PART Introduction to Art
“Portrait with a Green Stripe” Henri Matisse 1905 Fauvism
“Women of Avignon” Picasso 1907 Cubism
ART IS A LIE THAT MAKES US REALIZE THE TRUTH - Pablo Picasso
“Nude Descending a Staircase” Duchamp 1912 Dada
“Nude Descending a Staircase” Toe upon toe, a snowing flesh, A gold of lemon, root and rind, She sifts in sunlight down the stairs With nothing on. Nor on her mind. We spy beneath the banister A constant thresh of thigh on thigh. Her lips imprint the swinging air That parts to let her parts go by. One-woman waterfall, she wears Her slow descent like a long cape And pausing, on the final stair Collects her motions into shape. --X. J. Kennedy
Duchamp Descending a Staircase
C3PO Descending a Staircase
“Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow” Piet Mondrian 1930 Minimalism
“Chrysanthemum”
“Gladiola”
“Composition” 1916
Evolution of Mondrian’s Art
As style developed…colors became bold, geo shapes solid and larger City-inspired
Very severe Black/white grid One small area of color One of his last paintings…
Mondrian highly influenced fashion and design
“Sleep” Salvador Dali 1937 Surrealism
“Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” Frida Kahlo 1940 Surrealism/Magic Realism
“Nighthawks” Edward Hopper 1942 Realism
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper Khan Academy:
“Blue Poles” Jackson Pollock 1952 Abstract Expressionism
Traditional Art vs. Modern Art Traditional Realistic/ representational Illusion of 3-D/a window Inspiration from external world Not “shocking” Often religious or mythological subjects Detailed, multiple colors Modern Abstract/ non-representational Flat/emphasizes surface (paint canvas) Inspiration from internal life of the artist/emotion Often “shocking” Often normal, everyday scenes Large swaths of color
“Campbell’s Soup Cans” Andy Warhol 1962 Pop Art
“Andy [Warhol] showed the horror of our time as resolutely as Goya in his time.” (Julian Schnabel)