1. Modern Art and Art Style
from the Various Art
Movements (Dadaism,
Surrealism, Social Realism,
Abstract Realism, Pop Art
and Op Art)
2. The name Dada is
meaningless and was given
to an international “anti-
art” movement that
flourished from 1915 to
1922.
3. Its main center of activity was the
Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where
like-minded artists, poets, writers
and musicians would gather to
participate in experimental
activities such as:
Automatic drawing
Noise music
Nonsense poetry
4. Dada was violent reaction to the
snobbery and traditionalism of
the art establishment. Members of
this movement were ready to use
any means within their
imagination to cause outrage
among the bourgeoisie. Two
dadaist painters Francis Picabia
and Marcel Duchamp
8. Its aim was to resolve the
previously contradictory
conditions of dream and reality,
and the ways in which this was
achieved varied widely. Surrealist
painters created unnerving and
illogical scenes with photographic
precision, created strange
creatures from collections of
everyday objects.
9. Surrealism was an art
movement that sought to
link the world of dreams
with real life. Surrealist
paintings frequently had a
dreamlike quality and
depicted objects in
unrealistic ways.
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12. In Mexico and the United
States, realism allied with
social consciousness
characterized the artists’
works. Jose Clemente Orozco
dramatized in his mural the
“Gods of the Modern World”
the social conflicts of his time.
13. The United States during this period
1930-1950 was suffering from
economic depression. Artists dealt on
the subjects about social problems
such as urbanism, alienation, lack of
social integration, dehumanization of
people, material greed and corruption
and the conflict between the interior
and exterior world.
14. Known artists who used arts as a
vehicle for communicating significant
human experience and for shaping the
human values necessary to have a
truly humane society are the
following:
Edward Happer
Andrew Wyeth
Ivan Albright
George Tocker
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17. Pop art was the art of popular
culture. Visual art movement that
characterized a sense of optimism
during the post war consumer
boom of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Brash, young and fun and hostile to
the artistic establishment. Interest
in mass media, mass promotion and
mass culture.
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19. Op Art is also known as optical
art. Visual art that make use of
optical illusions. Abstract
(black and white). It is referred
as kinetic art. Visual effects
that can cause illusions
include vibrating colors, lively
patterns and concentric colors.
20. Fathers of Op Art are
Josef Albers and Victor
Vasarely. Another
well-known Op Art
illusionist is Bridget
Riley.
