A Street in Arras John Singer Sargent US

“A Street in Arras” John Singer Sargent (US), 1918

“Oppy Wood” – John Nash (Br), 1917

“Over the Top” – John Nash (Br), 1917

“Gassed and Wounded”: Eric Kennington (Br), 1918

“Those Who Have Lost Their Names” Albin Eggar-Linz (German), 1914

“Paths of Glory”: C. R. W. Nevinson (Br), 1917

Max Beckmann: “The Morgue” 1915

Otto Dix: “Self Portrait as Soldier” 1914

Otto Dix: “The Flare” 1915

Otto Dix: “Assault Under Gas” 1916

George Grosz: “Explosion” 1917

Themes in Early Modern Art (early 20 th Century) 1. Uncertainty/insecurity. 2. Disillusionment (to lose faith & trust) 3. The subconscious (existing in the mind, but not known immediately) 4. Violence & savagery.

Edvard Munch: The Scream (1893) Expressionism § Using bright colors to express a particular emotion rather than physical reality.

Franz Marc: Animal Destinies (1913)

CUBISM § The subject matter is broken down, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract, geometric form. Georges Braque: Violin & Candlestick (1910)

Georges Braque: Still Life: Le. Jeur (1929)

Picasso: Three Musicians (1921)

Pablo Picasso: Guernica(1937)

Da. Da § Ridiculed contemporary culture & traditional art forms. § The collapse during WW I of social and moral values. § Nihilistic: life is without meaning George Grosz Grey Day (1921)

George Grosz The Pillars of Society (1926)

Raoul Hausmann: ABCD (1924 -25)

Hannah Hoch: Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife… (1919)

Salvador Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War), 1936 Surrealism § Late 1920 s-1940 s. § Influenced by Freud’s theories of the subconscious. § Confusing & startling images like those in dreams.

Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory (1931)

Salvador Dali: The Apparition of the Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach (1938)

Salvador Dali: Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man (1943)

Salvador Dali: Metamorphosis of Narcissus

Homework – Due Tuesday 2/23 • Pick one of the art movements – Expressionism – Dada – Cubism – Surrealism • Draw a picture relating to the movement. On the back include a paragraph about your art and a second paragraph how it relates to the movement.