ON THE

GRADE 10 ARTS
(1st Quarter)
20 Century Art
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Movements
20th Century Art Movements:

• Impressionism
• Expressionism
• Abstractionism
• Abstract Expressionism
• Contemporary Art Forms
 EXPRESSIONISM

Persistence of Memory Guernica

Salvador Dali Pablo Picasso
 ABSTRACTIONISM

Three Musicians The City

Pablo Picasso Fernand Leger
 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

Autumn Rhythm Abstract No. 2

Jackson Pollock Lee Krasner
 CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS

Cordillera Labyrinth Go to Room 117

Roberto Villanueva Sid Gomez Hildawa
ABSTRACTION
Brief discussion and presentation of sample
artworks of famous 20th century artists.
IMPRESSIONISM
Distinct Characteristics:

1. Color and Light

- Short broken strokes
- Pure unmixed colors side by side
- Freely brushed colors (convey visual effect)
IMPRESSIONISM
Distinct Characteristics:

2. Everyday Subjects
- Scenes of life
- Household objects
- Landscapes and Seascapes
- Houses, Cafes, Buildings
IMPRESSIONISM
Distinct Characteristics:

3. Painting Outdoors
- Previously, still lifes, portraits, and
landscapes were painted inside the studio.
The impressionists found that they could best
capture the ever-changing effects of light on
color by painting outdoors in natural light.
IMPRESSIONISM
Distinct Characteristics:

4. Open Composition
- Impressionist painting also moved away
from the formal, structured approach to
placing and positioning their subjects.
 IMPRESSIONISM

Impression Sunrise Starry Night

Claude Monet Vincent Van Gogh
EXPRESSIONISM
(A Bold New Movement)
Sub-Movements:
1. Fauvism
- Uses vibrant colors and visual distortions.
2. Dadaism
- Characterized by distorted images, and
visual tricks.
 FAUVISM

Goldfish, The Open Window,

Matisse 1911 Matisse 1905
 DADAISM
L.H.O.O.Q., Marcel Duchamp 1919
ABCD (Self-portrait),
Readymade: pencil markings on a
Raoul Hausmann 1923-24
"Mona Lisa" reproduction print
EXPRESSIONISM
(A Bold New Movement)
Sub-Movements:
3. Surrealism
- Depicts an illogical subconscious dream
world beyond the logical, conscious, physical
one.
4. Social Realism
- Expresses the artist’s role in social reform.
ABSTRACTIONISM

Sub-Movements:
1. Cubism
- Artworks were a play of planes and angles
on a flat surface.
 CUBISM

Three
Musicians,
Picasso 1921
Seated Woman
(Marie-Therese),
Picasso 1937 Woman with a
guitar, Braque
1913
ABSTRACTIONISM

Sub-Movements:
3. Mechanical Style
- The result of the futurist movement. Basic
forms such as planes, cones, spheres, and
cylinders all fit together precisely and neatly
in their appointed places.
4. Non-objectivism
- Do not use figures.
ABSTRACTIONISM
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

Sub-Movements:
1. Action Painting
- The techniques could be splattering,
squirting, and dribbling paint with no pre-
planned design.
2. Color Field Painting
- Uses different color saturations to create
desired effects.
EXPRESSIONISM
CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS

 refers to art made and

produced by artists living
today. Today's artists work in
and respond to a global
environment that is culturally
diverse, technologically
advancing, and multifaceted.
Working in a wide range of
mediums, contemporary
artists often reflect and
comment on modern-day
society.
CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS

1. Installation Art
- Uses sculptural materials and other media to modify
the viewer’s experience in a particular space.
- Usually lifesize or even larger. Installation can be
constructed in everyday public or private spaces both
indoor and outdoor.
2. Performance Art
- The actions of the
performers may constitute
work. It can happen any
time at any place for any
length of time.
- It may include
activities such as theater,
dance, music, mime,
juggling, and gymnastics.
OP ART

Distinct Characteristics:
• A form of action
painting with the action
taking place in the
viewer’s eye.

2. As the eye moved over a

diff. segments of the
image, perfectly stable
components appeared
to shift back and forth.
Pop Art
 Pop art is an art movement
that emerged in the 1950s
and flourished in the 1960s
in America and Britain,
drawing inspiration from
sources in popular and
commercial culture.
Different cultures and
countries contributed to
the movement during the
1960s and 70s
OP ART POP ART
What is the difference of Modern and
Contemporary art form?
MODERN ART

 Modern art is called that way because it did not rely on

previous teachings and styles that were being taught in the
art academies. It started when artists started depicting
scenes of modern life but by not using traditional means.
For example, they were using a paint brush to draw their
paints on canvas which lead to different, more distinct and
signature techniques and a lot of experimentation. This
created several movements (impressionism, surrealism,
abstract expressionism etc) which were all based on
drawing attention to the medium.
CONTEMPORARY ART

 Contemporary art, is much more difficult to define. Yes, it’s

the art made after the 1960s but it’s much more than that.
Artists defined their work based on their personal quests,
something that created enormous styles and possibilities.
One key difference between ‘contemporary’ and ‘modern’
art is the shift from aesthetic beauty to the concept of the
art. This is why, in contemporary art, the technique is not so
important – the concept of the work is of much more
significance.