Styles
Styles
Styles
Characteristics Characterized chiefly by heavy, often black lines that definite form, sharply contrasting, often vivid colours, and subjective treatment of thematic materials Characterized by short brisk strokes of bright colors used to recreate the impression of light on objects
cubism presents multiple views on the same object(s) fragments forms into flat jagged shapes and portrays flat ,two dimensional space with the traditional linear prospective.
Their Works Siberian dogs in the snow The third Class Carriage
Impressionism
Claude Monet
Bathing at La Grenouillere
Cubism
Vicente Manansala
Realism
Surrealism
Interest and concern centers around the real or actual problems It delves on the treatment of forms, colors and space as they appear in actuality or ordinary visual experience An artistic style and
The Gleaners
Salvador Dali
The persistence of
Abstract
Pointillism
movement, drew its impulse from the psychological method of Freud The association and interpretation of dreams Conceived apart from any concrete realities or specific objects It pertains to the formal aspects of art in emphasizing lines, colors, and generalized geometric forms A logical extension of cubism with its fragmentation of the object A style in painting that uses dots of color, usually applied with the point or tip of the brush A general glow of color more intense than of the impressionists
Science-based interpretation of lines and colours influenced neoimpressionists characterization of their own contemporary art Pointillism technique is often mentioned, because it was the dominant technique in the beginning.
memory
George seurat
The Circus
Neo- Impressionism
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte The Western Railway at its Exit from Paris
Neo Classicism
Popular Art
Product labelling and logos figure prominently in the imagery chosen by pop artists, like in the Campbell's Soup Cans labels, by Andy Warhol. Even the labelling on the shipping carton containing retail items has been used as subject matter in pop art
Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music , and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. Pop removes the material from its context and isolates the object, or combines it with other objects, for contemplation The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
Optical Art
Fauvism
Although fauvism was a short-lived movement (1905-8), its influence was international and
Concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing. Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in only black and white. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns, or alternatively, of swelling or warping. The paintings of the Fauves were characterised by seemingly wild brush work and strident colours, while their subject matter had a
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Intrinsic Harmony
Henri Matisse
Art Deco
basic to the evolution of 20th-century art. Created to decorate the streets and modern industrial cities that redefined art.
high degree of simplification and abstraction. The use of stepped forms and geometric curves (unlike the sinuous, natural curves of Art Nouveau), chevron patterns, ziggurat-shapes, fountains, and the sunburst motif are typical of Art Deco. Characterized by geometric designs, bold colors, and the use of plastic and glass.
Roy W. Place
Bisbee
Photography
Printmaking
Stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides a visual account for news events, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to advertise products or services. Printmaking (other than monotyping) is not chosen only for its ability to produce multiple copies, but rather for the unique qualities that each of the printmaking processes lends itself to. Emphasizes
the unique quality of the graphic aesthetic and its special place in the visual arts. The significance of printmaking's rich formal pedigree continues to inspire through the elegance of process.
Fine art photographers tried to imitate painting styles. This movement is called Pictorialism, often using soft focus for a dreamy, 'romantic' look. Creating art by transferring an image or design by contact with a matrix such as a block, plate, stone, or screen.
Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Albrecht Drer