Cubism, Dada and Surrealism

Modern art began in the 1860s with impressionism.Then came the post-impressionists. What movement came from Paul Cezanne’s paintings of landscapes and still life?

Which 2 movement(s) came as a reaction to WWI?

• Impressionism

• Dada

• Cubism

• Surrealism

Which painting of Pablo Picasso was the first to show signs of cubism?

• Guernica

• Three Musicians

• Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

• Portrait of Dora Maar

Which is not a cubist painter?

• Pablo Picasso

• Andre Breton

• Georges Braque

• Juan Gris

Which 2 were favorite subjects for cubists?

• Musical instruments

• Dreamlike scenarios

• Still lifes

• Religious themes

What does not interest Cubists?

• To show an object from many different perspectives at the same time.

• To play with value, it’s lights and shadows, chiaroscuro.

• Simplifying scenes to basic geometric forms.

• To create a modern use of abstraction, rather than realism, in art.

“Guernica” is a reaction to what event?

• WWI

• Spanish Civil War

• WWII

• The attack of the Spaniards by Napoleon ‘s French army

Who was Picasso’s model for “The Weeping Woman”?

• Marilyn Monroe

• Dora Maar

• Leonora Carrington

• Franchise Gilot

The famous Dada artwork of Marcel Duchamp was called the “__________” and it was actually a ___________________.

What were 2 of the Surrealists ‘ goals?

• To represent the unconscious mind, and desires.

• To explore dreams and the unexpected.

• To show the way things really are.

• To show an impression of a moment in time.