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AP Art History’s Greatest Hits: Part Two

Explore the key characteristics and iconic artworks from Late Gothic to Neo Expressionism, including Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini and His Bride", Caravaggio's "Calling of Saint Matthew", and Rothko's "Blue, Orange, and Red".

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AP Art History’s Greatest Hits: Part Two

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  1. AP Art History’s Greatest Hits:Part Two

  2. Late Gothic • Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan Van Eyck • 1434 • Characteristics: • Almost every object portrayed sanctity • Symbolism • Purpose: Record and sanctify marriage • Dog: Fidelity, Shoe: Holy Ground

  3. Baroque in Italy • Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio • 1597-1601 • Characteristics • Jesus’ arm reminiscent of Michelangelo • Piercing ray of light • Realist and dramatic

  4. Baroque in Spain • Las Meninas by Velázquez • 1656 • Characteristics: • Painter represented himself • Visual and narrative complexity • Represented form and shadow • Tonal graduations: dark to light

  5. Baroque in Flanders/Holland • The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt Van Rijn • 1632 • Characteristics: • Evenly placed subjects • Corpse: Diagonally placed and foreshortened • Student poses and expressions show personality

  6. Rococo • The Swing by Frangonard • 1766 • Characteristics: • “Intrigue” picture • Landscape setting is out of Watteau • Glowing pastel colors and soft light • Convey the scene’s sensuality

  7. Neoclassicism • Oath of the Horatii by David • 1784 • Characteristics: • Conflicts between heart and patriotism • Statuesque figures- men: Rigid, Angular

  8. Romanticism • Raft of the Medusa by Gericault • 1818-1819 • Characteristics: • Actual historical event • Subdued palette and prominent shadow lend ominous pall to the scene • Emotionally charged • Comments on slavery Apathy

  9. Realism • Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe by Manet • 1863 • Characteristics: • Figures in soft focus • Broadly painted the landscape • Black is a prominent color • Allusions to many paintings of genres

  10. Impressionism • Ballet Rehearsal by Degas • 1874 • Characteristics: • Figures randomly placed, not centered • Degas was interested in reproducing single moments

  11. Post Impressionism • Starry Night by Van Gough • 1889 • Characteristics: • Communicated the vastness of the universe • Uses color to express himself • With the turbulent brush strokes, the color suggests a quiet but persuasive depiction

  12. Symbolism • The Cry (Scream) by Munch • 1893 • Characteristics: • Grounded in the real world • Departs significantly from a visual reality

  13. Art Nouveau • Casa Milá by Gaudi • 1907 • Characteristics: • Free-form mass • Organic lines not geometric

  14. Fauvism • Red Room by Matisse • 1908-1909 • Characteristics: • Color = Warmth • Colors contrast richly and intensely • Depicts objects in simplified and schematized fashion and flattening out form

  15. German Expressionism • Fate of the Animals by Marc • 1913 • Characteristics: • Entire scene is distorted- Shattered into fragments • Colors of severity and brutality of war’s anguish and tragedy

  16. Dada • Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Boccioni • 1913 • Characteristics: • Formal and spatial effects on motion • Figure is expanded, interruption, and broken in plane and contour

  17. Precisionism or Regionalism • My Egypt by Charles Demuth • 1927 • Characteristics: • Grain elevators which he reduced to simple geometric forms • Fragmented

  18. Futurism • Cut With the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimer by Hoch • 1919-1920 • Characteristics: • Juxtaposed the head of German military leaders with exotic dancers • Aware of the power that women and Dada had on society

  19. Cubism • Still Life With Chair- Canning by Picasso • 1912 • Characteristics: • Chair seems real • Painted and abstract areas don’t refer to tangible objects of the real world

  20. Fantasy and Surrealism • The Persistence of Memory by Dali • 1931 • Characteristics: • Allegory of empty space: Where time has ended • Attempt to make it convincingly real

  21. American Realism • Haymarket by John Sloan • 1907 • Characteristics: • Ashcan school painters injected realism into American art by taking ordinary people as their subjects.

  22. Abstract Expressionism • No. 1 by Pollack • 1950 • Characteristics: • Abandoned the paintbrush altogether sloshing, pouring, and dripping abandoned easel

  23. Color Field • Blue, Orange, and Red by Rothko • 1961 • Characteristics: • Interested in the relation between one color and another • No evidence of brushstrokes

  24. OP Art • Three Flags by Jasper Johns • 1958 • Characteristics: • One of the first to rebel against abstract Expressionism by returning recognizable imagery to art

  25. Pop Art • 100 Cans of Campbell Soup by Andy Warhol • 1962 • Characteristics: • Brought art to the masses by making art into everyday life

  26. Photo Realism • Fanny Finger Painting by Close • 1985 • Characteristics: • One moment it’s a spitting image of a person, the next it’s an animated pattern of spots

  27. Neo Expressionism • To The Unknown Painter by Keifer • 1983 • Characteristics: • Thick, dark paint to represent earth • Evokes the horror of the holocaust

  28. The Dinner Part by Judy Chicago • 1979 • Characteristics: • A feminist Last Supper • Intended to interest worship of the female • Triangle symbolizes both ‘woman’ and goddess • Invited: Georgia O’Keefe, Virginia Wolfe, Sacagawea, Susan B. Anthony Post Modernism

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