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“Bottle and Fishes,” 1910; By Georges Braque Surrealism “The Persistence of Memory,” 1931 By Salvador Dali A style of painting that has recognizable figures and shapes but these things are related to each other as objects in dreamlike state. “The Last Supper ,” 1955, By Salvador Dali Georgia OKeefe “Series 1, Number 8,” 1919 “Iris,” 1929 “Red and Orange Hills,” 1938 -1939 Modern Realism “Nighthawks,” 1942, By Edward Hopper “Cape Cod Afternoon,” 1936 (Carnegie Museum of Art) “A Woman in the Sun,” 1961, The Whitney “Into Bondage,” 1936, Aaron Douglas “Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction,” 1934 “Ugly Americans,” by Duane Hanson Abstract Expressionism “Greyed Rainbow,” 1953, By Jackson Pollock Study for “Woman Number 1,” 1952, By Willem de Kooning An Overview of Art History A look at major trends and schools of art in Western Culture Compiled by Prof. John C. R. Silbert For use in the HUMA 1010 course, RMU Please Note: The following slide presentation and the visuals that accompany it are intended for the sole educational purposes of HUMA 1010 academic study. As such, the material contained herein is offered under the rubric of the fair use clause of U.S. copyright law. Any other uses for this material are prohibited without the permission of the instructor and/or additional inquiry into copyrights that may be held by outside parties. -- Prof. John C. R. Silbert HUMA 1010, RMU All Visual Art is Imitation ? Aristotles word for imitation is “mimesis”; what the actor sought to do; to reveal the truth of human beings. ? Art as Imitation does this in two essential ways: – Art as Likeness: ? Rembrandt Van Rijn (top right) – “The Jewish Bride,” 1667 – Art as Alteration: ? Wassily Kandinsky (bottom right) – “Composition VIII,” 1923 ? Within each essential form there are any number of styles. ? Some seek to paint what is there to be painted, while others seek to paint what is