Pop Art (1950-1960s)

A few key characteristics of Pop Art inlude recognizable imagery, drawn from popular media and products, usually very bright colors, and flat imagery influened by comic books and newspaper photographs.  A few outstanding artists of this era are Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

Andy Warhol

  "Campbell's Soup I" 1968

  "Marilyn Diptych" 1962

Roy Litchenstein

  "Drowning Girl" 1963

   "Whaam!" 1963

Abstract Expressionism (1945-1960)

Some key characteristics of Abstract Expressionism include unconventional application of paint, usually without recognizing subject, dripping, smearing, slathering, and flinging lots of paint on to the canvas, and sometimes gestural "writing" in a loosely calligraphic manner.  Two key Abstract Expressionism artists are Wassily Kandinsky and Willem de Kooning.

Wassily Kandinsky

  "Der Blaue Reiter" 1903

  "Lyrishes" 1911

Willem de Kooning

  "Woman V" 1952-1953

  "Woman III" 1953

Surrealism (1920s-1940s)

Three main chracteristics of Surrealism include the explorationof the deram and unconsciiusness as a valid form of reality, a willingness to depict images of perverse sexuality, scatology, decay, and violence, and the desire to push against the boundaries of socially aceptable behaviors and traditions in order to disover pure thought and the artist's true nature.  Three prominent artists of this movement are Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and Marc Chagall.

Salvador Dali

  "The Resistance of Memory" 1931

   "Swans Reflecting Elephants" 1937

Rene Magritte

   "The Empire of Light" 1950-1965

   "The Art of Living" 1967

Marc Chagall

   "The Poet" 1911

   "I and the Village" 1911

Cubism (1907-1914)

The three most prominent characteristics of Cubism are splintered shapes, flattened, space. and geometric blocks of color, creating an element of having to quest to find a new concept of painting as an arrangement of form and color on a two-dimensional surfacce, and multiple angles and reconstruct objects.  Three of the most popular artists of this movement are Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Paul Cezanne.

Pablo Picasso

  "Old Woman" 1901

  "Head" 1913-1914

Georges Braque

  "Little Harbor in Normandy" 1909

   "Still Life" 1911

Paul Cezanne

   "Woman in a Green Hat" 1895

   "Still Life with a Curtain" 1895

Fauvism (1900-1920)

Three characteristics of Fauvism include sketchy brushworkand wildly arbitrary colors create a harsh and dissonant effect, explosive colors and impulsive brushworkadvancing the colorist tradition of the Impressionists, and color and art generates its own artistic energy.  The popular Fauvist artists are Franz Mar and Henri Matisse.

Franz Mar

  "The Large Blue Horse" 1911

   "The Monkey" 1912

Henri Matisse

  "Woman Reading" 1894

   "Fruit and Coffeepot" 1898

Post-Impressionism (1880-1900)

Three characteristics of Post-Impressionism are less detail, giving the work more of a groggy feel, bright colors, making color pop, and personal expression, which conveys the artists emotions more than anything.  A very popular Post-Impressionism artist is Vincent Van Gogh.

Vincent Van Gogh

  "The Starry Night" June 1889

  "Vase with Twelve Sunflowers" August 1888

Impressionism (1870s-1890s)

Three characteristics of the Impressionism movement are asymmetrical balance, use of colored shadows, and use of pure color.  Asymmetrical balance is is typically off-center or created with an odd or mismatched number of disparate elements.  The use of colored shadows, with purples, yellows, and other colors, suggest colored shadows and reflected light.  Thie heightened the coloristic effects that captured their attention when painting in the open air.  Lastly, the use of pure color, when inspecterd closely, each hue is applied seperately but would be visually fused together by the human eye giving the sensation of flickering light and vibrating atmosphere.  Three of the most renowned Imperssionist artists are Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas.

Claude Monet

   "The Woman in the Green Dress" 1866

   "The Magpie" 1868-1869

Mary Cassatt

   

   "Self Portrait" 1878

  "The Boating Party" 1893-1894

Edgar Degas

  "A Cotton Office in New Orleans" 1873

   "The Dance Class" 1873-1876

Coil Pot Finished (:

This week I got my coil pot back! I'm happy with the way it turned out. I also finished constructing my lantern and have it outside ready to be fired and I started painting my profect of choice, which is a dog house. I hope to finish painting that the remainder of this week!

Wheel Project!

This week not only did my throw project finished getting fired, but I also finished constructing my lantern too! Next week I'm going to attach something on the too to act as a topper.