Art Appreciation
Vicente, Vieny Lou A.
ABSTRACT
FUTURISM
EXPRESSIONISM
Abstract
Abstract art is a departure from reality. It
releases the creative energy of people and
provides them with the freedom to explore their
minds and emotions in a way that was
impossible in traditional styles of art. Abstract
art was originated in the late 19th century.
Abstract
Though abstraction in art has been known to
exist in many cultures from ancient times,
abstract art as a movement originated in the
early 20th century with its most prominent
leader being the Russian artist Wassily
Kandinsky.
Examples of Abstract Art
Russian Painter and Art Theorist Wassily
Kadinsky's
Circles In a Circle
Wasilly Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky, known as the Father of Abstract Art, was
the first to create the theory based on the principles of new
art. He heard sounds as color, and this unusual perception
was a guiding force in the development of his artistic style.
He believed the purpose of art is to be the conveyance of
the artist's unique inner vision, which required transcendence
of the objective world.
Composition IV
Examples of Abstract Art
Swedish Artist and Mystic
Hilma Af Klint's
The Ten Largest
Hilma Af KLint
Hilma Af Klint (1862-1944), Swedish artist, is considered
to be the founder of Abstract painting. She belonged
to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of
women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in
the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High
Masters"—often by way of séances.
They tens mainstay IV, 1907
Expressionism
Expressionism, is an artistic style in which the
artist seeks to depict not objective reality but
rather the subjective emotions and responses
that objects and events arouse within a person.
Expressionism
Expressionism is one of the main currents of art
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and its
qualities of highly subjective, personal,
spontaneous self-expression are typical of a
wide range of modern artists and art
movements.
Examples of Expressionism
German Expressionist Vincent van Gogh's
Vase with Fifteen
Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), perceived by many
as the 'mad' artist, the man who painted in a frenzy
or simply the tormented soul who cuts off his ear.
He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who
posthumously became one of the most famous and
influential figures in Western art history. His artistic
genius is often overshadowed by those who see his
paintings as mere visual manifestations of his
troubled mind.
Examples of Expressionism
Norwegian Painter Edvard Munch's
The Scream
Edvard Munch
In the late 20th century, Edvard Munch played a
great role in German expressionism and the art form
that later followed; namely because of the strong
mental anguish that was displayed in many of the
pieces that he created.
Death in the sickroom
Futurism
Futurism was an Italian art movement of the
early twentieth century that aimed to capture in
art the dynamism and energy of the modern
world. It emphasizes the dynamism, speed,
energy, and power of the machine and the
vitality, change, and restlessness
of modern life.
Futurism
Futurism was first announced on February 20, 1909,
when the Paris newspaper Le Figaro published a
manifesto by the Italian poet and editor Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti coined the word
Futurism to reflect his goal of discarding the art of
the past and celebrating change, originality,
and innovation in culture and society.
Examples of Futurism
American Futurist painter Joseph Stella's
The Bridge
Joseph Stella
Joseph Stella (born Giuseppe Michele Stella, June 13,
1877 – November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born American
Futurist painter best known for his depictions of
industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn
Bridge. He is also associated with the American
Precisionist movement of the
1910s–1940s.
Battle of Lights, Coney Island
Examples of Futurism
American Futurist painter Gino Severini's
The Pan pan at
the Monico
Gino Severini
Severini was one of the most progressive of all the
twentieth-century Italian artists. An early and important
figure within the Futurist movement, the Paris-based
Severini produced unique works that, through their
emphasis on urban Parisian scenes (rather than
machines), broadened the thematic possibilities for the
movement.
Red Cross Train Passing a Village
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