Ah 2 Class 8 New
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The document provides an overview of topics to be covered in an Art History class. It notes that the professor will give an optional review for the final exam that evening from 7-8 pm in the classroom. It also states that the final exam will take place the following week and all papers must be turned in by then. The document then lists various artists, artistic movements and related terms that will be discussed, including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Dadaism. It also provides potential essay questions and images that will be referenced.
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Ah 2 Class 8 New
- 1. Art History 2: Class 8 Please note: I will do a review for the final today at 7 pm. It will take maybe an hour and be held in the classroom. It is not mandatory, you do not have to attend. Also note: I will do the same review next week at noon THE FINAL EXAM IS NEXT WEEK ALL PAPERS MUST BE TURNED IN NEXT WEEK Edouard Manet (France), Luncheon on the Grass (Dejeuner sur l’Herbe), Salon des Refuses, Whistler, Ruskin, “nocturnes,” Impressionism, Claude Monet (France), en plein air, Post- Impressionism, Pointillism, Georges Seurat (France), Vincent van Gogh (Holland), Expressionism, Edvard Munch (Norway), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany), Fauvism, Henri Mattise (France), Cubism, Pablo Picasso (Spain), Blue/Rose Periods, Guernica (Spanish Civil War), De Stijl (Piet Mondrian), Surrealism, Salvador Dali (Spain), Andre Breton, Rene Magritte (Belgium), Joan Miro (Spain), automatism, Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (USA), David Smith (sculpture, Cubi, USA), Dada, “anti-art,” Tzara, Zurich, Cabaret Voltaire, Marcel Duchamp, “Non-Retinal Art,” “Readymades,” “R. Mutt” Possible essay questions: -- Who was Edouard Manet and what was the Salon des Refuses? Discuss the legal battle between Whistler and Ruskin. How were the Salon des Refuses and the Whistler/Ruskin trial important to the birth of Modernism? --Discuss Dadaism. What were some of its intentions and methods? Discuss Marcel Duchamp’s concepts of “non-retinal art” and the “readymade.” Images from the text: Luncheon on the Grass by E. Manet, 1863, page 504 Symphony in White #2 by JAM Whistler, 1864, page 514 Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte by G. Seurat, 1880s, page 528 Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, 1889, page 529 The Scream by E. Munch, 1893, page 534 Damoiselles d’Avignon by P. Picasso, 1907, page 549 Fountain by M. Duchamp, 1917, page 571 The Persistence of Memory by S. Dali, 1931, page 577