European Modern Art

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European Modern Art

• 1600s-1900s

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European Art 1600s-1900s

• European art can be separated along the following
  styles
• Baroque 1600s to early 1700s
• Neo-Classical late 1700s
• Romanticism early 1800s
• Realism mid 1800s
• Impressionism 1860s
• Expressionism late 1800s-early 1900s
  (post-Impressionism
• Cubism 1907
• Surrealism early- mid 1900s
• Art Nouveau 1880-1910
• Art Deco 1920s and 1930s
• Modern Movements- post WWII

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Baroque

• Grand, ornate, intense design
• Versailles palace an excellent example
• Caravaggio and Gentileschi are artists of
  distinction during this period

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Michelangelo Caravaggio
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Palace of Versailles
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Neo-Classical

• Simple, elegant style inspired by classical
  Greco-Roman art. Influenced by the Enlightenment.
• Robert Adam (architecture), Jacques-Louis David
  (art), Antonio Canova (sculpture) and Josiah
  Wedgewood (decorative arts) are key artists of
  this period

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Robert Adam
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Jacques-Louis David
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Antonio Canova
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Josiah Wedgewood
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Romanticism

• Reflected deep interest in nature and the
  thoughts and feelings of the individual.
• Movement from reason to emotion/society to
  nature.
• Eugene Delacroix key artist.

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Eugene Delacroix
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Realism

• Life as it truly was. Gritty. Scandalous
  (realistic, sexual nudes)
• Reflected increasing importance of the working
  class.
• Gustave Courbet key artist.

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Gustave Courbet
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Impressionism

• 1860s Paris the origination point.
• Impression of a subject in a moment of time (like
  a quick glance)
• Used light and fascination with pure, shimmering
  colors.
• Monet, Degas and Renoir key artists.
• Van Gogh and Gauguin

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Claude Monet
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Edgar Degas
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Paul Gauguin
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Expressionism

• Bold colors
• Distorted and exaggerated forms
• Klee, Kandinsky and Munch are key artists

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Paul Klee
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Wassily Kandinsky
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Edward Munch
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Art Nouveau

• Art Nouveau is French and means New Art. It is
  characterized by its highly decorative style and
  by the dedication to natural forms. Art Nouveau
  was popular from about 1880 to 1910 and was an
  International art movement.
• Art Nouveau was not restricted to painting or
  printmaking. It covered all forms of art -
  architecture, furniture, jewelry, glass and
  illustration.
• Louis Tiffany and Gustav Klimt are key artists

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Louis Tiffany
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Gustav Klimt
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Art Deco

• Art Deco was primarily a design style, popular in
  the 1920s and 1930s. In simplified terms, the Art
  Deco movement can be considered as the follow-up
  style on Art Nouveau - more simplified and closer
  to mass production. The Art Deco movement was
  dominant in fashion, furniture, jewelry,
  textiles, architecture, commercial printmaking
  and interior decoration.

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Rene Lalique
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Cubism

• Natural shapes turned into geometric objects.
• Inspired by traditional African art.
• Picasso and Braque are key artists.

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Pablo Picasso
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Georges Braque
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Surrealism

• Above or beyond reality.
• Inspired by Sigmund Freud
• Dream world linked to real world
• Eerie, dreamlike
• Salvador Dali key artist

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Salvador Dali
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Modern Movements

• Some of the more popular modern movements of the
  late 20th century are as follows
• Abstract Art- Chagall
• Pop Art- Warhol
• Op Art

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Marc Chagall
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Andy Warhol
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OP Art