Review of art history up until now:

• Prehistoric art is based on…the hunt• Egyptians art is based on…their belief in the afterlife, their

many gods and rulers• Greek art is based on…the human body (humanity), Greek

gods• Roman art is based on…their government/state, rulers• Early Christian art is based on…spirituality

• Byzantine art is based on…Christian icons; church frescos and murals

• Romanesque art is based on…religious artifacts mainly in basilica architecture

• Gothic art is based on…religious devotion mainly included in the great cathedrals

• Renaissance art is based on…rebirth of Classical Greek and Roman culture; Renaissance humanism and science

• Baroque art is based on… twisted figures, movement and dramatic lighting.

Review of art history up until now:

• Neoclassicism art is based on… heroes, nature and faraway places.

• Romanticism art is based on…the imagination containing flaming colors, extremes of action and twisting brush strokes.

• Realism art is based on… accurate, unembellished, and detailed depictions of nature or contemporary life.

• Impressionism art is based on…a light, spontaneous manner of painting, capturing a fleeting impression of nature

• Post-Impressionism - is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of artists

Review of art history up until now:

Symbolismc. 1880-1910

Odilon RedonEdvard Munch

Pablo Picasso’s Blue PeriodHenri Rousseau

Symbolism –

Odilon Redon

Self-portrait, 1880, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts toward Infinity, from the series Edgar A. Poe, 1882; charcoal, New York

The Cyclops, c. 1914, oil on canvas

The Crying Spider, 1881, charcoal

Mystery, undated, oil on canvas

Edvard Munch

Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm. 1895, Norway

Edvard Munch

Anxiety, 1894, oil on canvas

The Scream (or Cry), 1893, oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, Norway

The Scream (or Cry), 1895, lithograph

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/02/us/new-york-the-scream/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Evening on Karl Johan Street. 1892. Oil on canvas, Norway

Pablo PicassoBlue Period

Self-Portrait. 1896. Oil on canvas

He was just 15 when he painted this self portrait!

The Barefoot Girl. Detail. 1895. Oil on canvas

He was just 14!

The Old Guitarist. 1903. Oil on panel

The Visit (Two Sisters). 1902. Oil on canvas pasted on panel, Russia

Girl in a Chemise, 1905, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau

The Dream, 1910; Oil on canvas, MET, New York

The Sleeping Gypsy. 1897. Oil on canvas

Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest, 1905, oil on canvas

The Football Players, 1908, oil on canvas

The students will find five examples of Symbolism not from the PowerPoint, tell me where you think the symbolism is and what it represents.

Submit the following in a Word document:

1. Five examples of Symbolism works of art (may be from the same artist)

2. Include title, year and medium

3. Include what you feel is the symbolism in the work of art

4. Save and upload to Moodle

Symbolism Activity

Symbolism

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