1. ABSTRACTION
Abstract artists express emotion and ideas through the use of color and non-representational shapes instead of realistic depictions of people and objects.

2. Cubism revolutionized art by showing multiple
views of a subject simultaneously
Picasso, 1909
The Factory at Horta Ebro

3. Cubism begun by Picasso and George Braques George Braques
Pablo Picasso

4. Cubism inspired by African art an Cezanne
(his spheres, cylinders, cones)
Cezanne

5. Cubism
They broke up the subject, then reconstructed the fragments. The subject often became unrecognizable

6. Cubism
David Hockney, Chuck Close- contemporary artists who break up subjects

7. Picasso
Dominated the art world in the 20th century because he kept pace with progress- a step ahead.
He was a trend setter.
He said, “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary”

8. Picasso
At age 15, a portrait of his mother

9. Picasso

10. Picasso
La Vie
Blue Period.
The man is believed to be a good friend of Picasso’s Carlos Casegamos, who committed suicide.

11. Picasso Rose Period In 2004 it sold for $104.1 million
Garçon à la pipe , 1905
Rose Period
In 2004 it sold for $104.1 million

12. Picasso
Woman with a Fan, ”x40”
African inspired

13. Picasso African Period (1907-1909).
The French were exploring Africa and bringing back Artwork- a big influence on Picasso’s style.

14. Picasso The African Period was the Precursor to Cubism.
More expressive and abstract.

15. Picasso His subject matter was Spanish prostitutes
His most famous work during this period was Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, ’x8’
His subject matter was Spanish prostitutes

16. Picasso
Analytic Cubism focused on geometric shapes and the natural world.
“Le Guitariste”,

17. Picasso Analytic Cubism Is like a prism
and has a limited color palette so as not to detract from the subject
Le Guitariste

18. Picasso 1910 Parisian art dealer
Portrait of Ambroise Vollard
1910
Parisian art dealer
exemplifies the early phase of the cubist movement, called analytical cubism.

19. Picasso
Synthetic Cubism
Instead of breaking objects down, he pasted things together in collage
Still Life with Chair-caning, 1912

20. Picasso
Synthetic Cubism
A collage is an assemblage- because you assemble things together
Still Life with Chair-caning, 1912

21. Picasso
Three Musicians
1921
This painting is a Cubist rendition of three musicians playing music in a café

22. Girl Before a Mirror
Picasso
1932
Maria Teresa, his secret love. She calmed his violent character.

23. Picasso Girl Before a Mirror
New style: undulating lines, luminous and bright colors (stained glass look)
balanced and symmetrically structured composition. The model´s face adopts two physical attitudes: in profile and frontal

24. He updated a series of interpretations of Las Meninas in 1957

25. A take off on Velazque’s masterpiece

26. Daley Plaza, Chicago, IL.
50’ high
The sculpture, was unveiled in Picasso refused to be paid $100,000 for it, donating it to the people of Chicago.

27. Picasso Guernica, 1937 His masterpiece
The response to bombings of Guernica, and depict the suffering of innocents.
Filled with symbolism.

28. Guernica, 1937
Picasso

29. It reflects a feeling of utter hopelessness.
Cubist style in black and gray.

30. Picasso Guernica Political message:
A protest against the brutality of war and tyranny.
The lack of color gives it a journalistic quality

31. Picasso Guernica Dying horse= death of civilization
“lady Liberty” rushes toward forward to revive it.
Light of reason above horse’s head…

32. Picasso

33. Futurism Italy Inspired by the dynamic energy of the machine age SPEED
Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, Bronze, 44”

34. Piet Mondrian Dutch artist 1872-1944
moderate success as a landscape painter
Saw a show of ABSTRACT work that changed his life in 1911

35. Piet Mondrian
Over time, his REALISTIC images evolved into abstract paintings devoid of curving lines and mixed color

36. Piet Mondrian

37. Piet Mondrian

38. Piet Mondrian
He moves to Paris where he is influenced by the work of Picasso and Cubism

39. Piet Mondrian

40. Piet Mondrian

41. Piet Mondrian

42. Piet Mondrian
As the result of the chaos of WW1, Mondrian decided to leave the “natural, messy” art style for something different…

43. Piet Mondrian
He used straight lines only because they are not found in nature.
He based his new style on horizontal and vertical lines that would form rectangles.

44. Piet Mondrian
He limited his palette to primary colors, white, gray and black lines.

45. Piet Mondrian
He wanted art to be as mathematical as possible, a blueprint for an organized life.
Mondrian became obsessed with orderliness and even turned his studio into one of his paintings.

46. Piet Mondrian
While living in NYC, his last painting was inspired by Boogie Woogie music and the busy traffic of the city…

47. Piet Mondrian
By the 1950’s his easily identifiable style became so famous that for many people it became a symbol for modern art.
It was copied in many ways…

48. Piet Mondrian

49. Piet Mondrian
Mondrian was important in art history because he took subjective feelings and emotion out of his work, so unlike painters of the past and painters of his day.

50. The Armory Show 1st American exposure to the European avant-garde.
It took place at the Armory building in NYC in 1913

51. The Armory Show
The show was ridiculed- especially Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase

52. Brancusi Intended to capture "the essence of flight"
Bird in Space, Bronze. 54”

53. Brancusi
In 1927, a buyer tried to import Brancusi’s Bird in Space to the U.S.
At custom’s, the piece was said to be “manufactured metal”- a kitchen or hospital supply- and not art and he was forced to pay $600

54. Brancusi
After a much publicized trial on “is it art?”, The buyer got his money back.

55. Stuart Davis His painting was influenced by COLLAGE
Subject matter- American consumerism
Forerunner of
Pop Art
Lucky Strike, 1921

56. Stuart Davis, 1921
Rauschenberg, 1964 POP Art

57. Aaron Douglas
An African American painter from Kansas, but lived and worked in Harlem after WW1.
He is considered the most prominent artist of the Harlem Renaissance.

58. Aaron Douglas His work reflected his heritage.
He combines Cubism and African art with the American experience.

59. Aaron Douglas

60. Frank Lloyd Wright Totally new architectural style: Prairie Style
Creates a garden feel -sheltering overhangs, low terraces.
before now, America had no definitive style. Most styles were under European influence.
He created something totally refreshing, new, and American.

61. Frank Lloyd Wright
Rectangles and asymmetry
Robie House, Chicago

62. Falling Water, 1936. Bear Run, Pa
Frank Lloyd Wright
Falling Water, Bear Run, Pa

63. Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water
Oneness with nature- huge windows to bring nature inside.
Chimneys made of natural stone, resembling outside stones.
Falling Water

64. Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim, 1959. NYC This “upside-down ziggurat”
has a spacious feel.
Guggenheim, NYC

65. Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim, NYC