Art History 4 - Symbolism - Fauvism

Who is the artist?

Who believed that certain colors, reductive shapes, & spiritual subjects would draw an emotional response from viewers?

Austrian Expressionist painter & draftsman. Focused on human body as his main subject including many self portraits.

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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The idea that art isn't concerned with storytelling, morality, religion only with its own aesthetic properties

Which artist had a collection of artwork that was seized by the Natzi in 1941?

Visual shorthand that represents or stands for something else, a material object representing something abstract.

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Which artist had to change the type of art he was making due to a health crisis?

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Highly decorative style that aimed to reject historical influences and create one encapsulating style for all the arts.

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Leading figure of the symbolists. Know for morbidly intense works, figures were void faces and toneless bodies.

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French Fauvist creating vivid works, with unconstrained use of color. Changed his style & moved around several movements

Which artist had several works that showed people in masks centered around death?

Founding members of Austrian Symbolism. His work features bold colors & jeweled and gold repetitive elements.

Belgium Symbolist remembered for his eccentric, brightly colored, nervously painted, and disturbing imagery.

Which artist liked to give his compositions musical titles that emphasized their abstract, aesthetic qualities?

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Movement that formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists.

Who is the Artist?

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A widely held but false belief or idea.

Movement characterized by vivid expressionistic and non-naturalistic use of color.

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One of the pivotal figures of French Modernism & leading rep. of Fauvism. Also known for his cut-out collages.

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Which art movement was a “a crusade on behalf of beauty?”

American Artist & central figure in the Aesthetic Movement. Played a big part in introducing modern ideas to British art

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Which artist had a “gold period” where they incorporated gold leaf into several works of art?

Italian/French painter, draftsman & a sculptor. Known for long oval faces, and elongated bodies.

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French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman, pastellist, and was a surrealist before his time.

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Movement that advocated the expression of an idea over the realistic description of the natural world.

Which artist was inspired by a Peruvian mummy ?

Movement fueled by a belief in “art for art’s sake” - that arts should give pleasure rather than having a moral purpose