TWENTIETH CENTURY ART BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. Key Characteristics Absurdity-life doesn't make sense,...
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TWENTIETH CENTURY TWENTIETH CENTURY ART BETWEEN THE ART BETWEEN THE
WORLD WARSWORLD WARS
Key Characteristics Absurdity-life doesn't make sense, so why should
art? Chance-life is random Irreverence-challenge cherished beliefs and
institutions Key Techniques Ready-made-sculpture from existing manufactured
parts Photomontage-collection of photographs
Dada
Key Characteristics Depicts the world of the unconscious mind;
dreams Influenced by Bosch, Gauguin and Symbolists Odd juxtaposition of recognizable objects Exaggeration in the appearance of objects Unusual objects and symbols that express the
artist's inner mind and question reality
Surrealism
Key Artists
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, Melancholy and Mystery of a Street, 1914. Oil on canvas
Giorgio de Chirico--proto-Surrealist; eerie scenes
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO The Song of Love, 1914
SALVADOR DALÍ, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas,
Dali-Realistic figures, idiosyncratic symbols
RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928-1929. Oil on canvas
Magritte-unusual combinations of recognizable objects
JOAN MIRÓ, The Potato, 1928 Oil on canvas
Miro-used biomorphic shapes
MARC CHAGALL, I and the Village, 1911
Chagall-drew upon childhood experiences in Russia
FRIDA KAHLO, The Two Fridas, 1939. Oil on canvas
Frida Kahlo--series of biographical self-portraits; wife of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI, Bird in Space, 1928. Bronze Abstract work intended to capture subject's essence Bird in Space is most famous work
BARBARA HEPWORTH, Oval Sculpture (No. 2), 1943. Plaster cast Modernist English sculptor Major innovator in use of negative space
HENRY MOORE, Reclining Figure, 1939. Elm wood
• Major use of organic curves and negative space
• Abstract recumbent female figures • Works have monumental quality
Alexander Calder Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939Mobiles-moving sculptures suspended from ceiling Simplified organic forms Similar to Miro's biomorphic paintings