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Early Twentieth Century
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Explosion of new styles grew from impressionists and post impressionists
First looked back to the renaissance Then to pointillist method (Seurat)
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Seurat – early 20th century painters were inspired by seurat
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Seurat
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Fauves Group led by Henri Matisse
Inspired by Gauguin and Van Gogh (color) Used intense and subjective color Lasted about 2 years Freed color from its traditional role of describing natural appearances
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Gauguin – color inspired Fauves
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Van Gogh – color inspired Fauves
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Matisse – renaissance style
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Matisse during Fauvist period
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Joy of life – masterpiece of Fauvism
Pure hues Lines that are not descriptive simplified shapes intentionally direct childlike figures
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JOY OF LIFE. Henri Matisse. 1905 – 1906.
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Kandinsky German Expressionist
Painting should be “an exact replica of some inner emotion” Evolved towards nonrepresentational work Believed painting was a response to “inner necessity”
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Kandinsky
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Cubism Reconstruction of image and ground
Little cubes from different angles of the subject Color is secondary to structure Overturned renaissance approach to human figure
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Picasso
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Picasso
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Braque
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