ART HISTORY EASY IV

PHOTO REALISM

BARNET NEWMAN

MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970) AND BARNETT NEWMAN (1905-1970) STEERED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM IN A VERY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THEY BOXED IT UP. INSTEAD OF SPLATTERING COLORS OVER THEIR CANVASES THEY PAINTED ONE COLOR OR A FEW COLORS IN CLEARLY DRFINED RECTANGLES. BECAUSE THEY PAINTED BROAD AREAS OF ONE COLOR, THEY ARE CALLED "COLOR FIELD" PAINTERS

LESS IS MORE ART

ERNST FUCHS (1930 - ) COMBINES FANTASTIC IMAGERY AND SYMBOLISM WITH SHARPLY DEFINED REALISTIC DEPICTIONS

FANTASTIC REALISM

ARTSY CARTOONS; POP ART

TRADITIONALLY, POPULAR AND HIGH CULTURE DIDN'TT DINE IN THE SAME RESTAURANTS, ATTEND THE SAME CONCERTS OR LOOK AT THE SAME ART. POP ART CHANGED THAT BY BLURRING THE CULTUTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THE CLASSES.

ART HISTORY EASY - V

ANYTHING GOES ART: FAB FIFTIES AND PSYCHEDELIC SIXTIES

WILLEM DE KOONING

MOST AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS PREFERRED CARL JUNG TO SIGMUND FREUD (THE FAVORITE OF THE SURREALISTS). JUNG POSTULATED A COLLECTIVE UNCONCIOUS THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN SHARE. ACCORDING TO JUNG, THE COLLECTIVE UNCONCIOUS IS A CACHE OF SYMBOLS, A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT EVERYONE UNDER STANDS ON AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL.