Painting and Visual Art

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History 18th-19th centuries – landscapes and portraits in a realistic style

History
18th-19th centuries – landscapes and portraits in a realistic style based

on Western painting and European arts.
In rural America – a parallel development of the American craft movement as a reaction to the industrial revolution.
Developments in modern art in Europe came to America from exhibitions in NYC (e.g., the Armory Show in 1913).
After WWII, NYC replaced Paris as the center of the art world.
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The Hudson River School a mid-19th century American art movement embodied

The Hudson River School
a mid-19th century American art movement embodied

by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism;
paintings depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area (the Catskill, Adirondack, and the White Mountains);
second generation – other locations (New England and the Maritimes).
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Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks, oil painting by Thomas Cole, 1838

Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks, oil painting by Thomas Cole, 1838

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Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway by John Frederick Kensett, 1851 (second generation)

Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway by John Frederick Kensett,

1851 (second generation)
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Abstract expressionism a post–WWII art movement, developed in NY in the

Abstract expressionism
a post–WWII art movement, developed in NY in the

1940s;
first specifically American movement to achieve international influence;
term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates;
extension of abstract expressionism - color-field painting.
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Number 1 by Jackson Pollock, 1950

Number 1 by Jackson Pollock, 1950

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Woman 1 by Willem de Kooning, 1952

Woman 1 by Willem de Kooning, 1952

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Pop-art mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the

Pop-art
mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United

States;
a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, comic books etc.;
a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism;
is aimed to employ images of popular, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture, most often through the use of irony
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Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol, 1962 (silkscreen painting)

Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol, 1962 (silkscreen painting)

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Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963

Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963

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Minimalism visual art displaying pared-down design elements; in the 1960s and early 1970s

Minimalism
visual art displaying pared-down design elements;
in the 1960s and early 1970s

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Harran II by Frank Stella, 1967

Harran II by Frank Stella, 1967