exam 3

Question 1

A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte

Answer 1

Georges Seurat: (Sunday), 6x10 feet, doesn’t have smoothness, lots of shapes, painting what he knows (wealthy people). Uses cheureul technique- one color can change how we perceive the tone and hue of another. Uses pointillism, took 2 years to finish, everything is locked in time, no movement, really good posture, influenced by Renaissance, border stands out. Artist died at 32, he only finished 7 paintings, He was known for being OCD and fashionable.

Question 2

Basket of Apples

Answer 2

Cezanne, simplifies down items to what they really are. Still life of apples, wine, and bread on a table. Everything is in foreground, shapes are muddy colors, push-pull effect- see everything, pick an object and it will look flat until you squint “you never use the color black directly”

Question 3

Manau Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead watching)

Answer 3

Paul Gaugin (into weird shit), thought people were relying too much on modern technologies, began a new life in rural France. 13 year old mistress has a nightmare, he paints her on her stomach, Tahitian colors (purples and pinks), ancestor is lurking in the back

Question 4

Head of a skeleton with a burning cigarette

Answer 4

Van Gogh, he hated rules, does a “portrait” of this skeleton, mocking the curriculum. He is expressing how he feels, every bone is thickly painted

Question 5

Night Cafe

Answer 5

Van Gogh, he was always very judged in this cafe, non-local colors- floor is an ugly yellow, walls are red. Electricity freaked him out, hum is symbolized by short agitated lines around the bulbs. Wanna lick it, Eminem song-sense of freedom

Question 6

The Starry Night

Answer 6

Van Gogh, he checked himself into a mental hospital, looked out the window and felt a connection to a bigger universe, very internal. the more you stare, the more the waves move.

Question 7

The Scream

Answer 7

Edvard Munch (Munch’s fear women), taps into fear, sky is odd-foggy because mind is foggy, painting was done 4 times on cardboard

Question 8

The Gates of Hell

Answer 8

Auguste Rodin, sculpture in France, asked to create a portal, died before it was done, fought with close friends to see their expressions, figures coming out of emptiness, this is a psychological hell, Dante’s Devine Comedy (souls of the damned) stand at the entrance, pointing to the inscription “Abandon hope ye all who enter here”, you should pause and be afraid when looking at it.

Question 9

Job Cigarettes

Answer 9

Alphonse Mucha, Lithograph (poster), Jean Baurdot sold these rolling papers, this was it’s advertisement. Lines are “noodle lines”- thick and curved. Feminine and soft.

Question 10

The Kiss

Answer 10

Gustav Klimt (Klimt yellow), gold leaf makes this shimmer, eliminates natural figures, figures are represented as one, body is all pattern, male figure is giving a kiss, her shapes are circles, his are squares. They could be upright or laying down.

Question 11

Jane Avril

Answer 11

Henri de Toulousse-Lautrec, he never grew past 4’8, loved the moulin rouge and did advertisement for it, he was very obsessed with legs, he had to change his monogram because his father was pissed. Eventually died of syphillis.

Question 12

Moulin Rough

Answer 12

Lautrec, May Milton is cropped out, Jane Avril is at table, wealthy men around, you can feel, hear and smell it.

Question 13

Staircase for Hotel Tassel

Answer 13

Victor Horta, tile floor has a linear pattern, railing is rod iron, thin, delicate, becomes noodle lines, everything is softened, affect of movement, space feels alive

Question 14

The Woman with the Hat

Answer 14

Henre Metisse, Amilie Matisse- his wife’s form is made out of color, hat is just color-could be fruit or flowers, art needs to be easy and you should like what you’re seeing, just enjoy it

Question 15

Le Bonheur Vivre (The Joy of Life)

Answer 15

Henri Matisse, landscape, can’t see leaves, groups of figures hanging out, purple grass, dancing figures in the back, asking viewer to lighten up

Question 16

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The young ladies of Avignon

Answer 16

Pablo Picasso- cubism, could draw the human body perfectly at 8 years old, friend shot himself in front of him- very depressed. 5 female nudes, women have a powerful presence, challenges everything you see, masks show that they can become terrifying, cant tell if they’re standing or laying down

Question 17

Ma Jolie (my pretty one)

Answer 17

Pablo Picasso, monochromatic, brain starts to find parts of the body, breaking it down until theres nothing left

Question 18

Bottle of Suze

Answer 18

Pablo Picasso, Synthetic cubism, a lot of cardboard, paper, layering of non-traditional items, collage

Question 19

Geurnica

Answer 19

Picasso, shapes and chaos, slaughtered civilizations, black and white (newspaper), feeling of desperation, confusion, fear, and pain. Bull could represent spanish general. Theme is that modern technology can destroy if it’s put in the wrong hands, Hitler hated Picasso. Timeless, as war never goes away.

Question 20

Self Portrait as soldier

Answer 20

Ernest Ludwig Kirchner (psychology of a soldier-Kirsh), had to go to war at a very young age, felt a lot of anger and resentment, he is dressed in uniform, aggressively painted, hand has been chopped off- loss of creativity, Figure is female, represents feeling of being emasculated, tormented in this new world, mental pain and cultural drama.

Question 21

Masks

Answer 21

Emil Nolde (mold, mask), before the war- foreshadowing it, impending doom, teal backround, very meancing, yellow gives gross feeling, red represents devil, agitated and painterly, he became a Nazi to save himself

Question 22

Black Lines

Answer 22

Wassily Kandinsky, he was an arrogant asshole, often called the profit, fully brings abstraction in, nothing is represented, had synethstasia

Question 23

Animal’s Fate

Answer 23

Franz Marc, Marc was gentle, opposite from Kandinsky. He adored animals, looked at them as innocent spirit. Color theory, red-war, green-jealousy, yellow-feminine, blue-masculine. A broken world, shows what technology has done, innocent animals are in the thick of it, Innocence vs. aggression, 2 years into the war marc dies.

Question 23

Self Portrait Nude

Answer 23

Egon Shiele, thinned out pain, coffee-stained backroud, around line is a white thick outline, seeing inner psyche coming out, exposed to STD info way too early, terrified of sex, he is emaciated, eyes, lips and nipples are accentuated. Removed genitals entirely- emasculated, removes right hand- lack of creativity and masturbation.

Question 23

Match Seller

Answer 23

Otto Dix (people were dicks to veterans), went to war as a gunner and survived, veterans were being treated horribly. Cartoon style, vet doesn’t have arms or legs, is blind, and can only sell matches. You are looking down at him, everyone is running away, dog is peeing on him, hard to look at.

Question 24

Self Portraits of a “degenerate artist”

Answer 24

Kokoshka, very ballsy, he is very angry. Similar style to the Mona Lisa, emphasis on landscape, he’s being hunted by Nazis, agitated brush marks, acidic colors-makes you uncomfortable

Question 25

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

Answer 25

Giacomo Balla, makes concrete move, figure’s feet are moving- memory image, painted over and over, leash is bouncing around, painting is about capturing futurism ideas-MOVEMENT

Question 26

Unique forms of continuity in space

Answer 26

Umberto Boccioni, gold sculpture of soldier walking, base is broken in two, analytical cubism, everything is moving with him, pulling entire environment with him.

Question 27

Armored Train in Action

Answer 27

Gino Severini, Futurists loved war as it gets rid of anything that needs to go, Birdseye view of a train going off to war, creating romanticized version of war. Creates speed with cubism- broken and put back together, puts tanks and soldiers together. Emphasis on the power of weapon technology, all cool colors

Question 28

Black Square

Answer 28

Kazimir Malevich, Russian dictator ruled everything, WWI fully in swing, sees everything as losing it’s colors, 0 degree of painting, it’s NOT ABOUT THE BLACK SQUARE, takes cubism to the furthest extent-breaking it down to nothing, White border creates the idea that this is fine art, the square represents everything, represents freedom. Not about what it is, but what it represents.

Question 29

The three studies for figures at the base of a crucifixion

Answer 29

Francis Bacon, he was a very tortured soul, parents were awful, Nanny took care of him, he was kicked out at 16 for cross dressing, worshipped Picasso, became designer for Eileen Gray, destroyed the work he didn’t like. Painting is inspired by Guernica, there was a blitz attack in London, Bacon was in building and was traumatized. Red background like the sky, figure representing Hitler getting out of car (calling him a dick), hid image in rework, Atrophic- 3 separate paintings next to each other, head down figure represents Mary grieving loss of her son, others look mad, representing St. John (protecting), screaming creature represents Mary Magdelin. Bacon hated religion- thought God abandoned his people in the war.