Strickland Art, Pt. 2

I. Post-Impressionism: Van Gough
--A. Post-impressionism
--B. "sun-scorched landscapes and brooding self-portraits"
--C. Very religious --> Art = "mission"
--D. Took to impressionist outdoor scenes as opposed to social realist themes.
--E. Goal: To express the poetry hidden in peasants, and the healing power in nature.
--F. Horror of academic technique.
--G. Hard time selling paintings
--H. simplified forms, zones of bright color without shadow, and expressive brushwork.

II. Early Expressionism: Munch
--A. Expression of modern anguish and unequaled power.
--B. Portrayal of extreme emotions like jealousy, sexual desire, and loneliness.
--C. Painting: "The Scream"

III. Symbolism
--A. "Symbolism": discarding the visible world of surface appearances for the inner world of fantasy
--B. Rousseau
--> Despite impressive detail, his figures were flat and the scale, proportion, and perspective were skewed.
--C. Redon
-->Use of bizarre creatures (macabre insects, amoeboid monsterms, plants with human heads, a hot-air balloon eyeball).
--> "suggesting rather than describing his subject"
--D. Ryder: Seascapes
--> Looked to nature for inspiration

III. Modern Architecture
--A. Changed by new needs, new technology, and new materials.
--B. New forms of building emerge: suspension bridges, grain elevators, factories, etc.
--C. Breaking free from ancient Greek and Roman prototypes
--D. "Form follows function"
--E. Louis Sullivan
--> "invented" the skyscraper
--> vertical towers
--> "stark gemoetric simplicity"
--> Did NOT avoid decorative elements.

IV. Modern Art
--A. "Modernism was a relentless quest for radical freedom of expression."
--B. Patrons no longer involved in artistic process --> artist stresses private concerns, experiences, and imagination as the sole source of art.
--C. Pure abstraction, where form, line and color dominate.
--D. School of Paris
--E. Fauvism: exploding with color
--F. Sculpture --> More Antirealism
--> Brancusi
--G. Matisse
--> Art of omission
--> Feel-good paintings
--> Ultimate paper cutouts
--H. Picasso ("king of modern art")
--> Blue Period
--> Rose Period
--> "Negro" Period
--I. Cubism
--J. Futurism --> Motion: "Kinetic Art"