clothing being an art unto itself‚ the earliest forms of sculptured art found as early as 500 B.C. in West Africa consisted of distorted human statues and masks. It is speculated that these statues and figures inspired Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking temperature
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Surrealism Surrealism started as a revolt against the intellect of Cubism‚ Formalist art‚ Art for Arts sake (Dada) and abstraction. It is an attitude to life and society rather than a style of art. It was a painting style that trapped the dream into physical existence. Individualism and isolation was a core value of the movement. They investigated the mind for artistic inspiration. Origins of Surrealism: Andre Brenton: Was dissatisfied with DADA Wanted a more organized
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In consideration of Bonheur de Vivre‚ Les Demoiselles d’Avignon‚ and The Large Bathers‚ we can see an evolution of the Post-Modernist style. Paul Cézanne’s Post-Impressionist masterpiece entitled "The Large Bathers" is an oil on canvas work which was painted in 1905. The large bathers was the last (and largest) in a series of works by Cézanne which were intentionally designed not to appeal to the untrained observer in an attempt to create a timeless appearance. This disregard for artistic conventions
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influential artist of the twentieth century and saw himself as a painter even though he sculpted as well. He has created many paintings‚ such as The Old Guitarist‚ The Weeping Woman‚ and Ma Jolie. Picasso’s paintings vary between symbolism‚ surrealism‚ and cubism. For example‚ Picasso’s oil painting‚ Guernica‚ was one of his masterpieces that uses symbolism. Guernica is a town in the Basque Provinces of northern Spain. In 1937‚ Guernica was bombed during the Spanish Civil War. German planes were in the
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The Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic was established in 1919‚ in replace of the imperial government in Germany. It immerged from the November Revolution (1918-1919). Opposing to the parliamentary system which is similar to the British‚ sailors‚ soldiers and workers raised up the rebellion. They elected councils modeled after the October Revolution in the Soviet Union. The workers’ exhaustion starts from far before the revolution. During the World War I‚ Germany made a lot of promissory notes
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Since the beginning of history‚ conflict has occurred between people and groups of people. Eventually‚ people developed the organization to form armies and go to war against one another. Throughout the ages‚ as artists portrayed images of war‚ attitudes have changed. Guernica by Pablo Picasso and The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello are both about war‚ and are both regarding a specific incident in war‚ the images produced are very different. Due to the differing styles of these battles‚
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painting & sculpture hard to grasp is its sheer variety of styles. Some emerge & flourish for a few years & then drop out of fashion‚ to be replaced by another mode. This includes: Realism Impressionism Post-impressionism Neo-impressionism Fauvism Cubism Expressionism Surrealism Futurism Minimalism May 1874‚ a group of young artists held their own art show in Paris & their works were laughed at‚ criticized and rejected. Impressionism derived from the painting of Claude Monet‚ Impression:Sunrise
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University of the People History of Art AHIST 1441 Written assignment Unit Seven Anonymous Student Matisse and Picasso are two of the most popular and powerful artists at the early 20th century. For some people they were rival in their styles. Being said‚ Matisse and Picasso’s works are to be highly considered when it comes to you to talk about modernism art. That is why somebody had to say that: along with Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon‚ Le bonheur de vivre is regarded as one of the
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The Les Demoiselles D’Avignon is a work of art based on cubism painting. In Picasso painting‚ all the antique or classical painting styles are not included in Les Demoiselles D’Avignon. The painting display nude female bodies in different positions either standing or sitting in different lines and cubic shapes
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Sunflowers by Vincent [b]Van[/b] "The sunflower is me in some way." -Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh’s "Sunflowers" are among his most famous paintings‚ but few realize that many sunflower pictures‚ not only the most famous "Vase with Twelve Sunflowers" and "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers." These were canvases he decorate the Yellow House in Arles in anticipation of the visit of his friend Paul Gauguin‚ and hope that others will follow him and form a utopianArt community. Some of the paintings of Vincent’s
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