MAPEH 10- ARTS ( LESSON 2 )

Expressionism

Another group of artists who became popular in the 1900's is the

expressionists. They created works with more emotional force, and not on realistic
or natural images. To attain this, they used distorted outlines, unrealistic or
unnatural images. Their works are not actually what they see in the physical world,
but depend on their imaginations and feelings.

The different styles that emerged within the expressionist art movements are:
• Neoprimitivism
• Dadaism
• Fauvism
• Surrealism
• Social realism

A. Neoprimitivism

Neoprimitivism is an art style of combined elements from the native arts of

the South Sea Islanders and the wood carvings of African tribes. Among the Western
artists who adapted these elements was Amedeo Modigliani. Oval faces and elongated
shapes of African art can be seen in both his sculptures and paintings.

Source: Irina Raquel, “Yellow Sweater” Source: Thad Zajdowicz, “Head” by

by Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Modigliani
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 B. Fauvism
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of
early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized with strong colors and
visual distortions. The most known artist of Fauvism was Henri Matisse.

The characteristics of Fauvism include:

1) The important use of unnatural colors gives new, emotional meaning to the colors.
2) Creating a strong, unified work that appears flat on the canvas.

Source: Lluis Ribes Mateu 1969, “Blue Source: Irina Raquel, “Woman with
Window”by Henri Matisse Hat” by Henri Matisse
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C. Dadaism
Dadaism is a style characterized by imagination, remembered images, and
visual tricks and surprises—as in the paintings of Marc Chagall and Giorgio de
Chirico below. These artists turned their backs from using traditional styles in arts
leading to their new style called "non-style."

The art, poetry, and performance produced by dada artists are often satirical
and nonsensical in nature.
Works of de Chirico and Chagall

Source: Jennifer Mei, “Melancholy and

Mystery of a Street” by Giorgio de Chirico
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9358072. Creative Commons.

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 Source: Lluis Ribes Mateu, “I and the Village”
by Marc Chagall
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D. Surrealism

Surrealism came from the term "super-realism," a style that depicts an

illogical, subconscious dream world. It is a clear expression of departure from reality
- as if the artists were dreaming, seeing illusions, or experiencing a change in mental
state.

Many surrealist works appeared morbid or gloomy subjects, as in those by

Salvador Dali. Others were quite playful and even humorous, such as those by Paul
Klee and Joan Miro.

Source: Xevi V, Source: Lluis Ribes Source: Courtney

“Personages with Star” by Mateu, “Diana” by Paul Collision, “Persistence of
Joan Miro Klee Memory” by Salvador Dali
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E. Social Realism

Social realism is an art movement that expresses the artist's role in social
reform. The artists used their works to show protest against the injustices,
inequalities immorality, and other concerns of the human condition. Social realists
have addressed different social issues for the purpose of increasing people's
awareness leading to reforms and general welfare.

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 Source: Manuel Galrinho, “Guernica” by Pablo
Picasso
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Source: Francis Helminski,
“Miners’ Wives” by Ben Shahn
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Congratulations! You are just through with the first two major art
movements: Impressionism and Expressionism.
You have just done enough, but there are still more. So, let’s keep going
with the next topic.
Good luck!

Abstractionism
In the 20th century, the abstractionist movement existed from various
intellectual points of view. This intellectualism was reflected in art. Expressionism
was emotional, while abstractionism was logical and rational.

Geometrical shapes, patterns, lines, angles, textures, and swirls of color were
used. Representational abstractionism depicts still-recognizable subjects, while pure
abstractionism does not recognize any subject at all.

The abstractionist movement has four art styles, namely:

• Cubism
• Futurism
• Mechanical style
• Non-objectivism

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 A. Cubism

The cubist style was derived from the word cube, a three-dimensional
geometric figure composed of lines, planes, and angles.

Pablo Picasso - Spanish painter/sculptor is foremost among the cubists.

Source: Randalf’s Gallery, Source: Penn State, “Girl Before

“Three Musicians” by Pablo a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso.
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A. Futurism

Futurism is a style of art that began in Italy in the early 1900s. It is an art of
fast-paced, machine-propelled age. Artists draw inspiration through motion, force,
speed, and strength of mechanical forms. Thus, their works depicted the dynamic
sensation of all these – as seen in the works of Italian painter Gino Severini.

Source: Kwong Yee Cheng, “Armored

Train” by Gino Severeni.
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 A. Mechanical Style

In the mechanical style of art, basic forms such as planes, cones, spheres,
and cylinders all fit together in a precise and neat manner.

Source: Gerry Popplestone, “Discs in

the City” by Fernand Leger.
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A. Non-objectivism

From the term non-object, works in the non-objectivism style did not make
use of figures or even representations of figures.

Source: Loic 4467, DSC.3299, “ New

York City” by Piet Mondrian
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Op Art and Pop Art

Optical art or Op art is another art movement that gives a visual experience –
a form of "action painting," taking place in the viewer's eye, giving the illusion of
movement.

Popular art or Pop art is a movement made of the use of commonplace, trivial,
even nonsensical objects that pop artists seemed to enjoy and laugh at.

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 Example of Op Art and Pop Art

Source: Larry Johnson, “Fall” by Bridget Source: Jorge Del Prado, “Marilyn
Riley Monroe” by Andy Warhol
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Contemporary Art Forms:

Installation Art and Performance Art
Installation art is a contemporary art form that makes use of sculptural
materials and other media to modify the way the viewer experiences a particular
space. It is also called environmental art, project art, and temporary art. It creates
an entire sensory experience for the viewer that allows him to walk through them.

Performance art is a form of modern art in which the actions of an individual

or a group of a particular place and at a particular time constitute the work. It
involves four basic elements, namely: time, space, the performer's body, and a
relationship between the performer and audience. The performer himself or herself
is the artist.

Notable Installation Art Piece by Filipino Artist

Source: Midori Yamamura,

“Cordillera Labyrinth” by Roberto
Villanueva
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 Some Examples of Performance Art

Source: David Yu, Performance Source: Dumbonyc, Performance Art.

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Performing Art Troupe. N00/1461068078. Creative Commons.
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In performance art, the performer is the artist.