also fought against sexism/racism to a lesser degree. It was an anti-war movement created by artists around Europe as a way to express the troubles and traumas within societies affected by the war itself. Influences by Futurism‚ Cubism and Expressionism Collage Technique
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QUESTIONS FROM INSTRUCTOR:. Many historians cite the 1920s as the decade in which America entered the "modern era." Given the myriad labels attached to this decade‚ this essay focuses on the broader context of all those movements under the umbrella term "modernism." First‚ what is modernism and why did it apply to the 1920s (as opposed to earlier decades)? What ideologies or beliefs had changed by the 1920s that qualified this decade as "modern" for America? Second‚ to expand on those changes‚
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Developments in Three Dimensional Art in the 20th Century Three dimensional art works went through a heavy period of transition through the 20th century. At the start‚ sculpture could be summed up in Johann Gottfreid von Herder’s consideration of sculpture as “a harsh reality.” Unlike painting and the other traditional media‚ sculpture was being redefined‚ both formally and technically. Painting‚ despite the many innovations and explorations that occurred in the 20th century‚ was still oil and
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term was later applied to the movement in the 1960’s. Other names for the movement include ABC art‚ minimal art‚ reductivism‚ and rejective art. Minimalism was a reaction against the formal overkill and pretentiousness of Abstract Expressionism. It had roots in Pop art‚ Cubism‚ and Conceptual art and was also inspired by Russian Suprematists such as Kasimir Malevich.An American-born movement‚ Minimalism stemmed mostly from the work of Frank Stella‚ whose Black Paintings were first exhibited at the Museum
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Introduction Impressionism and Post-impressionism are two of the most influential periods in art history. Originating in France in the late 19th century‚ both movements encompass some of the world’s most well-known‚ and beloved‚ artists and paintings‚ including Claude Monet‚ Edgar Degas‚ Auguste Renoir‚ and Paul Cezanne‚ Paul Gauguin‚ and Gustav Klimt‚ respectively. Impressionism Impressionists revolutionized art; some consider it be the start of the modern
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Edvard Munch The Scream and The Sick Child Edvard Munch was born in Norway in 1863 and became a troubled artist after he was influenced by many older impressionists. Most of his work is a reflection of impressionism and tells a story that is mostly dark or consist of death‚ illness‚ anxiety‚ pain‚ or fear. His paintings also are influenced by the heartache he endured as a child watching close family members die from sickness that he survived‚ such as‚ his sister and his mother who both became
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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1. Painters and their craft: Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds–their place in the history of English art (genre peculiarities‚ style‚ pictures) Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury‚ Suffolk‚ in 1727. His father was a cloth merchant. Thomas soon evinced a marked inclination for drawing and in 1740 his father John Gainsborough sent him to London to study art. He stayed in London for eight years‚ working under the rococo portrait-engraver Gravelot. He also became familiar with the Flamish
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INTRODUCTION Art allows us to look at the world from a different and unique perspective; all of us interpret artwork differently. It is a great way for people to express feelings‚ ideas‚ concepts and ideologies‚ and for some‚ it helps us express whatever cannot simply be defined by words. Art gives you freedom to explore things in a different way‚ and preserve your thoughts on the canvas for everyone else to see. When we look at artwork that portrays a universal idea‚ we feel a sense of unity with
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Lights‚ camera‚ paint brush‚ action! The thrill of creating a story through the lens of a camera and the fine hairs of a paintbrush was the life of Norman Rockwell. Capturing the small-town life of an everyday American scene was Rockwell’s way of creating the world that wasn’t perfect into his own view of a place that was. With the Rockwell creativity of drawing his perspective of an American perfection; Edward Hopper created otherwise. Creating more realistic and expressed his feelings into the
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