ESH S3 Cubism

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Cubism

Experiment

Today:

Learning objectives

 1 - You will refresh your knowledge of modern art periods
      such as Symbolism, Pointilism, Expressionism and
      Cubism.

2 - You will develop cubist drawing skills using oil pastels.

Welke revolutie was gaande in het begin van de 20e eeuw?

What statement about the beginning of the 20th century
(1900-1914) is NOT correct?

1. Countries in Europe were relatively hostile to each other, and the war was believed to be possible.
2. Paris was the center of European art where artists met and exchanged ideas.
3. There were significant social problems. Many people who worked in the urban industry felt abused.
4. Factory owners paid overtime with shares in the factory and works of art by local painters.

What was NOT a result of the invention of the still camera in the 19th century?

1. Painters received fewer commissions for realistic portraits.
2. Artists no longer made works in black and white.
3. Artists felt free not to paint realistically because the camera could do it better anyway.
4. Artists used photos as inspiration for their paintings.

First World War

Every young man had to join the army.

Some artists volunteered.

Artists were seen as too weak and did not need to fight.

If you made drawings of the wounded at the front, you were given longer leave.

Symbolism

Expressionism

Pointillism

Express Emotions

Analysis of light

Think deep and beyond

Kees Van Dongen, soprano singer, 1907

Francois Drouais, la comtaisse d'Artois, 1750

Which art elements do you see in this expressionist painting?

Strong colour contrasts

Smooth transitions

Distorted, non-realistic shapes

Illusion of depth  through the use of line perspective

Thick contourlines

Refined details

Rough brushwork

Idealised human figures

Intuitive, spontanious choices

Which modern art style
 do you associate with the following pictures?

Alfred Hrdlicka,
Mahnmal gegen den Krieg. Hamburger Feuersturm, 1986

Punk in the '80s

Barak Obama, Election poster, 2009

Arno Coenen, Scate park Amsterdam, 2017

Rahul Mishra's autumn/winter 2017-18 collection

Paula Modersohn-Becker, selfportrait, 1906

African mask

Minnie Mouse

Face with a skin desease

Anti-wrinkle treatement

Drag this field:
What was the inspiration for this expressionist self-portrait?

Artists admired people who lived in harmony with nature.
Their art inspired them.
They thought their art to be pure and unspoiled by civilisation.

Pablo Picasso,

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907

Could this be an expressionist painting?
Why ? Why not?

Could this be an expressionist paintig?
Why? Why not?

Pablo Picasso,

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907

Cubism
c. 1907 - c. 1940

shapes intertwine

Analytical 

1907 - 1912

Synthetic
1912 - 1940

Georges Braque,

Violin and pitcher,

1910

Cubists were inspired by:

1- Geometry -
the basic structure
of everything

2- The idea of a
4th dimension
Henry Pointcaré, mathematician,
1854-1912

Esprit Jouffret, drawing of an octahedron in the fourth dimension, 1903

Analytical 

1907 - 1912

Composed of geometrical shapes

Dull colours

Flattened perspective

Multiple viewpoints in a single artwork.

No contour lines

Line perspective

Synthetic cubism

Analytic cubism

Paplo Picasso, Weeping woman, 1937

George Braque, Still life, 1929

Synthetic
1912 - 1940

Now it's your turn

Draw the face of your idol in the cubist style with oil pastels.