Art Throughout History
3 become1 Project
A. SELECT AN ARTIST
Renaissance
MICHELANGELO
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Renaissance
 A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness
and learning that took place during the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy, but
also in Germany and other European countries.
The period was characterized by a renewed
interest in ancient Greek and Roman art
and design.
Characteristics
emphasis on human beings
 their environment (humans)
science
philosophy
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Stylistic Category/Period:
Baroque
CARAVAGGIO
ARTEMESIA
GENTILESCHI
REMBRANDT
Baroque
 T he Baroque style was limited mainly to
Catholic countries.
 It is a style in which painters, sculptors, and
architects sought emotion, movement, and
variety in their works.
Characteristics
 Dramatic
 Emotional
 Dramatic lights and darks
 A lot of movement in works
Caravaggio
Artemesia Gentilischi
Rembrandt
Impressionism
and
Post-Impressionism
CLAUDE MONET
MARY CASSATT
GEORGES SEURAT
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Impressionism
 An art movement and style of painting that started in
France during the 1860s.
 Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses
of their subjects showing the effects of sunlight on
things at different times of day.
Characteristics
 small, thin, yet visible brush strokes,
 open composition,
 emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its
changing qualities
 ordinary subject matter,
 the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of
human perception and experience
 unusual visual angles
Post- Impressionism
 showed a greater concern for expression, structure
and form than did the Impressionist artists.
 These artists rejected the emphasis the
Impressionists put on naturalism and the depiction
of effects of light.
Characteristics
 using vivid colors
 thick application of paint
 distinctive brush strokes
 real-life subject matter
 emphasize geometric forms to distort form for
expressive effect
 use unnatural or arbitrary color.
Claude Monet
Mary Cassatt
Georges Seurat
Vincent Van Gogh
Expressionism
CONSTANTIN
BRANCUSI
EDVARD MUNCH
Expressionism
 was a cultural movement, originating in Germany at
the start of the 20th century.
 Its typical trait is to present the world under an
utterly subjective perspective, violently distorting it
to obtain an emotional effect and vividly transmit
personal moods and ideas.
 Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning
of "being alive" and emotional experience rather
than physical reality.
Characteristics
 attempt to describe emotions and feelings visually.
 Subjectivity: Some non-Expressionist art relies on
color and shape distortion to create an enhanced
sense of reality
 Vivid Coloration: Expressionists view color as an
emotional device
 Dynamic And Distorted Forms
Constantin Brancusi
Edvard Munch
Surrealism
SALVADOR DALI
RENE MAGRITTE
Surrealism
 surrealist works are as confusing and
startling as those of dreams. Surrealist
works can have a realistic, though
irrational style, precisely describing
dreamlike fantasies
Characteristics
 Dreamlike landscapes
 Futuristic
 Some identifying object/ shapes
 Out of the ordinary
Salvador Dali
Rene Magritte
Master of Many 20th Century Styles:
Pablo Picasso
IF YOU CHOOSE PICASSO
IDENTIFY EACH ARTWORK WITH
THE APPROPRIATE STYLE IN
WHICH HE WORKED:
20 T H
BLUE PERIOD
CUBISM
ROSE PERIOD
CENTURY NEOCLASSIC
Cubism
 the subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and
reassembled .Picasso and Braque initiated the
movement when they followed the advice of Paul
Cézanne, who in 1904 said artists should treat nature
"in terms of the cylinder, the sphere and the cone."
Blue and Rose Period
 Blue Period: painted essentially monochromatic
paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only
occasionally warmed by other colors. These somber
works, inspired by Spain but painted in Paris, are now
some of his most popular works, although he had
difficulty selling them at the time.
 Rose Period: paintings used cheerful orange and pink
colors in contrast to the cool, somber tones of the
previous Blue Period. Harlequins, circus performers and
clowns appear frequently in the Rose Period and will
populate Picasso's paintings at various stages through
the rest of his long career.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pop Art
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
CLAES OLDENBURG
ANDY WARHOL
Pop Art
 Pop artists have focused attention upon familiar
images of the popular culture such as billboards,
comic strips, magazine advertisements, and
supermarket products, and stars of the time
Characteristics
 focused on the mass materialistic
productions
 Bright, quirky colors that stand out,
sometimes neon
 Common objects reproduced several times
 Ben day dots
Roy Lichtenstein
48 x 48 inches
48 x 48 inches
80 x 68 inches
Claes Oldenburg
Andy Warhol