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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.06%3A_Impressionism_and_Post-ImpressionismGeorges Seurat and his followers, for instance, concerned themselves with Pointillism, the systematic use of tiny dots of colour . Paul Cézanne set out to restore a sense of order and structure to pai...Georges Seurat and his followers, for instance, concerned themselves with Pointillism, the systematic use of tiny dots of colour . Paul Cézanne set out to restore a sense of order and structure to painting by reducing objects to their basic shapes while retaining the bright fresh colours of Impressionism.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.02%3A_Neoclassicism_and_the_French_RevolutionThe thinkers of the Enlightenment, including Rousseau, Diderot, and Voltaire, influenced by the scientific revolutions of the previous century, believed in shedding the light of science and reason on ...The thinkers of the Enlightenment, including Rousseau, Diderot, and Voltaire, influenced by the scientific revolutions of the previous century, believed in shedding the light of science and reason on the world in order to question traditional ways of thinking.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)Historical developments in Western art from 18th century to the mid-20th century. Focus on European and American art.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.03%3A_Romanticism_in_Spain_and_FranceThe key generation of French Romantics born between 1795–1805,in the words of Alfred de Vigny, had been “conceived between battles, attended school to the rolling of drums”. The French Revolution (178...The key generation of French Romantics born between 1795–1805,in the words of Alfred de Vigny, had been “conceived between battles, attended school to the rolling of drums”. The French Revolution (1789–1799) followed by the Napoleonic Wars until 1815, meant that war, and the attending political and social turmoil that went along with them, served as the background for Romanticism.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.11%3A_The_Great_Depression_and_World_War_IIDespite its inherent universality, the dress of the four people—the woman evoking a pin-up doll, the men in their well-tailored suits and hats, the worker in his soda jerk costume—as well as the “Phil...Despite its inherent universality, the dress of the four people—the woman evoking a pin-up doll, the men in their well-tailored suits and hats, the worker in his soda jerk costume—as well as the “Phillies” advertisement, firmly plant the painting in a simpler past, making it a piece of Americana.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.10%3A_de_Stijl_and_SurrealismWorld War I scattered the writers and artists who had been based in Paris, and in the interim many became involved with Dada, believing that excessive rational thought and bourgeois values had brought...World War I scattered the writers and artists who had been based in Paris, and in the interim many became involved with Dada, believing that excessive rational thought and bourgeois values had brought the conflict of the war upon the world.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.01%3A_Materials_and_Techniques_Artists_UseIn the early years of the 1700s, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV (who dies in 1715), there was a shift away from the classicism and “Grand Manner” (based on the art of Poussin) that had governed ...In the early years of the 1700s, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV (who dies in 1715), there was a shift away from the classicism and “Grand Manner” (based on the art of Poussin) that had governed the art of the preceding 50 years in France, toward a new style that we call Rococo. The colors are pastel pale pinks and greens, and although we have a sense of movement and a prominent diagonal line—the painting lacks the seriousness of a baroque painting.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.08%3A_Expressionism_and_CubismQuestioned about its possible symbolism, Picasso said it was simply an appeal to people about massacred people and animals. ”In the panel on which I am working, which I call Guernica, I clearly expres...Questioned about its possible symbolism, Picasso said it was simply an appeal to people about massacred people and animals. ”In the panel on which I am working, which I call Guernica, I clearly express my abhorrence of the military caste which has sunk Spain into an ocean of pain and death.” The horse and bull are images Picasso used his entire career, part of the life and death ritual of the Spanish bullfights he first saw as a child.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.04%3A_Romanticism_in_England_and_GermanyMany works by Turner in this period of his life, like Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) and Rain Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway (left), use the...Many works by Turner in this period of his life, like Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) and Rain Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway (left), use the same effect, but The Fighting Temeraire stands out because of the naturalistic portrayal of the ship compared to the rest of the work.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.07%3A_Modernism_and_SymbolismThe Realist movement of the 1850s is often considered the beginning of modern painting, while the work of Rodin is seen as the progenitor of modern sculpture. The Gates of Hell is a group of sculpture...The Realist movement of the 1850s is often considered the beginning of modern painting, while the work of Rodin is seen as the progenitor of modern sculpture. The Gates of Hell is a group of sculptures depicting scenes of physical and psychological turmoil from Dante’s Inferno in high relief . This work is comprised of 186 figures in its final form, including the renowned The Thinker . Many of Rodin’s most well-known sculptures started as designs for this piece.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Western_Art_from_18th_to_Mid-20th_Century_(Taylor)/01%3A_Chapters/1.09%3A_Futurism_Dada_and_World_War_IThe New Objectivity comprised two tendencies, characterized in terms of a left and right wing: on the left were the verists, who “tear the objective form of the world of contemporary facts and represe...The New Objectivity comprised two tendencies, characterized in terms of a left and right wing: on the left were the verists, who “tear the objective form of the world of contemporary facts and represent current experience in its tempo and fevered temperature;” and on the right the classicists, who “search more for the object of timeless ability to embody the external laws of existence in the artistic sphere. ”
