Overview of the art history movements preceding Cubism and an introduction to Cubism for a second year cubist still life painting unit

1. Cubism
A new way of seeing!

3. The Classical Period
● Rendering form and beauty
● Creating the illusion of light, shadow, depth and space
● Retelling myths, legends and religious stories through art
Nicholas Mignard, Moliere
in Classical Dress, 1658
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509

4. The Industrial Revolution
● Begins around 1760, Cotton Gin - Eli Whitney
● Second revolution around 1840 with steel
production
● Rapid transportation- Steam Locomotive
● Mass publication of artwork
● Paint in tubes- artists are free to leave the studio
and paint in nature
● Changes in values and a break with tradition
● Photography more widely available
● Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism, Arts &
Crafts Movement
The Iron Rolling Mill, Adolph Menzel

5. Romanticism
Turner "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last
Berth to be Broken Up"
Pre-Raphaelite
Rosetti, Lady Lilith Realism
William Bell Scott, Iron and Coal

6. The Impressionists
Impressionist painting
characteristics include relatively
small, thin, yet visible brush
strokes, open composition,
emphasis on accurate depiction
of light in its changing qualities
(often accentuating the effects of
the passage of time), ordinary
subject matter, inclusion of
movement as a crucial element
of human perception and
experience, and unusual visual
angles.
Claude Monet, Haystacks
(Sunset) 1890-1891
Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876

7. Cubism
Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo
Picasso and Georges Braque.
It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the
20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented
speed. Cubism was an attempt by artists to revitalize the tired traditions of
Western art which they believed had run their course.
The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as
perspective, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was
to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age.

8. CUBISM:
•Fitting all angles of a three- dimensional object in the same two-dimensional picture!

30. Self-Portrait
Emily Valenza, 1998