hello everyone welcome to the visual arts pearson longman © 2009

Hello EveryoneWelcome to

THE VISUAL ARTS

Pearson Longman © 2009

THE VISUAL ARTS


THE NEED TO IMITATENow, as in the past, people have felt the

need to reproduce what they see…to imitate.

People choose different MEDIA to create their imitations of the exterior world around them and the interior world within

them.


STYLES AND MEDIASTYLES – general principles or

characteristics associated with a time period or artist.

MEDIA - particular materials in which an artist works such as acrylic, charcoal, or paint.


STYLES AND MEDIASTYLES Classical Art refers to the historical

period when a cultures distinct artistic styles and media flowered.

Ancient Greece• The Parthenon • The Charioteer


STYLES AND MEDIAMedieval Art• 5th to 15th century C.E.

• Visual arts turned away from the pagan realism of the classical world to the service of Christianity.• Romanesque & Gothic churches• Religious paintings


STYLES AND MEDIA Giotto – introduces new

techniques and a great degree of realism.Death of St. Francis

Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect. Outstanding as a painter, sculptor, and architect, Giotto was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance.


STYLES AND MEDIAThe Renaissance• political and social change• life in this world can be enjoyed• return to classical models• perspective• lifelike representations of the human

body


STYLES AND MEDIA

Representative Artists and works of the Renaissance

Michelangelo - David, Vatican Pieta Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa, The

Last Supper Raphael - The School of Athens Sophonisba Anguissola

taught by Michelangelo himself, is probably one of many women who practiced the art of painting in the Renaissance.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes


STYLES AND MEDIARembrandt: The Perfection of

Likeness(b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.--d.

Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam), Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher of the 17th century, a giant in the history of art. His paintings are characterized by luxuriant brushwork, rich color, and a mastery of chiaroscuro.

master painter of the Dutch School portraits, landscapes, and still life psychological realism

• Self-Portrait


STYLES AND MEDIA


STYLES AND MEDIAImpressionism• 19th century• initially rejected by the critics• no need to imitate the superficial

appearance of things.• interest in color and light


STYLES AND MEDIA

Representative Artists• Manet• Monet• Renoir• Morisot• Cassatt• Whistler


Post-ImpressionismQUESTION: How can

you best define Post-Impressionism?

Who are the primary artistic leaders of this movement?

STYLES AND MEDIAPost-Impressionism• Artists who come after the Impressionists

Representative Artists• Van Gogh• Gauguin• Seurat• Cezanne


Post-ImpressionismDEFINITION: broad

term used by art historians for art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that resembles but is not strict Impressionism; it is neither realistic nor abstract. The work of van Gogh belongs to this category.

See Color Plate # 16 after page 140 in your text.

Post-Impressionism• Artists who come after

the Impressionists

Representative Artists• Van Gogh• Gauguin• Seurat• Cezanne

STYLES AND MEDIAArt as Alteration: the modern and

postmodern• Modern – late 19th and early 20th century• Postmodern – late 20th century to present• Alteration - artists change reality to suit

their personality and imagination


STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Modern• Duchamp (found & abstract art)• Bacon• Kandinsky (abstract art)• Mondrian (classic abstractionist)• Picasso and Braque (cubism)


CubismQUESTION: How can you best define Cubism?


CubismDEFINITION: movement

in modern art epitomized by Picasso, in which the artist breaks down the field of vision into discontinuous segments or in which the artist shows a number of visual events taking place simultaneously.


Georges BraqueMarcel Duchamp

Juan GrisFernand Leger

Jacques LipchitzLiubov PopovaFrancis PicabiaPablo Picasso

Louis MarcoussisJean MetzingerMarie VassilieffFritz Wotruba

STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Postmodern• Dali (surrealism)• O’Keeffe (abstract)• Hopper (simplified realism)• Douglas (cubism)• Hanson (superrealism)• Warhol (pop)• Oldenburg (pop)


SurrealismQUESTION: How can you best define Surrealism?


SurrealismDEFINITION: modern style associated with work of

Salvador Dali, among others, in which recognizable objects are put together in bizarre contexts that seem like visualizations of dreams.


STYLES AND MEDIACamera and Computer Art• New mediums of the late 19th and 20th

centuryRepresentative Artists• Stieglitz (photography)• Uelsmann (photography)• Taylor (computer)


STYLES AND MEDIAPerformance Art• work exists in the moment and then gone• social commentary• mixed media

Representative Artists• Kienholz• Christo


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTArchitecture as a dual function:

• Human needs (shelter, work, play, worship, etc.)

• Aesthetic dimension


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTThere is an interplay of form and

function.

• form follows function• function follows form


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTRepresentative Buildings• Angkor Wat - Cambodia• Sydney Opera House - Australia• Guggenheim Museum - NY• Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain• Burj-al-Arab – Dubai, U.A. E.


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTRepresentative Architects

• Jorn Utzon• Frank Lloyd Wright• Frank Gehry


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