Chapter 23

Fauves = “Wild Beasts” Fauves = “Wild Beasts” simple design simple design bright colors bright colors loose brushwork loose brushwork art = a form of personal expression art = a form of personal expression

Purpose: to express happiness and pleasure Purpose: to express happiness and pleasure Emphasis on design and organization of visual qualities Emphasis on design and organization of visual qualities The Red Studio The Red Studio The Knife Thrower The Knife Thrower

Walls have no corners Round objects look flat No shadowsNo shadows

Simple shapes and few colorsSimple shapes and few colors

Artworks communicated strong emotional feelings Artworks communicated strong emotional feelings Brucke Manifesto: Brucke Manifesto: the young and new should replace the old and established the young and new should replace the old and established art should be first and foremost about life. art should be first and foremost about life.

Founder Founder Street, Berlin Street, Berlin expresses the tension and artificial elegance of the city. expresses the tension and artificial elegance of the city.

Faces are masks: cardboard with slashes for the mouths and eyes. True faces remain hidden.

Purpose: Purpose: protest the tragic plight of the poor before and after WWI protest the tragic plight of the poor before and after WWI Expressed ideas in etchings, woodcuts, and lithographs Expressed ideas in etchings, woodcuts, and lithographs Poverty Poverty

Subject matter Subject matter fear, suffering, and experience of death fear, suffering, and experience of death Showed the world through the eyes of those in anguish Showed the world through the eyes of those in anguish The Sick Child The Sick Child The Scream The Scream

One version sold May 2, 2012 for $119.9 million

style that uses color, line, texture, and unrecognizable shapes/forms. style that uses color, line, texture, and unrecognizable shapes/forms. No apparent references to reality No apparent references to reality Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) Collective of artists united by desire to express inner feelings in their paintings, though their styles differed. Collective of artists united by desire to express inner feelings in their paintings, though their styles differed.

Believed that art elements could be arranged to communicate feelings and emotions Believed that art elements could be arranged to communicate feelings and emotions Art should NOT illustrate an object. Art should NOT illustrate an object. Improvisation 28 (Second Version) Improvisation 28 (Second Version)

Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso Influences: Influences: Cézanne: all shapes in nature are based on the sphere, the cone, and the cylinder Cézanne: all shapes in nature are based on the sphere, the cone, and the cylinder Paint 3-dimensional objects as if seeing them from many angles at once on a flat surface Paint 3-dimensional objects as if seeing them from many angles at once on a flat surface

The Glass of Absinthe – Pablo Picasso

Guernica -- Pablo Picasso

Add materials to painting surface Add materials to painting surface Cloth, Newspaper clippings, labels Cloth, Newspaper clippings, labels Purpose: to make surface of paintings richer Purpose: to make surface of paintings richer Guitar Guitar – Pablo Picasso – Pablo Picasso

Chapter 23 Lesson Two

After Mexican Revolution of 1921 After Mexican Revolution of 1921 Subject matter: political and social problems of the Mexican people Subject matter: political and social problems of the Mexican people Used to tell of revolutions, native traditions, festivals and legends Used to tell of revolutions, native traditions, festivals and legends On both interior and exterior walls On both interior and exterior walls Meant to be public property Meant to be public property

A founder of Mexican mural painting A founder of Mexican mural painting Studied art of Italian fresco artists Studied art of Italian fresco artists Liberation of the Peon Liberation of the Peon Revolutionary soldiers cut the ropes binding a dead peon (peasant) Revolutionary soldiers cut the ropes binding a dead peon (peasant) Peasant’s liberation is in death Peasant’s liberation is in death

“The Mexican Goya” “The Mexican Goya” Express anger for all forms of tyranny Express anger for all forms of tyranny Zapatistas Zapatistas Barricade Barricade

Zapatistas Followers of Emiliano Zapata march to battle

Barricade/La Trinchera

A founder of Mexican mural painting A founder of Mexican mural painting Subject: political Subject: political Echo of a Scream Echo of a Scream Protest against war Protest against war Overlapping flat shapes Overlapping flat shapes Variety of contrasting light and dark values Variety of contrasting light and dark values Abstract design Abstract design Gradation of value to create a 3-D quality and project forms forward in space Gradation of value to create a 3-D quality and project forms forward in space

Overlapping flat shapes Overlapping flat shapes Variety of contrasting light and dark values Variety of contrasting light and dark values Abstract design Abstract design Gradation of value to create a 3-D quality and project forms forward in space Gradation of value to create a 3-D quality and project forms forward in space

Not a muralist Not a muralist Purpose of art to express personal feelings about herself Purpose of art to express personal feelings about herself Frida and Diego Rivera Frida and Diego Rivera Wedding portrait Wedding portrait Solemn expressions = uncertainty about future Solemn expressions = uncertainty about future

Group of artists who made realistic pictures of the most ordinary features of the contemporary scene Group of artists who made realistic pictures of the most ordinary features of the contemporary scene Goal: record the city’s color, excitement, and glamour Goal: record the city’s color, excitement, and glamour Nightlife, cafes, streets, alleys, theaters Nightlife, cafes, streets, alleys, theaters

Backyards, Greenwich Village Backyards, Greenwich Village Each element leads to another as view it Each element leads to another as view it Illustrates child’s gift of finding joy and pleasure in almost any situation Illustrates child’s gift of finding joy and pleasure in almost any situation

Similar to those of Ashcan school but not one of them Similar to those of Ashcan school but not one of them Subject: sports Subject: sports Stag at Sharkey’s Stag at Sharkey’s Determination and action captured with strong diagonal lines and blurred contours Determination and action captured with strong diagonal lines and blurred contours

First large exhibition of modern art in America First large exhibition of modern art in America Featured both European art (Fauves, Cubists, Expressionists) and American art Featured both European art (Fauves, Cubists, Expressionists) and American art New York later replaced Paris as the art capital of the world New York later replaced Paris as the art capital of the world