wylie.p5.t6 Modern Era Synthesis

Art is created as a means of expression. While the artistic styles of Rembrandt and Picasso are evidently disparate, the works of each artist convey a reflection of their lives and the time periods in which they lived. The contrasting artistic styles of the two artists represent the change in artistic expression of the eras. During the modern era, traditional forms and structures were broken up and composed using and abstract ideas. Rembrandt’s works are more traditional and realistic whereas Picasso’s work puts tradition aside and embraces experimentation. Rembrandt’s work conveyed intense emotion through realistic portrayal of people and settings. On the other hand, Picasso found a new way to express raw emotion through cubism. By breaking the world into different shapes, Picasso portrayed the distortion of society. Both artists’ works revolve around emotions and the human experience while conveying poignant social statements about society they were a part of.

Modern Synthesis Question Although Rembrandt and Picasso's artistic style are dramatically different, but their social statements can be easily understood even if their artistic styles are at opposite ends. Rembrandt's artistic style are just clear portraits of people. But his style of painting portraits which gives most of his paintings their soft, peaceful, and fluid feeling. Most of Rembrandt's paintings are of people enjoying everyday activities, such as picnicking at a park, although the painting seems like it is depicting the freedom and happy-go-lucky atmosphere, the darker shades of color he used in his painting help bring out the underlying meaning in his work. The lighter colors represent the false atmosphere people bring themselves to believe during war times, and darker shades of color represent the Great War that was going on at that same time, the pain and sacrifices that the soldiers are making while people at home are having fun and laughing. Picasso's cubism is similar to Rembrandt's darker shading in only of expressing the horrors of war. The different between these two artists was that Picasso did not take on the representative approach like what Rembrandt did with his paintings, Picasso used abstract Impressionism instead. He used cubism which was a very blurred style of art as a way to show how war was blurred during times of war. For instance, governments would restrict the pictures and news during World War I in order to prevent the general populace from knowing the true horrors that their soldiers were facing. Rembrandt and Picasso's artistic style of art were and their way of bringing out their hidden meanings were drastically different, but the social statements they wanted to portray were the same. Period 5 team 3 Paulina Alvarez, Emily Teraoka, Angela Oh, Karen Cao

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The modern era, characterized amidst war and hardship was a blank canvas for the pain artists of the day were able to visualize and exemplify. The contrasting artistic styles of Picasso and Rembrandt, two influential and famous artists used their talent to make a statement with their works. While Picasso’s cubic and abstract artwork was a live commentary on his political views, Rembrandt’s more realistic works focused more on historical figures and scenes. Although their styles differed, the two shared a knack for capturing the heart of the people in their art. Both artist’s collections mirror moods, emotions, societal chaos and confusion that lingered among the throngs in their daily lives. Although Rembrandt was alive much earlier than Picasso, the themes depicted in each artist’s work reflects emotions concerning war and destruction that lives from many eras can relate to people of all kinds. This shows us how ideals can be integrated into each and every time period, no matter what time period one lives in, they can experience similar feelings. Themes from Picasso and Rembrandt also crop up in modern literature such as "The Stranger" by Camus, which deals with idealism of nihilism and other philosophies, all contributing to our understanding of the thinking of people in the modern era.

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The modern era was a time when a violent war influenced numerous artists to express their desire for change in the world and their opinions of the occurring violence. One such artist was Picasso. Picasso utilized the style of cubism to depict the tragedy going on in the world. In his painting “Guernica”, the style of cubism is both clear, with it’s sharp cut lines that clearly depicts the agony of the people, and abstract because it can show the views of tragedy from different focal points so that all viewer can empathize with at least one aspect of it. Picasso used this painting to bring out the flaws and evil in men out in the open for all to see and acknowledge. Rembrandt’s style showcases the suffering in the Modern era through the emotions depicted in his classic and emotionally intense paintings. His art form was much more traditional and somber compared to Picasso and his cubism. Although they are artists from different eras, both Picasso and Rembrandt’s artistic style reflects the darkness people were suffering under. However, despair is not all they depicted. Both artists show, in their works, an underlying prayer for hope. Hope that people can learn from their mistakes and strive towards a brighter, better future and hopefully not repeat history’s past actions.

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Modern Era describes the chronological timeline after the Middle Ages. During this time, war and hardship were overflowing ubiquitously. With them came new philosophies and many new great thinkers became activists. Such thinkers were Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Satre, and Albert Camus, known as the “Big Three”. Nihilism comes in various forms, but is always characterized by a contradiction of some commonly established aspect of life, whether it is morality, knowledge, or meaning. Nietzsche is well known for his association with nihilism, a philosophy that holds that life is void of some accepted facet of life, such as meaning or morality. . Nietzsche wrote about moral nihilism in particular; he criticized most of the “moral schemes” of the time period, most notably Christianity. Some writers like Albert Camus, who wrote The Stranger, a story of an existentialist. This novel had a immense illustration of the modern era world.
War and social statuses also led to the artistic movement of cubism. Rembrandt set social statement through his artistic style of emotions and expressions in his paintings. Picasso, on the other hand, depicted human tragedy through cubism. In the cubist artwork, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled, depicting the focus from a multitude of viewpoints instead of one. The darkness of humanity is found in the diverse but parallel styles of Picasso and Rembrandt.

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During the Modern Era of post World War II, New York became the new art capital of the world which formerly was in Paris. In the United States abstract expressionism movement took over displaying defiance, disorder, and individualism. Jackson Pollock defied society with his unique style which led a new type of turn in the art world. He made other forms of art rather than sticking to the easel and paint illustrating to other artists that art is not limited. Further, action painting describes the creativity of painters with different arm movements such as throwing painting splashing paint onto canvas. Action painting mirrored peoples need to try new things in out-of-the-box ways in addition to showing self-expression in whatever manner they pleased rather than the strict regulations that were implemented during World War II. In Europe COBRA, an innovative and unique movement was developed showing bright colors, intense strokes, and contorted displays of man. COBRA art styles were similar to the action painting in the United States. Moreover, pop art was established in Britain using references to culture. Through labels and advertisements it spread quickly contrasting different and sometimes unrelated subjects. The United States quickly adopted pop art often to slyly express irony in romance in everyday products which were mass produced. Artists in the 40’s and 50’s were rebellious and attempted to differentiate themselves from one another rather than the uniformity between artists in past Eras.

MODERN ERA SYNTHESIS

MODERN ERA SYNTHESIS

As our research helped us see the Modern era in a different perspective, we noticed many tactics people used to get their point across. Rembrandt and Picasso used art, as Hitler and MLK used words or actions. During the Modern era people had changed their point of view changed from the Edwardian era to a state of mind on how people should live and have control over themselves. Since in Rembrandt's work he should problems deeply, he gave the world a new look in art. The same goes with Picasso's cubism. Since the Modern era took place in hard time where war was strong and emotional powerful, life was explained through art since television was not so popular. What Rembrandt did with his etchings and paintings are what helped him shape his experiences and the experiences of others. Picasso depended on neutral tones and monochromatic sets which gave him a style that explained tragedies during the era.

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Eryn Bollin

Christine Ching

Kellyna Fox

Alexander Prescott

Erica Trinh

Team #2

Period 6 – Wylie

Modern Synthesis

The early modern era was a time of change and emotional upheaval. War and new social statuses changed the time period and lead to new artistic movements. For example, the artistic movement of cubism. The differences between the two artists Picasso and Rembrandt set social statements through their contrasting works of art. Meticulous and emotionally charged, Rembrandt’s artistic style depicted the Modern era through the expressions and the feelings seen in his paintings. In contrast Picasso depicted human tragedy in a different style, cubism. The abstract restructured art views tragedy in different viewpoints, meaning various things for a number of people. Reorganization of shapes represents the new times the era was facing and looked on to human behavior as tragedy. Although both artistic styles represent emotional and physical human tragedy, there work also represents hope for the future. The darkness of humanity is characterized by the pain and ever-present emotion found in the different but similar styles of Picasso and Rembrandt.

Modern Era Synthesis

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(1939-1960)

The modern era occurred after the World War and can be considered as the sobering era for the people. During this period, the people around the world start to question and reflect on the previous experiences that happened. New philosophies begin to arise in this era; many great thinkers of the era become activist and their ideas become popular and yet controversial. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is associated with nihilism, which he criticizes people’s established morals and religion beliefs, for he does not think those ideas were valid for all people and that people should become “who you are” rather than what the society wants you to be; French philosopher Jean-Paul Satre on the other hand proclaims existentialism, which is similar with Nietzche’s belief in nihilism which people need to find their way of living but different in the sense that it’s more personal which people who believe in existentialism lives for themselves rather than destroying the whole social belief systems. Many artists and writers begin advocate those ideas through their paintings and writings. The French writer, Albert Camus, for example, wrote about the story of an existentialist named Meursault in his book called The Stranger is an excellent example that shows the world in the modern era. In the story Meursault seem to be detached from all the people in his life including his mother and his lover; Camus’ interestingly plotting for Meursault’s rejection for turning to God while he was in jail also shows another changing aspect of the society at the time that is the decline of religion. The decline of religion was the sign of people’s rejection for outdated ideas and institutions. Camus captures this aspect and incorporated nicely into The Stranger.

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Elaine Hong

Aashrita Mangu

Tiffany Show

Christine Yi

Period 6

Modern Era Synthesis

The Modern era was a time when man was actively participating in the war for justice and many people expressed their desire to change the world through art. Artists such as Rembrandt and Picasso portrayed the history and terror of mankind’s power. Painters often drew works of art that reflected wars and the byproducts and problems that came with it. Picasso painted Guernica, which portrays the suffering of people, animals, buildings, and other things caused by violence and chaos. He used this work of art to show people that the Modern era was a time when people were confused on what was right and what was wrong, that people had become evil and ambitious enough to takeover other people’s property and destroy anyone who got in their way. Picasso painted to uncover the evil and flaws of man, which during the Modern era, were not clearly known. In addition, Picasso’s cubic and sharp painting style shows that the Modern era was mainly focused on clear cut decisions on lines and that there was gray area; it was either yes or no. The contrast with Rembrandt’s portraits and Picasso’s work shows that the world is constantly evolving and that the Modern era reflects this transforming experience. The cutting edge style in works of modern artists reflect the straight minded thinking of the people of the Modern Era

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The Modern era was full of war and hardship. As the era grew on, the Cold War took over, increasing tensions all over the world. This power struggle led to the time of civil rights and people vying for their own individual powers.

Amoung the people in this era, one stood out; Pablo Picasso who was influenced by Rembrandt van Rijn. Each artist used his own style to portray the hardships of people emerging from their time.

Picasso realized the downfall of reality, as the arts were constantly turning to more realistic items. With the invention of the camera and the photograph, Picasso decided to rebel. He chose to use cubism to visualize his world into a more abstract place. Life was becoming too fast and real. He slowed this down with his painting, choosing to use a different approach. He painted everyday life…differently. He forced people to slow down and contemplate.

Rembrandt dipped into many art forms. He lived much earlier than Picasso. He also used his past obstacles to increase the vividness in his artwork. Rembrandt went from bright to dull colors. Showing his mood and emotions in his art. His art mirrored him. He created art out of his surroundings and painted his life.

The contrast between these two defined the Modern era in the works of Pablo Picasso.

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Throughout human civilization, paintings and art forms have transformed from era to era. From lifelike pictures to canvas’s filled with paint splatters, art may not have a superior form, but rather a predominant style. Yet, famous paintings from each period of time often share one similar trait. They give an insight as to how society was in that period of time.

For example, the Baroque portraits created by Rembrandt contrast with Picasso’s cubistic to a point at which it makes a bold statement about society of the Modern Era. In Rembrandt’s portraits in which he received a salary for, it depicted the subjects as people of power. In a sense, this portrays the trend of showing individualism of the time period.

By contrast, Picasso’s paintings depict a much more difficult time despite the lack of a definite shape. One painting, for example, was his depiction of Guernica, which was devastated by the actions Francisco Franco. In a city that was bombed and massacred, Picasso’s cubistic approach towards painting the devastated city amplified the chaotic nature because of the absurd and strange shapes throughout the painting.

Ultimately, the major contrast between these artists’ contrasting artistic styles show the utter chaos that the Second Great War brought about in the Modern Era. Even though the renaissance era was a period of great change, its paintings depicted people of wealth. Because of Rembrandt’s moderate paintings, Picasso’s abstract approach is much bolder in its statement that the society was in utter ruin during the modern era.

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Modern Era Synthesis
The Modern era, from 1939-1960, was a time of war and world strife. World War II had begun for the United States, and, as the years progressed, the world entered into the Cold War, a time of extreme tension. Finally, the world also began to turn towards civil rights and liberties, focusing on the individual and pondering whether all individuals were truly equal. Amongst the physical and psychological struggles, two artists, Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt van Rijn attempted to depict the pain of war, but with varying strategies. Picasso used cubism while Rembrandt used more psychological portraits to symbolize the same messages.
Their messages of world disarray, yet a possibility for future peace are both portrayed in Guernica by Picasso and The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt. In his picture, Picasso uses discombobulated shapes and seemingly random shape orders to create a sense of chaos that was common during the era. The conflicting shapes help the viewer to understand the brinkmanship that occurred during the Cold War. In addition, Rembrandt creates an atmosphere of chaos by using dark color and placing crashing waves into the scenery. The ship is on the “brink” of tipping over. However, even though the pictures create a sense of chaos, they also create a sense of hope that the tragedy can be overcome. Picasso suggests peace may follow after the Spanish War because the strangely placed shapes do still come together to create one cubistic work. Rembrandt also suggests peace is possible because the men on the boat work together and the clouds are parting. Both Picasso and Rembrandt portray messages that were important for the Modern era.
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Wylie. Period 1. Team 6. Modern

The Modern Era was a time of advancement in technology, science, film and photography. Artists of the time, most notably Pablo Picasso, recognized that realistic painting was “losing business” because photographs could “do it better”. So, cubism was developed to sort of provide an abstract but eerily realistic representation of a real life picture. Cubism started out as being an abstract art form with very angular shapes and distinction between background and foreground—almost 3-dimensional, yet with a blend in similar color and shapes. Picasso wanted to relate to his viewers a realistic intention, but by abstract means, so as to confuse them and make them more intrigued with this work. He painted sceneries and simple objects, but with an abstract twist. For example he once painted a very angular violin that sort of blended in color with the background but was distinctly detached from the background. If you looked closer it seemed like it was almost struggling to pull itself away from the wall, and reclaim it’s own identity and color. This was probably a statement on Picasso’s end that “the arts” are struggling to be different and just as “advanced’ and appreciated as other things of the era that were skyrocketing into development. Picasso then made his cubism more abstract, and wanted to attract more attention so he started employing brighter colors and even more blend between reality and imagination—background and foreground. He was determined to keep his art alive and thriving in a time of technological reform.

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