Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889

James Ensor

188-1889

Symbolism/Expressionism

~large crowd overtakes christ

~as the viewer, we barely notice him 

-trying to make a point that society has forgotten the point

The Scream

Edvard Munch

1893

Symbolism/Expressionism

-response to primal scream of nature

-volcanic eruption

Sleeping Muse I

Constantin Brancusi

1909-1910

Marble

The Open Window

Henri Matisse

1905

Fauvism

The Joy of Life

Henri Matisse

1905-06 

Fauvism

Blue Nude: Memory of Biskra

Henri Matisse

1907

Fauvism

-inspired by small african statuette he bought in the ue de Rennes

-biskra is in algeria

Street, Dresden 

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1908

Die Brucke/German Expressionism

-Edvard Munch influence

-two central women, prostitutes (hand & skirt)

-feeling of vertigo, uneasiness, anxiety 

Composition VII

Wassily Kandinsky

1913

Der Blaue Reiter/German Expressionism

-interested in theosophy

-inner necessity of the viewer

-spiritual connection

Les demoiselles d'Avignon

Pablo Picasso

1907

expressionism/proto-cubism

-prostitutes 

-egyptian influence: stiff figure (far left)

-african mask on one

misogyny: objectifying women 

Violin and Palette 

George Braque

1909

Analytic cubism

-artist paints what he sees not what he feels

-still life: renaissance elements 

-simultaneity 

Portrait of Daniel Henry Kahnweiler

Pablo Picasso

1910

Analytic Cubism

Still Life with Chair Caning

Pablo Picasso

1912 

synthetic cubism

The City Rises

Umberto Boccioni

1910

Futurism

-futurist (manifesto)

-laborers struggling with draft horses

Development of a Bottle in Space

Umberto Boccioni

1912

Futurism

Patriotic Celebration (Free-Word Painting)

Carlo Carra

1914

Pasted paper and newsprint on cloth

futurism

Suprematist Composition: White Square on White

Kazimir Malevich

1918

Suprematism

The Constructor (Self Portrait)

El Lissitzky

1924

Gelatin Silver Print

Monument to the Third International

Vladimir Tatlin

1919-20

wood, iron, and glass

constructivism

Hanging Construction 

Aleksandr Rodchenko

1920

Constructivism

-constructivism vs. suprematism

takes art in a new direction

fine art vs. craft

The Bridge: adopted as a metaphor, shapes of society 

~Die Brucke

-bold colors, distorted forms, 2d, without perspective

-expresses intense emotion

-causes viewer to experience strong emotions

-futurist manifesto, F.T. Marinetti, 1909

-anti-romantic, highly emotive

-exalt science and technique in a poetic and lyrical way

-speed and glorification of war

-against the classics

-developed to glorify the urban life as well as machinery/industrialization

-reaction against naturalism and realism

-sought a deeper reality from within their imagination, dreams, and unconscious 

~vivid expressionistic use of color

~flourished in Paris

~Matisse was leading figure.

~tthick brushstrokes 

~color used to evoke emotion

- (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists 

- depicted landscapes, nudes, and carnival performers in strong colors and broad forms. They also revived the German woodcut tradition, but as a form of personal expression. 

-saw themselves as the shapers (bridge arch shape) of society

~The Blue Rider

~a group of artists from germany

~fundamental to Expressionism, along with Die Brücke which was founded the previous decade

~kandinksy 

~express spiritual truths through art

-primitivism 

 concerned with breaking down forms analytically into simplified geometric forms across the picture. 

 colors fairly monochromatic to emphasize shape more thoroughly

-focuses more on collage

-picassos still life w/chair caning

wasn't entirely made with paint, but by applying other textures to the painting plane such as bits of newspaper or tobacco wrappers.

last stage, distortion of human body

 It shows simultaneous views of the same subject in different ways

geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism

focused on fundamental geometric forms (in particular the square and circle) 

higher artistic and technical workshops

developed from futurism, began in russia

~acceptance of modernity

~emphasis on geometric shapes and experimentation

~simplification 

 movement wanted to sweep away everything before WWI. wanted peace and unity,