Impressionism

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Impressionism late 1880s

• Interested in capturing the quality of light
• Harmonious colors
•  Choppy and visible brush strokes
• Two Examples of Major Artists
• Claude Monet
• Pierre Auguste Renior

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Claude Monet
Claude Monet, Haystacks, (sunset), 1890-1891,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Claude Monet
Vétheuil in the Fog, 1879, Musée Marmottan Monet,
Paris.
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Claude Monet
Nympheas, 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin
de la Galette), 1876, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
On the Terrace, oil on canvas, 1881, Art
Institute of Chicago
Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and
Blue) (1881)
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Modern Art Post Impressionism 1882-1900

• Shift in color usage- color no longer
  representational.
• Interested in developing a visual language of
  symbols.
• Capturing the psychological feelings or emotions
  of the subject
• Major Artists Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Signac,
  George Seurat

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Vincent Van Gogh
The Starry Night, June 1889, The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
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Vincent Van Gogh
Bedroom in Arles (1888), Van Gogh Museum
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Vincent Van Gogh
Still Life Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August
1888), Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Self-portrait, 1889, private collection
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Paul Signac
Paul Signac, Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890,
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Paul Signac
Port St.Tropez , 1901
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George Seurat
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte, 1884-1886, The Art Institute of Chicago.
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George Seurat
Bathers at Asnières, 1884, National Gallery,
London
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George Seurat
Detail from La Parade (1889) showing pointillism
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Cubism 1907-1914

• Multiple view points
• Non representational spatial relationships
• Use of non traditional and traditional materials
• Geometric division of space
• Major Artist Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Picasso
Guitar, Glass and Fruit by Picasso
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Pablo Picasso
Fruit Bowl and Guitar by Picasso
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Pablo Picasso
Bull Skull, Fruit and Pitcher 1939 by Pablo
Picasso
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Modern Art between the Wars

• Concept based
• Politically charged- in response to the Wars and
  new technology
• Looking at breaking the painting down to the
  principles and elements of designs
• Major Artists Piet Mondrian and Alberto
  Giacometti

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Piet Mondrian
Broadway Boogie Woogie
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Piet Mondrian
Composition with Red
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Piet Mondrian
Larbre, 1908
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Alberto Giacometti
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Alberto Giacometti
Cat, 1954
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Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti Walking Man II (1948)
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Op Art

• Interested in creating optical illusions
• Short lived art movement
• Inspired from the Minimalism movement
• High contrast colors
• Major Artist Bridget Riley

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Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley 1963 Fall
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Bridget Riley
The Riley Illusion
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Pop Art

• Started in the 1950
• Interested in exploring the differences and
  similarities between mass produced art and fine
  art
• A reflection on popular culture
• Major artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

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Andy Warhol
Marilyn, 1967 by Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol
10 Marilyns, 1967
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Roy Lichtenstein
Drowning Girl 1963