Periods/Movements in Art History: A Brief Overview
Notes: Part Two (15 Points)
Cubism/Futurism/Constructivism (________-________)
Cubism:
 associated with art produced in ______________
 objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an ________________.
 Objects/subjects are depicted from _______________ view points.
Famous Cubist painters:
 Georges Braque
 Pablo Picasso
 Jean Metzinger
 Albert Gleizes
 Fernard Leger
Futurism:
 Originated in ___________. Rebelled against all things ____________.
 Emphasized themes associated ___________: speed, technology, youth and
violence, cars, airplanes, and cities.
Famous Futuristic Painters:
 Umberto Boccioni
 Giacomo Balla
 Gino Severini
 Carlo Carra
 Constructivism:
 Originated in Russia
 Objects were created not to express beauty but to push for some larger purpose.
 The push to create work that would be mass produced.
Famous Constructivist Paintings
 Vladimir Tatlin
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Kasimir Malevich

Alexandra Exter

Robert Adams
 El Lissitzky
Dadaism and Surrealism (_________-_________)
 Dadaism:
 Born out of a reaction to the horrors of _____________.
 Rejected ____________, favoring ______________________________.
 Some even believe the word ____________ is a made up, nonsense word.
 Was often very ____________ in its message.
 _____________ came out of Dadaism
 Many famous Dadaists became_______________
Famous Dadaist Painters
 Hans Arp
 Raoul Hausmann
 Hannah Höch
 Johannes Baader
 Surrealism
 Aimed to address the battling conditions of __________and ____________.
 Artists paint _______________, “disturbing” scenes with ______________
precision.
 The idea was to create a ________________ painting with strange creatures
from everyday objects.
 This “strange creature” was to represent the _________________ part of our
minds (the dream world).
Famous Surrealist Painting
 Salvador Dali
 Max Ernst
 Rene Magritte
 Joan Miro
Abstract Expressionism (_________-__________)
 Originated in America (New York City)
 Emphasis on subconscious mind (like Surrealism), but also emphasized spontaneity.
 Rejection of shape in order to create freedom and emotion.
 Although criticized for lack of effort/planning, careful planning went into most
paintings.
Famous Abstract Expressionists:
 Jackson Pollock
 Mark Rothko
 Helen Frankenthaler
 Willem de Kooning
 Philip Guston
Pop Art (_______)
 Originated in ________ in the mid 50s and in the ______ in the late 50s.
 Challenged the art world by including material that was used in pop culture
 __________________
 News
 __________________
 Popular Icons/Famous People
 Aim was to use found, ____________, or popular material instead of __________
material of the art world.
 Pop art aimed to be popular, low cost, _______________, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky,
glamorous, and very _________________.
Famous Pop Artists:
 Andy Warhol
 Roy Lichtenstein
 Keith Haring
 Jasper Johns
 Jean-Michel Basquiat
 David Hockney
Post Modernism (_______-_______)
 “Modern art” is Romanticism through Pop Art, Post Modern Art seeks to
__________________ Modern Art.
 New forms of art have been developed:
 Multimedia: using different media to present art (video, photography, sound, technology,
etc.)
 Installation Art: 3-D art or ______________ used in art
 Conceptual Art: ___________ presented are more important than the ___________ of the art.
 Performance Art: Art that uses __________________ to create its art.
Reflection: Out of all the periods we’ve covered so far, which do you find to be most
interesting and intriguing?___________________________
Why? (Briefly explain.)