1. Early Modern Art

2. Themes in Early Modern Art 1.Uncertainty/insecurity. 2.Disillusionment. 3.The subconscious. 4.Overt sexuality. 5.Violence & savagery.

3. 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

5. Artists Edward Manet (1837- 1883) Claude Monet (1840- 1926) Pierre- August Renoir (1841- 1919) Edgar Degas (1834- 1917)

6. 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 (1852- 1870)

7. Manet

8. 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

9. Post- impressionist artists -Georges Seurat (1859- 1891) -Paul Cezanne -Vincent Van Gogh -Paul Gauguin (1848- 1903)

10. Georges Surat

11. Paul Guguin

12. 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.

13. Cubist Artists Pablo Picasso (1881- 1973) Georges Braque (1882- 1963)

14. Georges Braque: Woman with a Guitar (1913) Georges Braque: Woman with a Guitar (1913)

15. Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)