A Response To: Modernist Painting by Clement Greenberg & Post-Painterly Abstraction by Clement Greenberg In this paper I will be summarizing two essays by Clement Greenberg‚ one entitled “Modernist Painting” and the other “Post-Painterly Abstraction.” After summarizing the articles I will discuss and respond to them. In the first reading “Modernist Painting” Greenberg describes Modernism as being a method in which a discipline is used to criticize the discipline itself‚ for instance
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In “Weimar Cinema and After”‚ Thomas Elsaesser explains expressionism as not only the style of films created in the early 1920s‚ but as a “generic term for most of the art cinema of the Weimar Republic in Germany‚ and beyond Germany‚ echoing down film history across the periods and genres‚ turning up in the description of Universal horror films of the 1930s and film noir of the 1940s.” The influence that Elsaesser is referring to is of great importance to both film noir and horror films. This influence
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PAUL CÉZANNE Post Impressionism‚ as the name would suggest‚ is the art movement that directly followed Impressionism. One artist‚ who led the Post Impressionism movement‚ was French artist‚ Paul Cézanne. Much of his early work was pure Impressionism and‚ although he was introduced to the style and guided by Camille Pissarro‚ Cézanne’s works showed a distinctive uniqueness. Cézanne broke away from Impressionism because of the lack of composition; he felt the desire to depict subjects in the
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Fauvism‚ Expressionism‚ and Cubism Expressionism as an art form could be loosely defined as a movement of artist’s that wanted to break free from the conventional art movements of the time and express themselves individually‚ free from the constraints of their fellow artist’s ideals. They wanted to be able to express emotion and feeling in their work. The work that falls under the classification of expressionism is widely varied in its style and appearance. Some elements of expressionism were particularly
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that defines impressionism: "Unlike realism‚ impressionism rarely responded to politics impressionist painters preferred genre subjects‚ especially scenes of leisure activities‚ entertainment and landscape‚ and impressionism was more influenced by Japanese prints and new developments in photograph " (Adams‚ 805) Laurie Schneider Adams defines the impressionist movement‚ being careful not to describe the use of paint and its thick application. She does this to clarify that impressionism is a concept
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life. Expressionism is the presentation of events with a unique emotional distortion that stirs the audience’s mood. This can take shape in the form of art‚ music‚ architecture‚ theatre‚ and literature. Naturally‚ those living in my generation are very fond of controversial issues in society being displayed in an emotionally grueling scene. This was not always the case and its origination manifested in early 20th century Germany. The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari was the epitome of expressionism in post
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certain kind of community consisting of different class of people. What is notable in this canvas is the characters’ explicit lack of interaction suggesting that it is because of their diverse class order. Seurat suggests starting a revolution in Impressionism‚ making his subjects like those in ancient Greeks live and move in a modern setting. The
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1) Chapter 21: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy a. The Early Renaissance in Italy (1400-1500) 2) Chapter 22: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy a. The High and Late Renaissance in Italy (1500-1600) 3) Chapter 20: Late Medieval And Early Renaissance Northern Europe a. The Renaissance in Northern Europe in the 15th century 4) Chapter 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain a. The Renaissance in Northern Europe in the 16th century 5) Chapter 24: The Baroque
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consisting of 860 oil paintings‚ and more than 1‚300 water colors‚ drawings‚ and sketches. Several of his paintings now rank among the most expensive in the world. Vincent Van Gogh’s style and periods of art were; Pointillism‚ Neo-impressionism‚ and Point-impressionism. Pointillism is a
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documentary realism‚ and fictional documentary realism. • Distinguish two modes of cinematic self-reflexivity. • Explain why multiple modes of screen reality are possible in cinema. Key Terms • screen reality • realism • expressionism • fantasy • cinematic self-reflexivity • ordinary fictional realism • historical realism • documentary realism • mockumentary Overview: The concept of screen reality pertains to the principles of time‚ space‚ character
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