ARTS

MODERN ART
 Refers to works produced during the approximate period
1870 – 1970.
 Modern artist rejected previous Renaissance – Based
Traditions, in favor of new forms of artistic
experimentation.
 They used new materials, techniques of paintings, and
developed new theories about how should art reflect the
perceived world and what their functions as artists should
be.
 New type of arts were developed during the period.
 ELEMENTS OF ARTS
LINE
- is a continuous mark with length and
direction, it is created by a point which
moves across a surface.
- Can be thick, thin, wavy, curling,
straight, short or long.
SPACE
- are surrounding of an object
- It is also called BACKGROUND
VALUE
- this pertains to the importance / merit of the
artwork.
SHAPE
- a two-dimensional figure
attained by lines.
FORM
- a three-dimensional structure of an object.
- It has Depth, Height and Width.
COLORS
- are the eye perception of wave length of
different colors.
- It is caused by differing qualities of light being
reflected by them.
TEXTURE
- is the way an object feels when you touch it.
It can be SEEN or TOUCH.
- KINDS OF TEXTURE:
ROUGH and SMOOTH
COLORS CATEGORY

PRIMARY COLORS :
Yellow, Red, Blue
SECONDARY COLORS :
Orange, Violet, Green
 MODERN ART MOVEMENTS

IMPRESSIONISM
- Emerged in the second half of the century
- Started from the year 1872 – 1880’s
- Characterized by the attempt to capture the
fleeting effects of, or impressions of light,
shade, and color on natural form.
- It is painting such as:
NEO-IMPRESSIONISM
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
FAUVISM
CUBISM
- The term IMPRESSIONISM was coined by a French
Painter CLAUDE MONET.
- EUGENE DELACROIX – was greatly admired
and emulated by early impressionists
HIS WORKS:
“The Barque of Dante” 1822, Oil on Canvass
COLORS AND LIGHT
- Impressionist painted with freely brushed
colors that conveyed more visual effects
than a detailed rendering of a subject.
- Used short “Broken” strokes
- Placed unmixed color rather than
blended or shaded.
“EVERYDAY SUBJECT”
- Impressionist break away from the creation of
formally posted portraits and grandiose depictions
of mythical, literary, historical, or religious subjects.
- They ventured in capturing scenes of life, household
objects, landscapes, seascapes, houses, café and
buildings.
- Presented also people seemingly caught off-guard
doing everyday tasks, at work, leisure, or doing
nothing at all.
OPEN-COMPOSITION
- Impressionist move away from
formal, structured approach (studio)
to placing and positioning their
subjects
 THE INFLUENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
 CAMERA SNAPSHOTS PROVIDES:
- True-to-life images.
- Artists be able to offer a subjective view or
their subject/s
- Express personal perceptions rather than
creating exact representation.
- Manipulation of color.
 PRACTITIONERS:
EDUARD MANET (FRENCH 1832 – 1883)
- Depict modern life subjects.
- Key figure in the transition from realism to impressionism
HIS WORKS:
- Argenteuil (1874) Oil on Canvas
- Rue Mosnier Decked with Flags (1878) Oil on Canvas
- Café Concert (1878) Oil on Canvas
- The Bar at the Folles-Bergere (1882) Oil on Canvas
CLAUDE MONET (FRENCH 1840 – 19260)

- Founder of Impressionist movement along

with his friends AUGUSTE RENOIR,
ALFRED SISLY, FREDERIC BAZILLE.
- Known for his LANDSCAPE PAINTING
- The most Influential figure in the movement.
HIS WORKS:
- La Promenade (1875) Oil on Canvas
- The Red Boats, Argenteuil (1875) Oil on
Canvas
- Bridge Over A Pond Of Water Lilies (1899) Oil
on Canvas
- Irises in Monet’s Garden (1900) Oil on Canvas
AUGUSTE RENOIR (FRENCH 1841 – 1919)

- His works were snapshots of real life, full of

sparkling colors and light.
- By the mid – 1880’s, he broke away from the
impressionist movement to apply a more
disciplined, formal technique to portraits of
actual people and figure paintings.
HIS WORKS:
- Dancer (1874) Oil on Canvas
- A Girl With A Watering Can (1880) Oil on
Canvas
- Mile Irene Cahen O’ Anvers (1880) Oil on
Canvas
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) Oil on
Canvas.
POST – IMPRESSIONISM
- Continued using eh basic qualities of the
impressionists. (vivid colors, heavy brushed strokes,
and true-to-life objects) but that employs these
elements as expressive devices.
- Expanded and experimented with bold new ways
like using Geometric Approach, Fragmenting
Objects, and Distorting People’s Faces and Body
Parts.
- Applied colors that are not necessary REALISTIC or
NATURAL
 PRACTITIONERS:
PAUL CEZZANE (FRENCH 1839 – 1906)

- Exemplified the transition from late 19th

century impressionism to a new and radically
different world of art in the 20th century-
paving the way to the next revolutionary art
movement the expressionism
HIS WORKS:
- Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt (1878) Oil
on Canvas
- Still Life with Comptier (1879 – 1882) Oil on
Canvas
- Harlequin (1880 – 1890) Oil on Canvas
- Boy In Red Vest (1890) Oil on Canvas
VINCENT VAN GOGH
(THE NETHERLANDS, 1853 – 1890)

- His works were remarkable for their strong, heavy

brush strokes, intense emotions and colors that
appeared to almost pulsate with energy.
- His works becoming among the most recognized in
the world
 HIS WORKS:
- Sheaves of Wheat in a Field (1885) Oil on Canvas
- The Sower (1888) Oil on Canvas
- Still Life Vase with Fifteen Sunflower (1888) Oil on
Canvas
- Bedroom at Aries (1888) Oil on Canvas
- Starry Night (1889) Oil on Canvas
- Wheat Field With Cypresses (1889) Oil on Canvas
 EXPRESSIONISM: A BOLD NEW MOVEMENT
- Started in early 1900’s
- Any art that stresses the artist’s emotional and psychological
expression, often with bold colors and distortion of form.
- Created works with more emotional force, rather than with
realistic or natural images.
- They work more with imagination and feelings.
- They applied distorted outlines, applied strong colors, and -
exaggerated forms.
- Various styles of expressionism
NEOPRIMITIVISM
- An art style that incorporated elements from
native art of south sea islanders and wood
carvings of African Tribe.
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
- used the oval faces and elongated shapes of
African art in both his sculpture and paintings.
HIS WORK:
Head (1913), Yellow Sweater (1919).
FAUVISM
- Used bold, vibrant colors, and visual distortions.
- Derived from “LES FAUVES” (Wild Beast)
PRACTITIONER:
HENRI MATISSE
- Blue Window (1911) Oil on Canvas
- Woman with Hat (1905) Oil on Canvas
DADAISM
- Characterized by dream, fantasies, memory,
images and visual tricks, and surprises
- DADA refers to their new “NON-STYLE”
- GIORGIO DE CHIRICO – Melancholy and
Mystery of a Street (1914) Oil on Canvas
- MARC CHAGALI – I and the Village (1911)
Oil on Canvas
SURREALISM
- Depicted an illogical, subconscious dream
world beyond the logical, conscious physical
one.
- Came from the term “SUPER REALISM” –
with its artwork clearly expressing a
departure from reality.
- As if the artists were dreaming, seeing
illusions, or experiencing and altered mental
state.
SOCIAL REALISM
- Expressed the artist role in social reform
- Artist used their work to protest against the
injustices, inequalities, immorality, and
ugliness of the human condition.
- OTHER ISSUES: War, Poverty, Corruption,
Industrial and Environmental Hazards
- BEN SHAHN – Miners Wives (1948) Egg
Tempera on Board
- Spoke out against the hazardous conditions
faced by coal miners, after a tragic accident
killed III workers in Illinois in 1947
- PABLO PICASSO – Guernica (1937) Oil on
Canvas
- Recognized as the monumental and
comprehensive statement of social realism
against the brutality of war.
ABSTRACTIONISM
- Same spirit of freedom of expression and
openness that characterized life in the 20th
century
- Artist reduced a scene into geometrical
Shapes, Patterns, Line Angles, Texture and
Swirls of Colors.
KINDS OF ABSTRACTIONISM:

1. REPRESENTATIONAL ABSTRACTIONISM
- Depicting still recognizable subject/s
2. PURE ABSTRACTIONISM
- No recognizable subject/s could be discerned
GROUP UNDER ABSTRACTIONISM:
A. CUBISM
- Derived its name from a cube
- A three-dimensional Geometric figure
composed of strictly measured Lines, Planes,
and Angles.
B. FUTURISM
- Began in Italy in 1900’s
- Implies futuristic created arts for a fast-
paced, machine propelled age.
- Admired the motion, force, speed, and
strength of mechanical form.
 C. MECHANICAL STYLE
- Basic form such as planes, cones,
spheres, and cylinders all fit together
precisely and neatly in their
appointed places.
D. NONOBJECTIVISM
- Style did not make use of figures or even
representation of figures.
- Lines, Shapes and Colors were used in a cool,
Impersonal approach that aimed for
balance, unity, stability
- Colors: Black, White, and the Primary Colors
(Red, Yellow and Blue)
- PIET MONDRAIN – foremost among non-
objectivism.
 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM,
POP ART, OP ART

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
- Is a style of painting in which the artist
expresses his feeling spontaneously and
without reference to any representation
of physical reality
ACTION PAINTING
- A form of abstract expressionism
- Artist worked on canvases without pre-
planned or design in mind.
COMMON TECHNIQUE: Splattering, Squirting,
and Dribbling Painting.
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
- Used different color saturations (purity,
vividness, intensity) to create their desired
effects.
NEODADAISM
- Made use of commonplace, trivial, even
nonsensical objects.
- They seemed to enjoy nonsense for its own
sake and simply wanted to laugh at the
world.
POP ART
- Made use of easily recognizable object and
images from the emerging consumer society.
- Their inspirations were the celebrities,
advertisements, billboards, and comic strips
CONCEPTUAL ART
- Was that which arose in the mind of the
artist, took concrete form for a time, and the
disappeared
- Conceptualists questioned the idea of art as
objects to be bought and sold
OP ART
- OPTICAL ART, emerge in the 1960’s
- A form of actin painting, with the action
taking place in the viewer’s eye.
- In OP ART Lines, Space, and Colors were
precisely planned and positioned to give the
illusion of movement
 CONTEMPORY ART FORM:
INSTALLATION ART AND PERFORMANCE ART.

A. INSTALLATION ART
- Uses sculptural materials and other media to
modify the way the viewer experiences a particular
space
- Usually life-size or sometimes even larger
- Not necessarily confined to gallery space
- Can be positioned or constructed in public or
private spaces, both indoor or outdoor
- Materials used in today installation art range
from everyday items and natural materials to
new media such as VIDEO, SOUND,
PERFORMANCE, AND COMPUTER.
- Also known as Environmental Art, Project
Art, and “TEMPORARY ART”
B. PERFORMANCE ART
- A form of modern art in which the actions of
an individual or a group at a particular place
in a particular time constitute the work
- It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for
any length of time.
 - It has four (4) BASIC ELEMENTS:
1. Time
2. Space
3. Performance body
4. Relationship between performers and audience
PERFORMANCE INCLUDE:
Theater, Dance, Music, Mime, Juggling, Gymnastic
PERFORMANCE VENUE:
Museum, Theater, Café, Bar, Street Corner.