Lecture 23: Early 20th Century: Modernism - II

Lecture 23: Early 20th Century: Modernism - II

Announcements:

PMA tours next week
turn in papers at end of class

Slide List

What does it mean to be avant-garde? The artist & the public.
- Courbet Studio of the Artist, 1955 / Bazille Artist's Studio, 1870.
- Fantin-Latour Battignolles Studio, 1870 / Manet Zola, 1868.
- Manet Bar at the Folies Bergere, 1882 / Olympia, 1863.
- Matisse Joy of Life, 1905 / Derain Pool of London , 1906.
- Picasso:
  - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
  - First Communion, 1895 / The Tragedy, 1903.
"Abstract" Representation:
- Picasso:
  - Three Women, 1908 / Cezanne Mont Ste. Victoire seen from Les Lauves, 1504.
  - Female Nude, 1910
  - Harlequin, 1915 / Three Musicians, 1924.
  - Guitar, 1912-13
  - Still Life with Chair Caning, 1912.
- Braque Le Courrier, 1913.
"Autonomy" of Art vs. Social Plight
- Boccioni
  - The City Rises, 1910.
  - Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913.
- Balla Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912.
- Stella Battle of Lights, Coney Island, 1913.
- Rodin John the Baptist/ Greek Winged Victory
- Duchamp Nude Descending the Staircase #2, 1912/cartoon & newspaper.
- Nolde The Last Supper, 1909 / Kandinsky Improvisation #30, 1913.