ARTS 10

Third Quarter – Week 1

 Learning goals and Standards

 Analyze arts elements and principles in

the production of work following a
specific art style from the various art
movements (Impressionism,
Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism)
 Identify distinct characteristics of art from
various movements
 Identify representative artist and Filipino
counterparts from various art
movements
 Create works guided by techniques and
styles of various art movements
 INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION

Look at the portraits below. How do you think each of

the artists came up with the such imagination? What
are the styles of modern art? What do you know about
them?
 LESSON PRESENTATION
Week 1 – Lesson 1

Part I: Impressionism,
Expressionism, Cubism and
Dadaism
Understanding the Modern Art
Modern Art?
Looking back in time from our vantage point today, the
beginning of the 20th century is recognized as a period
of revolution and change in art. Artist were seen
representing the world they know in unique ways, that
were never before seen in public.

At first Europe, was the birthplace for these new style,

styles that greatly influenced the art created later in
America.
Style
Styles surround us in daily lives. We can easily
identify specific styles of cars kinds of stores and brand
names of different goods. We know Adidas from Nike,
SM Malls from Ayala Malls or a Honda from
Volkswagen. In art, people note personal styles or
specific artists –”That’s a Picasso”, “That’s an Anita
Magsaysay Ho”, - after seeing a range of there works.
Such recognition is based primarily on differentiation.
 Below are the paintings of Anita Magsaysay Ho showing her
personal styles.

Potting Flowers, 1981 Two women, 1992 Fish Vendors, 1986

Artist from their styles within a particular time and place. A style
shared by a particular group of like-minded artist. A familiarity with
these styles can help us situated art and artists that are new to us,
which often helps with understanding.
 IMPRESSIONISM

In 1874, a group of artist held an exhibition in Paris. One of

these artists was Claude Monet, who exhibited a painting
entitled Impression, Sunrise. The critics were shocked by the
way they saw that they took the word Impression from Monet’s
title and used it as a label when referring, unkindly, to all the
works in the exhibition. The movement Impressionism, was
described as an art style that tried to capture on impression of
what the eyes sees at a given moment and the effect of
sunlight on the subject.
 Characteristics of
Impressionism

 Impressionists paint quickly to capture the in order to

capture the impression of the subject right at the moment.
Impressionists are more interested in conveying mood and
atmosphere with their painting that creating a detailed and
lifelike replica of their subject.

 Time and motion are also conscious elements in the works

of the impressionists. They concentrate on painting the
changes in color and shape because times of day. In this
way, Impressionist are known to work like scientists
because they want to catch the true effects of daylight of an
object.
 They also prefer painting outdoors because hey believe
that the color of shade is influenced by the surrounding
colors, and therefore, must shine and filter through the
scene and flood onto the objects in the painting.

Train Station in Paris

 They use of tiny dabs and dashes of bright colors that
are mixed from pure hues and broken up with their
opposite colors seem to blend as you look at them from
a distance
 Their subjects usually include the people of the city
life involved in everyday events, which may seem
unimportant when compared with the grand
subjects painted by earlier artists. The here and
now are nominated.

Berthe Morisot. The bath Edgar Degas. The glass of

Absinthe
Well known Impressionists

Claude Monet
The true pioneer of Impressionists –
he was constantly exploring What do I
see and how do I record it in painting?
Monet had a long-lasting fascination in
observing and painting light and nature.
He would stay for long hours at a
different times of day in his garden to paint it.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Studied painting with several other painters who became known as
the Impressionist. He like to paint lively groups of figures. He
actually used his maids as his models. Renoir painted more than
6,000 paintings. Even wen he became crippled in old age, he
carried on painting by wedging brushes between his twisted fingers.
 The Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Studied painting with several other painters who became known as the
Impressionist. He like to paint lively groups of figures. He actually used
his maids as his models. Renoir painted more than 6,000 paintings. Even
wen he became crippled in old age, he carried on painting by wedging
brushes between his twisted fingers.
 Some of the Famous Counterpart Artists of
Impressionism in the Philippines

Many Filipino artists picked up the style of the Impressionists as early as

when they first became popular in Europe. Well known Filipinos who were
influenced by Impressionism include Juan Luna and Fernando Amorsolo.

Juan Luna. Mi Hijo Andres, 1889 Lopez Memorial Museum

Collection and tampuhan, 1895
Despite being identified as master of classical style, Juan Luna tried his hand at
Impressionism. In portrait of his son, the three-year old Andres, the use of small
and brightly colored dabs on the cheeks the intent to create a quick impression of
a fleeting moment and the appearance of painting outdoors and reflected light
are just some qualities that are clearly Impressionistic in style.

Planting rice, 1951 Market scene, 1949 Lavanderas,1952

The first Filipino National Artist of the Philippines, Fernando
Amorsolo, on the other hand, is known for paintings having a
distinctive glow against which figures stand out. Trying to catch
the exact quality of light – “sunlight and high noon” when contrasts
are strongest and when “sun shafts” created dappled light patterns
on the ground recalls the style of the Impressionists. Nowhere is
this evident that in his landscapes where except of the background,
which has bold and spontaneous brushstrokes, the figure are more
carefully rendered and have the emphasis on detail conceive by his
classical training.
 EXPRESSIONISM
At the beginning of the 20th century, some artist who have
been connected with Impressionism began to find fault
with it. They felt that this style sacrificed too much by
trying to capture the momentary effect of sunlight on forms
of colors. They felt the art should present a more personal,
expressive view of life. In Germany, the view was eagerly
accepted by several group of artists. The art movement in
which artworks conveyed strong feelings was
Expressionism.
 Famous Proponent of Expressionism
Edvard Munch
Munch is the best known forerunner of
Expressionism. His early life was tortured by
sickness, death, insanity, unhappy love
affairs, and guilt - a classic way to
understand his paintings.
Observed the way he worked through his
state of mind in his paintings The Scream.
Observe as well Munch’s rare ability to
portray intimate emotion in a universal way.
People are familiar with anxiety and fear.
Munch, however, managed to make them
beautiful.
Wassily Kansdinsky

He started out as a realistic painter but was

among the first to make truly abstract art in
which color and form take on an expressive
life. He believes that shape, line, and color
have emotional properties capable of
conveying heightened feelings.
Red for example, was described as giving “the
impression of a strong drum beat”, green was
the thrill sound of a violin and yellow
possesses a capacity to attain heights. As to
lines, Kansdinsky believed that horizontal
lines were cold and flat verticals were warm
and strong curved lines were mature and
angular lines were youthful.
The Influence of Expressionism on Philippines
Art
Coming back from studying art abroad in 1982, painter Victorio
Edades, for example, realized that the modernist experimentation
and new perspective at seeing the world was what Philippines art
needed.
In a homecoming exhibit that he mounted in 1982 among those he
showed to be shocked audience was the main feature, The
Builders. It was the modern publics introduction to modern art.
The Builders was special because it showed Edades Modernist
Tendency to experiment on other styles like Expressionism. It used
exaggerated features, dark stones, and heavy brushstrokes to
express intense feelings set the expressionistic tone for the many
Filipino artist of his time and the next generation.
 CUBISM
Pablo Picasso was the first to use such
unrealistic style. He was the leader of a
new movement in art called CUBISM.

Picasso painted the picture in 1937 and

used powerful colors to depict the
sadness of the crying woman. Sometimes
when people are very upset, we say that
they “go to pieces” or are “broken” by
their sadness. In this artwork, Picasso’s
woman looks as if she really is broken
into pieces.

Weeping Woman
 The Founders and
Characteristics of Cubism

The 2 Founders of Cubism

Pablo Picasso and George Braque, started the ideas that all shapes
in the nature are based on geometric shapes- the sphere, the cone,
and the cylinder. The idea was unprecedented. For the first time, a
shift in focus from subject matter to the abstract properties of line,
shape and composition became the new way of seeing the world of
artists. In this way, an art of the senses was replaced by an art of the
mind.
 Filipino Cubists

The distinctive themes and style

that made use of the geometric
fragmentation technique in the
work of early Filipino Cubists
contributed significantly to the
V. Manansala Sungka
introduction of modern art in the and Bird of Paradise
Philippines. Some of these artists
were Vicente Manansala, Cesar
Legaspi and Cenon Rivera.

C. Legaspi Combancheros
Manansala hardly tore the image into pieces lke many
jigsaw fragments the way Picassioand Braque did in
their works. He has his own easily to understand king of
Cubism- “transparent cubism” – which he claims he
developed all by himself. This approach shows images,
say, birds in flight, as transparencies or “glaze” that
interlock and overlap which do not present much depth-
that is such one finds, for example in the Cubist works
of Picasso.
Dadaism
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland in
1916, one of the artists expressed
their disillusionment in their act.
Known as Dada, the movement got
its name from a nonsense word.
Throughout its brief lifespan of six
years, Dada seemed nonsensical, but
it had a no-nonsense aim. It is no
wonder that Dadaists artists felt they
could no longer trust reason and
society. Their alternative was to
overthrow all authority, tradition, and
cultivate absurdity. Marcel Duchamp. Mona Lisa, 1919
Dada’s movements most famous Inventor
• In America, the most well-known Dadaist
was Marcel Duchamp, whose earliest
work was a ready-made bicycle-wheel
mounted on a kitchen stool (1913). His
most outrageous work was the Fountain
(1917), an industrial porcelain urinal , set
sideways and signed ‘R. Mutt,’ Duchamp’s
pseudonym. Fountain was pure
provocation. The exhibition organizers had
stated that all entries would be accepted,
and Duchamp want to see if they really Fountain, 1917
meant it.
 INTEGRATION

Question:
1. How will you define yourself as a master piece?
Are you a Monalisa, a starry night or any other
paintings or a blank canvass?
 ASSIGNMENT
Activity: Starry, Starry Night
1. Who is Vincent van Gogh
2. Describe the style and content of his
paintings.
3. Give five (5) masterpieces of van Gogh with
pictures and descriptions.
 REFERENCES

Dela Paz, Christiane.2009.Private Collections.Artes

de Las Pilipinas
Gatbonton,Juan.1992.Art Philippines.The Crucible
workshop.
Lowry, Glenn.2005.Master works of Modern Art
(MoMa).Scala Vision.