art since 1945

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We won't have much if any time in class to discuss art since 1945 and I am sincerely sorry. Review this presentation + notes to bring yourself up to speed!

Early 20th Century Architecture

Early 20th century Architecture + my own notes FOR REVIEW!

Early 20th c architecture from addierprice

Important AP information

A few notes about next Tuesday:
The AP Art History test is scheduled for next Tuesday, May 7 at 12 pm
- Students with 6B, 3A or 7B lunch should eat during period 6B. Students with 2A lunch will eat at their normal time and attend their 6B class.
- Students must be at the testing room by 11:45 AM.
- Exams will begin at 12 Noon
- There is a break midway through the exam when students can have a snack.
- Exams conclude at approximately 3:30-3:45 PM
- Students are dismissed as a group. No one is dismissed prior to conclusion of the exam.

What should students bring to the exam?

• At least two, sharpened #2 pencils. Mechanical pencils are okay. You may bring
a small pencil sharpener.
• At least two pens with black or dark blue ink.
• Calculator and extra batteries (if permitted in your test)
• Snack/drink.

What items are prohibited in the testing room?

• Cell phones, music players, headphones, laptops, tablets or any other electronic
devices.
• AP study guides, review books, texts, or materials for the subject of the exam.

Use this online sample EXAM to see what you know and what you need to review. It will tell you immediately what questions you answer correctly or incorrectly.

Review

Review dates and time periods here

Click through it a few times to refresh yourself!

Pre-Modernism: Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism & Symbolism

KEY IDEAS

• Realism was based on theory of positivism (information derived from logical and mathematical treatments, empirical evidence --> can be PROVEN!)
• Japanese art had profound impact on late 19th c. painters (JAPONISME)
• Impressionist art is all about painting in "plein-air" - captures fleeting, shifting atmosphere of nature --> COLOR, LIGHT & THE MOMENTARY
• Post-Impressionists gave Impressionist ideals structure (back to picture making instead of recreating nature)
• Symbolist painters seek to portray mystical personal visions - INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION, making the invisible visible
• Skyscraper is new type of building due to technological advances (ferroconcrete, steel & the elevator)
• Art Nouveau unifies painting, sculpture and architecture with lines and organic forms and motifs (twining plants and vegetal patterns)
• Artists were inspired by the past but rejected traditional subjects
• Almost ALL art was purely secular, very little religious symbolism or intent 

HISTORY

• Europe was in shift from aristocracies to democracies = REVOLUTION! 
• Franco-Prussian War of 1870
• Concept of Positivism promoted by Comte (knowledge must come from proven ideas based off science)
• Darwin & Marx --> human evolution and social equality, influential radical ideas
• Invention of telephones, bikes, cars, motion pictures! 
• THE AVANT-GARDE (art movements are constantly breaking away and reinventing previous groups)

RESOURCES:
REALISM:

• SmartHistory's background information on REALISM 
• Explore Courbet's Burial at Ornans and The Stonebreakers
• Millet's The Gleaners
• HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: SmartHistory's explanation of Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe

JAPONISME:

• Great resource for miniature Japanese woodblock printing 
• The Met's great explanation of Japonisme

IMPRESSIONISM:

• How did the Impressionists get their name?
• Explore SmartHistory's Impressionist Resources (watch clips about Monet, Cassatt, Caillebotte and Renoir)
• A somewhat silly but helpful lesson on Impressionis & Post-Impressionism 

BBC Special about the Impressionists, watch if you have the time! There are 3 installments.


Post-IMPRESSIONISM:

• Explore Van Gogh's life in this National Gallery Van Gogh Exhibit
• SmartHistory Post-Impressionist Resources
• Explore the Art Institute of Chicago's Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Collections

SYMBOLISM:

• Explore the work of Odilon Redon (The Cyclops)
• The Met's explanation of Symbolism 

Quiz

Tomorrow's (4/11) quiz will cover Baroque through the Enlightenment (chapters 24, 25 & 29).

Some have expressed that the Baroque Deck of Cards for French/Northern Baroque art. Hopefully it is more legible here:

Deck of Cards- Northern Baroque

Review!

Quiz yourself with these artist review powerpoints!

• The Age of the Enlightenment
• Baroque Artist Review
• The Northern Renaissance
• The High Renaissance
• 15th century Italian Renaissance