Name: Marelene J.

Agudo Date: 06/30/22

Course&Year: BSED-ENGLISH III Score:

Learning Activities

1. Cite important characteristics in an artwork based on the era movement.

(Document and annotates works)

What is art movement?

A collection of artists creates an art movement, typically with a predetermined objective,

corresponding aesthetic, and a unified philosophy. Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism,
Cubism, Surrealism, Pop Art, and Post Modernism are a few examples of art movements.

IMPRESSIONISM

 Impressionism was an art movement in France at the end of the 19th century. The
Impressionists are known for their lively painting techniques and use of colour.
Impressionism was a style of painting that used a more scientific analysis of color to
capture the effects of light in nature. The main artists associated with Impressionism
were Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Alfred
Sisley and Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Impressionists painted
with small strokes of pure colours which mixed in the eye of the spectator when
viewed from a distance.

Impressionist Painting Technique

 The Impressionists were inspired by recent advancements in color theory, which aided
in their quest for a more precise understanding of how color and light interact in
nature. They disregarded the prevalent belief that an object's shadow is primarily
composed of its hue with a little brown or black added. Instead, they added depth to
their colors by including the idea that an object's shadow is broken up by strokes of its
complementary color. For instance, in an Impressionist painting, the shadow of an
orange would have some blue strokes to give it more liveliness.

Impressionism and Beyond

 Impressionism was the first movement in the canon of modern art and had a massive
effect on the development of art in the 20th century. Like most revolutionary styles
Impressionism was gradually absorbed into the mainstream and its limitations became
frustrating to the succeeding generation. Artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul
Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat, although steeped in the traditions of
Impressionism, pushed the boundaries of the style in different creative directions and
in doing so laid the foundations of art in the 20th century.
POST IMPRESSIONISM

 Post Impressionism was the name given to several styles of painting at the end of the
19th century which influenced the direction of art in the early decades of the 20th
century. A small group of independent artists known as the Post Impressionists
revolted against the constraints of Impressionism at the end of the 19th century and
created a variety of unique styles that had an impact on the evolution of art in the 20th
century.

CUBISM

 Cubism was the first abstract art style. Cubist painting abandoned the tradition of
perspective drawing and displayed many views of a subject at one time. Cubism was a
truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges
Braques. A cubist painting disregards the conventions of perspective drawing and
presents multiple perspectives of a subject simultaneously. The collage technique was
developed by the Cubists. The art of other civilizations, particularly African masks,
had an impact on the Cubists. The Cubist Style includes two separate phases:
Analytical Cubism (before to 1912) and Synthetic Cubism (post 1912)

FAUVISM

 Fauvism is colorful style of painting developed by Henri Matisse and André Derain
who used vibrant colors, simplified drawing and expressive brushwork. Les Fauves
were the name given to the painters who used this technique. The art critic Louis
Vauxcelles' scathing remark inspired the title "Les Fauves" (the wild beasts).
According to Les Fauves, color should be employed to convey an artist's sentiments
about a subject rather than only to explain how it appears.
 Fauvist paintings have two main characteristics: simplified drawing and exaggerated
color.

EXPRESSIONISM

 Expressionism is an early 20th century style of art that is charged with an emotional
or spiritual vision. It is an artistic movement centered in Germany.
 A form of art, music, and literature from the early 20th century that is infused with an
emotional and spiritual perspective of the world is referred to as expressionism.

DADAISM - ART AND ANTI ART

 Dadaism or Dada was a form of artistic anarchy that challenged the social, political
and cultural values of the time.
 The creative anarchism known as Dadaism or Dada was a result of the time's disdain
for the social, political, and cultural norms. It incorporated aspects of politics, poetry,
theater, dance, music, and the arts. Dada was more of a protest movement with an
anti-establishment message than it was an aesthetic movement like Cubism or
Fauvism.
  Dadaists employed strategies like automatism, chance, photomontage, and
assemblage. They first proposed the idea that an artwork can be a transient
installation. They widened the definition and context of what was deemed to be art.
 Authorities had to shut down several Dada exhibits due to widespread public outcry.
 Dada had a significant impact on the emergence of Surrealism, Action Painting, Pop
Art, Happenings, Installations, and Conceptual Art.

The main artists associated with Dada

 Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Jean (Hans) Arp,
Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, John Heartfield, Kurt Schwitters, Johannes
Baargeld, Johannes Baader, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Hans Richter, Francis Picabia,
Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp.

SURREALISM ( Hidden depths of unconscious mind)

 The art movement of the 20th century known as surrealism investigated the secret
regions of the "unconscious mind." The logical world, according to the Surrealists,
"allows for the study of only those facts important to human experience." They were
looking for a new form of reality, a heightened reality they named "surreality," which
they discovered in the world of dreams and imaginative imagery.

 The main artists associated with what we now call the 'Golden Age' of Surrealism
comprise André Masson, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali and René Magritte.

Surrealist Techniques

 Automatism- pioneered by André Masson and developed by Max Ernst and Joan
Miro.

 The Interpretation of Dreams- was a source of inspiration for many Surrealist artists.

 The Juxtaposition of Unrelated Images- a technique that Max Ernst and René Magritte
employed to generate a Surrealist reaction in the mind of the spectator.

POP ART

 Pop Art was the art of popular culture. It was the visual art movement that
characterized a sense of optimism during the post war consumer boom of the 1950's
and 1960's.
 It included different styles of painting and sculpture but all had a common interest in
mass-media, mass-production and mass-culture. Andy Warhol is the artist who most
accurately embodies Pop Art. His paintings of Marilyn Monroe are the most famous
icons of Pop Art. On the other hand, Roy Lichtenstein developed an instantly
recognizable style of Pop Art inspired by the American comic strip.
 Claes Oldenburg was the greatest sculptor of the Pop Art movement, creating many
large scale public works.
 2. List down five characteristics of a beautiful art. Defend your answer.

Works of art need not be beautiful for us to consider them important. It is considered

of little value to an argument that seeks to explain the ethics, politics, and values of human

societies past and present to describe anything as beautiful because it is not a critical

assertion. The terms "beautiful" and "significant piece of art" are not synonymous. Beauty is

not a prerequisite for the existence of an art object. However, if I am asked to list down five

characteristics of beautiful art, that would be its color. The colors should match the emotions

within the painting. Next, the symmetry of the artwork is balanced. To be considered

beautiful, artwork should have symmetry that is balanced, as well as a balance of color

shading. And the movement catches the eye of the viewer as the pattern of that art. It should

be eye-catching. Then, to call art beautiful, there must be emotions within the artwork.

Because the artwork does not have what we call an evoked emotion, that does not make sense

at all. Lastly, there should be an emphasis because it really shows the "center of interest." For

example, is there a preference for mass or void? Components inside the artwork or picture

plane are placed how densely? What is the relationship between the object and the

surrounding space (i.e., cramped, crowded, bustling, highly inhabited, with little surrounding

space; roomy; deliberate interaction between positive and negative space; things clustered to

create regions of visual interest)? What is the result of this (e.g., producing a sensation of

emptiness or isolation; business or visual clutter producing a feeling of disorder or

claustrophobia)? Therefore, to be called beautiful, something should have all of these

characteristics to attract the attention of the viewers.

Reflection

How did Symbolism and Expressionism change art? Explain your answer in an essay
form consisting at least 10 sentences. (30pts)

In my perspective, symbolism, and expressionism change art through their depiction

of the forms themselves. In symbolism, it created fresh, frequently abstract ways to

communicate psychological truth and the notion that there was a spiritual reality hidden

behind the surface of the physical world, symbolism may also be considered as being the

forerunner of modernism. The indescribable, such as dreams and visions, could be given form

by symbolists. In terms of specific subject matter, the Symbolists combined religious

mysticism, the perverse, the erotic, and the decadent. The symbolist subject matter is

typically characterized by an interest in the occult, the morbid, the dream world, melancholy,

evil, and death. On the flipped side, in expressionism, Expressionist artists sought to express

emotional experience, rather than physical reality. Paintings by abstract expressionists

explored fresh methods for producing art, reviving and redefining the genre. With their

expansive, abstract canvases, dynamic, expressive lines, and new artistic techniques, they

revolutionized painting. Many painters experimented with unconventional tools including

domestic paint brushes and commercial paints. By shifting the canvas from the easel to the

floor and working on unstretched, unprimed canvas, artists also created new methods for

applying paint. The Abstract Expressionists looked for new ways to express themselves and

their sense of individuality in their paintings by using these unique painting techniques.
Prepared by:

YESHA M. PAJE, LPT

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