Modern Art

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Abstract Expressionism,

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Non-representational American art movement of the 1940's that emphasized intricate patterns of lines, form and color
- Jackson Pollock

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Art Nouveau,

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An 1890's style in architecture, graphic arts, and interior decoration characterized by writing forms, curving lines, and asymmetrical organization.
– Gustav Klimt

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Cubism,

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Early 20th-century revolutionary art movement initiated the departure from representational art stressing basic abstract geometric forms and multiple views of an object.
- Pablo Picasso

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Op Art,

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The 1960s movement is characterized by geometrical forms that create an optical illusion, visual movement and visual rhythm.
- Vassarely

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Photo Realism,

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Paintings and sculptures focused in photographic details of the world. (1960s and 1970s).
– Chuck Close, Audrey Flack

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Pop Art,

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Inspiration is drawn from the everyday world of popular culture - comic strips, canned goods, and science fiction. – Andy Warhol

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Social Realism,

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Paintings inspired in political and social issues, used art as tool to give voice to the oppressed indigenous Mexican people.
- Diego Rivera

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Surrealism,

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20th-century movement stresses the fantastic, and the dream world of the subconscious.
– Dali, Magritte

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Salvador Dali (1904-1989),

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Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer. Father of surrealism.

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Audrey Flack (1931-),

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American photorrealist painter, printmaker, and sculptor of popular images.

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Jasper Johns (1930-),

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American contemporary painter and printmaker artist, he worked with found objects painting maps, flags, and targets. He laid the groundwork for Pop Art and Minimalism.

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Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986),

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An American painter who developed a distinctive art form that includes details of plant forms, bleached bones, and landscapes of New Mexico desert.

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973),

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Spanish painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, considered the most productive and revolutionary artist in the history of Western painting. He was the father of Cubism.

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Bridget Riley (1931-),

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English Op Art painter who works on large canvases creating optical illusion of movement and rhythm with interlocking bands, curves, scattered discs, or repeated squares or triangles.

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Diego Rivera (1886-1957),

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Mexican Mural painter. Rivera got was inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution and the Russian Revolution. He created art that reflected the lives of the working class.

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918),

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Famous Austrian Art Nouveau painter. Klimt created murals for public buildings. He was a portrait and landscape painter of exotic and erotic sensibility.

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987),

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American artist and filmmaker, leading exponent of Pop Art and one of the most influential of the late 20th century. Warhol concentrated on popular objects such as dollar bills, soup cans, soft drink bottles, celebrities. He celebrated middle class values and erased the line between pop and high culture.

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Elements of Art,

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Are the basic visual symbols found in a work of art. These are line, space, shape, texture, form, value, and color.

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Principles of Design,

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Are the rules, tools and/or guidelines that artists use to organize the elements of art in an artwork. These are balance, emphasis, rhythm, unity, movement, pattern, and contrast.

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Art Criticism - Description,
What do you see?

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List of facts about the artwork. Includes size and medium used.

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Art Criticism - Analysis,
How is the work organized?

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Collecting facts about the work that relate to the elements of art and the principles of design.

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Art Criticism - Interpretation,
What is happening?

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The viewer interprets what the artist is expressing or communicating.

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Art Criticism - Judgment,

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Vasari Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was an Italian painter, architect, and writer he established five criteria for judging the quality of a painting:

1. Disegno, good design or draughtmanship
2. Natura, imitation of nature
3. razia, grace
4. Decoro, artistic decorum
5. Maniera, style of an individual painter or group of artists

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Is Art a visual language?

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Yes, because viewers read and interpret the visual symbols encoded in works of art.
-Paula K Eubanks