Art History

“Art is the signature of civilizations”

- Beverly Sills
 Art
Movement
s
• Symbolism
• Nouveau
• Fauvism
• Expressionism
 Symbolis
m
 It is also known as “Synthetism”.
 Symbolism is both an artistic and a literary
movement .
 The works of some of its proponents
exemplify the ending of the tradition of
representational art coming from Classical
times.
 Symbolism can also be seen as being at the
forefront of modernism.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF SYMBOLISM
Wide variety of subjects
• Heroes
• Women
• Animals
• Landscapes

They give subjects deep meaning

• Love
• Death
• Sin
• Religion
• Disease

They would use metaphors to represent something

SYMBOLISM

EXAMPLES
 THE BLIND
MAN’S MEAL
1903
PABLO PICASSO
THE SCREAM
OF 1893
EDWARD HUNCH
O GRAVE
WHERE IS
THY
VICTORY
JAN TOOROP
 VIOLETTE
HEYMANN OF
1910
ODILON REDON
JUPITER AND SEMELE OF 1895
GUSTAVE MOREAUE
 NOUVEAU

IS ALSO CALLED NEW IS AN INNOVATIVE THIS ART STYLE

INTERNATIONAL TYPICALLY DEPICTS
ART LAVISH BIRDS,
STYLE OF MODERN
FLOWERS, INSECTS
ART THAT BECAME AND OTHER
FASHIONABLE ZOOMORPHS, AS
WELL AS THE HAIR
AND CURVACEOUS
BODIES OF
BEAUTIFUL
CHARACTERISTIC OF
NOUVEAU
INSPIRATION IN NATURE AND
ITS ELEMENTS

USE OF CURVED LINES,

ORGANIC MOTIFS

USE OF FEMALE IMAGE MAINLY IN A

SENSUAL POSITION

USE OF EXOTIC MOTIFS OF

DIFFERENT CULTURES

CONTRAST BETWEEN THE

DECORATION AND THE
DECORATED ITEM
 NOUVEAU
EXAMPLES
THE KISS BY:
GUSTAV KLIMT
THE DANCER’S REWARD BY AUBREY
BEARDSLEY
GISMONDA BY
ALPHONSE MUCHA
AT THE
MOULIN
ROUGE BY
HENRI DE
TOULOUSE-
LAUTREC
FAUVISM

- Is the style of les Fauves

-Is a style of painting that became popular in -----
France and was formed around friendship between
artists around the turn of the 20th century
-Fauve artist painted directly from nature
withworks invested
-Through this art movement was highly fashionable
CHARACTERISITC OF FAUVISM
 FAUVISM
• A radical use of unnatural colors that
separated color from its usual
representational and realistic role.
• Creating a strong, unified work that
appears flat on the canvas
• Showing the individual expressions
and emotions
• Bold brush stroke using paint straight
from the tube instead of preparing
and mixing it
 FAUVISM
EXAMPLES
LE BONHEUR DE VIVRE BY HENRI
MATISSE
CHARING CROSS BRIDGE BY ANDRE
DERAIN
FIELD OF WHEAT BY MAURICE DE
VLAMINCK
BAY OF NAPLES BY ALBERT MARQUET
LES TOITS DE COLLIOURE BY HENRI
MANGUIN
FACTS
-FAUVISM W A S A D E R O G AT O R Y T E R M E M B R A C E D B Y I T S A R T I S T

- F A U V I S M I N T H E S T R I C T E S T S E N S E , I S N O T A C T U A L LY A M O V E M E N T

-FOREMOST GOAL IS TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION

-ARTWORK USED SIMPLIFIED FORMS, INSPIRING CUBISM

- T H E F A U V E S E N J O Y E D C O L L A B O R AT I O N
EXPRESSIONISM

• Artisitc style in which the artist seeks to depict

not objective reality but rather the subjective
emotions and response that object and events
arouse within a person

• The artist accomplishes this aim through

distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and
fantasy, and through the vivid, jarring, violet, or
dynamic application of formal elements
CHARACTERISITC OF
EXPRESSIONISM
• Evolved a highly personal painting style
• The artist wanted to paint about emotion
• Expressionist uses color and movement to express the
energy and power of nature
• Artist used the expressive possibilities of color and line
to explore dramatic and emotion-laden themes
• Expressionists soon developed a style notable for its
harshness, boldness, and visual intensity.
FAMOUS EXPRESSIONIST ARTIST
• Max Beckman - Beckman was a German painter who was against the Expressionist movement.
However, many of his paintings are described as Expressionist.
• • James Ensor - A Dutch painter who had great influence on the Expressionist movement
in Germany.
• • Oskar Kokoschka - An Austrian artist whose artwork was displayed in the German
magazine The Storm when Expressionism became a true art movement.
• • August Macke - A leading member of the Expressionist group The Blue Rider in
Germany, he also painted some Abstract Art.
• • Franz Marc - A founding member of The Blue Rider group, Franz Marc was one of the
leaders in the Expressionist movement.
• • Edvard Munch - A Symbolist and Expressionist, Munch is best known for his famous
painting The Scream.
• • Egon Schiele - An early adopter of Expressionism, Egon died at the young age of 28.
THE SCREAM (EDVARD MUNCH)
THE LARGE RED HORSES (FRANZ
MARC)
INDIAN AND WOMAN, OIL ON CANVAS
BY MAX PECHSTEIN
SIDE OF BEEF, OIL ON CANVAS BY
CHAIM SOUTINE
 FACTS ABOUT EXPRESSIONISM
• Another movement was
taking place in France at the same
time called Fauvism. It was led by
artist Henri Matisse.
• Groups of Expressionist
artists formed in Germany. One was
called The Bridge and the other The
Blue Rider.
• Many Expressionist artists
also overlap into other movements
such as Fauvism, Symbolism,
Abstract Art, and Surrealism.
There was also Expressionist literature,
dance, sculpture, music, and theatre