Art History

Art History

1. Symbolism

   • 19th Century
   • mythology and dream imagery
     • brought to mind a static world of silence
   • influenced Art Nouveau
   • foreshadowed surrealists
   • / Odilon Redon
   • puvis de chavannes
     • "While I recognise the necessity for a basis of observed reality...true art lies in a reality that is felt." Puvis de Chavannes

2. Paul Gauguin

   • Post-Impressionist Artist
     • 1848-1904
     • leading painter of this period

3. Expressionism

   • 1905-1925
   • Edvard Munch
     • Youtube: The Private life of a master piece
   • influenced by emotionally-charged styles as Symbolism
   • expresses the feelings of the artist
     • distortion and exaggeration for emotion effect
   • Abstract Expressionism (mid-20th C)
     • Jackson Pollock

4. Neoclassicism

   • 1750-1830
   • gave rebirth to the art of ancient Rome, Greece and the Renaissance
   • opposed to over- decorative Baroque and Rococo art
   • "Noble simplicity and calm grandeur."
   • paintings can look very theatrical
     • emphasized line quality over colour, light and atmosphere
   • Jacques-Louis David/ Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
   • genuine classic interior
   • columns, pediments, friezes

5. The Pre-Raphaelites

   • 19th C

6. Rococo (1700-160ish)

   • highly dominated by feminine taste and influence
   • characterised by elegant and refined yet playful subject matters

7. EXPRESSIVE ESSAY

   • Egon Leo Adolf Schiele
     • 1890-1918
     • The Artist's Wife
       • 1917
       • CONTENT
         • there is a woman sitting with her legs drawn up
         • she has red hair
         • a green top on
         • light-pink shorts with black tights
         • looking at painter in loving way
           • hard edge to her features
       • TEXTURE
         • rough
           • almost as if it was a sketch or a first draft
       • COMPOSITION
         • chaotic
         • no symmetry
       • FOCAL POINT
         • woman's face
           • of his wife-showing how much he loves and missed her
       • COLOUR
         • contrasting
           • white background
           • bright hair/ clothes
         • character seems young and fun
           • she stands out
       • simple but powerful also you learn so much about the character from just one look and pose that he captures her in
     • INSPIRED
       • created whole new style for artists
         • loose, edgy way of applying expression
         • weird and wonderful fasion items and make-up styles-even poses in a fasion shoot
       • Katy Wiedemann- art blogger
       • Eric Nehr fashion shoot
       • luxury jewelry label- Freywille
       • he explored his art in a way noone had before
         • without niceties but straight to the truth
   • Edgar Degas
     • 1834-1917
     • Intérieur/The Rape
       • 1868/69
       • CONTENT
         • woman side on
           • face and front in shadows
         • back is bared- highlighted by the lamp
           • sewing kit also in the light
             • showing their importance
         • fire is lit
         • single bed
         • a man is standing in front of the closed door in the shadows
           • his coat and jacket are flung carelessly on the single bed
           • he is looking directly at her back
         • a white corset is on the floor
           • could suggest a rebellion from society aside from the way of things and being proper
           • the colour could reflect her innocence
       • MEDIA HANDLING
         • precisely done, neat but not polished
       • FOCAL POINT
         • sewing kit
           • suggests that because she was up late at night sewing that she is perhaps as the maid of man's wife
             • apparently that sort of thing went on quite a bit in his time
               • perhaps he's critising