Hello Everyone Welcome to THE VISUAL ARTS Pearson Longman © 2009

THE VISUAL ARTS The visual arts include:  Painting  Sculpture  Architecture Pearson Longman © 2009

THE NEED TO IMITATE Now, as in the past, people have felt the need to reproduce what they see…to imitate. People choose different MEDIA to create their imitations of the exterior world around them and the interior world within them. Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA STYLES – general principles or characteristics associated with a time period or artist. MEDIA - particular materials in which an artist works such as acrylic, charcoal, or paint. Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA STYLES Classical Art refers to the historical period when a cultures distinct artistic styles and media flowered. Ancient Greece The Parthenon The Charioteer Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Medieval Art 5 th to 15 th century C.E. Visual arts turned away from the pagan realism of the classical world to the service of Christianity. Romanesque & Gothic churches Religious paintings Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Giotto – introduces new techniques and a great degree of realism. Death of St. Francis Giotto di Bondone (c ). Florentine painter and architect. Outstanding as a painter, sculptor, and architect, Giotto was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA The Renaissance political and social change life in this world can be enjoyed return to classical models perspective lifelike representations of the human body Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Representative Artists and works of the Renaissance Michelangelo - David, Vatican Pieta Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa, The Last Supper Raphael - The School of Athens Sophonisba Anguissola taught by Michelangelo himself, is probably one of many women who practiced the art of painting in the Renaissance. Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Rembrandt: The Perfection of Likeness (b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.--d. Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam), Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher of the 17th century, a giant in the history of art. His paintings are characterized by luxuriant brushwork, rich color, and a mastery of chiaroscuro. master painter of the Dutch School portraits, landscapes, and still life psychological realism Self-Portrait Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Rebellion against Perfect Likeness Goya – The Family of Charles IV, The Third of May Saturn Devouring his Children (b. March 30, 1746, Fuendetodos, Spain--d. April 16, 1828, Bordeaux, Fr.), consummately Spanish artist whose multifarious paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Impressionism 19 th century initially rejected by the critics no need to imitate the superficial appearance of things. interest in color and light Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Representative Artists Manet Monet Renoir Morisot Cassatt Whistler Pearson Longman © 2009

Post-Impressionism QUESTION: How can you best define Post- Impressionism? Who are the primary artistic leaders of this movement?

STYLES AND MEDIA Post-Impressionism Artists who come after the Impressionists Representative Artists Van Gogh Gauguin Seurat Cezanne Pearson Longman © 2009

Post-Impressionism DEFINITION: broad term used by art historians for art of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries that resembles but is not strict Impressionism; it is neither realistic nor abstract. The work of van Gogh belongs to this category. See Color Plate # 16 after page 140 in your text. Post-Impressionism Artists who come after the Impressionists Representative Artists Van Gogh Gauguin Seurat Cezanne

STYLES AND MEDIA Art as Alteration: the modern and postmodern Modern – late 19 th and early 20 th century Postmodern – late 20 th century to present Alteration - artists change reality to suit their personality and imagination Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Representative Artists of the Modern Duchamp (found & abstract art) Bacon Kandinsky (abstract art) Mondrian (classic abstractionist) Picasso and Braque (cubism) Pearson Longman © 2009

Cubism QUESTION: How can you best define Cubism? Who are the primary artistic leaders of this movement?

Cubism DEFINITION: movement in modern art epitomized by Picasso, in which the artist breaks down the field of vision into discontinuous segments or in which the artist shows a number of visual events taking place simultaneously. See Color Plate # 20 after page 140 in your text. Georges Braque Marcel Duchamp Juan Gris Fernand Leger Jacques Lipchitz Liubov Popova Francis Picabia Pablo Picasso Louis Marcoussis Jean Metzinger Marie Vassilieff Fritz Wotruba

STYLES AND MEDIA Representative Artists of the Postmodern Dali (surrealism) O’Keeffe (abstract) Hopper (simplified realism) Douglas (cubism) Hanson (superrealism) Warhol (pop) Oldenburg (pop) Pearson Longman © 2009

Surrealism QUESTION: How can you best define Surrealism? Who are the primary artistic leaders of this movement?

Surrealism DEFINITION: modern style associated with work of Salvador Dali, among others, in which recognizable objects are put together in bizarre contexts that seem like visualizations of dreams. See Color Plate # 19 after page 140 in your text.

STYLES AND MEDIA Camera and Computer Art New mediums of the late 19 th and 20 th century Representative Artists Stieglitz (photography) Uelsmann (photography) Taylor (computer) Pearson Longman © 2009

STYLES AND MEDIA Performance Art work exists in the moment and then gone social commentary mixed media Representative Artists Kienholz Christo Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART Architecture as a dual function: Human needs (shelter, work, play, worship, etc.) Aesthetic dimension Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART There is an interplay of form and function. form follows function function follows form Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART Representative Buildings Angkor Wat - Cambodia Sydney Opera House - Australia Guggenheim Museum - NY Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain Burj-al-Arab – Dubai, U.A. E. Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART Representative Architects Jorn Utzon Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Gehry Pearson Longman © 2009

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