Post on 26-Dec-2015
Art StylesAP European History
Italian Renaissance (1300-1500)
• Themes: Individualism, worldly experience
• Characteristics: classicalism, perspective, mannerism, human figures, and myths
• Areas of Influence: Venice & Florence
• Artists: Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Bellini, Brunelleschi
• Word Association: “man is the measure,” secular, individual
Michelangelo’s David
Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus
El Greco’s Toledo Epitomized mannerism style (instability, unrealistic)
Northern Renaissance (1300-1500)• Themes: Salvation and
religious piety• Characteristics:
religious figures, symbolism and realistic figures
• Areas of influence: Flanders and Northern Europe
• Artists: Durer, Bosch, Van Eyck, Brueghel, Grunewald, Holbein
• Word association: religious, Christian Humanism
Van Eyck’s Portrait of Arnolfini
Campin’s Christ and the Virgin
Baroque (1545-1715)• Themes: “Return” to the
Catholic Church and the power of monarchs
• Characteristics: mystery, dramatization, bold, exaggerated motion
• Areas of Influence: Spain, Rome, Middle-class Dutch
• Artists: Caravaggio, Bernini, Bruegel, Bosch, Velasquez
• Word Association: “sexy,” Catholic Reformation, Council of Trent, monarch
Velázquez's Las Meninas
Enlightenment (1700-1800)Rococo
• Themes: Extravagance & wealth
• Characteristics: appeal to royals and nobles, light pastels, and ornate
• Areas of Influence: France & Austria
• Artists: Boucher, Fragonard & Watteau
• Word Association: Frivolous, ornate, self-indulgent, soft & pastel colors
Fragonard’s The Swing (1766)
Boucher’s Madame de Pompadour
(1750)
Enlightenment (1700-1800):
Neo-classical• Themes: Return to classical antiquity
• Characteristics: Formal, imperial style & imitation of Greek & Roman art, removal of Christian focus
• Areas of Influence: Mainly France
• Artists: David & Ingres• Word Association:
Napoleon, Greece/Rome & imperial (empire, emperor) Napoleon Crossing the Alps by
Jacques-Louis David, 1800
Death of Marat by Jacques-
Louis David, 1793
Romanticism: 1780s-1848• Themes: Emotion,
passion, and revolution• Characteristics:
passionate, dark color and return to nature
• Areas of influence: France, England and Spain
• Artists: Goya, Constable, Delacroix, Turner & Gericault
• Word Association: Emotional, loss of youth, mysterious, passion
Gros's Napoleon Bonaparte Visitingthe Plague-Stricken in Jaffa, 1804
Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Realism, mid-19th c.• Themes: Rejection of
Romanticism; depiction of everyday life• Characteristics:
subjects were common people and landscapes• Areas of Influence: the
Dutch• Artists: Courbet, Millet,
Daumier• Word Association:
reality, everyday, revolution
Millet’s The Gleaners (1857)
Impressionism, 19th century• Themes: fleeting and brief
word of a first impression based on light and sudden movement• Characteristics: short, choppy,
light brushstrokes and en plein aire (outdoors)• Areas of Influence: France• Artists: Monet, Renoir,
Cezanne• Word Association: vibrant,
little detail, light
Post-Impressionism, 19th c.
• Themes: Rejected limitations of impressionism• Characteristics: studied
depth, more detailed than impressionism • Areas of Influence: France• Artists: Cezanne, Seurat,
van Gogh• Word Association: depth,
structure, pointillism (paining with small distinct dots of pure color to form an image)
Expressionism, early 20th c.
• Themes: Indebted to Freud; analyzing psyche• Characteristics: dissonance
in color and perspective, messages of anxiety• Areas of Influence:
Germany, Spain, France, Russia, Norway & Holland• Artists: van Gogh, Kirchner• Word Association: anxiety,
Freud, dark
Fauvism, Early 20th c.
• Themes: Color was the main subject• Characteristics: color takes
importance over lines or subjects• Areas of Influence: France,
Netherlands• Artists: Matisse, some van
Gogh• Word Association: COLOR
Cubism, 1910’s
• Themes: Synthesized view of subject, relativity• Characteristics:
fragmented subject, cubes• Areas of Influence:
France• Artists: Picasso, Leger• Word Association:
Angular, fragmentation, squares
Futurism, early 20th c.
• Themes: Speed and power of the machine, restlessness of modern life• Characteristics: Subjects
of modern life, speed• Areas of Influence:
mainly Italy & Germany• Artists: Boccioni• Word Association: speed,
machine, industrial, urban
Dadaism, 1915-1922
• Themes: focus on the absurd, reaction to WWI• Characteristics: techniques
of accident and chance creating art• Areas of Influence:
Switzerland, NYC, Paris, and large German cities• Artists: Duchamp, Arp & Ray• Word Association: ready-
made, absurd, illogical
Surrealism, late 19th-20th c.• Themes: expression of the
imagination of dreams, lack of reason
• Characteristics: incorporated ideas of Freud & Marx
• Areas of Influence: Norway, Holland, Spain, Germany, Spain, France & Russia
• Artists: Dali, Delvaux• Word Association: Dreams,
subconscious, illogical, out of hysteria
Abstract Expressionism, 20th c.
• Themes: nonrepresentational, shape, line, color• Characteristics: planes,
shapes & color• Areas: US, many
immigrants from Europe, shift from Paris• Artists: Pollock, Kline• Word Association:
Abstract, subjective interpretation
Pop Art, mid to late 20th c.
• Themes: bitterness out of WWI, pop culture• Characteristics: Random
objects, use of dry humor• Areas: US• Artists: Warhol,
Odenburg, Rauschenberg• Word Association: post-
war, everyday objects, iconic
Op Art, mid 20th c. • Themes: geometric,
abstract, illusion• Characteristics:
patterns, lines, checkerboard, circles
• Areas: US & throughout Europe
• Artists: Vasarely, Riley, Poons
• Word Association: optical illusions, patterns, playing with the eye and mind
Photorealism, 1960s and 70s
• Themes: depiction of photography, interpretation• Characteristics:
painting of a photo, should look like a photograph• Areas: US & Britain• Artists: Estes, Close• Word Association:
photo, everyday streets or objects