Visual Arts Flashcards
What style were Monet, Renoir, and Degas famous for?
Impressionism
What style were Van Gogh, Gaugin, Cezanne, and Seurat famous for?
Post-Impressionism
What style were Picasso and Braque famous for?
Cubism
What style was Duchamp famous for?
Dada
What colors are found in the De Stijl style?
red, yellow, blue, black, and white
What style were Pollock and Dekooning known for?
Abstract expressionism
What style of art was Andy Warhol famous for?
Pop art
What style of art was Weiwei famous for?
Conceptual
What style of art was Beuys famous for?
performance art
What are the themes of romanticism?
- Historical Themes
- Exotic Places
- Heroic Stories
- Romanticized view of the world
When did Romanticism take place?
1800 -1850
When did modernism or modern art take place?
1860 - 1970
What did Clement Greenburg say about modernism?
The essence of Modernism lies…in the
use of characteristic methods of a
discipline to criticize the discipline itself -
not in order to subvert it, but to
entrench it more firmly in its area of
competence.
Realistic, illusionistic art had dissembled
(disguised) the medium, using art to
conceal art. Modernism used art to call
attention to art.
The two major modernist art
movements of the latter nineteenth
century were realism and impressionism.
Clement Greenberg
When did realism take place?
1848 - 1880
What is Realism?
Realist artist sought to depict the everyday and
ordinary rather than the historic, the heroic, or the
exotic. They were more interested in the present
than the past. They were more interested in here
than there
When was the Impressionism movement?
1870 - 1890
What is Impressionism?
Artists were not aiming for perfection, but to
capture an impression.They didn’t want to portray
a landscape, but to portray the sensation of a
landscape. Impressionists captured real light,
often on-site. Their subjects matter was
landscape, urban life, culture, etc.
what are the characteristics of Impressionism?
- Study of light and color on subject matter
- Fleeting moment in time
- Paint on location (en plein air)
- Subjects: Landscape, urban life (leisure time)
Who went on the Paris Art Mission?
John Hafen, Lorus Pratt, and John Fairbanks. They were later joined by Edwin Evans and Herman Haggs.
What and Where did the Paris Art Mission study?
- Studied at the Académie Julian
- Studied figure drawing from casts and nude
models of all ages and genders. - Would have seen impressionist-styled art and artists and that influences their work.
- In 1893 the missionaries collaborated to complete murals in the Salt Lake Temple
When did Post- Impressionism take place?
1890- 1905
What is Post- Impressionism?
This is less a movement and more the group of artists who came after the Impressionists. Most were
interested in the work of the Impressionists, but they reacted in different ways to its perceived shortcomings.
What is Avant Garde?
New or cutting-edge cultural manifestation.
French term meaning “front guard.”
-Artists who explore new ways of creating,
disregarding public views, or traditional
styles.
-These artist create their own exclusive
group.
When did fauvism take place?
1905 - 1908