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Modern and Contemporary 1900-Present
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Modern and Contemporary
• The turn of the century (19th-20th) was full of “isms”.
• Time of diversity of styles, experimentation and creativity within the art world.
• Many of these “isms” reflected the political, social, literary, philosophical, industrial, and scientific influences in a rapidly changing world.
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Examples of “isms” during this time
• Expressionism • Fauvism• Cubism• Futurism• Surrealism• Automatism• Constructivism• Minimalism• abstractionism
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• All of the different movements during this time.– They may have borrowed some small technique or
style from past movements But they still maintained their own identity
• During this time there was optimism however there was also dark times reflecting the turmoil of the times
• There were challenging political forces that thrust artist into the unknown and artist translated their interpretations of what was happening through various forms of artwork.
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Techniques of this time…• Use of color in expressionistic manner• The fragmentation of objects• The non-objective creations of lines and
shapes• The repetition of form to create movement• Analytical definition of objects
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• Art in the 20th century America also reflected the diversity of American citizens.
• Jacob Lawrence began portraying the everyday lives of African Americans:– Paved the way for generations of new African
American artist. – ConfrontationAt the bridge, 1975.
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• Mexico’s great muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was a revolutionary painter who took art to the public in a big way, social relevance.
• Flower seller• Explored the Struggles of the Working class. • Reintroduced fresco
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Mural by Rivera
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Influences…• The Russian Revolution and World War I
spread fear around the world• Scientific advancements were numerous • Many medical advancements were taking
place during this time• Philosophical way of thinking and rise of
psychology
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Influences cont…
• The world was becoming smaller with the advancement of technology in mass communication .
• Knowledge about other places and people was available easily.
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Artist: EuropeanSalvador Dali (1904-1989)
• A great surrealist, born in Spain• Surrealist movement was greatly influenced by
theories of psychiatrist Sigmund Freud and belief that dreams were windows into the subconscious mind.
• Surrealism: 20th century art movement that produced works containing elements of dreams, fantasy or irrationality.
• Many surrealist painting are unconventional and startling as dreams.
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The persistence of Memory
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Swans reflecting elephants
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Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
• Played a role in almost every 20th century art movement.• Created around 22,000 works of art in his life
time in a variety of media: sculpture, ceramics, mosaics, stage design, graphic arts.
• He experimented with abstraction and use of color
• Known for his color periods: a Blue Period and a Rose Period
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Blue Period
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Rose Period
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Picasso cont…
• Picasso was intrigued by African art and masks– This led to the beginning of his ideas of Cubism
• Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed Cubism
• Cubism: A 20th century art movement in which the subject matter is broken up. Analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form, emphasizing geometric shapes.
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Georgia O’Keefe 1887-1986
• American artisit• She was an art teacher• Famous for painting large flowers• Also, for creating large scale abstraction using
natural form• White flower on Red Earth
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Cow’s Skull
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Andy Warhol 1928-1987
• Began making work of everyday images from pop culture
• Commercial artist and printer• Became famous for his Campbell soup can
images• Was famous for Pop Art and focused on
celebrities and everyday objects of mass production
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• Pop Art: An art style, also known as Neo-Dada developed in the 1950’s. Pop artists depicted and satirized popular culture such as mass media symbols, comic strips, fast food, billboards, and brand name products.
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Andy Warhol
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Dorothea Lange
• Influential photographer and photo journalist• Lange's photographs humanized the tragic
consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photographs.
• Main photographer of the Depression Era.
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Migrant Mother
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Frank Lloyd Wright
• American architect, writer, interior designer and educator
• Promoted organic architecture• His work includes original and innovative
examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, sky scrapers, hotels, and museums.
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959), Fallingwater, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936. What is Architecture