AP EURO ART POWERPOINT

SYMBOLISM

THEMES

• REJECTION OF REALISM• OBJECTIVE VIEW OF THE WORLD IMPOSSIBLE• UNREAL EXTERNAL WORLD MADE OF SYMBOLS

REFLECTED REALITY OF HUMAN MIND• ART SHOULD FUNCTION INDEPENDENT OF

HUMANS/ENTERTAINMENT • ART SHOULD FUNCTION PRIMARILY FOR

PERSONAL EXPRESSION

STYLE/TECHNIQUE

• EXPRESSION THROUGH POETRY• POEMS EXPOSED INNER MOST PERSONAL

EMOTIONS • FREE VERSE• SYMBOLLIC IMAGERY• SEPARATION OF SENSES • MYSTICAL ART • LIGHT/DARK CONTRAST

3 ARTISTS/WORKS

• GUSTAV MOREAU (FRANCE) – ARTIST (BIBLOCAL/MYTHOLOGICAL)– “A SCENE FROM THE SONG OF SONGS”

• EDGAR ALLEN POE (AMERICA) – AUTHOR– “THE RAVEN”

• W.B. YEATS (IRELAND) – POET– “THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN”

• RAINER MARIA RILKE (AUSTRIA) - POET – “DUINO ELEGIES”

• ARTHUR RIMBAUD (FRANCE) – POET– “THE DRUNKET BOAT” (PG. 738)

CONNECTION TO CLASS

• FREUD – LIKESYMBOLS REFLECT REALITY OF HUMAN MIND, MEANING IN EVERYTHING

• NIETSCHE – DISLIKEHUMANS/SOCIETY ARE CAPABLE OF CREATIVITY

• DARWIN – DISLIKEANTI REALISM • EINSTEIN – DISLIKEART SHOULD FUNCTION

APART FROM HUMANS AND SCIENCE, VALUE EMOTION NOT SCIENCE