Art Flashcards

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TITLE: Le dejeuner sur l'herbe ARTIST: manet PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - he was the first feminist painter out of choice - refer to the awesome style with the salon de refuses - woman is naked but she is sheltering her body, not showing us and not objectifying herself - looking at us: looking back at you with a sassy/accusatory look. - the longer you look at it, the more you feel like you're invading - manet is challenging the lookers. it is NOT acceptable to stare,gentleman :p

Answer 2

TITLE: olympia ARTIST: manet PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - prositute girl waiting for customers, she is very confident. - she is supposed to represent the famous french prostitiute olympia - her accessories(ribbon) give her power - her hand placement looks as if she;s going to get up - she is in an upright body position - she is looking a little bit down at us: overpowering us - the servant is probably telling her that someone is here to see her, but the servant seems scared of her and nervous to approach her - the bracelet with the locket signifies she has a relationship, as if to say prostitution is only a business for me, dont dare try anything - black cat: looks terrifying, superstitous aspect. **-contrast to venus of urbino by titian!**

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TITLE: A bar at the folies-bergere ARTIST: manet PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - at the top left hand corner, you see a trapeze woman's legs - performance is secondary to the barmaid's facade or appearance - she is not posing or looking confident - the style of the painting is textbook impressionist - bar:show and drinks - making commentary on appearance: people are more concerned about each other and how they look rather than actual show - woman's eyes: emptiiness,sadness,longing to be somewhere else - if its her reflection in the back: she is acting the part but she is not mentally there -

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- she is american and was accepted by the french impressionist circle because she was very passionate about art and very independent and strong willed. (men identified with her) - her father wanted her to get a good husband, but she wanted to study art at the louvre. her father said: i'd rather you be dead - she looked at renoir flaneurs,wanted to portray females as intelligent,strong willed

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TITLE: Woman in black at the opera ARTIST: cassat PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - sonce cassat could not go to cafe and bars, she painted in private setting - the woman is actually using the watch glasses and has no date - has a determined stance and conservative outfit. - some man is looking at her and she is looking at the show. the man only sees an intelligent woman

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La loge: the woman at the performance is watching something. We are supposed to be across the theater from her. We can look at her b/c: the man who is with her is looking at prostitutes; painted flowers on her breat (low cut shirt); woman's makeup: mask like (objectified): she is not interestedf in play, she is posing for men. ## Footnote woman in black: she is actually using the watch glasses and has no dates. She has a determined stance and in a conversative outfit. Some man is looking at her, and she is focused entirely at the show.

Answer 7

TITLE: 5 o clock tea ARTIST: Cassat PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - closer together: more comfortable with each other - they stick out of background(stuff is off to side)--woman are higlighted - woman's face (eyes) deep in thought COMPARE WITH A FRIENDLY CALL

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TITLE: A friendly call ARTIST: William meritt chase SIGNIFICANCE: - clothes have a frilly appearance - woman has parisol indoors, wearing hat with a parisol - woman look gosspiy and being superficial - there is distance between them - textile paintings in the back: fit right in, woman are objectified and seem to blend in. USED TO CONTRAST WITH 5 O'CLOCK TEA

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TITLE: Little girl in a blue armchair ARTIST: cassat PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - questioning nature vs nurture (do feminine qualities determine from nature or nurture - girl is resisting nurture and the gown is up so she is not sitting in a lady like manner.

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- 1st time nonwestern art is influenced western art. - degas and monet: sen buddhism affected. - man is not center of universe. man is 1 of infinite. - no 1 pt perspective - in 1850, communication between west and japan increased (saw ptngs in stores) -

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- degas: master of human figure in motion - fond of ballet dancers: spent time going to opera - interested in rehearsal (what went in to creating the real show) vs. real show 1. challenging how we see: offers different perspectives (never full scene) 2. clumps subject matter (to think of fleeting moment) - oil paint (permanent) vs. PASTELS --SKETCH

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TITLE: little dancer of fourteen years ARTIST: degas PERIOD: impressionism SIGNIFICANE: - degas made 150 wax sculptures (later people made bronze castings out of them) - made at end of his life when eye sight was going bad - did it in wax (temperalnels) - innovative (real fabric) and controversial - controversial because: 1. used very poor dancer as model (marie). poor dancers were used as prostitutes to get money for dance classes. 2. poise and face expression is very aggressive and confident VS. traditional:graceful. - many didnt like the the sculpture and found her very ugly( primitive,ape like)

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- Monet: obsessed with exploring light and color. (shadow reflection) - he tried to forget what he was painting to focus on color - know to have wished to be blind, but wanted to gain sight when he was ablt to paint so he didnt have preconceived notions and know objects. 1. grainstack series- haystack ( moves to different canvases during diff. parts of day and during diff seasons--same objects) (post imp) 2. rouen cathedral series- cathedral dissolves into light (heaviness of stone is eliminated. - very obsessed with water - water is like a mirror, light as its dancing (reflection) - Giverni house: built japanese pond and footbridge - for own painting place - amidst the ruckus and gunshots outside, he tried to create beauty.

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- cezanne: father of modern art - modern art has intellectual underpinning (phil. merges with) - started out as impressionists, got tired so went back to traditional art. - TRAITS: 1. examining 3D space and form 2. exploring expressive qualities of line,pattern, and color 3. integrate symbolism back into art

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- transitional artist - started off exhibiting with impressionists - left paris, went home to get quiet time to figure out his own style - father was rich so he did not have pressure to make ends meet - taught world to see in new way. - _concerned with:_ 1. needed to see nature in underlying geometrical form(philosophy) 2. painting should not only be interpreted by senses but also by mind (think about what we're doing) - painting is not a direct rep. of reality, painting was construction after reality. (try to interpret, spin on it--then paint it) - wanted to make art more permanent.

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- believed that color alone must give depth,distance,shape,solidity, and help to reveal the underlying form of nature. - uses diff forms of colors to five oject depth and make look less as opposed to being black shadow. - realistic: very difficult to manipulate colors (warm vs cool colors) - on portrait of voulard, there are 2 dots on hand because he didnt know what color to use (post imp) - he was very obsessive - painted alot of still lives - landscape paintings: mt.st. victoire - created perspective by shifting planes of color

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- our vision is really tired. "we dont see things anymore, we just see the pictures" -pre conceived notions replace fresh exp. of obj. - wanted to be truer to what we see: 1 pt. persp. fake is mathematical sys, even though its realistic looking (b/c it is made to fit into frame) - eye scans every thing so we get how we look - spacial abiguity: multile view points at same time (active process) CEZANNE: challenged perspective 1. how we really see 2. purpose of painting (not 1 pt, we actually scan)

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TITLE: kitchen table ARTIST: cezanne PERIOD: post impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: \* ID kitchen table (post-imp) : use specific details from painting to explain how cezanne was innovative in areas of color and space - SPACE: - mutliple view points - looking down at table - looking to the basket fromt eh side - purpose: you see multipole different persepctives of the table, so you are actively scanning - COLOR: - to create shadows and depth (use purple on ginger pot,not black) - purpose: mass and depth. and solidity with color

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1. intensely studied laws of color and relationship with one another 2. to absolutely control over every brushstroke 3. very organized composition (good sense of space,geometric shapes) COLOR WHEEL: came into being during seurat's time- studied to determine relationship BLANC: color theory. seperate touches of pigment on paper or canvas will tned to form more pure and vibrant colors in observer's eye vs. if it was mized on a palette OPTICAL MIXING: mixing on painting canvas POINTILLISM:(divisionism)-new type of art by using optical mixing

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TITLE: Sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte ARTIST: seurat PERIOD: post impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: - neo-impressionsim: not pleine air. takes multi0ple painting and sping his view on it - clothing is the same so class distinction is blurred - 6 months of sketches to do the full thing 1. criticizing bourgois of excessive attitude. calling upon working people to tell them that is not imp., we should be focused on love - la grande jatte: btwn wealthy pop. and low class po. (both classes would merge) - shows a sunday because it was the day of leisure - in real life, the park is very hectic. painting is still and quiet to show tension between classes. - illusion of space - bringing back sense of timelessness - symbolism: to distinguish between classes UPPER CLASS \>prostitute: uptight pose of woman \>monkey: fm monkey is a slang for the word prostitute \>dog: lap dogs found with prostitutes \>woman holding fishing pole: fishing for lovers LOWER CLASS \> man relaxing: no symbols -clear contour : 3D

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TITLE: the potato eaters ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post imp SIGNIFICANCE: influenced by rembrandt. these people worked very hard to provide their food. - trying to show people how hard it must be and evoke a willingness to help - he did a sketch called sorrow which was a drawing of a prositute and where he ponders how a woman can be lonely and deserted. he took care of her and her child and even offered to marry her

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- close with brothen theo and had an open and honest relationship - had 600 letters between the 2 - he had a hard life: still birth of older brother whose name was vincent, and when he passed by everyday, he saw the grave which ultimately foreshadowed his own death. - had a strict father which is hard for a creative and imaginative person - trouble with woman - Humanitarian: he could not be happy himself so he tried to make others happy - he would eat spoiled food and give fresh food to poor - slept on field to experience poverty. - gave away possesions (still didnt feel like he was helping) - so decided to take up painting to make others realize the problems of poverty (self taught)

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Paris: sees impressionists, japanese prints and pointillism: beginning of his own stlye - mixed impressionism with impressionism - mixed brushstrokes with emotion - IMPASTO: thick application of paint - became a mess with all of the mental and physical disorders. may have suffered from syphillis and epilepsy. (he himself recognized he was not okay) Arles: had 2.5 y to live - painted portraits of people capturing their personality. - wanted to start art community" bought a house painted it yellow - invited paul gugon and initially had good friendship but after they had arfuments and he started having auditory hallucinations - had epileptic seizure when shaving and cut part of left ear off when he walked over to a prosititue he knew St. Remy: checked himself to a mental institution - painting kept him sane - hurt himself by not eathing or sleeeping. began to eat paint which was taken way later - death: find out theo had baby. hired dr. gachet to live at inn to see baby. gachet became confidant. painted 70 painting in his last 70 days. - so he walked into a field and shot himself with a revolver and dies 2 days after at 37.

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TITLE: self portrait with grey felt hat ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post impressionism SIGNIFICANCE: one of his 40 self portraits used impasto which is thick application of paint

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TITLE: vincent's bedroom ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post-imp SIGNIFICANCE: introduced _phenomenological space:_ paint from your memory (tippy and tilted frames which is how van gogh saw his room -cezanne influenced

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TITLE: self portrait with bandaged ear and pipe ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post imp SIGNIFICANCE: his epileptic seizure while shaving story influenced this painting

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TITLE: sunflowers' ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post imp SIGNIFICANCE: discovered the power of the son and wanted to give people that power through sunflowrs - wanted to sell them for 40 cents so everyone could have access - ironically, this painting is worth millions

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TITLE: starry night ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post imp SIGNIFICANCE: paints from hospital window - hope for love in next world - when you die, you go up to a star and have life on a star - tree connecting earth and sky - bright star is venus which is symbol of love

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TITLE: portrait of dr.gachet ARTIST: van gogh PERIOD: post imp SIGNIFICANCE: admired him - gachet said: it is art that will ensure van gogh's survival - crow painting was his last - red vinyard painting was the only one he ever sold in lifetime

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