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Pointillism is a
form of painting
in which tiny
dots of
primary-colors
are used to
generate
secondary
colors. It is an
offshoot of
Impressionism,
and is usually
categorized as a
form of
Post-Impressionism.
It is very
similar to
Divisionism,
except that
where
Divisionism is
concerned with
color theory,
Pointillism is
more focused on
the specific
style of
brushwork used
to apply the
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By
Georges
Seurat |
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The term "Pointillism"
was first used with
respect to the work of
Georges Seurat, and he
is the artist most
closely associated with
the movement. The
relatively few artists
who worked in this style
also included Paul
Signac and Henri-Edmond
Cross.
Pointillism is
considered to have been
an influence on Fauvism.
Pointillism is a method
of painting developed in
France in the 1880s in
which tiny dots of color
are applied to the
canvas. When viewed from
a distance, the points
of color appear to blend
together to make other
colors and to form
shapes and outlines.
Georges Seurat (French,
1859-1891) was its
leading exponent. His
most famous painting is
A Sunday Afternoon on
the Island of La Grande
Jatte, 1884-1886, oil on
canvas, 81 x 120 inches,
Art Institute of
Chicago. Occasionally
used synonyms for
pointillism have been
"divisionism" and
"confetti-ism." |
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REALISTIC |
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By Karen
Brenner |
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Realism or the
Realist school
and realism -
The realistic
and natural
representation
of people,
places, and/or
things in a work
of art. The
opposite of
idealization.
One of the
common themes of
postmodernism is
that this
popular notion
of an unmediated
presentation is
not possible.
This sense of
realism is
sometimes
considered
synonymous with
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And Realism
(with an upper
case "R"), also
known as the
Realist school,
denotes a
mid-nineteenth
century art
movement and
style in which
artists
discarded the
formulas of
Neoclassicism
and the
theatrical drama
of Romanticism
to paint
familiar scenes
and events as
they actually
looked.
Typically it
involved some
sort of
sociopolitical
or moral
message, in the
depiction of
ugly or
commonplace
subjects. |
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PORTRAIT |
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Portrait - A
work of art that
represents a
specific person,
a group of
people, or an
animal.
Portraits
usually show
what a person
looks like as
well as
revealing
something about
the subject's
personality.
Portraits can be
made of any
sculptural
material or in
any
two-dimensional
medium.
Portraiture is
the field of
portrait making
and portraits in
general. |
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By
Robert
Beckett |
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LANDSCAPE |
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By
Oksana
Ponomareva |
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Landscape - A
painting,
photograph or
other work of
art which
depicts scenery
such as
mountains,
valleys, trees,
rivers and
forests. There
is invariably
some sky in the
scene. |
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ABSTRACT |
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Abstract
Expressionism or
abstract
expressionism -
A painting
movement in
which artists
typically
applied paint
rapidly, and
with force to
their huge
canvases in an
effort to show
feelings and
emotions,
painting
gesturally,
non-geometrically,
sometimes
applying paint
with large
brushes,
sometimes
dripping or even
throwing it onto
canvas. |
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By
Alison
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Their work is
characterized by
a strong
dependence on
what appears to
be accident and
chance, but
which is
actually highly
planned. Some
Abstract
Expressionist
artists were
concerned with
adopting a
peaceful and
mystical
approach to a
purely abstract
image. Usually
there was no
effort to
represent
subject matter.
Not all work was
abstract, nor
was all work
expressive, but
it was generally
believed that
the spontaneity
of the artists'
approach to
their work would
draw from and
release the
creativity of
their
unconscious
minds. The
expressive
method of
painting was
often considered
as important as
the painting
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Artists who painted in
this style include Hans
Hoffman
(German-American,
1880-1966), Adolph
Gottlieb (American,
1903-1974), Mark Rothko
(American, 1903-1970),
Willem De Kooning
(Dutch-American,
1904-1997), Clyfford
Still (American,
1904-1980), Barnett
Newman (American,
1905-1970), Franz Kline
(American, 1910-1962),
William Baziotes
(American, 1912-1963),
Jackson Pollock
(American, 1912-1956),
Philip Guston (American,
1913-1980), Ad Reinhardt
(American, 1913-1967),
Robert Motherwell
(American, 1915-1991),
Sam Francis (American,
1923-1994), and Helen
Frankenthaler (American,
1928-). Abstract
Expressionism originated
in the 1940s, and became
popular in the 1950s. |
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