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Discovery of Pompeii
The buried city of Pompeii discovery inspired the movement of Neoclassicism because the city delighted and impressed the society of the time -
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Neoclassicism
Art period which consisted in a very rational and intellecutal perspective on art.
It was inspired by the greek principles and perspectives. Perfection is the main objective, and the artists took what Greeks considered perfect and plasmed it in all the artworks. People from this era tried to imagine what was perfect for Greeks.
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The Death of Marat
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Venus Victrix
Sculpture by Antonio Canova. It depicts Venus lying on a matress. Paulina Bonaparte modelled for the sculpture -
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Romanticism
Romanticism was a reaction to Neoclassicism. The artists didn't care of perfection and considered subjectivity as the main concern on art, it can be said as emotions.
Artists talked about a wide variety of themes. A lot of works have gloomy atmospheres due to the social and political problems of the time. This artistic movement lasted almost all the XIX century. Artists innovated with techniques and styles, although the population eventually got tired of Romanticism -
Saturn Devouring His Son
It is a painting made by Francisco de Goya. It represents Saturn, the mithologic character, eating his own son -
La Liberté guidant le peuple
It is one of the most famous paintings in history. It was painted by Eugène Delacroix, It represents the French Revolution -
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Realism
Realism is a reaction against Romanticism. The reason is that the general population didn't identified with Romanticism and considered it as something away from reality.
Realism begins with the first photography ever taken (in the year of 1938), because with this, artists inspired themselves on depicting reality as it is. There are examples like portraying royalty as normal people, without special characteristics. Realism also criticizes its social and political context -
Les casseurs de pierres
It represents two young peasants working with rocks. It is considered a social realism artwork because of its intention of sympathizing with the less fortunated population. It was painted by Gustave Courbet -
Des glaneuses
It is a representation of three young black women workers of a plantation. This painting is special because it shows a contrast between the workers and the higher class that manages them. It was made by Jean-François Millet -
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Avant-Garde
This was not a movement, but directly an art period with several art movements within it. These movements are Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism.
The Avant-Garde was a period of extreme innovation because artists unlearned everything they knew for creating totally different techniques and styles that never were seen before. Subjectivity is further explored (much more than in Romanticism), taking into account the subjectivity in the technique and style -
Madame Matisse
Fauvism:
It is the portrait of a woman, although the work plays with colors for giving a different effect on the woman. If we look at her face we notice that one side has normal skin color, while th other side has a wide variety of greens,
It was painted by Henri Matisse -
Las señoritas de la calle de Avinyó
Cubism:
It represents a group of women on the New York streets. Pablo Picasso uses his unique technique with geometrical figures for creating an innovative work. Picasso plays with the shapes and lines and the three-dimensional space. -
Maisons à L'Estaque
Cubism:
It is a representation of a village of houses. The dispositions of the figures are curious and we, as spectators, can only guess where are the houses located. We don't know if they are in a mountain, a forest, or something else -
The Corn Poppy
Fauvism:
This painting depicts a woman with a special use of lines, shapes and colors. The general feeling of the painting is gloomy. The woman looks fragile and with a deep sadness on her face. It was painted by Kees van Dongen -
La persistencia de la Memoria
Surrealism:
Painted by Salvador Dalí, it represents a land of cheerless clocks. The painting is considered a symbol of surrealism -
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Contemporary Art
It is also a time period with art movements within it. This period begins specifically after World War Two, but for concepts of the timeline we put it right at the beginning of WWII.
This period has Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism as its main movements. It is an evolution from Avant-Garde because subjectivity deepens even more, at the point where we have art without meaning, the only thing that cares are emotions. -
Mural
Abstact Expressionism:
Painted by Jackson Pollock, it is a set of ondulated lines that seem to have been disposed randomly, although we must remember that they were carefully disposed, and that the emotions are what care in the painting, there is no meaning at all -
The Liver Is the Cock's Comb
Abstract Expressionism:
Created by Arshile Clorcky, the painting has a chaotic sense into it, the lines and shadows give a feeling of scariness and chaos -
Dead Leaves
Surrealism:
Personally, I find hard to give an interpretation to this work. All I can do is to describe it. In the painting a Redhead woman seems to be pulling a threadball from the inside of a strange dark being at the side of her. It was painted by Remedios Varo -
Gold Marilyn Monroe
Made by Andy Warhol, this artwork simply shows a Marilyn Monroe with a purple face and golden hair with a brownish background. This follows the philosophy of Andy Warhol which is simplicity -
In the car
Pop Art:
Made by Roy Lichtenstein, this artwork depicts a man and a woman in a car. The work follows the principal characteristics of pop art, giving the cartoonish feeling that is principal of Lichtenstein works -
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Minimalism:
Created by Robert Morris, it simply shows 4 cubes placed in a square shape order. They reflect each other. As the art current states, there are minimal elements within the work -
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Minimalism:
Made by Donald Judd, it shows a stack of three-dimensional rectangles in a white background. There is nothing more within the work.
