1. Historical Artistic Movements
1800’s - Present

2. Art Movements- Last few centuries
Objectives
Identify some of the most popular Western art movements of the past several centuries
Chose an inspirational art movement upon which to base a dream room design
Use design features in the dream room that reflect characteristics of chosen art movement
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3. What is an Artistic Movement?
Definition- A group of artists who agree on general principles
Historians and art critics have categorized artwork into different “movements” based on the style and time period it was created in

4. What is an Artistic Movement?
Throughout our history, artists have come together and created work that reflects the time period they were living in
Each new art movement was usually born out of a revolt of previous movements and ideas. Artists were always pushing the boundaries of what was considered acceptable. They were always rebellious!

5. What is an Artistic Movement?
Analogy: Art Movements are like styles and trends in fashion
Every few years, people rebel against the norm, and new trends emerge that remain grounded in a certain time period
However, multiple styles can exist at once (i.e. punk, preppy, hipster, classic, etc.)

6. Time Period #1 (1800 – 1870) Romanticism Hudson River School Realism
Imagery is mostly represented realistically, with traditional or fantastical themes
Romanticism
Hudson River School
Realism

7. Romanticism (1800 – 1880) Started in France and Britain
It’s an emotional style that is individualistic, beautiful, exotic, and emotionally wrought
Artists: Francisco Goya, William Blake, JMW Turner, Eugene Delacroix

8. Romanticism (1800 – 1880)

9. Hudson River School (1825 – 1885)
Started in America in the Hudson River Valley
Landscape painters were influenced by Romanticism
Artists: Thomas Cole, Charles Baker, Albert Bierstadt

10. Hudson River School (1825 – 1885)

11. Realism (1850 – 1870)
Began in France as a revolt against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement
Artists sought to portray real and typical contemporary people and situations with truth and accuracy
Artists: Gustave Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet, Edouard Manet

12. Realism (1850 – 1870)

13. Time Period #2 (1870 - 1900) Impressionism Post Impressionism
Imagery becomes more stylized and expressionistic, yet it is still recognizable. Color palette expands and becomes brighter and more intense.
Impressionism
Post Impressionism
Fauvism / Expressionism

14. Impressionism (1867 – 1886) Began in Paris
Paintings of outdoors scenes had loose brush strokes and bright colors
Artists: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre- Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent

15. Impressionism (1867 – 1886)

16. Post-Impressionism (1880 – 1920)
French artists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations
Used vivid colors and brush strokes, but distorted form for expressive effect, and used unnatural or arbitrary colors
Artists: Georges Seurat, Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, Paul Gauguin

17. Post-Impressionism (1880 – 1920)

18. Fauvism / Expressionism (1900 – 1925)
Began in Germany at the turn of the 20th century
The artist evoked emotion through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, fantasy, and non- naturalistic and exuberant colors
Artists: Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Amedeo Modigliani, Max Beckmann

19. Fauvism / Expressionism (1900 – 1925)

20. Time Period #3 (1900 - 1940) Early Modernism Cubism Futurism
Subject matter is broken down into basic elements and becomes more abstracted. Then, artists explore more conceptual, innovative themes.
Early Modernism
Cubism
Futurism
Surrealism
Dada
Harlem Renaissance

21. Early Modernism (1890 – 1910)
Took Europe by storm at the turn of the century
As a rejection of all previous traditions, art is broken down into its most simple elements (line, shape, space, etc.)
Artists: Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko

22. Early Modernism (1890 – 1910)

23. Cubism (1908– 1914) Began in Paris by Picasso and Braque
Cubists broke from centuries of tradition in their paintings by rejecting the single viewpoint
Artists: Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp

24. Cubism (1908– 1914)

25. Futurism (1909– 1944) Began in Italy
Glorified themes in painting and sculpture associated with the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city
Artists: Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni

26. Futurism (1909– 1944)

27. Dada (1916– 1924)
Began in Switzerland as an avant-garde, anti-war movement
Its artwork generated difficult questions about society, the role of the artist, and the purpose of art
Artists: Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Hoch, Man Ray, Raoul Hausmann

28. Dada (1916– 1924)

29. Surrealism (1920s– 1930s) Began in Paris, and emerged from Dadaism
Dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams, artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes and created strange creatures from everyday objects
Artists: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Max Earnst, MC Escher, Frida Kahlo

30. Surrealism (1920s– 1930s)

31. Harlem Renaissance (1920s– 1930s)
Also known as the “New Negro Movement,” began in Harlem, NY
An African-American movement depicting daily life in Harlem
Artists: Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden

32. Harlem Renaissance (1920s– 1930s)

33. Time Period #4 (1940 - Present)
Artists began pushing the envelope even more and rebelling against all previous traditions.
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art
Op Art
Postmodernism

34. Abstract Expressionism (1940 – 1960s)
Started in NY, post WWII
Aimed at subjective emotional expression with a particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (like action painting)
Artists: Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Francis Bacon

35. Abstract Expressionism (1940 – 1960s)

36. Pop Art (1950s – 1960s)
Started Britain in the 1950s, and the U.S. in the 1960s
Mocks popular culture by using everyday items, like Campbell’s Soup Cans and advertisements in artwork
Artists: Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claus Oldenburg

37. Pop Art (1950s – 1960s)

38. Op Art (1960s)
Began in different places when certain artists started experimenting with illusions
Called “Optical” Art, this genre makes use of optical illusions in artwork
Artists: Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely

39. Op Art (1960s)

40. Postmodernism (1960s - Present)
Born out of cultural revolutions in the 1960s worldwide; a rejection of the norm
ANYTHING can be considered ‘art.’ Artists make statements about what art can be. They also make social statements.
Artists: Keith Haring, Fernando Botero, Damien Hirst, Kara Walker, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons

41. Post-Modernism (1960s - Present)

42. Movements From Other Cultures
The movements we looked at are the most well-known Western Art Movements from 1800-Present.
“Western” refers to North America and Europe
Other cultures have their own histories of art creation (African Art, Japanese Art, Aboriginal Art, etc.)
EXTRA CREDIT (5 pts.):
Include a 4th movement in your presentation from another culture following the same research criteria.