TWENTIETH CENTURY ART

TWENTIETH CENTURY ART Breaking the rules Not representing reality, but reconstructing it

FAUVISM • “Explosion of color” lasting only 1904-08 in France • Exhibition of 1905 had harsh reactions- and actually where group got their name. “Fauves”=“Wild Beasts” • However, it was crucial in art history because it changed the way one can look at the world, and look at art. • Used intense , bright, clashing colors Distorted forms and perspective, vigorous brushstrokes, flat linear pattern.

Henri Matisse • Founder of Fauvism • Starting painting after falling sick and was given a paint set to be occupied • One of the “Twin Titans” of the Twentieth Century ( other being Picasso) • Eliminate nonessentials and retain subject’s most fundamental qualities ( line, shape, COLOR) • Believed painting not only be beautiful, but more the viewer to enjoy

“Luxe, Calme et Voluntpe” 1904

Madame Matisse “The Green Stripe” 1905

“Open Window” 1905

“Woman with a Hat” 1905

“Harmony in Red” Henri Matisse 1908

“Dance” 1911 ( second version)

Matisse also started to go blind, so began building collages, simplifying organic shapes from nature

“Jazz”

TWENTIETH CENTURY ART

TWENTIETH CENTURY ART

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Twentieth-Century Pneumatologies

Twentieth Century Christologies

Twentieth Century

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century Theologians

Art of the Early Twentieth Century

Early Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century Modernism

Twentieth Century Artists

Twentieth Century World

The Twentieth Century

Twentieth-Century Developments

Art in the Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

TWENTIETH CENTURY

Twentieth Century Art

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century Culture

Art of the Twentieth Century