MODERN ART: Introduction and History >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
What is Modern Art? >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
* Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s . Modern art can be traced back to the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, a period that lasted from the 18th to the 19th century Characteristic of the 20th and 21st centuries and of the later part of the 19th century. >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
DURING THE MODERN ART: >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Many artists started to make art about people, places, or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience. - Sigmund Freud’s publication triggered many artists. Artists challenged the notion that art must realistically depict the world. - Invention of photography.
Artists living in the rapidly modernizing world of late 19th-century Europe wished not only to depict modern (for them, contemporary) everyday life, but also to reveal the emotional and psychological effects of living in a world in rapid flux. >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
LANDSCAPE AT COLLIOURE >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Color speaks for itself with a directness previously unknown in Western painting
THE BATHER >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> capture a sense of ambiguity or uncertainty that is typical of the modern experience.
“Painting from nature is not copying the object,” he wrote, “it is realizing one’s sensations.” STILL LIFE WITH APPLES >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
help make this new mode of transportation appealing to Parisians. >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Entrance Gate to Paris Subway (Mé t r o p o li t ai n) Station, Paris, France
THE T O WE R >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Eiffel Tower was for Delaunay a symbol of both modern ity and masculinity
PORT-EN-BESSIN, ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOR - Seurat’s technique is known as pointillism >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
- >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> THE STARRY NIGHT more about imagination than reality
MELANCHOLY III(MELANKOLI III) >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> working in an expressive mode and capturing emotion was more important than making realistic images of the world.
Rather than just seeking to capture the sitter’s physical appearance, artists like Édouard Vuillard and Vincent van Gogh sought to represent his or her character, disposition, and even inner psyche. >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Portrait of Joseph Roulin
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Artists, Movements and Styles in Modern Art (1870-1930) >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Imp r e ssionism (c.1870-1890) >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>