This document discusses several early 20th century art movements: - Les Fauves emphasized bright expressive colors and simplifying forms to convey emotion. Matisse was a leader of this short-lived movement. - Kandinsky was a pioneer of non-representational, abstract art and sought to create visual compositions like music. - Cubism, developed by Picasso and Braque, deconstructed objects into geometric forms showing multiple views simultaneously and influenced by African art. It broke from traditional 3D space.

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2.  Les fauves-the wild beasts
 Matisse is considered the forerunner of this
movement that only lasted two years
 Matisse was trying to express his enthusiasm for life
 He simplified his forms to preserve the initial feeling
he got from the object

4.  Expressionism-emphasizes inner feelings over
objective description
 Simplifications of the subject’s form
 Bright expressive colors
 Areas of intense brushwork and areas of flat color
coincide in the same work

6. Wassily Kandinsky
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7.  By 1910 Kandinsky was breaking a key rule in art
 He was making art that was completely
nonrepresentational
 He thought that art should transcend physical reality
 He sought to make a visual language akin to how we
hear music or taste….
 The content of the paintings is simply what the viewer
experiences under the effect of the forms and color
combinations

8.  Emphasized pictorial composition over personal
expression
 Pablo Picasso is generally considered the inventor of
Cubism
 Deconstructed and reconstructed forms
 Often a forward view and a side view of a person or
object is shown simultaneously
 Abstracted forms

9.  Considered the main player in the creation of cubism
 Began as a traditional painter and began to
experiment with collage and abstracted forms
 He was very influenced by African sculpture,
especially African masks

10. Pablo Picasso
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11.  Fractured, angular figures
 No longer using the tradition representation of 3d
space
 Cubists often show multiple views of one object at a
time
 Ex: simultaneously showing the front and side view of
a figure

12. Kota Reliquary Figure
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14.  Constantin Brancusi was a pioneer in the movement
from 19th century to 20th century art
 He was inspired by the Cycladic sculptures and their
abstract style
 He wanted his viewer to be conscious of form

16.  Italian Futurists were a group of artists inspired by
cubism
 They often wanted to show fast motion and a love for
the machine
 Multiplying the image and using lots of repetition
became a strong way to show movement
 Curved and diagonal lines also gave a feeling of
movement in their compositions