Masterpieces of World Lit 2 - Final Exam

1. Color Theory and Optical Blending,
2. Light and Reflection,
3. Landscapes and Every-day Subjects,
4. Segmented or Broken Brushstrokes "Painterly Quality",
5. Unfinished Look,
6. Attempt to Capture a split second in time
7. Lack of Emotions and Psychological Depth
8. Avoid Black as a color

Monet, Impression: Sunrise (Impressionism)

Gave rise to the impressionist movement. Used "painterly" quality, emphasizing individual brushstrokes. Known for painting on-site - using metal tubes to make paint more travel friendly.

1. expressionism through arbitrary color and distortion,
2. creation of mood,
3. spiritual impact,
4. heavy impasto (layering the paint to the point that the painting is sticking out from off of the canvas)

Van Gogh, The Night Cafe (Postimpressionism)

A painting technique, impasto is a thick application of paint (usually oil) that makes no attempt to look smooth. Instead, impasto is unabashedly proud to be textured, and exists to show off brush and palette knife marks. Just think of nearly any van Gogh painting to get a good visual.

colors selected and used without reference to those found in reality, the artist infused his works with his emotions, (expressionism)

1. Nature has a living core 2. The importance of intuition 3. the past present and future come together as a whole. time.

Expressionism Abstractionism
Influenced by Van Gogh Influenced by Cézanne
Subjectivity, emotion Objectivity, reason
Interest in psychological state Interest in distilling the essence
Distortion for emotional expression Emphasis on geometrical shapes, patterns
Arbitrary color Importance of composition

Celebration of pop culture and commercialism 2. Historicism: nostalgic references to past, but often used out of historical context; dialogue between past and present 3. Eclecticism and plurality: acceptance of wide diversity of styles, materials, forms 4. Attacks authority of mainstream (anti-museum art): expansion of definition of art 5. Absence of stability: attacks idea of absolute, fixed meaning; emphasizes dissonance, asymmetry, irregularity; endorses any interpretation as valid 6. (Architecture) Decorative qualities: color, whimsy 7. (Literature) Presents stream of unrelated events that unfold without classical structures (beginning, middle, end); continually changing sequences and juxtapositions undercut and destabilize any meaning