ART IN CONTEXT: The 20 th Century ART 121 LAST LECTURE
ART IN CONTEXT: The 20th Century
ART 121 LAST LECTURE
Breaking Rules in the 20th Century
The Three Revolutions that affected the art of the 19th century continue to influence the artists of the 20th century.
Avant garde, a military term used to promote the idea that art should push conservative boundaries. Avant garde artists of the late 19th/20th (and 21st centuries) break the established rules about mimetic:
Color
Space
Form
Ideal beauty
82nd and Fifth: Below the Surface
Sometimes when looking at modern and contemporary art it is
OK not to understand everything you see!
Timeline:
20th Century to
WWII
1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
1912: Titanic sinks
1914-18: WWI
1928: First TV broadcast
1929: Stock Market Crash
1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany
1939-1945: WWII
Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art
FAUVISM: French term for wild beasts.
Short lived style known for bold use of
color and flat/distorted figures. An
experiment to free color from reality.
Matisse, The Joy of Life, oil on canvas, 1905-1906.
The Fauvres have broken the rules about color!
Ingres, The Golden Age, 1862.
Timeline:
20th Century to
WWII
1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
1912: Titanic sinks
1914-18: WWI
1928: First TV broadcast
1929: Stock Market Crash
1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany
1939-1945: WWII
Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art
ANALYTIC CUBISM: concerned with
breaking apart objects in order to study
and understand them. Space shifts and
multiple perspectives included. Created
by Picasso and Braque.
Picasso,
Les
Demoiselle
d’Avignon, oil on canvas,
1907.
Picasso has broken the rules concerning beauty!
Raphael, The Three Graces,
1500.
Braque,
Le Portugais
(The Emigrant), oil on canvas, 1911-
1912.
The Cubists broke the rules about form and space!
Wautteau, Mezzetin, 1718-20.
Timeline:
20th Century to
WWII
1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
1912: Titanic sinks
1914-18: WWI
1928: First TV broadcast
1929: Stock Market Crash
1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany
1939-1945: WWII
Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM: art that used color and/or bold lines to convey emotion. Created the first non-representational works in the western world.
Wassily Kandinsky,
Sketch I for Composition VII, 1913.
The German Expressionists broke the rules about art
being representational!
Poussin, Landscape with St.
John on Patmos, 1640.
Of course our brains may try to find something
representational in the work nonetheless….
OMG its evil Stitch!!!
Timeline:
20th Century to
WWII
1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
1912: Titanic sinks
1914-18: WWI
1928: First TV broadcast
1929: Stock Market Crash
1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany
1939-1945: WWII
Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art
DADA: art movement that protested
WWI and society in general. Dada was
anti-art, anti-politicians, anti-war, anti-
social graces. They were an angry bunch.
Marcel
du Champ,
Fountain, ceramic compound,
1917.
Dada broke the rules about art having to be made by
an artist! (And every other rule as well…)
Timeline:
20th Century to
WWII
1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
1912: Titanic sinks
1914-18: WWI
1928: First TV broadcast
1929: Stock Market Crash
1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany
1939-1945: WWII
Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art
ILLUSIONISTIC SURREALISM: an
outgrowth of the Surrealist
literature/political movement. Subjects
take on the appearance of realism, but
are obviously dreamlike.
Dali, The Persistence of Memory, oil on canvas, 1931.
The Surrealists (and Dada) broke the rules
saying art needs to be logical and rational.
Albert Bierstadt, Looking Down the
Yosemite Valley, 1865.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Artists of the early 20th century set the stage
for the artists of today.
After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.
Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!
Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,
there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.
Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.
Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.
THANK YOU for a great semester!