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Grade 10 Artq 1
Grade 10 Artq 1
Grade 10 Artq 1
MODERN ART
ART – mirrored life in the community
or society.
IMPRESSIONISM
- 2nd half of 19th century (1872-mid
1880) of group of Parish-based artist. Sunrise by: Claude Monet
Characteristics:
Traditional Impressionism
Concerned with Painted freely
line, form and that conveyed
composition visual effect
that detailed
subject
Short broken
strokes
intentionally
made visible to
the viewer
Blended smoothly Pure unmixed
or shaded color side by
side
posed portraits Capturing sources
and grandiose of life around
depictions of them like
mythical, household
literary, objects,
historical or landscapes,
religious subject seascapes,
houses, cafes and
building
Still life, Presented
portraits, ordinary people
landscapes were caught off-guard
usually painted during everyday
inside the studio task at work or
at leisure or
doing nothing at
all
Stiffer, heavier Not made to look
more studied beautiful or
painting lifelike
Outdoors, natural
light
Body parts could
be distorted
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IMPRESSIONIST
1. Claude Monet –
Most prominent of the group,
most influential figure, best
known for landscapes paintings,
flower garden and water lily
pond.
2. August Renoir –
Snapshots of real life, full of
sparkling
3. Edouard Manet –
Modern life subjects, key figure
in the transition from realism
to impressionism
POST IMPRESSIONISM
- Composed of European artists
- Basic qualities of Impressionism
- Geometric approach
- Distorting people’s face
- Fragmenting objects
- Applying colors not necessarily
realistic or natural
POST IMPRESSIONIST
1. Paul Cezanne –
A French artist and painter
Radically different world of art
ABSTRACTIONISM
Representational Abstractionism –
depicts still-recognizable subjects
STYLES
1. Cubism
Traditional Cubism
Depicts scenes 3-dimentional
from a single manner formed by
stationary point light and shadow
of view
Analyze subject
(geometric forms)
and broke them up
into a series of
planes
Cubism
Traditional
Reassembled,
tilting and
interlocking them
in different
ways.
Human figures
often represented
with facial
features and body
parts.
2. Futurism
Traditional Futurism
Began in Italy,
1900’s
Created art for a
fast-paced
Machine-propelled
age
Applied motion,
force, speed and
strength
3. Mechanical Style
Traditional Mechanical Style
Basic forms –
planes, cones,
spheres,
cylinders all
fist together
precisely and
realty in their
appointed places
Use primary
colors
Human figures are
mere outlines
without
expression
4. Non-Objectivism
Traditional Non-Objectivism
Logical,
geometrical,
conclusion of
abstractionism
Do not make use
of figures or
representation of
figures
Lines, shapes and
colors were use
in a cool
informal approach
aimed for
balance, unity
and stability
Colors – mainly
black, white and
primaries
Non-objectivist
Dutch painter Piet Mondarian
POPULAR ART (Pop Art)
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
Original Dadaist – angry, serious
- Cubist and Surrealist
1. Action Painting - Made use of commonplace,
trivial, even nonsensical
Huge canvasses spread on the floor, objects
splattering, squinting and dribbling, - Enjoy nonsense for its own sake
no preplanned pattern or design in and simply wanted to laugh at
mind. the world
John Pollock - Ranged from paintings, to
posters, to collages, to three-
dimensional assemblages and
installations
- Made use of recognizable objects
and images from the emerging
consumer society
- Andy Warhol- pop artist
Roy Lichtenstein
- Inspirations were the
celebrities, advertisements,
billboards and comic strips
PERFORMANCE ART
- Is a form of modern art in which
the actions of an individual or
a group at a particular time
constitute the work.
- It can happen anywhere, at any
time, or for any length of time.
- It can be any situation that
CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS involves four basic elements
Installation Art Time
- make use of space and materials in Space
truly innovative ways The performer’s body
A relationship between performer
- a contemporary art form that uses and audience
sculptural materials and other media
to modify the way the viewer
experiences a particular space
- usually lifesize or sometimes even
larger, it is not necessarily confined
to gallery spaces.
- it can be constructed or positioned
in everyday public or private spaces,
both indoor and outdoor.