Art History Final

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Study this for Purchase Art History Survey II Final
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Lady at Her Toilette Morisot 1800’s Impressionism Visible Brush Strokes Someone going about their everyday life
The Toilette of Venus Boucher 1700’s Rococo More Majestic/Mythological Ideal Beauty shown through curves
Olympia Manet 1800’s Modernism Direct eye contact is unsettling-Not Seductive The public did not like it-much controversy Comp. Venus of Urbino
Black Iris III Georgia O’Keeffe 1900’s American Modernism Looks like female genitialia Very up close- zoomed in-seeing object in a whole new way
The Swing Fragonard 1800’s Rococo Curves give motion-tells a story Contrasting colors
Oath of Horatii David 1700’s Neoclassical Division-arches-3-religion? Women are off to the side
Death of Sardanapalus Delacroix 1800’s Romanticism Dramatic, motion
Il Tres de Mayo Goya 1800’s Romanticism Gorey- Tells a story- cartoonish
Death of Marat David 1700’s Neoclassicism Signature in the painting Murdered French revolutionary leader Most famous images of French Revolution
The Fountain Duchamp 1900’s Dada Someone else actually made it, Duchamp took credit Sculpture Questionable whether this is art of if he can take credit
The Nightmare Fuseli 1700’s Romanticism Dramatic Shows something that happens to many people
Madame Recamier David 1800’s Neoclassicism Difficult model- socialite from Paris Height of Neoclassical fashion
Portrait of Napolean Crossing The Alps David 1800’s Neoclassicism Narrative of historical subject Motion
The Gleaners Millet 1800’s Realism (Social Realism) Three peasant women collecting wheat after the harvest
The Sleep of Endymion Girodet 1700’s Romanticism Ideal Beauty-visited by goddess Greek Mythology
The Red Room Matisse 1900’s Modernism Expressionism Lack of Focal Point
Woman With a Water Pitcher Vermeer 1600’s Flemish Baroque Primary Colors Ordinary Person going about their day Genre painting
Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow Mondrian 1900’s Modernism Abstract Simplifies subjects into colors and blocks
Grande Odalisque Ingres 1800’s Neoclassicism Concubine Break from Neoclassicism, into Romanticism
The Slave Ship Turner 1800’s Romanticism Dramatic Sharks follow boat, eating slaves
Sunset: Impression Monet 1800’s Impressionism First impressionist painting Industrialization starting to appear
Autumn Rhythm Jackson Pollock 1900’s Modernism Abstract Impressionism Fluidity
Portrait of a German Officer Hartley 1900’s Modernism Up close Possible Romantic Relationship
The Awakening Conscience Hunt 1800’s Pre-Raphaelite Realizing what she’s doing is wrong- affair
The Fleet’s In Cadmus 1900’s Modernism Vibrant color palette-Cartoonish Scandalous because of depiction of the navy
Burial at Ornans Courbet 1800’s Realism- real people One of the major turning points of 19th century French art Funeral of his great uncle
Black Belt Motley 1900’s Modernism- Harlem Renaissance Racial Jazz Age People of color not negatively depicted
Dance at le Moulin de la Galette Renoir 1800’s Impressionism Shadows using not black, but other colors Sunday afternoon in Paris
Symphony in White Whistler 1800’s Impressionism “Art for Art’s Sake” More about the color white than the actual girl Symphony= no story, lack of words
In a Cafe Degas 1800’s Post-Impressionism Subject drinking absinthe, strong drink “Z” form moves us through the painting Thinking about her life Prostitution was very prominent
A Sunday Afternoon on La Grade Jatte Seurat 1900’s Post-Impressionism Pointillism- dividing colors Still shows leisure This is not spontaneous like impressionism Lack of interaction- self contained stillness
Starry Night Van Gogh 1800’s Post Impressionism Visible brush work Lines interact with each other Materiality of the canvas Motion
The Scream Munch 1900’s Modernism Expressionism Expression and anxiety is brought on by the viewer Fear inducing, dread, horror Extremely reductive in terms of naturalism Vivid and intense red sky Possible fear of urbanization
Campbell’s Soup Cans Warhol 1900’s Modernism Pop Art Ordinary object made iconic
Les Demoiselles Picasso 1900’s Modernism- Cubism African Mask, claimed to have not heard of it “Indecent”- goes against classical beauty concept Prostitution, most things at this time were about
Nude Descending a Staircase Duchamp 1900’s Modernism Cubism Different angles of one body “Too futurist” Rejected from the independents exhibition, moved to NYC Introducing time into artwork
Le Torero Picasso 1900’s Modernism Cubism Wouldn’t be recognizable without the title Abstract treatment of volume and shape Canvas is completely balanced Nearly monochromatic Representational
The Persistence of Memory Dali 1900’s Surrealism Known figures doing things they cannot normally do (clocks melting)
Composition 7 Kandinsky 1900’s Modernism Abstract Vibrant colors, motion
The Two Fridas Frida Kahlo 1900’s Modernism Allegorical She was married to another muralist, they divorce and then she created this piece. Involves her two ethnicities, Amerindian and German. Connection of hearts.
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