ART-HIST 110 1st Edition Lecture 15Art Between the WarsAnd Pre WWI continuedVassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912, oil on canvas. - was a Russian law professor and moved to Munich with local artist- was very very inspired by music and the sound of it. He felt like each color had a sound and was very intimately involved with composers such as Chamberg. - The abstract colors, forms, and lines were all that a piece neededand not traditional compositions in art- Kandinsky wants to abandon traditional art and go towards the abstract- Connects and associates colors with sound, music, taste, and feeling- Equated blue with heaven- Piece represents an inner spirituality in the colors he uses - “WE should struggle for form only as long as it serves as means of expression for the inner sound.” Kandinsky (sums up his feelings of his art)FillippoTommaso Marinetti and the Futurist Manifesto, 1909- “we will glorify war – the only true hygiene of the world-militarism, patriotism…etc.”- There are “futurists” and artists are experimenting with the excitement of speed, war, motion, industries, and many other manifestos. Armored Train in Action- artist: Gino Severini- 1915, oil on canvas- was an inspired futurist- plays with the idea of motion and movement with the speed of the train- cubism and broken planes that suggest speed and motion- there is flickering shading that is characteristic of shading used by Picasso- this piece is celebrating change- compared to Death of General Wolf because they are both idealized - anonymous figures, more about destruction of speed, death, military might etc.Unique Forms of Continuity in Space - Artist: Umberto Boccioni- 1913, bronze sculpture- fuses the object and space- pointed forms trailing off capture the direction of the energy- modern sculpture should be a translation in plaster, bronze, or any other material, of those atmospheric planes which bind and intersect things- environment must form part of the plastic /form as a whole- a motion of striving forward is captured.- Different angles show different form viewsTorso of a Young Man - Artist: Constantin Brancusi- 1924, bronze and stone and wood bases- very simple, the artist wanted to capture the essence of things- “what is real is not the external form but the essence of things. Starting from this truth it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.” – Brancusi- wittled down to its most basic form- basic forms do the majority of artistic expressionDada- an international movement founded by artists and poets in Zurich in 1916- Dada: German = baby talk- French = Hobby House- Russian = yes, yesReciting the Sound Poem, ‘Karawane’ photograph- 1916, artist: Hugo Ball- withSchlichter’sPrussian Archangel - strategies for works included: collage, montage, Readymade, andchance- Anti-AestheticsMarcel Duchamp and the New York Avant Garde- Duchamp to Paris, 1915- Not a member of the Dada’s but ran with their techniques, beliefs, and trends- Helped organize the ‘Forum’ Exhibition with the Society of Independent Artists in NYC, 1917- With free of 6.00 anyone could submit artwork, anything you wan- Such as porcelain plumbing fixture and enamel paint- Avant-garde artistic trends- The urinal was an example of “Anti-Retinal” – liberating art from “what he considered to be unquestioned tyranny of the eye.” - Fountain , 1917. Porcelain plumbing fixture and enamel paint- LHOOQ, ,1919. Pencil reproduction of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa.- LHOOQ = “she has a hot ass”Cut with the Dad Kitchen Knife Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany- Artist: Hannah Hoch- 1919, photomontage- a collage of photos of political and contemporary issues of her time- whimsical way of interpreting life- Detaik: head of artist KatheKorowitz included and pasted on the body of a donkey- Mocking and ridiculing and transposing one face from another to make fun of people- Ball bearing, symbols of technological progress- Kitchen knife: women were supposed to be in the kitchen cooking and not doing art. This is tied to the feminist movement and stabbing against the male establishmentSurrealism: - “form of research into the workings of thought” - 1924, Andre Bretons Manifesto of Surrealism: battle in the mind between irrational, unconscious thought and the rational, ordered mind- subconscious irrational thought- pure psychic automatismObject, (Luncheon in Fur)- Artist: Meret Oppenheim- 1936, fur covered cup and saucer- a very familiar everyday object that has been transformed and covered with chinese gazelle fur- what that does to it is make the object useless and uncomfortable- evokes a feeling of discomfort- a disconcerting object- there is a tension when looking at it because one knows it is a familiar cup that should hold a liquid and so exhibits grossness- also a sexual, erratic discomfort can be seen from this pieceComposition- Artist: Joan Miro- 1933, oil on canvas- automatism ( closing your eyes and just doodling) - unconscious doodling and sketches- what your unconscious world presents- subconscious world when expressed to complete and modern world- simple lines and outlines are being used- bug-like forms with breasts are in the piece- forms that suggest body formsBirth of Liquid Desires- Artist: Salvador Dali- 1931-32, oil on canvas- this artist lived a very long time- very provocative surrealist work- typical surrealist work- he painted with photographic perfection and high degree of rendered figures- tells a story about the relationship Dali has with his father who he is frightened of- form against sky- Oedipus complex- Figure in sky is supposed to be a bird- Questions