Art Appreciation

Vicente, Vieny Lou A.

 ABSTRACT

FUTURISM

EXPRESSIONISM
 Abstract
Abstract art is a departure from reality. It

releases the creative energy of people and

provides them with the freedom to explore their

minds and emotions in a way that was

impossible in traditional styles of art. Abstract

art was originated in the late 19th century.

 Abstract
Though abstraction in art has been known to

exist in many cultures from ancient times,

abstract art as a movement originated in the

early 20th century with its most prominent

leader being the Russian artist Wassily

Kandinsky.
Examples of Abstract Art

Russian Painter and Art Theorist Wassily

Kadinsky's

Circles In a Circle
 Wasilly Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky, known as the Father of Abstract Art, was

the first to create the theory based on the principles of new

art. He heard sounds as color, and this unusual perception

was a guiding force in the development of his artistic style.

He believed the purpose of art is to be the conveyance of

the artist's unique inner vision, which required transcendence

of the objective world.

Composition IV
Examples of Abstract Art

Swedish Artist and Mystic

Hilma Af Klint's

The Ten Largest

 Hilma Af KLint
Hilma Af Klint (1862-1944), Swedish artist, is considered

to be the founder of Abstract painting. She belonged

to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of

women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in

the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High

Masters"—often by way of séances.

They tens mainstay IV, 1907

 Expressionism
Expressionism, is an artistic style in which the

artist seeks to depict not objective reality but

rather the subjective emotions and responses

that objects and events arouse within a person.

 Expressionism
Expressionism is one of the main currents of art

in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and its

qualities of highly subjective, personal,

spontaneous self-expression are typical of a

wide range of modern artists and art

movements.
Examples of Expressionism

German Expressionist Vincent van Gogh's

Vase with Fifteen

Sunflowers
 Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), perceived by many

as the 'mad' artist, the man who painted in a frenzy

or simply the tormented soul who cuts off his ear.

He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who

posthumously became one of the most famous and

influential figures in Western art history. His artistic

genius is often overshadowed by those who see his

paintings as mere visual manifestations of his

troubled mind.
Examples of Expressionism

Norwegian Painter Edvard Munch's

The Scream
 Edvard Munch
In the late 20th century, Edvard Munch played a

great role in German expressionism and the art form

that later followed; namely because of the strong

mental anguish that was displayed in many of the

pieces that he created.

Death in the sickroom

 Futurism
Futurism was an Italian art movement of the

early twentieth century that aimed to capture in

art the dynamism and energy of the modern

world. It emphasizes the dynamism, speed,

energy, and power of the machine and the

vitality, change, and restlessness

of modern life.
 Futurism
Futurism was first announced on February 20, 1909,

when the Paris newspaper Le Figaro published a

manifesto by the Italian poet and editor Filippo

Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti coined the word

Futurism to reflect his goal of discarding the art of

the past and celebrating change, originality,

and innovation in culture and society.

Examples of Futurism

American Futurist painter Joseph Stella's

The Bridge
 Joseph Stella
Joseph Stella (born Giuseppe Michele Stella, June 13,

1877 – November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born American

Futurist painter best known for his depictions of

industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn

Bridge. He is also associated with the American

Precisionist movement of the

1910s–1940s.

Battle of Lights, Coney Island

Examples of Futurism
American Futurist painter Gino Severini's

The Pan pan at

the Monico
 Gino Severini
Severini was one of the most progressive of all the

twentieth-century Italian artists. An early and important

figure within the Futurist movement, the Paris-based

Severini produced unique works that, through their

emphasis on urban Parisian scenes (rather than

machines), broadened the thematic possibilities for the

movement.

Red Cross Train Passing a Village

Thank you!