humanities paintings and painters review. medieval 800-1400 a.d. art appealed to the emotions and...

HUMANITIESPAINTINGS AND PAINTERS

REVIEW

MEDIEVAL 800-1400 A.D.

ART APPEALED TO THE EMOTIONS AND

STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION

THE CENTRAL PANEL OF DUCCIO'S HUGE MAESTÀ ALTARPIECE FOR SIENA CATHEDRAL

ROSE WINDOW—NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

ROMANESQUEGOTHIC

RENAISSANCE1400-1600

• Tried to reconcile Christian faith and the new discoveries of science and philosophy• Rebirth of the Classical ideals of Ancient Greece and Rome• New freedom of thought based on reason instead of faith

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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTIDAVID SISTINE CHAPEL

PIETA

LEONARDO DA VINCI

THE LAST SUPPER MONA LISA

BAROQUE 1580-1700

• Rejected the limits of the previous styles

• Used to restore the power of the monarchy and the church

• Excess, Ornamentation, Contrast, Tension and Energy

MICHELANGELO MERISI CARAVAGGIO

THE CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

THE NIGHT WATCH

NEOCLASSICISM/CLASSICAL 1720-1827

• Reacted to the excesses of the monarchy and ornamentation of the Baroque

• Return to order, reason, and structural clarity in artwork

JACQUES-LOUIS DAVIDTHE DEATH OF MARAT THE OATH OF THE HORATII

THOMAS JEFFERSON

ROMANTICISM 1760-1870

• Artists revolted against Neoclassical order and reason.

• They returned to the beauty of nature, Freedom, emotion, sentimentality,

and spontaneity were prized over logic and reason.

• Their imagination to create works about exotic, patriotic, primitive, and supernatural subjects.

JOHN CONSTABLE THE HAYWAIN

THE CORNFIELD

FRANCISCO GOYA THE THIRD OF MAY

THE SLEEP OF REASON PRODUCES MONSTERS

REALISM 1820-1920

• Realism seeks the truth.

• Artists found beauty in the commonplace.

• They focused on the Industrial Revolution and the conditions of the working class.

EDOUARD MANETPORTRAIT OF EMILIE AMBRE AS CARMEN THE BAR AT FOLIES=BERGERE

GUSTAVE COURBETTHE STONE BREAKERS BURIAL AT ORNANS

IMPRESSIONISM AND POST-IMPRESSIONISM(1850–1920)• Impressionism

• primarily a visual art movement begun by a group of artists in France who started exhibiting their work in the 1860s.

• The Impressionist style shows the effects of light and atmospheric conditions in artworks that spontaneously capture a moment of time.

• Post-Impressionism

• exclusive to visual art.

• Post-Impressionists used the art elements to express reality in different ways, expanding the ideas of Impressionism while rejecting the limitations.

CLAUDE MONET IMPRESSION, SUNRISE THE BRIDGE OVER THE WATER-LILY POND

MARY CASSATT THE BATH THE BOATING PARTY

AUGUSTE RODINTHE THINKER

THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS

VINCENT VAN GOGHSELF PORTRAIT WITH BANDAGED EAR THE STARRY NIGHT

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY

• Modern and Contemporary art forms break with or redefine the conventions of the past.

• Artists use experimental techniques.

• Artworks show the diversity of society and the blending of cultures as technological advances bring us closer together.

PABLO PICASSOLES DESMOISELLES D’AVIGNON THE THREE MUSICIANS

SALVADOR DALI--SURREALISMTHE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY UNTITLED

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTFALLING WATERGUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

GEORGIA O’KEEFECOW’S SKULL WITH CALICO ROSES ORIENTAL POPPIES

DORTHEA LANGE MIGRANT MOTHER

ANDY WARHOL SELF PORTRAIT

MARILYN MONROE TABLEAU

JACOB LAWRENCEFORWARD

BROWNSTONES