Art changes only through strong convictions, convictions strong enough to change society at the same time. So proclaimed Theophile Thore, quarante-huitard critic, admirer of Theodore Rousseau, Millet, and Courbet, an art historian who discovered Vermeer and one of the spokesmen for a new, more democratic art, in 1855, in exile from Louis Napoleon’s imperial France.
Slide 1: Constable Stonehenge
John Constable (1776-1837) 2500BC Stonehenge built William Blake claimed to be a Druid William Wordsworth wrote a poem on Stonehenge Turner made sketches, prints and paintings 1811-13 The Sublime
Slide 2: Kandinsky Cossacks
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Cossacks, 1910-1
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Kandinsky ‘s special understanding of the affinities between painting and music and his belief in the Gesamtkunstwerk , or the total work of art
Symbolists loved Wagner – Germanic myths and legends
Lohengrin stirred
Slide 3: Cabanel The Birth of venus
Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
Born in Montpellier , France , 1823 , Alexander Cabanel was probably best known as a teacher of the academic arts . …
Slide 4: Manet Olympia
Slide 5: Monet Autumn Effect at Argenteuil
Claude MONET 1840 – 1926
Autumn effect at Argenteuil 1873
Courtauld Gallery , Courtauld Institute of Art
Slide 6: Pollock Autumn Rhythm
Slide 7: Kirchner, Street Scene
Slide 8: Picasso Le Demoiselles d’Avignon
Slide 9: Mary Cassatt,The Cup of tea
The Cup of Tea, 1879
Slide 10: Pollock The Cup of Tea, 1946
Slide 11: Oppenheim, Fur Cup, Spoon and Saucer,
Meret Oppenheim
Born 1913, Berlin, Germany. Died 1985. research style and find similar artists: Sculpture / Surrealism / Writing . Meret Oppenheim is probably best known for the fur teacup and spoon, one of the most recognized of Surrealist Objects. Many of her objects and paintings created during the same period have since been lost. Her contributions to the Surrealist Movement, and associations with many members of the group began well before she turned 20 years of age.
Slide 12: Sherman Untitled no.3
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Slide 13: Barr Diagram of the Development of Abstract Art
Alfred H . Barr ( can ‘t find what the H. stands for ) born 1902 died 1981, Princeton and Harvard, toured Europe, loved Vincent Van Gogh
Barr ‘s own words , “A work of art . . . is worth looking at primarily because it represents a composition or organization of colour, line, light and shade. Resemblance to natural objects, while it does not necessarily destroy these aesthetic values, may easily adulterate their purity. …”