Time Periods, Artists, and Artworks

1. Time Periods, Artists, and Artworks

2. RENAISSANCE CHARACTERISTICS • 1400-1600 • “Rebirth” of Classical ideas • Through study of anatomy, perspective, and the natural world, figures become more life-like • Use of 1 Point Perspective

3. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Mona Lisa, The Last Supper – Da Vinci • The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel Ceiling), Pieta– Michelangelo • School of Athens – Raphael

4. Mona Lisa Da Vinci

5. The Last Supper – Da Vinci

6. The Creation of Adam – Michelangelo

7. Pieta – Michelangelo

8. The School of Athens – Raphael

9. Baroque CHARACTERISTICS • 1580-1700 • “Barocco” means zany, bizarre • Art is very dramatic, somber, and emotional • Chiaroscuro – dramatic contrasts of light and dark value

10. FAMOUS ARTISTS • Caravaggio, Bernini FAMOUS ARTWORKS • David – Bernini (page 424) • Use of chiaroscuro

12. Neo-Classical CHARACTERISTICS • 1720-1827 • Rigid and unemotional • Returns to order, reason, and clarity

13. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Thomas Jefferson, Jacques Louis David FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Monticello Estate – Thomas Jefferson • David example – page 468

14. Monticello Estate – Thomas Jefferson

15. Romanticism CHARACTERISTICS • 1760-1870 • Imagination, emotional • Returns to nature, exotic ideas (dreamlike)

16. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Constable, Delacroix FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Wivenhoe Park – Constable (page 474) • The Lion Hunt – Delacroix (page 472), exotic artwork

17. Wivenhoe Park- Constable

18. The Lion Hunt- Delacroix

19. Realism CHARACTERISTICS • 1820-1920 • Focuses on working class • Finds beauty in the commonplace • Tried to imitate the world they could see or touch

20. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Manet FAMOUS ARTWORKS • A Bar at Folies-- Manet • Luncheon on the Grass – Manet

21. A Bar at Folies -- Manet

22. Impressionism CHARACTERISTICS • 1850-1920 • Small, swift brushstrokes • Landscapes and scenes from everyday life • Tried to capture the “impression of reflected light”

23. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Monet, Mary Cassatt FAMOUS ARTWORKS • The Lily Pond -- Monet • Impression Sunrise – Monet • The Bath - Cassatt

24. Impression Sunrise -- Monet

25. The Lily Pond -- Monet

26. The Bath -- Cassatt

27. Post-Impressionism CHARACTERISTICS • After Impressionism • Liberation of colors • Radical new styles (images abstracted)

28. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Van Gogh, Seurat FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Starry Night – Van Gogh (page 14) • The Olive Trees – Van Gogh (page 493) • A Sunday on La Grande - Seurat

29. Starry Night – Van Gogh

30. The Olive Trees – Van Gogh

31. A Sunday on La Grande -- Seurat

32. Fauvism CHARACTERISTICS • 1901-1906 • “Wild Beast” • Unrealistic, broad flat shapes, lots of line

33. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Matisse FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Madame Matisse -- Matisse • The Dance – Matisse • Page 92 – use of line

34. Madame Matisse -- Matisse

35. The Dance -- Matisse

36. Expressionism CHARACTERISTICS • 1905-1940 • Exaggerated images rather than reality • ***ABSTRACT***

37. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Munch FAMOUS ARTWORKS • The Scream -- Munch

38. The ScreamMunchPage 521

39. Cubism CHARACTERISTICS • 1908-1920 • Real objects depicted as geometric, abstract forms • Cut-up and rearranged, overlapped

40. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Picasso, Braque FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Guernica – Picasso • Three Musicians – Picasso • Violin and Candlestick -- Braque

41. Guernica -- Picasso

42. Three Musicians -- Picasso

43. Violoin and Candlestick Braque

44. Dadaism CHARACTERISTICS • 1916-1924 • Violent reaction to traditional society and art • Made no sense

45. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Duchamp FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Mona Lisa – Duchamp • Fountain – Duchamp

46. Mona Lisa – Duchamp

47. Fountain Duchamp

48. Surrealism CHARACTERISTICS • 1924-1950 • Inspiration derived from dreams, fantasies

49. continued… FAMOUS ARTISTS • Dali, O’Keeffe FAMOUS ARTWORKS • Persistence of Memory – Dali • Fountain – Duchamp

50. Persistence of Memeory – DaliPage: 547