Primitivism
Primitivism
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This article is about primitivism in the visual arts. For the social movement, see anarcho-primitivism. For art by self-taught artists, see naïve art. For other meanings of "primitivism" or "primitive", see Primitive.
Henri Rousseau, In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908-1909, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin 's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from primitive art has been important to the development of modern art.[1]
The term "primitivism" is often applied to other professional painters working in the style of naïve or folk art like Henri Rousseau, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee and others.
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[hide] * 1 Philosophy * 2 The Origins of Primitivism in Western Art of the Modern Age * 3 Paul Gauguin * 4 Pablo Picasso * 5 See also * 6 Notes * 7 References * 8 External links
Philosophy[edit source | edit]
Whether and to what extent we should simplify our lives and get "back to basics" is a debate that has been going on since the invention of writing.[2] In antiquity the superiority of the simple life was expressed in the Myth of the Golden Age, depicted in the genre of European poetry and visual art known as the Pastoral. The debate about the merits and demerits of a simple, versus a complex life, gained new urgency with the European encounter with hitherto unknown peoples after the exploration of the Americas and Pacific Islands by Columbus and others.
During the Enlightenment, arguments about the supposed superiority of indigenous peoples were chiefly used as a rhetorical device to criticize aspects of European society. In the realm of aesthetics, however, the eccentric Italian philosopher, historian and jurist Giambattista Vico (1688–1744) was the first to argue that primitive man was
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about primitivism in the visual arts. For the social movement, see anarcho-primitivism. For art by self-taught artists, see naïve art. For other meanings of "primitivism" or "primitive", see Primitive.
Henri Rousseau, In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908-1909, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin 's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from primitive art has been important to the development of modern art.[1]
The term "primitivism" is often applied to other professional painters working in the style of naïve or folk art like Henri Rousseau, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee and others.
Contents
[hide] * 1 Philosophy * 2 The Origins of Primitivism in Western Art of the Modern Age * 3 Paul Gauguin * 4 Pablo Picasso * 5 See also * 6 Notes * 7 References * 8 External links
Philosophy[edit source | edit]
Whether and to what extent we should simplify our lives and get "back to basics" is a debate that has been going on since the invention of writing.[2] In antiquity the superiority of the simple life was expressed in the Myth of the Golden Age, depicted in the genre of European poetry and visual art known as the Pastoral. The debate about the merits and demerits of a simple, versus a complex life, gained new urgency with the European encounter with hitherto unknown peoples after the exploration of the Americas and Pacific Islands by Columbus and others.
During the Enlightenment, arguments about the supposed superiority of indigenous peoples were chiefly used as a rhetorical device to criticize aspects of European society. In the realm of aesthetics, however, the eccentric Italian philosopher, historian and jurist Giambattista Vico (1688–1744) was the first to argue that primitive man was
References: Paintings | * Tiger in a Tropical Storm (1891) * Boy on the Rocks (1897) * The Sleeping Gypsy (1897) * The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope (1905) * The Dream (1910) | | | Date of birth | May 21, 1844 | Place of birth | Laval, Mayenne | Date of death | September 2, 1910 | Place of death | Paris, France |