Learning Objectives

In addition to being able to recognize all of the key terms, artists, and artworks presented to you in the chapter, after reading the chapter you should be able to:

1.

discuss how modernism in art is characterized by the development of a rapid succession of movements, each one attempting to redefine art's purpose, its subjects, its forms, and the role artists were to play in creating art.

2.

discuss the impact the three revolutions of the 18^th century-the French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution-had upon 19^th-century Western art.

3.

distinguish between the following art movements that developed or emerged in Europe during the 19^th century in terms of their aims, leaders, art-historical influences, and chronology, and be able to identify specific works of art that are characteristic of each movement:

Neoclassicism;
Romanticism;
Realism;
Impressionism;
Postimpressionism.

4.

define the role of the annual Salon of Paris and its relationship to the Salon des Refusés and the Salon d'Automne.

5.

describe the influence of 19^th-century European art upon American art and artists, and discuss specific examples where this influence is apparent.

6.

distinguish between the following art movements that developed or emerged in Europe during the 20^th century in terms of their aims, leaders, art-historical influences, political significance, and chronology, and be able to identify specific works of art that are characteristic of each movement:

Fauvism;
Die Brücke ("The Bridge");
Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider");
Cubism;
Futurism;
Dada;
Surrealism;
Constructivism;
De Stijl;
Bauhaus.

7.

define the term avant-garde and explain the effect this idea had upon Western art and artists of the late-19^th and early 20^th century.

8.

distinguish between expressionism as a broad stylistic term and Expressionism-spelled with a capital E-as a more specific art movement.

9.

discuss the some of the aims and artists of the Harlem Renaissance in the United States.

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