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 20^th 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 20^th 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 20^th 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 20^th century.