Bethel University Women in Visual Art: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Slide Images for October 31

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1940s-1950s

Jackson Pollock

Autumn Rhythm: Number 30

1950

Barnett Newman

Vir Heroicus Sublimis

1950-51

Mark Rothko

No. 62 (Rust and Blue)

1953

Lee Krasner

Noon

1947

Lee Krasner

Cat Image

1952

Lee Krasner

Gothic Landscape

1961

Helen Frankenthaler

Mountains and Sea

1952

Joan Mitchel

Untitled

1950

Joan Mitchel

Ladybug

1957

Agnes Martin

Happy Holiday

1999

Bridget Riley

Winter Palace

1981

Terms of the Day for October 31

Abstract Expressionism – the first specifically American art movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, it combined the emotional intensity of German Expressionism with the abstraction of Futurism and Synthetic Cubism.
Automatism – the Surrealist act of automatic writing or drawing done as a means of accessing symbols of the subconscious.
Action Painting – a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist.
Color-Field Painting – a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s that is characterized primarily by large fields of flat, solid color spread across or stained into the canvas creating areas of unbroken surface and a flat picture plane. In color-field painting “color is freed from objective context and becomes the subject in itself.”

Friday, October 28, 2016

The New Woman – a feminist ideal that emerged in the late 19th century and had a profound influence on feminism well into the 20th century. New Women were active in the Suffragette movement, took on traditionally “masculine” roles, advocated gender equality, and were freely expressive of their ideas.
Surrealism - an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious mind.

Slide Images for October 28

The New Woman – Wash Day

Satirical photo

1901

Gwen John

Woman Holding a Black Cat

c. 1914-15

Gwen John

Girl with a Blue Scarf

c. 1923

Romaine Brooks

White Azaleas or Black Net

1910

Romaine Brooks

The Red Jacket

1916

Romaine Brooks

The Amazon (Natalie Barney)

1920

Romaine Brooks

Chasseresse

1920

Romaine Brooks

Self-Portrait

1923

Diego Rivera

Man Controller of the Universe

1934

Frida Kahlo

The Broken Column

1944

Frida Kahlo

What I Saw in the Water or What the Water Gave Me

1938

Frida Kahlo

The Two Fridas

1939

Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair

1939

Monday, October 24, 2016

Slide Images for October 24

Paul Guaguin

What! Are You Jealous?

1892

Richmond Barthe

African Dancer

1933

Ernst Kirchner

Girl Under a Japanese Parasol

1909

Aubrey Bearsley

Salome (Climax)

1891

Echon Schiele

Seated Couple (Egon and Edith Schiele)

1915

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Dance at Bougival

1882-83

Suzanne Valadon

Grandmother and Young Girl Stepping into the Bath

c. 1908

Suzanne Valdon

The Blue Room

1923

Suzanne Valdon

Reclining Nude

1928

Edgar Degas

After the Bath

1895

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Nursing Mother

1906

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Mother and Child Lying Nude

1907

Paul Gauguin

Manao tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Keep Watch)

1892

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Self-Portrait with Amber Necklace

1906

Käthe Kollwitz

“Attack” from The Weaver’s Revolt

1895-97

Käthe Kollwitz

The Survivors

1923

Käthe Kollwitz

The Sacrifice

1923

Terms of the Day for October 24

Primitivism – a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples considered to be “primitive”.
Femme Fatale – the concept of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare men in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations.