Primitivism
Primitivism art is a modern art style painted to expressed
philosophy of life or the wild. The wild painting doesn’t represent
nowadays wild but the natives and tribal painting.
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Primitivism was influenced by the Europeans in Africa during the
19th century. Europeans took the environment in Africa and the
lifestyle there which made the Europeans interested so they apply
the african style with a bit of their European style. After the
artwork, it inspired other people to create and use this style.
Rousseau, Henri. The Sleeping Gypsy. 1897. 1.30m x 2.01m. The
Museum of Modern Art. Oil paint.
Henri Rousseau was a famous primitivist. He was born in
1844-1910He was one most influential artist, his paintings
influenced many artists after him. His most famous
artwork is La Bohémeinne endormie or the Sleeping gypsy.
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Pablo Picasso was also another famous artist, he started the
paint when he was eight, he was a cubists and also painted
primitivism paintings.
This is an artwork by Henri Rousseau named The Sleeping Gypsy, this artwork had
expressed its style of the wild by using a random lion, walking beside a sleeping
person. This painting is considered as a good primitivism painting, the lion from
nowhere came to a sleeping person, as you look closely, the thing the person is
sleeping on is an Italian style object which this had interpreted different meanings
for example to show the significance of African culture and an Italian object.
Impressionism
Impressionism art is a piece of art that uses color and tone, and add
light into the painting. Impressionists usually paint something from
outside or an outside image so that he could add in the light.
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This style of art was developed during the 1860s. Back then, the
paintings has its theme but artists found out that the theme does
not really matter, the place and all the materials to paint is more
important. So artists started to develop this skills and techniques of
painting.
Monet, Claude. Sunrise. 1873. 48cm x 63cm. Musee Marmottan Monet.
Claude Monet, a very famous french impressionist artistt
Oil paint.
who started to learn to paint from looking out the window
and drew what he saw. He was born in 1840, and was
interested in water lilies and nature.
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Camille Pissarro was also Claude Monet’s and Edgar
Degas’s friend when he was studying in arts. When Pissarro
turned 12, he left his boarding school and attend to the
master of arts.
This painting is called Sunrise painted by Claude Monet, a famous french
impressionist. This painting is considered as a good example because the elements
of color and tone and the light sceme the artist used is found here in the artwork.
The light from the sun and how everything reflects to the water looks realistic and
people could know the overall meaning of this artwork, not specifically into one part.
Pointillism
Pointillism art is a style of art where it looks the same as other
paintings but different. This type of art only uses dots to paint, but
from a far distance, it would look similar to normal paintings. These
dot paintings requires more time because it focuses on texture and
the look of each individual dot.
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This art style was developed from impressionism, color and tones,
light and techniques are similar to impressionism but it only
changes the way of representing the artwork and the style.
Pointillism was developed after impressionism art for 20 years
above.
Seurat, Georges. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jette.
1884. 2.08m x 3.1m. Art Institute of Chicago Building. Oil on canvas.
Georges Seurat was a famous artist. His alias was the
founder of pointillism, studied art when he was 17. His
famous artwork Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le
Grande Jette changed some parts of modern art.
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This artwork Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jette by Geores Seurat
is a good example because the artist made this artwork using dots, but in a not so
Paul Signac, he’s also one of the famous pointillism artist.
far distance, people could see that it is a solid picture, this means that there are lots
His painting had to make more than thousands of dots.
of dots and in each dots, there are various colors.
Fauvism
Fauvism art is a art style that uses unnatural color and large; vivid
brushes to paint. The paintings and the colour of the picture would
be the opposite of the real object for example trees that are greenish
yellow would be red or pink.
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Fauvism art was developed during the 19th century, influenced
from impressionists. These paintings will have a very vivid brush
strokes to have a clear image of what the artist is trying the give.
Matisse, Henri. Le tiots de Collioure. 1905. 59.5cm x 73cm. Oil on
Canvas.
Henri Matisse painted his artwork using a large brush
stroke and avoid painting shadows but to make the colour
bold and use bright colors. He also used various use of
colours and use of warm colour and cold color.
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This artwork is called Le tiots de Collioure, it has most of the fauvism art
techniques. The artist had used a very clear brush strokes and uses strong bright
André Derain was a french fauvist. He, Henri Matisse and
color. The mountain on the background is painted by a warm secondary color. The
Maurice de Vlaminck was the three principals of fauvism
brushstrokes are clearly recognise and there are white parts to separate each
art. His artwork uses many bright colours.
brushstrokes.
Expressionism
Expressionism is a art style that basically painted to
express emotions, rather than reality. Expressionism came
before abstract art, which abstract art was influenced by
expressionism. In order to communicate and pass the
emotions through, the artist must use a very deep colour
and picture.
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Expressionism was found during the 19th and 20th century
(1905) in Germany. This style of art was developed from
fauvism in France, therefore the concept of this art style is
similar to fauvism by using a bright colour and used for
expressing the emotions.
Munch, Edvard. The Scream. 1893. National Museum of Art
Architecture and Design. Oil paint.
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Edvard Munch
This artwork was painted to express the shocking emotion using a bright colour.
The artist had made his body and the background curly which could show the
audience about how shocking and unintended things were. The artist had used only
some colours but making it in various tones for example the sky.
Cubism
Cubism art is an art that mostly rejects the perspective and
the reality of the picture. Most cubisms looks more of a two
dimensional design. Each part of the picture would be
broken down into different shapes.
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Cubism art was developed during 1908. The art style was to
break the picture into many geometric shapes that could
still show the main idea, although, each part could be ironic
to the audience.
Picasso, Pablo. Le pigeon aux petit pois. 1911. 18 in. x 12 in.. Canvas
Print.
This artwork has one picture that breaks into different geometric shapes and made
- Pablo Picasso
various pictures. The tone of this artwork is warm colour but theres also darker
- Georges Braques
tones. By having various tones of colours, the audience could separate each
geometric shapes.
Surrealism
Surrealism uses unimaginable pictures and themes, mostly
painted as dreams. All surrealism arts is a fiction-like
painting.
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Surrealism was originated in the late 1910s to the 20th
century. Surrealism began with the “Manifesto of
Surrealism” and surrealism paintings was influential to
poets to use their imagination to write.
Dalí, Salvador. The Persistence of Memory. 1931. 9 1/2 x 13. Oil on
canvas.
-René Magritte
- André Breton
- Max Ernst
The artist used a very good shapes and forms, the clock looks like melting and there
is a persons face on the floor in the background. Most pictures on this painting is
curly and does not look true at all. The author has a good use of colour and tone as
well as shapes and forms.
Abstract
Abstract art is modern art which has shapes, lines and colours. It
does not represent any of the living things or objects but represent
emotions, sounds or ideas.
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This abstract art was emerged around the 1940s and became more
developed in the 20th century. Artists have tried to express
emotions and changing the world, finally they started having a huge
response to the art. This art was developed by its uniqueness of how
it was expressed.
Kuerschner, Carl. Midnight Jazz. 2005. 91.4cm x 91.4cm. Acrylic on
Canvas.
Jackson Pollock was a famous American abstract artist. He
began to study painting and arts in 1929 when he was 17.
Jackson Pollock uses hard brushes to paint, before, the
audience would not know his intention, but after, more
people focus on abstract art.
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Mark Rothko was a very famous abstract artist. His
artworks are mostly colors which has different tones and
interpret different emotions.
This is one of an abstract art I found. The artist of this artwork is Carl Kuerschner.
This art is a good abstract art because its element of art is shapes form, line, colour
and tone which the element is included in the artwork. The artist uses various
colours and tones also using various shapes and forms. This artwork might
represent the artist’s emotion or opinion about music and instrument.
Dada
Dada art style was a style which was made during the
World War I, the style was the movement of the war. Dada
style made this and people were against this art. The art
style was more making fun of something.
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During the World War I, many artists had to move to
Switzerland, and the art was made to make fun of the war
since it was way too serious and artists was again sting it.
Höch, Hannah. Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar
Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany. 1919. 114cm x 90cm.
Photomontage and College with watercolor.
- Marcel Duchamp
- Tristan Tzara
- Hans Arp
This is an artwork using lots of dark color with various pictures to make fun of. The
colours are mostly dark brown, brown, orangy-yellow, and black, which could make
us, the audience think about how harsh it was before. Those pictures got cut and
stuck into different places which made the art look messy.
Pop Art
Pop Art was originated in the mid 19th century (around
1950s). Pop arts are painted and made for commercial
items, famous people or advertising products.
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Different continents has different style of their own pop art
work, for example in the western part, they will make more
on products or make it challenging for others to do but in
the other part, they used to make propagandas.
Warhol, Andy. Knives, C. 1982-1982. 18” x 24”. Art Print.
- Andy Warhol
This artwork is printed for knives products and the use of the colour is red and
- Jasper Johns
black, making it look cool and violent. The artist had used 2-3 colours but it could
- Keith Haring
show that it is a knife and the pop culture of this product.
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