then be scraped away

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grattage

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paper over a lighted candle to create smoke

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fumagw

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writing instrument moving around a medium without conscious thought

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automatic drawing

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paint drips from a moving can of a drip painting

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drip painting

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one of the most popular surrealist artists

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salvador dalì

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emphasizes abstract elements of art, stressing on feelings and emotions rather than perceivable subject matter.

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abstract expressionism

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2 styles of abstract expressionism

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action and colourfield

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impulsive; an
energetic style in which the paint is splashed, dripped or spilled onto the canvas

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action

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passive; uses flat areas or field of color, inviting the viewers to contemplate an create an emotional response)

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colourfield

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visual illusions. It uses scientific knowledge about vision to enable artist to create movement through optical illusion, with the arrangement of lines and complementary colors

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OP Art