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ARTH13 Midterm 1 Study Guide
Ch.1-8 Early Photography (1840-1870) to Early Modern Architecture (1880-1920)
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
05/28/2016

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How will modern art take place?
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1) industrialization of Western World,

2) capitalist mentality, 3) rise of middle class,

4) social awareness of working class,

5) invention of photography

 

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industrial revolution
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massive amounts of resources used to create massive energy in production of goods, turning away from handmade
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Daguerre, "Artist's Studio", Early Photography (1840-1870).

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new mechanical technology w silver plate inside camera, captured still life, black and white, could not be reproduced
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Cameron, "Mrs. Duckworth".

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- potraits, how light hits the face, profile, captured powerful personalities
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EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY

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1840-1870
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REALISM
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1840-1900
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Courbet, "Burial at Ornans"

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-painted reality, plain, dead, only what he sees, no angles/Christ, leads modern realism, paints alot of people
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Daumier, "Rue Transnonain"

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- innocent family of workers murdered by civil guard during republic revolt, political instability and economic difficulties, lead to satirical art, tradgic scene
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Manet, "Olympia"

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- forefather of modernism, falt treatment, collapsed space, 2D

- Japonism, dark outlines

-content displays prostitute giving a look

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Impressionism
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1870-1900

leave impression, want tobe in plein air, leisure, effect of light time of day and weather, complementary colors to enhance color, define through color rather than shapes

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Monet "Impression Sunrise"

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- sunrise, foggy harbor, industrial, ship, smoke, fisherman, color leaves impression of mood, visible brush strokes
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Renoir "Moulin de la Galette"

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- plein air, leisure, dancing, Parisian slice of life

- diagonal separates two groups, parents marry you, girl uninterested, social gender issues

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Degas "Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old"

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- modern object sculpture, combining actual tutu skirt with real hair, armature- layer by layer to sculpture
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Muybridge "Horse in Motion"

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- collotypr print, stop-action phtography, animal movement

- "Does horse always have one foot on the ground?"

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camera obscura
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"dark room", small aperture, projection upside down creates negative image, photography
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daguerreotype
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new maechanical technology developed by Daguerre for permanently fixing upon a flat surface & in minute detail an exact tonal/full-color image of the world, early photography using silver plate inside camera.
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cyanotype
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- exposed to sun leaves image, photogram of rich hue of blue
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Nadar
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- French photographer of potraits of intellectual important figures
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SOCIAL REALISM
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1850-1900

social commentary, shocking subject matter, formal elements get public reaction to realism; can denounce universality of social injustices & truths, gov not concerned came from people, artists bring awareness

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caricature
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the satirical comment on life and politics, which became a standard feature of journals and newspapers
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Daumier
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the greatest satirical artist during Realism movement, lithographic drawings, important sculptor and painter.
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Rosa Bonheur
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Realist painter, rural themes, Plowing the Nivernais, against gender norms
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avant-garde
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vanguard, military term, usually shocks the public & critics at first, then eventually will become well accepted
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Salon de Refuses
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responds to rejection of paintings not accepted by French Academy, exhibit during Impressionism movement.
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The Salon
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French Academy of Art exhibition
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Japonism
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japanese print & screen, style realist artists followed wood block prints and dark outlines, flat; Van Gogh
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planarity
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breaking form into surfaces and shapes; Cezanne further Picasso
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plein air
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outside
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"Slice of Life"
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capturing moment in time
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the voyeur
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the Peeping Tom, male seeking pleasure
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leisure
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having fun, free time
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM
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1880-1900

move away from observations, return to obvious form, focus on impressions, science and emotion based, symbolism

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Seurat "Sunday Afternoon at La Grande Jatte"

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- neo-impressionism, breaks form into color spots (pointilism)

-shades, shadows, volumes, no movement, frozen in time

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Cezanne "Mont Saint-Victoire"

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- geometry in nature, lines, rectangles, geometric shapes in mountains, 3D image, unrealistic
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Gauguin "Where Do We Come From?..."

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- cooled down, found peace and happiness in Tahiti, circle of life, spiritual, primitive
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Van Gogh "Starry Night"

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- sky has movement, spirals and diagonals, sky biggest part of picture, strong wind, moon pulsing bright
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Rodin "Burghers of Calais"

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- invents, modern sculpture; people starving, surrendering, emotions of death
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Symbolism
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- style of art in Post-Impressionism periood

- imagination, spiritual, Romanticism (long ago & faraway)

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Moreau "The Apparition"

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- goodess woman, man's head dripping blood, "Femme Fatale"- women power over man, mythology- long ago
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Rosseau "The Sleeping Gypsy"

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- element of desrt gypsy and lion- faraway

- imagination, naive style, childlike

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pointillism/divisionism
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Seurat, breaks form into color spots
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fin de siecle
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end of century
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primitivism
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from precivilizations before industry, tribal traditions
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ARTS & CRAFTS
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1870-1910

began in England, affected by Ind. Rev., pushing hand techniques, back to tradition, rejecting industrial ways

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Morris "Pumpernel Wallpaper"

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- symmetry, organic, circular, pushing machine out, "art for art's sake"
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Mackintosh "Glasglow Library"

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- wood, geometric, angles
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ART NOUVEAU
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1890-1910

-natural forms & structures, nature and curved lines, art should be way of life, aesthetic

dynamic, movement, decorative, exotic forms, curves, imagination

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Kilmt "Adele Bloch-Bauer"

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- patterns, gold leafing, circular forms, realistic, face & hands

- higher class, elegant, jewelry, gold

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Horta "Stairwell Taseel House"

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- metal alloy, strength, bendy; into walls and patterns, curved railways, mosaic tile floor
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Munch "The Scream"

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- dominant colors are red and orange

-diagonals, curvy

- vertical sticks- have lives together

- fluid, can't hang on, powerless, anxiety, alienation, unhappiness

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FAUVISM
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1900-1920

 - color & form, shocking strong juxtaposition of color

-primitivsm & African art influences

- abstraction of shpae, contraction of space, symbolism

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Matisse "Portrait of Madame Matisse"

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- flattening image, random colors, primary and complementary, strong outlines, quick forms, happiness
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Brancusi "Bird in Space"

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- abstract, wing of bird, movement, flight is freedom
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GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
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1900-1920

Die Brucke- set down a bridge b/w tradition & modernity; leave past behind and cross to future

Der Blaue Reiter- the blue rider, expressive, blending colors, Marc and Kadinsky

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Kirchner "Street, Dresden"

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- curvy shapes, intense colors, unhappy , economc and political downfall, not at peace, clashy, dead in Germany
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Nolde "The Last Supper"

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- reds and yellows, clashy colors, spiky, angualr, rough, primitive, unhappy
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Kadinsky "Composition VII"

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- less aggressive, ties work to music w/ colors and movement, patterns, doesn't want to represent objects
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Marc "Large Blue Horses"

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- strong colors, blending, exciting, not disturbing, curvy shapes foloow art nouveau, breaks images into shpaes
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CUBISM
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1990-1920

Picasso lead the movement, mulitiple view points, odd, breaking human into angular, volumes

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Picasso "La Vie"

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- feeling sad during this time, more 3D, features softer and real, shading, shadows, cycle of life
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Picasso "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

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- frontal face, profile nose, body 3/4 view, flat boobs, breaking pieces in different way

-African mask faces, boxes instead of human lookng

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Picasso "Guitar"

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- planes, constructing with different materials, mixed media, breaking form of guitar into shapes, implementing music
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Braque "The Portuguese"

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- breaks shapes into geometric planes, flattening

- Cezanne influence

- many different view points, analytical cubism, non-objective, all over the place, words in painting

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EARLY MODERN ARCHITECTURE
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1880-1920

new materials, concrete, ferroconcrete, iron,steel

- improve society, new machine age, functionalism

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Sullivan "Guaranty Trust Building"

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- early skyscraper tripartite base, shaft, capital

- innovative "function determine form"

- efficient, terracotta deco

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Wright "Robie House"

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- deep eves, long, horizontals, Art's and Crafts, contrast colors, Japponism, offset, geometric lines, Art nouveau design is all inclusive, flows, floor to ceiling, furniture part of wall
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Maybeck "Palace of Fine Arts"

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- Greek inspired temple, base shaft capital, sculptures on top, open walls
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Perrett "Notre Dame, Le Raincy"

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- ferro-concrete, stained glass

-Art Deco, church bc cross and steeple

- big open room, steel pilars

-minimal structure inside supports heavy concrete

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