Early Modern Art
Themes in Early Modern Art 1.Uncertainty/insecurity. 2.Disillusionment. 3.The subconscious. 4.Overt sexuality. 5.Violence & savagery.
Impressionism Focus was on: 1)Modern Life o Social life o Leisure activities o Urban middle and lower classes 2) Esthetic o Light, color o Unfocused visual experience
Artists Edward Manet ( ) Claude Monet ( ) Pierre- August Renoir ( ) Edgar Degas ( )
Impressionist Movement Began in Paris Artists recorded the leisure activities of Parisians ( concerts, cafes, picnics, beach parties etc.) Backdrop was Paris as it had been under Napoleon III ( )
Manet
Post- impressionism Continuation of Impressionism not a reaction against it These artists wanted to join impressionism to earlier artistic traditions More importance is placed on form and structure
Post- impressionist artists -Georges Seurat ( ) -Paul Cezanne -Vincent Van Gogh -Paul Gauguin ( )
Georges Surat
Paul Guguin
Georges Braque: Violin & Candlestick (1910) CUBISM The subject matter is broken down, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form. Cezanne The artist should treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, and the cone.
Cubist Artists Pablo Picasso ( ) Georges Braque ( )
Georges Braque: Woman with a Guitar (1913) Georges Braque: Woman with a Guitar (1913)
Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)