Terminology 04 Flashcards
Abstract art
An art alters recognizable shapes, colors, forms and textures to create a simplified or exaggerated image.
A work of art with too little or too much detail can be called ‘abstract’.
Abstract art does not attempt to represent an accurate image of visual reality.
Analytical cubism
A type of cubism that is characterized by figures are dissected into geometric shapes that overlap at different and multiple angles.
The background and foreground merge and lines and color fade at the edges.
Perspective and realistic modeling of figures was abandoned.
Because the 3-dimensional forms are simplified, color was also simplified to tonal hues of a few colors, and no one detail is emphasized.
Influence came from Cezanne’s technique of painting with overlapping cube shapes, placing color next to color, and warm vs. cool colors to create some depth.
Synthetic cubism
A type of cubism that is characterized by shapes are emphasized and more clearly geometric.
Large shapes of bold colors overlap to build a picture, thus color and shape dominate the painting.
Images look flat and two-dimensional due to no gradation of shading/modeling.
Three-dimensionality is inconsistent, if present.
Synthetic Cubism tended to push objects together rather than pull them apart for analysis, and the image looks constructed (like a collage) not deconstructed as in Analytical Cubism.
Dynamic cubism
A type of cubism that is characterized by its use of bold colors, simplified compositions, and geometric abstraction.
This name was also a way of distinguishing Lawrence’s style from the European artists and versions of Cubism.
Synthetic Cubism was the main influence but with a more ‘painterly’ style.
The usual flat, overlapping shapes were common for Cubism, used to create people and objects, but it show on the surface of the board.
A images look like a collage but the loose brushstrokes create a little textural variation to the shapes.
Improvisation
The activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found.
Non-objective
A type of abstract art that is usually geometric and aims to convey a simplicity and purity, without any reference to the natural world.
Non-representational
Art with no recognizable forms and not strictly geometric.
Subconscious
The part of the mind that a person is not fully aware of but it influences actions and feelings
Color-field painting
Description applied by Rothko for the floating rectangles of two, three, or four areas or ‘fields’ of his paintings that are aligned vertically against a colored ground.
Salon d’Autumne (1905)
It means “Autumn Salon.”
An art exhibition held annually in Paris since 1905 to express the horror Matisse felt when seeing this new style for the first time.
Ingres and Cezanne Exhibition (1906-07)
A huge exhibition of their art was open to the public and thousands of people saw it.
African Art Exhibition
The first exhibition that was provided a new exotic influence in this painting, evident in the faces of three Demoiselles.
Armory Show (1913)
The Armory Show was a month-long exhibition that opened in New York City on February 17, 1913, and presented an art historical tour through the evolution of modern art, from Ingres to Matisse.
Russian Revolution (1917)
A period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917, when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II.
This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war.
World War I (1914-18)
A massive military conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers, fighting took place in Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the
Middle East, and other regions.
Some art were vocal about the war and exhibited ambitious works of art in response to events, while others dealt with wartime anxieties in personal ways.
