fourteenth post

1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I selected the videos Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism, The Impact of Cubism, and Mattise and Picasso. I picked Expressionism, Dada and Surrealims, and The Impact of Cubism because they are movements we have been recently talking about and are also movements I learned at my old college. I chose the Mattise and Picasso video because they are two of my favorite artists, specifically Picasso.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Expressionism: An outgrowth of Fauvism, Expressionism emphasized color's emotional properties while demonstrating far less concern than the Fauves had with the formal and structural composition of color. Contemporary Neo-Expressionism has further developed this artistic approach.
Dada and Surrealism: The Dada movement, born as a reaction to World War I, and its successor, Surrealism, opened new avenues for artistic creation by striving to bypass the reasoning process and tap directly into the unconscious mind.
The Impact of Cubism: Influenced by the works of Cézanne, African tribal art, and the art of the Iberian peninsula, Cubism—the most influential style of the early 20th century—offered European artists unfamiliar, nonclassical ways to represent form and space.
Matisse and Picasso: By the time both had become renown, Picasso and Matisse had broken with tradition with the establishment. Gertrude Stein is the first to recognize the greatness of Matisse (1905) and Picasso. Matisse is deliberate, rational, and very French in the way he organized his thoughts. Picasso is a worker, impulsive, and immerses himself in his painting. "Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) and Matisse's " and Matisse's paintings of females are compared.



3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos relate to the readings in the text because these movements are what we read about in chapter twenty-one. In chapter twenty-one, we read about De Stijl, Expressionism, Dada, Cubism, Surrealism, and many other movements in the 19th and 20th centuries.


4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

I thought the films were interesting. They add depth to the understanding of the readings because the videos were about the art movements we have been studying the whole week.