Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. Post Impressionism Outline of Current Lecture I. Early 20th Century Modernism and Cubism Current Lecture I. Early 20th Century Modernism and Cubism A. Modernism was a behavior unlike the classics where everyone did things in a certain way B. Paul Cezanne 1. Post Impressionist 2. Sel Portriat a) he was painting in what appeared as patches that recognized color, light, etc. 3. Mount Saint Victoire a) he is trying to portray the structure that is around us (1) he mentions that everything is made out of geometry (shapes) C. Matisse 1. people said that he was the first artist to make his paintings ugly 2. he was part of the Fauves a) they didn’t depict color in a natural was (crazy) 3. he used a lot of contrary colors which made his paintings very bright 4. The Green Line GradeBuddy ARHS 1003 1st EditionThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. !Edited with the trial version of Foxit Advanced PDF EditorTo remove this notice, visit:www.foxitsoftware.com/shoppinga) he was focusing on light and shadows and he made the colors very flat b) it was a portrait of his wife 5. Blue Nude a) he was craving a sculpture and his wife knocks it over and it gives him inspiration for this painting D. Picasso 1. Blue Period a) during this period he used many shades of blue to paint 2. Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon a) 1st Cubist painting b) people thought there was something wrong with him after he pained it c) the Blue Nude is incorporated in this painting 3. Guernica a) it symbolizes (1) the brutality of tyranny (2) the tragedy of war (3) the bombing of the Spanish city of
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