Lesson 3 Abstract Art PDF

A B S T R A C T AR T abstract art Abstract art does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. abstract art TABLEAU I (1921) BY: PIET MONDRIAN COMPOSITION X (19...

A B S T R A C T AR T abstract art Abstract art does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. abstract art TABLEAU I (1921) BY: PIET MONDRIAN COMPOSITION X (1939) BY: WASSILY KANDINSKY  TYPES OF ABSTRACT ART  Dadaism An art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry and performance produced by dada artists is often satirical and nonsensical in nature.  Dadaism FOUNTAIN, MARCEL DUCHAMP (1917) MARCEL DUCHAMP'S FOUNTAIN KURT SCHWITTERS, CONSTRUCTION FOR NOBLE LADIES (1919) Surrealism This uses principles, ideals or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations.  Surrealism THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY BY SALVADOR DALÍ PAINTING, BOOKS SALVADOR DALÍ Constructivism An artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1915 by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko. Abstract and austere, constructivist art aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space. Constructivism TATLIN'S TOWER, 1919 CONSTRUCTIVISM SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION BY VLADMIR TATLIN BY: ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1920) Abstract Expressionism This is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940’s and 1950’s. It is often characterized by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making and the impression of spontaneity. Abstract Expressionism NUMBER ONE, 1950 (LAVENDER MIST) BY JACKSON POLLACK UNTITLED BY JACKSON POLLACK  Optical Art This work is abstract with many better-known pieces created in black and white. Typically, it gives the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns of swelling or warping.  Optical Art PRATFALL BY:FRANK STELLA KUMO XV BY: OMAR RAYO  Pop Art It is based on modern popular culture and the mass media especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.  Pop Art COCACOLA ON TUMBLR BY: KUNSTSTUNDEN COMPRE IN THE CAR BY: DE ROY LICHTENSTEIN  Minimalism It describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essential or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts.  Minimalism WALL DRAWING, 1972 BY SOLL LAWITT WALL DRAWING, BY SOLL LAWITT Conceptual Art An art in which the concept or idea involved in the work takes precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical and material concerns. An art in which the concept or idea involved in Conceptual Art ONE AND THREE CHAIRS 1965 JOSEPH KOSUTH I LIKE AMERICA AND LIKES ME BY: JOSEPH BEUYS Photorealism A genre of art that encompasses painting drawing and other graphic media in which artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Photorealism THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS BY : CHARLES BELL ROLL A TOP BY : CHARLES BELL