Modern To Contemporary Art Flashcards
(43 cards)
Signifies the philosophy and style of the artwork produced in ___ to ___ era
Modern Art
1860 to 1970
Types of modern art
Surrealism
Realism
Impressionism
Fauvism
Cubism
Futurism
Vorticism
Constructivism
Suprematism
De Stijl
Dada/Dadaism
combines the unconscious with the conscious, in order to create a new “super-reality”
Surrealism
The artist tries to capture the subject not from real world, but from the world of dreams, imaginations and fantasies
Surrealism
In this method the artist tries to present the subject as it is, or objectively.
The realist tries to make a faithful rendition of the work based on what he sees which can be in the form of objects, sceneries, activities and figures.
Realism
The artist is characterized as
one concerned more with the technique of suggesting
light and color to the picture than with the subject matter
The founding Impressionist artists – including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley and Edgar Degas, among others
Impressionism
This style of painting flourished in France from1898 to 1908.
The wildness manifested itself mainly in the strong colors and dynamic brushwork to connote joy and happiness, as well as comfort and
pleasure
Fauvism
Father of Cubism
Cezane
One of the most vital and
dynamic figures who emerged during the 60s and continues to make an impact up to the present.
Ang Kiukok
“treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the
cone, everything in proper perspective, so that each side
of an object or a plane is directed toward a central point.”
Cubism define by Cezane
Artist portrays the subject that
literally relates to the future, and not to the present
Futurism
Followed in the same vein as Futurism in that it relished in the innovative advances of the machine age and embraced the possible virtues
of dynamic change that were to follow.
The style is defined by bold colors, harsh lines and sharp angles along with a fascination in the machine age
Vorticism
Embraced theory that art should be
“constructed” from modern industrial materials such as plastic, steel, and glass in order to serve a societal purpose instead of merely making an abstract statement.
The constructivists believed art should directly reflect the modern industrial world
Constructivism
Founder of Suprematism
Kazimir Malevich
His central goal was to break art down to its bare bones, often employing basic shapes, such as squares, triangles, and circles, as well asprimary and neutral colors.
Suprematism
Kazimir Malevich
De Stijl
Dutch for “The Style”
adequately sums up this movement’s aim while also characterizing their intentions on how to achieve that aim: with a simple, direct approach.
abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry of horizontals and verticals.
De Stijl
art was not to have art be “an end in itself, but [to be] an opportunity for the true perception and criticism of the times we live in.”
Dada/Dadaism
Famous dadaist poet
Hugo Ball
Generally regarded as referring
to work made between ___ and
the present.
Contemporary Art
1970 and present
Implies art that is made by living artists, but essentially contemporary art is seen as something that has never been done before.
Contemporary Art
Types of Contemporary Art
Pop Art
Photorealism
Conceptualism
Performance Art
Installation Art
Earth Art
Street Art
painstaking attention to detail
is aimed, without asserting an artist’s personal style. These drawings and paintings are so immaculate in their precision that it starts to look like it is a photo without a direct reference to the artist who created it.
Photorealism
movement presented a challenge to
traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects.
Pop Art
