describe the developement of modern art impressionism post-impressionism, fauvism and expressionism?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

You have asked a HUMUNGOUS question. I am copying and pasting a piece of a previous answer that I gave to the question "Do you like French Art?" It might be useful to you.

You might find some answers starting at the fifth paragraph ("The French are often credited . . ."). However, if you are writing an essay on the subject matter, you should be incorporating other ideas into your own work and doing the work yourself. You could note the source/reference cited. It might be useful to you, and it is not a huge book.



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Yes, I like French art.

However it is very varied, depending in large part on the era.

I find the French Baroque scenes of artists such as Poussin too still, composed and orderly to be realistic or even totally representational.

However, a lot of the artists of the Neo-Classical and Neo-Baroque eras of the early to mid-1800s used their art to make excellent social statements. Examples are 'Oath of the Horatii' and 'Death of Marat' by David, and 'The Raft of the Medusa' by Géricault. Courbet and Millet also painted stories that were social statements regarding the dignity of the working class people in the mid-1800s. Even artists of the Rococo movement, which briefly preceeded these two eras, tried to bring deeper messages into their delicate-looking and ornately detailed paintings.

The French often are credited with being the founders of modern art, and the painting called 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' (1863) by Manet is the work that is said to have launched the Modern Art Movement. The Salon des Refusés in Paris played an important role in lifting the traditional constraints placed on artists by the Academy, which dictated media, materials and subject matter among other things. The Impressionist paintings, to me are very restful because of the treatment of light and colour and the softly defined forms. The subject matter in Impressionist paintings tends to involve everyday people doing everyday things as well as familiar types of scenery. It is thus not exclusionary. I like the works and themes of artists such as Monet, Renoir and Degas. The way they work with colour is great. Manet and Degas have been known to use painting to send out messages of the emptiness of urban life around the era of "The Gay 90s" and the turn of the century. Their work is clever as well as skillful. (e.g. 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère' by Manet and 'The Glass of Absinthe' by Degas)

The Post-Impressionist artists used colour vividly (e.g. van Gogh and Cézanne). Cubism, as well as Picasso himself, was very interesting and innovative. Fauvism and renounced artist Matisse are synonymous with vivid treatment of colour. The Dada movement - the cult of absurdity - that shortly followed was a very brilliant social statement. Surrealist artists, many of whom were French, had a longterm impact on music as well as the visual arts. Note that the Beatles had studied Surrealism in art school. Admittedly, much Surrealist art is creepy or at least eery (e.g. Magritte and Dali). The work of Marcel Duchamp is very interesting and original. e.g. 'Nude Descending a Staircase','Fountain' (a.k.a. ' R. Mutt') and 'The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Even' (a.k.a. 'Le viol').

In short, even though French art has changed a lot through the ages in terms of style, one factor that remains constant is the presence of social consciousness. The French have been creative pioneers and innovators who were not afraid to try out new styles and to work with new materials.

If I had to decorate a room in a particular style, I probably would go with an Impressionist painting because the style is restful, colourful, versatile and attractive. It does not detract. It just tends to enhance or complement what already is present in a room. Impressionist reproductions sell well.

Source(s):

'The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History From Prehistoric to Post-Modern' by Carol Strickland

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I am adding a few general guidelines and benchmarks that characterize the development of Modern Art, taken from the source cited below:

"Impressionism: Let There Be Color and Light" early 1860s to 1886

"Post-Impressionism" 1880 to 1905
("The Post-Impressionists' styles derived from their forerunners' breakthroughs. Instead of the "brown gravy" of historical painting done in feebly lit studios, their canvasses shone with rainbow bright color patches.") The painters wanted their paintings to be more substantial than just capturing a passing moment, according to the book. "Slapdash" has been used as a descriptor for the appearance of the paintings.

"Fauvism: Exploding Color" 1904 to 1908

"Cubism" 1908 to 1914
(self-explanatory)

"Expressionism: The Fine Art of Feeling" 1905 to 1930



I hope this information helps.