Before Abstraction --- IMPRESSIONISM

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Before Abstraction --- IMPRESSIONISM

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• What effect did the Industrial revolution have on
  Impressionist artists?
• Which invention changed the way the artists
  recorded the world around them?
• Why did Impressionism cause controversy?
• Impressionism can best be described as a study
  of what?
• Monet refined his style throughout his career.
  Which element remained consistent in his work?
• Why would Monet paint one subject many times?
• How are most Impressionist paintings composed?
• According to the video, who was the only major
  female Impressionist?

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ABSTRACT ART
-Altered or changed from reality. -Modified or
changed to emphasize certain qualities or
content. -May only look a little like real
object or art is nonrepresentational (does not
look exactly like real object).
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• "They are imbeciles who call my work abstract.
  That which they call abstract is the most
  realistic, because what is real is not the
  exterior but the idea, the essence of things."
• Constantin Brancusi (Romanian-French, 1876-1957).

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• "The more horrifying the world becomes, the more
  art becomes abstract."Paul Klee (1879-1940),
  Swiss painter.

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Georgia OKeeffeZoomed or cropped composition
(flowers, skulls, landscapes)
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Jacob LawrenceFlat shapes, simple colors, no
detail. Emphasized working hands
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Ellis Wilson, Funeral Procession From Mayfield,
Kentucky. Painting hung above mantle in 80s
sitcom Cosby Show
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Roy Lichenstein Bull Series
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PIET MONDRIAN Flowering Tree
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