Style Time Line
Renaissance
14th-17th
Century
The distinguishing characteristic
of the Renaissance art movement was the extremely realistic development of
linear perspective. Throughout this period artists focused their studies on
light, shadow and human anatomy.
Artists
known in this period:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
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Realism
1848
Realism
is the precise representation of the observable world. Subjects of paintings
appear as they are seen based on observation rather than an embellished
imagination. Realism appeared in 1848 after the French Revolution. Against
Romantic subjectivism and exaggerated emotionalism, the ideology of the
Realists was object reality with the aspiration of portraying truth and precision
in their work
Artists known in this period:
Jean – Baptiste Simeon Chardin
Eilif Peterssen
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Peterssen
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
1848
The pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood was significantly influenced by the natural
world and nature. Glazed pigment was painted over a wet white background canvas
to recover the brilliance of color that inspired them from the Quattrocento art
movement. The technique by painting the white wet pigment was created so that
when the colors were painted on the canvas they would be create them effect of
being jewel like and clear.
Artists
known in this period:
John Everett Millais
Velyn De Morgan,
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Millais'
Expressionism
1901-1925
The art movement focused on expressing powerful emotions. The expressionist
style originated in Germany and Austria and they were influenced by African Art,
Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. The use of color in expressionism was
inspired by the Fauves in Paris whom arbitrarily used color and in jarring
final pieces of art. The focus of painting was to create vivid emotional
responses in work rather than aesthetically pleasing compositions of subjects.
Emotionally drive responses were formed through the use of color and dynamic
composition.
Artists
known in this period:
Egon Schiele
Edvard Munch
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Cubism
1907- 1921
Cubism was the ground breaking
avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Pablo Picasso and
Georges Braque pioneered cubism as they transformed painting and sculpture in
Europe whilst also inspiring associated movements in the fields of
architecture, literature and music. Cubism work features objects that are out
of order analyzed and put back together in an abstract style. Artists working
in a cubist style can work by observing multiple viewpoints allowing them to
portray the subject in a larger context. Coherent depth is removed as surfaces
intersect on random angles. A specific cubist trait is how the background
surfaces interconnect creating indefinite space.
Artists
known in this period:
Pablo Picasso
Juan Gris
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Surrealism
1920’s
Surrealist work focus on surprise
and juxtaposed imagery that is unexpected. Artists from this movement however
look upon their work as expression deriving from the philosophical movement.
Their philosophy was that ordinary expression is important however their arrangement
and how they are to be placed should be exposed to an artist or writers
imagination. Surrealists were also strongly influenced by Freud’s dream analysis,
which allowed them to expand ways to release their imaginations.
Artists
known in this period:
Salvador Dali
Max Ernst
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Action
painting
1940’s- 1960’s
Action painting is also known as
Gestural Abstraction. Action painting is created as the artist spontaneously
splatters, spreads and dribbles paint onto a canvas breaking conventional
painting methods where paint is carefully applied. The finished piece places an
importance on the physical part of painting.
Artists
known in this period:
Franz Kline
Jackson Pollock
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Pop
Art
1950’s
Pop art confronted the fine art
world and used characteristics of mass culture, advertising and comic books. It
uses essentials or images that are popular in culture. These are interpreted
through irony and focuses on the mechanical ways on how the work is reproduced.
Artists
known in this period:
Andy Warhol
David Hockney
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Photorealism
Late 1960’s
Photorealism painting is created
as the artist uses a camera to collect information. This results in a painting
that looks photographic. The style exists as a result of photography, with a
focus on the idea of frozen time, which is then precisely created by the
artist. Paintings are created by projecting an image onto canvas or
traditionally using a grid technique.
Artists
known in this period:
John Baeder,
Glennray Tutor
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Street
Art
1960’s
Street art is art that is created
in and for public spaces. Styles of street art can include traditional graffiti
with a spray can, sculpture,
stencil, sticker art, paste-ups, flash mobbing and street installations.
Artists
known in this period:
Banksy
Rone
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Bibliography
Critiquing tools
Art
Vocabulary List
Repetition: when an element is
repeated and it can also create a pattern
Smudge: a mark making technique
that can be smeared
Hierarchy: creating importance in
a composition of one section to another. This may result in one part creating a
visual dominance, focal point or emphasis.
Asymmetry: an arrangement is
balanced however the elements aren’t mirroring the opposite side of the
composition.
Cropping: when objects or
elements exceed the picture boundary
Adjective
List
Line
Flowing: a freely drawn line
Color
Polychrome: using a lot of color
or variously
Shape and Form
Convex: an outward curve
Texture
Glossy: a texture that gives the
finish a shiny look
Basic Elements of design:
Line: created by connecting two
or more points. Some characteristics of line include weight, thickness, wavy,
straight, curvy ragged and hard edged
Color: is when light is emitted,
transmitted or reflected through the elements or principles in design.
Texture: the characteristic
appearance of a surface having tactile quality
Shape: shapes can be organic,
symmetrical, asymmetrical or geometric characterized by a two-dimensional
enclosed area or plane.
Form: is shapes that are joined,
or when a shape has been enhanced by another element in order to create a three
dimensional illusion
Basic Principles of design:
Stability: when there is no movement and
composition is symmetrical. Elements of the design remain inside the
arrangement.
Dynamics: when elements of design create movement.
Elements can move off the composition and can be placed on angles giving it a
dynamic look
Rhythm: when elements are repeated, with shape or color
creating movement
Scale: creates comparisons with size and contradictions.
It can create emphasis.
The Melbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club logo
features the colors red and blue. The M is emphasized by being in bright red,
making it stand out and eye catching. The C standing for cricket also stands
out being in solid blue. The smaller C has been outlined with the same blue
making it less eye catching. A serif typeface has been used and the letters
create curvy and straight lines. The letters have been created so that they are
all interconect and loop over and under each other. Your eyes read their way
around the logo like a maze.
AFL
Clear concise logo. This is achieved by having bold white letters placed on the
football being the ground. San-serif typeface has been used to accompany the
modern look of the logo. This modern look is achieved by simplifying the shape
of the football and plain lines. A thin line runs around the shape of the
football and connects with the stitching. A bolder circle encompasses the
letters and the football. Logo is placed on the Fitzroy football Jumper on the top
left of the chest and has a clear space around it.
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