Modernism The Beginnings Raphael School of Athens fresco

Modernism: The Beginnings

Raphael, School of Athens, fresco from the Stanza della Segnatura, 1510 -11 -Techniques of realism -Subject matter

Orthogonal lines recede to the vanishing point: Linear Perspective!

Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656 Self-conscious representation; seems to address the viewer more directly Role of the artist is an increasing part of art making and viewing

Louis Daguerre, Boulevard du Temple, 1838

Edouard Manet, Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863

Impressionism: Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894 -Focus on the eye and perceptions, not interpretations -Interest in light and color -Quick, unfinished look: Sketch Aesthetics

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893 Artist explores interior, subjective world Emotions trump objective reality: Expressionism!

Kirchner, Self. Portrait with Model, 1907

Henri Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre (the Joy of Life), 1905 -6

Maurice Denis on painting: • “Before a picture is a war horse, a female nude or some anecdote it is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order. (from Art et Critique 1890)”

Wassily Kandinsky, Sketch I for Composition VII, 1913 Non-representation—color and shape conveys all of the content: no subject matter

Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902 -4

Picasso, Les Demoiselle s D’Avignon, 1907, 2. 43 x 2. 33 m

Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning

Picasso, Guitar, Sheet Music, and Wine Glass, 1912

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917