ACTIVITY 6

By DanielLambarri

  • Neoclassicism

    Neoclassicism
    *Based on classical Greek and Roman art and culture
    *Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical and familiar topics
    *Heroic, mythology and historical events topics.
    *Renaissance style
    *Music: Mozart, Beethoven and Hayden
    *Artists: Jacques-Louis David, Antonio Canova, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bertel Thorvaldsen.

  • Romanticism

    Romanticism
    *Emotion and feelings
    *Love of poetry
    *Freedom
    *A sense of idealism or optimism
    *Emphasis on the splendor of nature
    *Artists: Thomas Cole, Francesco Hayez, William Blake, Ivan Aivazovsky, John Constable.

  • Realism

    Realism
    *Focuses on reality
    *Social class were very important (low, middle, and upper class)
    *Display real human qualities such as temper, selfishness, and insecurities
    *Language is not poetic-natural vernacular (language spoken by ordinary people)
    *mythical or classical figures
    *Artists: Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Rosa Bonheur

  • Fauvism

    Fauvism
    *Exaggerated, vibrant color
    *Use of contrasting colors to create volume and structure
    *Expressive brushwork
    *Violent and emotional imagery
    *Flattened perspectives.
    *Artists: Henri Matisse, André Derain, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Albert Marquet

  • Cubism

    Cubism
    *Geometrical, conceptual art pieces
    *Unrealistic images and sculptures
    *More than one view
    *Abstract
    *Many artists wanted to portray life not how it seems in their art
    *Artists: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Piet Mondrian, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera

  • Surrealism

    Surrealism
    *Reaction to chaos in WWI
    *Impossible scale
    *Double images
    *Distorted objects
    *Juxtaposition
    *Artists: Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, André Betron

  • Abstract Expressionism

    Abstract Expressionism
    *Stressed energy and kineticism
    *Emotional Expression
    *Vivid colours
    *Unconventional method of painting
    *Spontaneous, automatic and subconscious creation
    *Artists: Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, Jasper Johns

  • Pop art

    Pop art
    *Every day objects
    *Impersonal
    *The main focus were the popular icons
    *Comic-style
    *Humorous. Plays with stereotypes
    *Artists: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Richard Hamilton

  • Minimalism

    Minimalism
    *Geometric shapes and clean lines
    *Industrial materials
    *Repetition of form
    *Removed the appearance of fine art
    *Clean, bare, simple
    *Artists: Donald Judd, Frank Stella, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra