History of Graphic Art

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Final Post Timeline: 20th Century

Art Nouveau- "Summer"
1896
Alphonse Mucha

Fauvism- "The Open Window"
1905
Henri Matisse

Expressionism- "Davos Under Snow"
1923
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Futurism- "Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash"
1912
Giacomo Balla

Cubism- "The Guitar Player"
1910
Picasso

Suprematist Composition- "Suprematism"
1915
Kazimir Malevich

Dada- "Fountain"
1917
Marcel Duchamp

Constructivism- "Model for the 3rd International Tower"
1919-1920
Vladimir Tatlin

Surrealism- "The Persistence of Memory"
1931
Salvador Dali

Abstract Expressionism- "Autumn Rhythm"
1950
Jackson Pollock

Kinetic Art- "Arc of Petal"
1941
Alexander Calder

Color Field Painting- "Orange and Yellow"
1956
Mark Rothko

Pop Art- "Marilyn Monroe"
1967
Andy Warhol

Op Art- "Movement in Squares"
1961
Bridget Riley

Minimalism- "Trabum"
1972
Carl Andre

Post Painterly Abstraction- "Bayside"
1967
Helen Frankenthaler

Post Minimalism- "Reception Nineteen"
1968
Hesse

Art Povera- "Concept Spatiale"
1959
Lucio Fontana

Performance Art- "Amthropometries of Blue Epoch"
1960s
Yves Klein

Neo-Expressionism- "Talladega"
1980
Frank Stella

Final Project: Frank Lloyd Wright

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Milton Glaser

Glaser Screening Notes:

Milton Glacier was born on June, 26 1929.
He attended Cooper Union Art School

Where he graduated in 1951.

He then attended the Academy of fine Arts in Bologna (1952 to 1953)

Creator of "I <3 NY" logo

Successful logo because of simplicity and originality
A lot of his work is done in order to inform and enlighten
Made very little (if any) profits on this logo

Very well known graphic designer

He has design several album cover, book jackets, magazine illustration, prints and so on.

Glaser's career consisted of wide variety of work

worked for Fortune magazine

designed renowned "fortune 5 hundred" logo

Used his drawing skills in his work:

Began drawing at an early age
Considered a way of understanding the world

His style resonated the generations he was involved in

"Bob Dylan" poster, with psychodelic qualities, reflects 60's generation

a favorite of that era

His love for food influenced alot of his work (fatty alert)

Designed/Redesigned supermarkets for years
Milton Glaser, Inc. made to work in restaurant designs, etc.

Herbert Matter

Screening Notes:

Herbert Matter was not widely known:

Although, an influential artist, designer, photographer, filmmaker
Instrumental in shaping modern art
Influence the likes of Robert Pollock and other ground-breaking artists of his time
Matter was raised in Switzerland

Engelburg, Switzerland had many mountains

likely that this shaped some of his work
To understand art- need a sense of space and skill

Attended Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva

Matter attended this school for 4 years
Enbraced a Constructivist and purist style in his work
Used film and photos together in surrealism
Redesigns his family business with new Constructivist style

Clean lines, modern, etc.
Widely accepted style in Switzerland
Matter leaves Paris for Zurich - practiced photomontage

Trudy Hess:

Young model used in many of photography designs
Represents young model and free spirit
Used in Matter's posters

Matter uses photography in posters (1932-1934)

Ground-breaking because up until this time - posters were painted with no photography involved
Dyes various elements photochemically in posters to achieve modernness & freshness
Earned wide recognition for this technique

Travels to New York with Hess as Photographer:

Even in United States, calmness and serenity of Swiss mountains found there way into his work
Grew up in Engelwood, Switzerland - shaped much of his work