LESSON 1: MODERN FORMS
IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
*PAINTING
- One of the oldest and most important
arts is painting. Artists expresses their ideas about the world and its people
through painting.
FAUVISM
- A style of painting that thrived in
france from 1898 to 1908, used pure, brilliant colors applied straight from the
paint tubes in a bold direct manner to create an explosive effect on the
canvas. Artists of this styles were called fauves. Fauvism provided a
transitional learning stage for most artist.
CUBISM
-Pablo Picasso
and Georges Braque developed in paris a highly influential visual art style of
the 20th century called cubism.the name “cubism” was derived from
the remarks by the painter Henri Matisse and the critic Louis Vauxcelles who
derivisely described the one of Georges Braque entitled House of L’ estaque as
composed of cubes.
EXPRESSIONISM
-Was the term originally
used by a group of German artist in the early 20th century to
described their aesthetic principle and their art. It applies to any artistic
work in which objective reality is distorted to represent the mental condition
of the artist.
FUTURISM
-Developed in
Italy in 1909. Futurist glorified danger,war, and the machine age. Futurism,
being a short-lived output of Cezanne’s original form was interrupted by World
War I.
ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM
-Was the first
important art style to appear on the New York art scene after World War II.
Paint was freely applied to huge canvasses in an effort to depict feelings and
emotions.
NONOBJECTIVE
PAINTING
-Consists of art
works in which there is no recognizable subject matter.
SURREALISM
-Is a style in
painting or in art wherein real images are thrown together.
SOCIAL
PROTEST PAINTING
-Was an art
style concerned with calling attention to social,economic and political
problems of the day.
SUPER
REALISM
-also known as
Photo Realism, features the realistic treatment of ordinary images taken from
the modern environment as shown in the paintings.
DADAISM
-is a style in
painting in which is a protest against the horrors of World War I.
*SCULPTURE
-Constantin
Brancussi e=was the leading sculptor of the early 20th century. Hard
materials like marble and bronze or soft materials like wood were the media
usedby the sculptor.
LESSON 2:MODERN
ARCHITECTURAL FORMS.
*three materials- concrete, steel and sheet glasses used in
various combination began to determine the character of modern building before
1900
*The American artist William Le Baron Jenney was the first
who used steel frame construction in 12 floor home insurance building in Chicago
to realize the new possibilities for large window spaces.
*The International Style, a new architecture in which arose
in Europe between 1910 to 1930 expessed the function of each building, it
underlying structure and logical plan.
*The SEAGARM building was design by Mies Van Der Rohe and
Philip Johnson.
*Art nouveau and Art Deco are the two popular architectural
and decorative art style in the 20th century.
Frederick
Francois Chopin – was called the poet of piano, the real creator of
romantic melody, and a master of small muical foms. He was the only great
composer who wrote exclusively for piano. Among the popular works of Chopin
were revolutionary etude. polonaise,and Fantasy Impromptu.
Franz Joseph
Liszt- was the proponent of the tone poem or symphonic poem where a given theme is transformed into
other themes. Liszt also use the technique of thematic transformation in his nonprogrammatic work
like concertos. Some of his popular works are a set of Hungarian Rhapsody Nos.
1-12 for the piano, Les Preludes (1854), Piano Concerto in Eb (1849) and Piano
Concerto in A (1863). 
Giuseppe Verdi- showed unusual musical talent at an early age. He was able to
obtain education through financial assistance of a local amateur musicia named
Antonio Barezzi. The name associated with
Romantic Opera is that of Verdi. The greatest of all his work is Aida, a true “grand
opera”. The opera’s of Verdi’s old age, Othello and Falstaff and Nabucco 
Franz Peter Schubert- was one of the
originators of the romantic style and also the greatest of the post-classicists
serving as a bridge of the two eras. He was the “ father of the German Lieder”.
His best known songs are The Erl King, The Wanderer, The Double, Gretchen at
the Spinning Whee, Sylvia, and the song cycles, The Miller’s Beautiful Daughter
and The Winter Journey.
Felix Mendelssohn- is a German
composer, pianist, and conductor who was a major force in the revival of the
music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Scottish, Italian, and reformation
Symphonie, two piano concerti and one for the violin, the oratories of St. Paul
and Elijah (Hymn of Praise) which is considered a symphony cantata.
Johannes
Brahms- was the pioneer of absolute or abstract music. He used German folk
songs for his art songs or lieder. Robert Schuman called Brahms a “ young eagle”
bringing him to public notice. His popular works is Variations on a Theme Haydn
for Oorchestra, Op 56 (1873).
Robert
Schumann- was one of the greatest leaders of Romantic Movement in music and
outstanding both as composer and as a critics who had a great influence on the
music of his time. He wrote many pieces for piano, one opera, symphonies,
piano, violin, and cello concerti,chamber music and about 250 songs. 
Giacomo
Puccini- gift of melody and an instinct for what was to be successful on
stage won for his opera’s fame that
could equal that of Verdi’s. Puccini’s best known opera were La boheme, Tosca,
Madame Butterfly, and Turandot.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner- his chief
contribution were in operas and music dramas. Wagner musical composition were
Die Feen (The Fairies), Das Liebesverbot (The Forbidding Love), Rienzi des
Nibelung ( The Ring of the Nibelu).
Carl Maria Von Weber- a German composer
is known as the father of German opera. He produce several operas based on old
german stories such as Der Freischutz. His Invitation to the waltz is a
well-known piano piece.
Peter Hyrich Tchaikovsky- was best known
for his symphonies and ballets. He expresse himself through his music. His best
known work were The Nutcracker Suite, and his symphony No. 6 usually called the
Pathetique.