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Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture I. Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28, 1912II. Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907III. Georges Braque, The Portuguese, 1911IV. Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Chair-Caning, 1912V. Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913VI. Gino Severini, Armored Train, 1915VII. Alfred Stieglitz, Fountain by Duchamp, 1917VIII. Meret Oppenheim, Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), 1936Outline of Current Lecture I. Henry Ossawa TannerII. John Singer SargentIII. James Abbot McNeill WhistlerIV. John SloanV. George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey’s 1907-8VI. Pablo PicassoVII. Arthur Dove, Foghorns, 1929VIII. Georgia O’Keefe, City Night, 1926IX. Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927X. Georgia O’Keefe, Oriental Poppies 1928XI. Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, 1936Current LectureDate: April 16, 2015Title: North American Art (2)Professor: Jennifer MarshallReadings: Art through the Ages, Book E, pp. 830-832, 844, 862-869Terms:- Expatriate: someone living in a foreign country- Ashcan School (“The Eight”): an artistic movement in the United States during the early twentieth century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods.- Genre painting: a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, especially domestic situations. Genre painting is associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists- The Armory Show, 1913: refers to the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art that was organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, the first large exhibition of modern art in America. ArtH 1001 1st Edition- Cubism: An early-20th art movement that rejected naturalistic depictions, preferring compositions of shapes and forms abstracted from the conventionally perceived world (Book E, 847).- Synesthesia: Association or crossing of different senses (Lecture)- Precisionism: An American art movement of the 1920s and 1930s. The precisionists concentrated on portraying man-made environments in a clear and concise manner to express the beauty of perfect andprecise machine forms. (Book E, 867)Works:- John Sloan, Sixth Avenue and Thirtieth Street, New York City, 1907, Philadelphia Museum of Art- George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey’s, 1909, Cleveland Museum of Art- Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, 1905-06, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York- Pablo Picasso, Standing Female Nude, 1910, charcoal on paper Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York- Arthur Dove, Foghorns, 1929, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center- Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night, 1926, Minneapolis Institute of Arts- Georgia O’Keeffe, Oriental Poppies, 1928, Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis- Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York- Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, 1936, De Young, Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoI. Henry Ossawa Tanner- Mother was a slave- Student of Thomas Eakinso Realistic, scientific objectivityo Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts- The Thankful Poor, 1894 (IMAGE NOT POSTED)o Young child, older man Praying before a meal Although they are poor (see title), they are thankful for what they have- Tanner goes to Paris after selling The Thankful PoorAesthetic Movement- Not for history- Art for art’s sakeo Beautyo Fully embodied sensualityII. John Singer Sargent- Born in Italy- Studied in France- Loved Spanish Art- Compared to Maneto Meant as an insult, taken as complimento Thought he was becoming too Impressionist, too French-The Daughters of Edward Boit, 1882 (IMAGE NOT POSTED)o Arrangement of SpaceCompare to Las Meninaso Red ScreenBright compared to dark compositiono Large Japanese vesselsSexual homologyo-Fumée d’Ambre Gris (Smoke of Ambergris), 1880 (IMAGE NOT POSTED)o Painted in North Africao Strong suno Incense sensoro Ambergris is an incenseScraped from inside of whale gutsPerfuming herselfSexual preparationVery little skin showingo SynesthesiaTried to elicit smell/touch from viewers-Ambergris-Carpet vs tile-Delicate handsIII. James Abbot McNeill Whistler- Nocturne in Black and Goldo Splatter of painto Large brushstrokeso Mood-making o About his experience painting it, what the viewer sees of it- Whistler vs Ruskino Ruskin thought Nocturne in Black and Gold was lazy, not skillfulenougho Whistler creates a public scandal over Ruskin’s bad reviewo Whistler wins Bankrupted by legal fees Fame brought commissionsIV. John Sloan- Sixth Avenue and Thirtieth Street, New York City 1907o Brownish hazeo Working class peopleo Tenderloin Empire State Building built there 20 yearslater o People leaving theater Mostly men Strip clubs, “peep show”o Woman in white Lost White: purity- Slummed down Alcoholic, carrying bucket of beer/boozeo Feather in cap Prostitute’s hatV. George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey’s 1907-8- Artists don’t paint nude figures without areasonable reason to do so- Boxing was illegal- Spotlighto Easier to look at people when theycan’t see you - Fight has been happening for a whileo Can’t really distinguish facial featureso Audience is on edge of seats,watching intently- Business men ruled societyo Bodies didn’t show ito Underclass was still strong and brawnyVI. Pablo Picasso- Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906o Lived in Paris o Elaborate parties at her house Art movements (Modernism)started/happened at these partieso Almond eyeso Roman busto People did not think it looked like her He told them that she would eventually- Standing Female Nude, 1910o Becomes a cubist Dissect world, flattens ito Small drawingo Purchased by Georgia O’Keefe’s husband, Alfred StieglitzVII. Arthur Dove, Foghorns, 1929- Reduced to colors and shapes- Visual representation of the sound of foghorns- Synesthesia VIII. Georgia O’Keefe, City Night, 1926 - Tries to paint city o Told it was impossible/couldn’t be done- Symbol of American modernity - PrecisionismIX. Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927- Grain tower- Perfectly cylindrical - Efficient geometryo Distinctly American- Perfect line/shape- Rays of sunlightX. Georgia O’Keefe, Oriental Poppies 1928- Precisionism- Painting flowers seen as feminine- Safe subject for womeno O’Keefe makes it unsafe  Blown up into mammoth size- “New Woman”o Sexual Emancipationo Birth Controlo Married after living with Stieglitz- Able to see sexual


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