Art History Final Term Notes

Orientalism: Edward W. Said, post-collonail studies / Odalisque: exotic, erotic subjects like the harem girl(turkish word); redining or recumbent,female nude; recurrent figure throuhout Western Art/ Die Bruke-The Bridge: 1905-ernst cuding kirchner (dissolved in 1913); earlliest German group to seize the avant-garde spirit; means “bridge”-members believed their work would be a bridge to the future; artists lived and worked communally producing intense, anguished pictures with harshly distorted forms and clashing colors/ Primitive: the way one culture views another/Favism: 1904-08; discovered African and South Pacific sculpture (fauves); intense, bright, clashing colors; disturted forms and perspective; rigorous brushstrokes; flat, linear pattens; bare canvas as part of overall design; “mild beats”/ Art Noueau: flourished between 1890 and WWI; international ornamental style opposed to the sterility of the industrial age; reliedipun turning, flowering forms to counter the unaestheic look of mach, he-made products; sinuous lines and tendril like curves; tradeworks water lily shape exerted a peruastive influence on the applied arts auch as wrought- iron work, jewelry, glass, and typography/ Vienna Secessionist: arts who decided they needed a new place to show; viennase artist Hudson River School: landscape school that learned from American ideas; paint landscapes in order to capture American spirit; politicial and religious views/ Oppostitional Color Theory: using opposites next to one another; yellow, purles; orange,blue; red green; Ewald Hering “color opposition”; our eyes mix colors; having your eyes “fight” fur each color; sunrise- impressionism/ Impressionism: 1771-1884; interested in optical realities; “formal”; bright light, no dark under paintings l group of people who showed between 1772-1884; Monet and Renior started impressionism; color theory, very important/ Japonisme: influx of Japanese culture(French); influnced work by Japanese prints/Flaneur: