Art of the Late 19 th Century and early 20 th Century
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Art of the Late 19th Century and early 20th Century
Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Cubism Kagan, Ch. 24
Impressionism
“Don’t proceed according to the rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.”
Pissaro – changing effect of light on objects in nature
Monet – interplay of light, water and atmosphere
Morisot – women were not dilettantes but had a special sense of vision
Post-Impressionism
More attention to form and structure
Personal statement of realitySubjective realityCezanne – underlying geometric form
Van Gogh – the language of color
Cubism and Abstract PaintingPicasso & Cubism – geometric design to recreate reality
Kandinsky & Abstract painting – avoid representation all together, concentrate on color
Modernism in Music
Focus on folk music/melodies; nationalistic feeling
Edvard Grieg – Norwegian nationalism, incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play
Claude Debussey – music inspired by visual arts
Igor Stravinsky Musical primitivism; irrational forces in
sound
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