EXPRESSIONISM

CUBISM

FUTURISM

Fauvism “Wild Beasts” (1905-1909)•Form of expressionism in Paris that comprised numerous loosely related styles.

•Wanted to explore new elements of art not embraced by the Impressionists or Post-Impressionists.

•Artists shared a sense of liberation and experiment & were interested in the sensation aroused by the objects rather than the object itself.

•Their technique disturbs and dislocates the form of the object, so that it becomes a vehicle for sensory impression.

Most significant members included Henri Matisse, Maurice Vlaminck,Andre Derain, & Georges Rouault

Henri Matisse: Luxe, Calme, et Volupte 1904-05

Henri Matisse: The Joy of Life, 1905-06

Maurice de Vlaminck. Landscape near Chatou. 1906

Andre Derain: The Turning Road, L`Estaque, 1906

Die Brucke “The Bridge” (1905-1913)•Form of expressionism

•Counterpart to Fauvism-was beginning of modern art in Germany

•The name symbolized their bridge of common interests and their link to the future, from a passage in Nietzche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra.

•Most of the artists were untrained in art, but the harsh colors and distorted shapes in their work successfully expressed their strong feelings and vivid imaginations.

The principal members were Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde, & Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Three Nudes 1913

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Berlin Street Scene

1913

Emil Nolde: The Last Supper, 1909

Der Blau Reiter ("The Blue Rider") 1911-1916

•These artists were considered to be the pioneers of abstract art

•Their art was characterized by exuberant color and profoundly felt emotionalism.

•The painters, writers, poets, and composers who joined The Blue Rider dedicated themselves to the search for a common spiritual basis in a new international culture.

•Famous artists--Vasily Kadinsky & Franz Marc

Vasily Kadinsky

Improvisation No. 30

(Warlike Theme)

1913

Franz Marc: The Large Blue Horses, 1911

Franz Marc: Animal Destinies, 1913

CUBISM (1907-1925)

•Created by painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914.

•Emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro and refuting time-honoured theories of art as the imitation of nature...

Pablo Picasso

Les Demoiselles

d’Avignon

1907

Pablo Picasso

Ma Jolie

1911-1912

Pablo Picasso

Women With Pears

1909

Georges Braque

House At L`Estaque

1908

Marcel Duchamp

Nude Descending A Staircase

1912

FUTURISM (1909-1915)

•Movement centered in Italy.

•Emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine

and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general.

•Famous Artists: Umberto Boccioni, Giocomo Balla, & Gino Severini

Umberto Boccioni: States of Mind: The Farewells, 1911

Umberto Boccioni: The City Rises, 1910-11

Gicomo Balla: Speed of Motorcycle 1913

Gino Severini

Armoured Train In Action

1915

Gino Severini: The Boulevard, 1910

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