ART IN CONTEXT: The 20th Century

ART 121 LAST LECTURE

Breaking Rules in the 20th Century

The Three Revolutions that affected the art of the 19th century continue to influence the artists of the 20th century.

Avant garde, a military term used to promote the idea that art should push conservative boundaries. Avant garde artists of the late 19th/20th (and 21st centuries) break the established rules about mimetic:

Color

Space

Form

Ideal beauty

82nd and Fifth: Below the Surface

Sometimes when looking at modern and contemporary art it is

OK not to understand everything you see!

Timeline:

20th Century to

WWII

1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

1912: Titanic sinks

1914-18: WWI

1928: First TV broadcast

1929: Stock Market Crash

1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany

1939-1945: WWII

Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art

FAUVISM: French term for wild beasts.

Short lived style known for bold use of

color and flat/distorted figures. An

experiment to free color from reality.

Matisse, The Joy of Life, oil on canvas, 1905-1906.

The Fauvres have broken the rules about color!

Ingres, The Golden Age, 1862.

Timeline:

20th Century to

WWII

1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

1912: Titanic sinks

1914-18: WWI

1928: First TV broadcast

1929: Stock Market Crash

1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany

1939-1945: WWII

Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art

ANALYTIC CUBISM: concerned with

breaking apart objects in order to study

and understand them. Space shifts and

multiple perspectives included. Created

by Picasso and Braque.

Picasso,

Les

Demoiselle

d’Avignon, oil on canvas,

1907.

Picasso has broken the rules concerning beauty!

Raphael, The Three Graces,

1500.

Braque,

Le Portugais

(The Emigrant), oil on canvas, 1911-

1912.

The Cubists broke the rules about form and space!

Wautteau, Mezzetin, 1718-20.

Timeline:

20th Century to

WWII

1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

1912: Titanic sinks

1914-18: WWI

1928: First TV broadcast

1929: Stock Market Crash

1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany

1939-1945: WWII

Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art

GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM: art that used color and/or bold lines to convey emotion. Created the first non-representational works in the western world.

Wassily Kandinsky,

Sketch I for Composition VII, 1913.

The German Expressionists broke the rules about art

being representational!

Poussin, Landscape with St.

John on Patmos, 1640.

Of course our brains may try to find something

representational in the work nonetheless….

OMG its evil Stitch!!!

Timeline:

20th Century to

WWII

1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

1912: Titanic sinks

1914-18: WWI

1928: First TV broadcast

1929: Stock Market Crash

1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany

1939-1945: WWII

Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art

DADA: art movement that protested

WWI and society in general. Dada was

anti-art, anti-politicians, anti-war, anti-

social graces. They were an angry bunch.

Marcel

du Champ,

Fountain, ceramic compound,

1917.

Dada broke the rules about art having to be made by

an artist! (And every other rule as well…)

Timeline:

20th Century to

WWII

1900: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

1905: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

1912: Titanic sinks

1914-18: WWI

1928: First TV broadcast

1929: Stock Market Crash

1933: Hitler comes to power in Germany

1939-1945: WWII

Post 1945: America assumes top spot in world politics/art

ILLUSIONISTIC SURREALISM: an

outgrowth of the Surrealist

literature/political movement. Subjects

take on the appearance of realism, but

are obviously dreamlike.

Dali, The Persistence of Memory, oil on canvas, 1931.

The Surrealists (and Dada) broke the rules

saying art needs to be logical and rational.

Albert Bierstadt, Looking Down the

Yosemite Valley, 1865.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Artists of the early 20th century set the stage

for the artists of today.

After WW2, the center of the art world moved to the United States. A new generation of artists absorbed the ideas of the early 20th century and created works that continued to break the rules of form, subject matter, and content.

Many of these works were discussed in the first unit of this course.

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!

Art Across the Globe With the onset of the 21st century,

there isn’t really a “center” of the art world anymore.

Technology and communications have progressed to a point where the artistic community is GLOBAL.

Since YOU are a part of this global community, this art is made for YOU. It is my sincerest hope that this class has helped you understand and appreciate the arts more fully.

THANK YOU for a great semester!