Modern Art Movement

define:
-western cultural phenomenon
-brake away from taditional
-experimentation
-nature of materials
-functions of art
-abstraction
-readymade

when?:
1860's to 1970's

How?:
-"Olympia" by Manet
-loose painting/position of model
-looking at viewer up front and personal
-prostitute as a well recognized person
-beginning of street art
-unfinished canvas

Principles:
-purity to medium
-action of process
-art as a language
-recognizable styles

Who?:
Manet
Picasso
Duchamp
De Kooning
Georgia O Keefe
Warhol
Braque
David Smith
Brancusi
Mattisse
Edward Hopper
Jackson Pollock
Jasper Johns

Aesthetic Character:
-freedom of form
-vivid and reaching away from norms
-art for arts sake
-money
-technology
-growth of society