What was 1920’s art like? By: Marisol Menendez and Libby Davis Art Influences • Art in the 1920’s was mainly influenced by two movements: Dada and Surrealism. Dada Art • Dada was an anti-art movement . Anti Art painters rejected in some way the conventional artistic standards. • It was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War I. It rejected reason and logic‚ prizing nonsense‚ irrationality and intuition. Many Dada artist scattered across Europe after Great War ended. Dada’s
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During the mid-fifteenth century‚ European governments were weakened by the war and rebellion which was a direct result of their feudal structure. In order to make their government stronger‚ numerous leaders known as the New Monarchs tried to bring about civil peace. These western European monarchies wanted to create a centralized government in which the king gained more power. The monarchs had their own motives for recreating their governments. Therefore‚ in doing so‚ they made sure to include
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El Classico was born out of conflict as in 1918‚ FC Barcelona attached itself to a petition demanding a state of autonomy for the region of Catalunya and three years later‚ drafted its statutes in the Catalan tongue even though it was not an official language. This leaning was inevitably to bring it into conflict with the centralist government. After a series of events of unrest in Spain that ended up leading to King Alfonso XIII exile the country and
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By the 1940s the modern architectural movement had shed all traditional reminiscences of the Mud?jar‚ Romanesque‚ gothic‚ and baroque influences Cuba had experienced‚ and another housing boom resulted from capital investment accumulated after World War II. Because of the technological advancement of reinforced concrete‚ apartment buildings started springing up in the late 1940s and through the next decade for the middle classes. Modernism came into its glory and peaked in the 1950s. Thousands of
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Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem
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cultures: Christian‚ Muslim and Jewish. This system of artistic work –a heritage of the Islamic tradition– left its mark both on Christian architecture and on its sumptuary arts. Mudéjar art is widely accepted as a hybrid of Moorish‚ Gothic and Romanesque styles. After the capture of Zaragoza in 1118 by Alfonso I of Aragon during the reconquista‚ the Aljaferia Palace became the residence of the Christian kings of the Kingdom of Aragon and as such was converted into the focal point for spread of the
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The Chartres Cathedral is one of the most notable pieces of gothic architecture‚ and many people have been impressed and in awe of the cathedral since it has been built. This includes American filmmaker‚ Orson Welles. In his final film he highlights the Chartres Cathedral by saying: This has been standing here for centuries. The premier work of man perhaps in the whole Western world‚ and it’s without a signature: Chartres. A celebration to God’s glory and to the dignity of man (Orson Welles‚ F is
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On the left is Last Judgement (c. 1120- 1146). It is from Autun Cathedral in France. On the right is Aspe of Saint Climent de Taüll (c.1123). It is located in the church of Saint Climent de Taüll. During this period‚ every church has its own relic. It was believed that it could heal the sick and could offer blessings that might even shorten ones time in purgatory if one came and paid homage and prayed to them. The Autun Cathedral was built specifically to house the relics of St. Lazarus. Lazarus
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Aztec Art During the 15th-16 century mosaic was made from turquoise‚ iron pyrites and shell on carved wood. The Most important animal towards the Aztec religion was a snake. Antonio Gaudi Antonio Gaudi is an internationally famous architect and designer from Spain known not only in specialised circles but also among the general public. He was born in Rues‚ in Catalonia and graduated in Barcelona. He worked with different famous artists of his time. He learned different types of style and
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Spanish-speaking countries boast a diverse range of cultural‚ historical‚ and architectural attractions. From the beauty of centuries-old structures to modern marvels‚ these architectural wonders demonstrate their respective countries’ creativity‚ invention‚ and history. In this study‚ we will look at four notable structures from Spanish-speaking countries. Each of these structures represents not just the architects’ abilities‚ but also the various cultural influences that have created the landscapes
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