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| Art movement? | As artists began to experiment with -new styles- and -techniques-, they tend to gather in groups to talk about their ideas. -Artists with similar aims- sometimes formed a movement. Apart from creating a sense of solidarity and confidence, the -movements- gave them authority; groups of artists tended to be taken more seriously than individuals. |
| Examples of art movements | Post-impressionism - dissatisfied with what they felt was the triviality of subject matter and the loss of structure in Impressionist paintings, inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and use unnatural or arbitrary colour , fauvism - seemingly wild brush work and strident colors, while their subject matter had a high degree of simplification and abstraction. , expressionism - present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas , cubism - different views of the subject pictured at the same time, also called multiple perspective, simultaneity or multiplicity, faceting or simplification of geometric forms, and the association of mechanization and modern life , dada - expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works |
| What is surrealism? | It is an art movement that started shortly after World War 1 It began as a literary movement Unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision strange creatures from everyday objects Focused on the unconscious to express itself |
| Inspired by? | Yves Tanguy was inspired to paint after seeing De Chirico’s works at a gallery Sigmund Freud's theories of dreams and the unconscious ‘a visionary world of the mind, beyond physical reality’ Known as Pittura Metafisica (‘metaphysical painting’) Giorgio De Chirico |
| Max ernst techniques | Frottage and grattage - frottage is rubbing on a rough surface (as basis for an artwork)(inspired by a badly scrubbed wooden floor) while grattage is peeling/scraping (scraping/rubbing in french) used to create texture |
| Max ernst info | Present his trauma of WW1 in visuals Highly critical of the Western culture Questioned the sanctity of art Was part of the Dada Wanted to make a change through visuals and redefine the functions of artBranched out with Andre Breton and the rest German artist |
| Rene magritte techniques | Widely known for his paradoxical paintings |
| Rene magritte info | Trained in Impressionism Eventually met Andre Breton and joined the Surrealists Sought to overthrow oppressive rationalism of bourgeois society Violent, frequently disturbing, and filled with discontinuities Interrogated conventions of language and visual representations Cast doubt on appearance |
| Treachery of images | The picture shows a pipe Below it, Magritte painted, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" French for "This is not a pipe" The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe Three-way paradox – objects DO NOT correspond to words and images Belongs to a series of word-image paintings |
| Other artworks by rene magritte | False mirror - mirror with clouds inside the son of man - apple in front of mans face |
| Salvador dali | Base his artworks off his feelings and thoughts “No Filter” presentation through symbolisms and dreamscape imageries Brings out his personality and how he embraces the absurd He linked his fascination, his feelings/thoughts on politics and society in his art but never wanted to link himself to the political side of the Art movement itself |
| Dali symbolisms | Melting clocks - omnipresence of time, mastery over human beings, a metaphysical image of time devouring itself and everything else egg - pre-natal images, intra-uterine universe, symbol of both hope and love ants - death and decay, reminders of human mortality and impermanence. crutches - reality, providing spiritual and physical support for inadequacy in life, Tradition – upholding essential human values elephants - strength and weightlessness, long multijointed legs of desire |
| Surrealism | Surrealism taps into the unconscious Presents images (without filter) of dreamscapes Hidden messages in absurd representations Reality vs dreams – which is real? political agenda |