Impressionism
Era where light effects are expressed through brushwork, focused on modern city life, landscapes, and portraits
Luncheon on the grass
1863 Manet impressionist work, first impressionist work, caused an uproar due to depiction of naked women and unfinished look, refused from salon, caused great controversy
Manet
Father of impressionism, artist of luncheon on the grass
Monet
Impressionist who did landscape portraits such as water lillies and impression sunrise
Impression Sunrise
Impressionist monet landscape work, very short brushstrokes, hard to make out picture
Starry Night
1889 post impressionist Van Gogh work, used color expressively
Van gogh
First post impressionist, one of the most famous artists of all time, artist of starry night
Pointilism
Style using dots to create an image
Cezanne
Father of cubism, post impressionist
Mont St. Victoire
By Cezanne
The Scream
Expressionist work by Munch, hazy background
Red Studio
Fauvist work by Matisse, nearly entirely red
Fauvism
Means "wild beast". Bold, shocking color. Joyous tone, usually. Matisse
Women of Avignon
1907 work by Picasso,
first cubist work,
influence of primitive art
Guernica
1937 Picasso work, collage;
a Spanish town that was brutally bombed and was full of innocent civilians it was supposed to encourage fear, Picasso painted a famous painting capturing Guernica
Picasso
Famous cubist artist who invented collage, and is the artist behind women of avignon and guernica
Plein Air
Sketching outdoors to capture effects of light on a landscape
Abstraction
Unclear subject matter
Primary colors
blue, red, yellow
Secondary colors
mix of 2 primary colors, violet, orange, green
Complementary colors
colors on opposite sides of the color wheel
Shade
adding black to a color
Tint
adding white to a color
Dadaism
An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name, expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.
LHOOQ (Mona Lisa w. Mustache)
Example of Dadaism