1. Chapter 5: Art THE ART OF BEING HUMAN 9 TH EDITION

2. What is Art? Art is a reciprocal experience. Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV 1911, Oil on Canvas 62x98”

3. THE VISUAL ARTS The visual arts include:  Painting  Drawing  Printmaking  Photography  Digital Media  Sculpture  Architecture  Performance Art Edward Weston, Pepper #30, 1930, Photograph

4. 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. Lascaux Caves, Dordogne, France ca: 15,000-10,000 BCE

5. STYLES AND MEDIA STYLES – general principles or characteristics associated with a time period or artist. Pierre Auguste-Renoir, The Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1876 Oil on Canvas, 51 x 68”

6. STYLES AND MEDIA MEDIA - particular materials in which an artist works such as acrylic, charcoal, or paint. Rodin, The Kiss, 1886, marble, 5’11 ¼” Brancusi, The Kiss, 1916, Limestone, 23x13x10”

7. Post Impressionism A late 19 th century, early 20 th century art movement following Impressionism attempting to re-structure painting. Rejection of Impressionist Group Style

8. Post-Impressionism Representative Artists Seurat Georges Seurat, A Sunday on la Grande Jatte, 1885-1886, Oil on canvas, 81”x120”

9. Post-Impressionism Representative Artists Cezanne Paul Cezanne, The Basket of Apples, 1895, Oil on Canvas, 24”x31”

10. Post-Impressionism Representative Artists Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait with Gray Hat, 1887, Oil on canvas, 17”x14”

11. Cubism Picasso Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907, Oil on canvas, 8’x7’8”

12. Cubism Braque Georges Braque, The Portuguese, 1911, Oil on canvas, 46”x32”

13. Surrealism Followed the literary/artistic movements of the early 20 th century (Dada and Futurism) Surrealist Manifesto (1924)

14. Surrealism De Chirico Giorgio De Chirico, The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street, 1914, Oil on canvas, 34”x 28”

15. Surrealism Dali Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Oil on canvas, 9 ½”x13”

16. Surrealism Magritte Rene Magritte, Portrait, 1934, Oil on canvas 29”x20”

17. Discuss: How are the innovations of Post- Impressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism important to the study and practice of art?