The three main general styles of art as seen in class. Realism, abstract, and nonobjective. Click on each artist name to go to an outside site and learn more.

2. Styles of Art
 Realism
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Represents the real world, looks real
 Abstract
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Changing real objects to include the artist own ideas,
emotions
 Nonobjective
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Simplifying things down to the basic elements of art

4. Mona Lisa,
Da Vinci,
circa 1504

5. The Last Supper,
Da Vinci,
1495

6. Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, 1510

7. Ein Meerhafen,
Johann Anton Eismann,
17th Century

8. Preacher, Charles White, 1952

9. White Bread,
James Rosenquist,
1964

11. The Friction Disappears,
James Rosenquist,
1965

12. Melancholy and Mystery of a Street,
Giorgio de Chirico,
1914

13. Persistence of Memory,
Salvador Dali,
1931

14. From Slavery to Reconstruction,
Aaron Douglas,
1934

15. Woman with Guitar,
Georges Braque,
1913

16. Bull (series),
Picasso
1946

17. Francisco Galeno

18. Three Women Dressed
Simultaneously,
Sonia Delauney,
1925

20. Diagonale,
Sonia Delauney,
1970

21. Broadway Boogie Woogie,
Piet Mondrian,
1942-43

22. Arrested Fractions,
Norman Lewis

23. Number 8 (detail)
Jackson Pollock,
1949

24. Helen Frankenthaler

25. White Center (Yellow, Pink
and Lavender on Rose),
Mark Rothko,
1950

26.  What style of art are the following slides?
– Realism?
– Abstract?
– Nonobjective?

27. Las Meninas,
Diego Velazquez,
1656

28. Las Meninas(Velaquez),
Picasso,
1957

29. The First Communion,
Picasso,
1896

30. Elephant in the
Room,
Ray Hare

31. Composition with 8 red rectangles,
Blinky Palermo,
1964