 Artists began moving away from traditional art and started creating new and original compositions  Cubism: art movement beginning in early 20 th Century that rejected naturalist depictions and focused on shapes, forms in unconventional compositions

Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907 o First Cubist artwork o Stunned the art world because it was so different o Set a precedent for other artists to experiment with different styles

 Women’s suffrage protests in Europe. Finnish women were first in Europe to be granted the right to vote.  The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco  Boy Scouts of America was founded

Still Life with Cane Chair 1907  Cubists began creating collages  Further breaking the traditions of art

Guernica 1937 Still based on a representational image, but very stylized.

The Portuguese, 1911  Artist broke up the composition into shapes and forms, but it is still based on a real scene  Along with Picasso, started the Cubist movement

Nude Descending a Staircase 1912 o Captured the motion of the model, focusing on shapes and forms.

Fountain, 1917  Submitted this “sculpture” to a salon  Was not accepted until they realized it was Marcel Duchamp  Publicly displayed as art  Sparked the Dadaist movement: art that made fun of art

 First Jazz record released (Dark Town Stutters Ball)  John F. Kennedy was born  The USA enters WWI  The USA bought the Virgin Islands for $25 million

Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue, 1920 o Created the De Stijl movement:“the style” o Based on one principle: the underlying eternal structure of existence o Reduced composition to simple geometric elements

Composition in Red, Yellow, Blue, and Black, 1922  Artists began moving away from traditional art that was based on realistic observations  Since Picasso and Duchamp, artists had freedom to create whatever they wanted

Number One, 1948  Abstract Expressionist movement: express the artist’s state of mind  Tried to open channels of unconscious mind to become visible  Center of art world moved from Paris to New York. Why?

 The world was recovering from WWII – ended in 1945  A new house cost $7,700  Indian pacifist Mahatma Ghandi is murdered  First monkey astronaut is launched into space by the US

Red, Orange, Tan, and Purple, 1954  Originally from Russia  Rejected representational artwork because it conflicted with the sublime idea of the universal spirit of myth

Hyena Stomp, 1962  “What you see is what you see” – believed a painting is merely pigment on a canvas  Painted without expressive qualities or illusions of depth

Canyon, 1959  Created art with whatever materials he could get his hands on  “Combines” – combined painting with sculpture  Purposefully created art that was open and indeterminate

Estate, 1963  Began working with photo transfers  Used cultural symbols in his art

 John J. Kennedy was assassinated  Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers “I have a dream” speech  The Beatles release their first album  Vietnam War was escalating – protests around the world

Bayside, 1967  Created paintings by pouring paint onto raw canvas – paint would soak in  Used squeegees to spread paint

Nature Abhors a Vacuum 1973

Untitled, 1982  Based on ideas of inequalities between whites and blacks in America  “Institutionalized forms of whiteness and white power corrupt regime” – a description of his artwork

 Doctors did the first permanent artificial heart transplant  First CD player sold in Japan  Michael Jackson released the album Thriller  The film E.T. the Extra Terrestrial was released

Cute Motion!! So Lovely!!, 2005  Improvises her paintings  Her art attempts to make sense of the world and her joy and despair of being alive