You already learned about Abstract Art and created a few works of Abstract Art. Now you will concentrate on Cubism and Expressionism.
Cubism was a revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century with the fast changes the world was facing. The "cubists" challenged conventional "realistic" forms of representation, such as perspective - which was used to depict space. The goal was to develop a new way of seeing using angular shapes and forms reflecting the modern age.
Cubists explored "open form," showing objects from various angles. Check: Cubism 1 and Cubism II (click links) for more information. And do more research online to complete your "Cubism" PowerPoint Project, due April 15.
Later, you will learn about Expressionism - a term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect. Sometimes is hard to distinguish differences between Abstract Art (or Abstract Expressionism) and Expressionism, since they are so similar and overlap in many ways. Expressionism, like Abstract Art uses intense colors, agitated brushstrokes and disjointed space. It not only affected the fine arts, but also dance, cinema, literature and theatre. Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to depict his/her subjective and personal emotions (expressing emotions openly without caring how realistic painting looks. The artist distorts, exaggerates, and uses primitive images and fantasy. It is spontaneous art and a form of self-expression. Check: Expressionism (click link). Find more information online and look at samples of Expressionist works of art.
Expressionism sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality. It is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form. Abstract means there is no recognizable subject in the picture.
Expressionism sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality. It is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form. Abstract means there is no recognizable subject in the picture.
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