Introduction to Art
PART 3
2014-2015
“Portrait with a Green Stripe”
 Henri Matisse
 1905
 Fauvism
“Women of Avignon”
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Picasso
1907
Cubism
ART IS A LIE THAT MAKES US
REALIZE THE TRUTH
- Pablo Picasso
“Nude Descending a Staircase”
 Duchamp
 1912
 Dada
“Nude Descending a Staircase”
Toe upon toe, a snowing flesh,
A gold of lemon, root and rind,
She sifts in sunlight down the stairs
With nothing on. Nor on her mind.
We spy beneath the banister
A constant thresh of thigh on thigh.
Her lips imprint the swinging air
That parts to let her parts go by.
One-woman waterfall, she wears
Her slow descent like a long cape
And pausing, on the final stair
Collects her motions into shape.
--X. J. Kennedy
Duchamp Descending a Staircase
C3PO Descending a Staircase
“Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow”
 Piet Mondrian
 1930
 Minimalism
“Chrysanthemum”
“Gladiola”
“Composition” 1916
Evolution of Mondrian’s Art
As style developed…colors became bold, geo
shapes solid and larger
City-inspired
 One of his last paintings…
Very severe
Black/white
grid
One small
area of
color
Mondrian
highly
influenced
fashion and
design
“Sleep”
 Salvador Dali
 1937
 Surrealism
“Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”
 Frida Kahlo
 1940
 Surrealism/Magic Realism
“Nighthawks”
 Edward Hopper
 1942
 Realism
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
 Khan Academy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j24uh8cZ3wA
“Blue Poles”
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Jackson Pollock
1952
Abstract Expressionism
Traditional Art
Traditional
 Realistic/
representational
 Illusion of 3-D/a
window
 Inspiration from
external world
 Not “shocking”
 Often religious or
mythological subjects
 Detailed, multiple
colors
vs.
Modern Art
Modern
 Abstract/
non-representational
 Flat/emphasizes surface
(paint canvas)
 Inspiration from internal
life of the artist/emotion
 Often “shocking”
 Often normal, everyday
scenes
 Large swaths of color
“Campbell’s Soup Cans”
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Andy Warhol
1962
Pop Art
“Andy [Warhol] showed the horror of our time as
resolutely as Goya in his time.” (Julian Schnabel)