Abstract art Abstract art uses a visual language of form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been‚ from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century‚ underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist
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Art History Henri Matisse: Goldfish Henri Emoile Matisse‚ born in 1869‚ is regarded as one of the "great formative figures in 20th-century art"‚ as well as the leader of the Fauve group. Fauvism is defined as "an early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold‚ often distorted forms and vivid colors." Matisse was associated with this group due to his use of vivid colors‚ as well as his unusual style of presenting objects. Many critics
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impressionist to challenge the traditional way of painting and introducing the unique style of impressionism compare to traditional painting; while lecture 9 ‘Modernism: changing the ways we see the world’ discussed post-impressionism‚ cubism‚ symbolism‚ art nouveau‚ fauvism‚ showing how they contribute to modernism. The meanings of ‘The rise of modernism: challenging tradition’ and ‘Modernism: changing the ways we see the world’ to the social‚ artistic and cultural development are correlated‚ just
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Paintings of a realism nature are a source that illustrates the Gilded Age activities and how people viewed political‚ economic and social elements within their society. Winslow Homer (1836 –1910) a naturalist painter through his scenes of outdoor life explored the glitter of the Gilded Age with under currents of the life of African Americans. Various artists of the Gilded age explored themes related to a society in transition brought about by industrialization and rapid economic growth. Some artists
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Look at Picasso’s mural Guernica‚ painted in 1937 (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso/guernica.jpg.html). Would you classify Guernica as Expressionism‚ Cubism‚ Dada‚ or Surrealism? Explain your answer by using specific visual and stylistic references. Presumably Picasso’s most appreciated work of art‚ Guernica is undoubtedly his most effective political statement‚ painted as a quick response to the Nazi’s staggering easygoing bombarding practice on the Basque town of Guernica amid Spanish
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Sometimes through history‚ something comes along that changes everybody’s way of thinking. In the 1920’s‚ such a movement came around that changed the way all art was defined. With the combination of the elements of Dadaism and Cubism‚ it created something unknown to the art world. Surrealism is a movement of great liberation of the mind that emphasized the imaginative powers many great artists have expressed over time. Surrealism is a modern art style in which visual arts and literature are based
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expression. To begin with‚ it must be clarified that Hitler is the one who commissioned the organization of the Degenerate Art Exhibition (in German: Entartete Kunst) and that is mainly because he was totally against the modern arts like Fauvism‚ Cubism‚ expressionism‚ New Objectivity‚ Impressionism‚ Surrealism and especially Avant-garde. The reason behind his rejection for modern arts is their experimental nature that is innovative and based on non-conformity‚ they therefore challenge the mainstream
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himself to a higher standard and made a name for himself and his family. He accomplished this by his hundreds of art pieces‚ his strong beliefs in Cubism‚ and his mindset of trying new things even if it was not normal. Throughout Picasso’s life‚
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Modernism is a an era characterized new ideas and lives provided by fast social change‚ advances in sciences and industrialization. The movement would influence artist to portray a subject that exists in the world‚ to their own unique perspective. Modernism is a new form of expression stating around the late 19th to the mid 20th century. One specific artwork that has all the characteristic of modern art is the Wrestlers in a Circus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. . This oil on canvas painting was created
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contained eighteen pieces of artwork by Georges Rouault. The exhibition is of his Cirque de Letoile Filante project‚ which consists of pieces centered on the single theme of a circus. His style of art would fall under the classification of Fauvism and Expressionism. Some of the important pieces of art that were on display were Madame Louison‚ which was painted in 1935 as a color etching on aquatint wove paper. It depicts a woman dancing‚ with one arm over her waist. Another painting that jumped out
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