HUMAN-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Louis Vauxcelles, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse
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Impressionism and post-impressionism now accepted by the official french salon. Leaders of art that went against tradition and expectations. Followed by fauvism, cubism, futurism, and german expressionism. Based less on perception, more on conception. Named by the art critic louis vauxcelles. Color is an expressive force, corresponding not to reality, but to the artist"s temperament. Color broken into broad zones, no harmonization, incorrect use of colors. Depiction of objects in their most reduced geometric from(s) Rather than from one point of view, objects are presented from several vantage points simultaneously. Distorted proportions, rhythmic shapes, little planes , primitive, influence from african masks. Married robert delaunay, with whom she formed a long creative partnership. Cubist forms in a more dynamic way. Founded almost exclusively in the popular press, conceived by its creator. Filippo marinetti in the manifesto of futurism (1909) Wanted to render universal dynamism" in painting. Die br cke (the bridge) in dresden, 1905.
