Title: Impressionism
1Impressionism 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
2Claude Monet
Claude Monet, Haystacks, (sunset), 1890-1891,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
3Claude Monet
Vétheuil in the Fog, 1879, Musée Marmottan Monet,
Paris.
4Claude Monet
Nympheas, 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin
de la Galette), 1876, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
6Pierre-Auguste Renoir
On the Terrace, oil on canvas, 1881, Art
Institute of Chicago
Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
7Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and
Blue) (1881)
8Modern 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
9Vincent Van Gogh
The Starry Night, June 1889, The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
10Vincent Van Gogh
Bedroom in Arles (1888), Van Gogh Museum
11Vincent Van Gogh
Still Life Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August
1888), Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Self-portrait, 1889, private collection
12Paul Signac
Paul Signac, Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890,
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
13Paul Signac
Port St.Tropez , 1901
14George Seurat
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte, 1884-1886, The Art Institute of Chicago.
15George Seurat
Bathers at Asnières, 1884, National Gallery,
London
16George Seurat
Detail from La Parade (1889) showing pointillism
17Cubism 1907-1914
- Multiple view points
- Non representational spatial relationships
- Use of non traditional and traditional materials
- Geometric division of space
- Major Artist Pablo Picasso
18Pablo Picasso
Guitar, Glass and Fruit by Picasso
19Pablo Picasso
Fruit Bowl and Guitar by Picasso
20Pablo Picasso
Bull Skull, Fruit and Pitcher 1939 by Pablo
Picasso
21Modern 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
22Piet Mondrian
Broadway Boogie Woogie
23Piet Mondrian
Composition with Red
24Piet Mondrian
Larbre, 1908
25Alberto Giacometti
26Alberto Giacometti
Cat, 1954
27Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti Walking Man II (1948)
28Op Art
- Interested in creating optical illusions
- Short lived art movement
- Inspired from the Minimalism movement
- High contrast colors
- Major Artist Bridget Riley
29Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley 1963 Fall
30Bridget Riley
The Riley Illusion
31Pop 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
32Andy Warhol
Marilyn, 1967 by Andy Warhol
33Andy Warhol
10 Marilyns, 1967
34Roy Lichtenstein
35Roy Lichtenstein
Drowning Girl 1963