Abstractionism

Abstractionism

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  By: Andrew Stephensand Phil Sutfin
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  Where Does Abstractionism Originate? Impressionism- picture-like works of art that show the fleeting of color and light  Post-impressionism- overlapping planes to create shape and symbolic and emotional use of color  Fauvism- using color for symbolic purposes and to express emotion. Also shows abstract shape.  Cubism- overlapping, reduced geometric shapes
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  Influences  Nature  Emotion Music  War  Philosophy  Science  Other art movements such as impressionism, post-impressionism, fauvism, and cubism
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  What is Abstractionism? The principles or practice of creating abstract art  An artists minimalization of the representational meaning in a work of art  Often reducing things down to basics such as color and shape
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  What is Abstractionism? “For me, the province of art and the province of nature thus became more and more widely separated, until I was able to experience both as completely independent realms.” – Kandinsky  “The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture” - Mondrian
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  Geometric Abstraction  Highlyinfluenced by cubism  Believed to be the peak of non-objective works of art  Inorganic shapes  Some symmetry
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  Non-Geometric Abstraction  Influencedby fauvism and post- impressionism  Organic shapes  More play on emotion levels
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  Kandinsky His art was: Emotional  Non-representational  geometric abstraction  Non-geometric abstraction And focused on:  Color  Form  Shape
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  Mondrian His art was: Pure  Bright  Mathematical  Geometric abstraction  Non-geometric abstraction And focused on:  De Stijl – geometric shapes that use vertical lines and horizontal lines with some primary colors
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  O’Keeffe Her art was: Emotional  Organic  An imitation of nature  Often monochromatic And focused on:  Color  Form  Organic shape
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  Kandinsky, Small Pleasures 1913
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  Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913
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  Kandinsky, Composition VIII, 1923
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  Mondrain, Grey Tree, 1911
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  Mondrain, Tableau No. 2/CompositionNo. VII
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  Mondrain, Composition A, 1923
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  O’Keefe, Anything, 1916
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  O’Keefe, Black Lines, 1916
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  O’Keefe, Series I-Fromthe Plains, 1919
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  Sources  http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/abstraction.html  http://emptyeasel.com/2007/04/17/piet-mondrian-the-evolution- of-pure-abstract-paintings/ http://www.radford.edu/rbarris/art428/kandinskysabstraction.htm l  www.dictionary.referance.com  www.wisegeek.com  www.arthistory.net  www.wassilykandinsky.net  www.ezinearticles.com  www.kasimirmavelich.org  www.theartstory.org  www.artfactory.com  www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org  www.ibiblio.org