You have read so far.
Good for you. Even though I think
the Art from Part One was awesomely cool, it is THESE eras that you need to be
more familiar with for SOVA. Of course
they are copying and working from the art from before….just as we copy and work
from their Art. See how that works?
Realism (1848-1900)
Even though this was only for about 20 years, these painters changed Art
from being elite and spiritual and began to paint everyday scenes, such as
working peasants. They also championed the
habit of en plein air, going outside
to sit under a tree and paint, instead of working in a studio.
Google: Courbet, Damier, Millet, Corot
Impressionism (1865-1885)
Now, this is when the camera was invented and so, this is when Art
stopped trying to reflect the real world and it went inwards. The Impressionists were interested in
catching the effects of light, the impression of a specific moment in a day, the
way the colours change with the weather and how that makes one feel.
Google: Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt, Morisot, Degas
Post-Impression (1885-1910)
These artists tried to revolt against the Impressionisms by taking the
romance out of the moments; trying to portray the reality that was in front of
them, and showing their emotions through their brushstrokes. They also based their ideas on the new Colour
Theory.
Google: Van Gogh, Gaugin, Cezanne, Seurat
Fauvism and
Expressionism (1900 – 1935) Building on the use of colours, these artists
tried to break down emotions and distort forms using pure colours and flat
surfaces to show their inner thoughts and ideas as opposed to the external
world.
Google Matisse, Krichner, Kandinksy, Marc
Cubism, Futurism,
Constructivism (1905-1920) This was just
before, during and after World War 1 where everyone’s world was turned upside
down. The focus on the world was on building;
building weapons for war and then building new buildings and cities after the
war. So these artists were obessed with
breaking things down and building them back up again. These artists tried to
break down the visions of the real world and present a vision of what they saw;
a new world based on geometry and new forms to express their new modern life.
Google: Picasso, Boccioni, Braque, Malevich
Dada and Surrealism (1917-1950)
So much violence and sadness and crazy scientific discoveries were
happening in the world at this time, the Great Depression, World War 11, Nazi
horrors, the Atomic bombs being dropped on Japan, the world was a terrifying
place for many and thoughts of the future were.. crazy. So the Dadists and Surrealists started to
explore their world through their dreams and their unconscious thoughts. These artists used a Realist style to present
their Surreal ideas.
Google Duchamp, Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Kahlo
Abstract Expressionism (1940 – 1950)
The Absract Expressionists were exhausted by all the upheaval of the
world and were absorbed with the idea of the unreal – taking their art to pure
abstraction and expression, with no links to reality.
Google: Gorky, Pollock, Rothko
Pop Art (1940-1960) And on the opposite scale, the
Pop Artists were obsessed with the new consumerism of the world; Macdonald’s,
Plastic, Advertising, shiny automobiles.
Google: Warhol, Lichtenstein,
Post Modernism and
Deconstructivism (1970 – ): And then after all that, we get to a point
where Art has no center, no focus as we look back and rework and mix all past
styles.
Google: Anselm Kiefer, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Gerhard Richter…..
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