The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 504.
MODERN ART
Pablo Picasso
Task 1. Look at a sculpture by Pablo Picasso named Déjeuner sur l'herbe. It is an example of modern art. Does it remind you of anything?
Pablo Picasso. Déjeuner sur l'herbe. Outside of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
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Compare Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Pablo Picasso and Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet to try to explain what modern art implies.
Task 2. Read a small piece of information about modern art to see whether your explanation in Task 1 was correct.
Modern art refers to artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. Thus, the term embraces over 70 art movements ranging from the Romantic movement and the Impressionism to Surrealism and Pop art.
The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art (especially of modern art of the 20th century).