Tuesday, March 10, 2009

3/9 After Class

Today in class we talked about Ch. 13, The Influence of Modern Art. Alexis's presentation covered the social, political and communication influences on the 20th century people. Cubism, started by Pablo Picasso, used geometric planes and cubes, spheres and cylinders and had influences of African tribal art. Futurism was concerned with noise, speed and motion, and used new ways of art and expression. Dadaism was a form of imagery and poetry combined through the use of imaginative typography; Duchamp was one of the most prominent artists. Surrealism was founded by Andre Breton and depicted a world of dreamy and imaginative imagery. Dali was one of the most popular surrealism artists, lending deep perspectives to her works of art. Finally, Expressionism was a movement that depicted subjective emotions and personal responses to subjects and events.

I think the most useful thing today was Alexis’s packets which contained various works of art that we identified as belonging to a movement that we went over in class. It was a useful exercise in applying what we learned, because even though you see the pictures in the book it helps more to kind of be “quizzed” on them. I may do this from now on for every chapter!

The question I have is, are cubism works of art not always super geometrical? The self-portrait that Picasso did of himself is angular and the lines are heavy, but it didn’t seem very cube-y to me, so it confused me.

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