AP Art History’s Greatest Hits: Part Two
Late Gothic Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan Van Eyck 1434 Characteristics: Almost every object portrayed sanctity Symbolism Purpose: Record and sanctify marriage Dog: Fidelity, Shoe: Holy Ground
Baroque in Italy Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio Characteristics Jesus’ arm reminiscent of Michelangelo Piercing ray of light Realist and dramatic
Baroque in Spain Las Meninas by Velázquez 1656 Characteristics: Painter represented himself Visual and narrative complexity Represented form and shadow Tonal graduations: dark to light
Baroque in Flanders/Holland The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt Van Rijn 1632 Characteristics: Evenly placed subjects Corpse: Diagonally placed and foreshortened Student poses and expressions show personality
Rococo The Swing by Frangonard 1766 Characteristics: “Intrigue” picture Landscape setting is out of Watteau Glowing pastel colors and soft light Convey the scene’s sensuality
Neoclassicism Oath of the Horatii by David 1784 Characteristics: Conflicts between heart and patriotism Statuesque figures- men: Rigid, Angular
Romanticism Characteristics: Actual historical event Subdued palette and prominent shadow lend ominous pall to the scene Emotionally charged Comments on slavery Apathy Raft of the Medusa by Gericault
Realism Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe by Manet 1863 Characteristics: Figures in soft focus Broadly painted the landscape Black is a prominent color Allusions to many paintings of genres
Impressionism Ballet Rehearsal by Degas 1874 Characteristics: Figures randomly placed, not centered Degas was interested in reproducing single moments
Post Impressionism Starry Night by Van Gough 1889 Characteristics: Communicated the vastness of the universe Uses color to express himself With the turbulent brush strokes, the color suggests a quiet but persuasive depiction
Symbolism The Cry (Scream) by Munch 1893 Characteristics: Grounded in the real world Departs significantly from a visual reality
Art Nouveau Casa Milá by Gaudi 1907 Characteristics: Free-form mass Organic lines not geometric
Fauvism Red Room by Matisse Characteristics: Color = Warmth Colors contrast richly and intensely Depicts objects in simplified and schematized fashion and flattening out form
German Expressionism Entire scene is distorted- Shattered into fragments Colors of severity and brutality of war’s anguish and tragedy Fate of the Animals by Marc 1913 Characteristics:
Dada Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Boccioni 1913 Characteristics: Formal and spatial effects on motion Figure is expanded, interruption, and broken in plane and contour
Precisionism or Regionalism My Egypt by Charles Demuth 1927 Characteristics: Grain elevators which he reduced to simple geometric forms Fragmented
Futurism Cut With the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimer by Hoch Characteristics: Juxtaposed the head of German military leaders with exotic dancers Aware of the power that women and Dada had on society
Cubism Still Life With Chair- Canning by Picasso 1912 Characteristics: Chair seems real Painted and abstract areas don’t refer to tangible objects of the real world
Fantasy and Surrealism The Persistence of Memory by Dali 1931 Characteristics: Allegory of empty space: Where time has ended Attempt to make it convincingly real
American Realism Haymarket by John Sloan 1907 Characteristics: Ashcan school painters injected realism into American art by taking ordinary people as their subjects.
Abstract Expressionism No. 1 by Pollack 1950 Characteristics: Abandoned the paintbrush altogether sloshing, pouring, and dripping abandoned easel
Color Field Blue, Orange, and Red by Rothko 1961 Characteristics: Interested in the relation between one color and another No evidence of brushstrokes
OP Art Three Flags by Jasper Johns 1958 Characteristics: One of the first to rebel against abstract Expressionism by returning recognizable imagery to art
Pop Art 100 Cans of Campbell Soup by Andy Warhol 1962 Characteristics: Brought art to the masses by making art into everyday life
Photo Realism Fanny Finger Painting by Close 1985 Characteristics: One moment it’s a spitting image of a person, the next it’s an animated pattern of spots
Neo Expressionism To The Unknown Painter by Keifer 1983 Characteristics: Thick, dark paint to represent earth Evokes the horror of the holocaust
Post Modernism The Dinner Part by Judy Chicago 1979 Characteristics: A feminist Last Supper Intended to interest worship of the female Triangle symbolizes both ‘woman’ and goddess Invited: Georgia O’Keefe, Virginia Wolfe, Sacagawea, Susan B. Anthony