movement developed‚ De Stijl became more than just an art movement‚ but rather a lifestyle. Piet Mondrian’s Contribution in Architecture Dutch painter and a leading innovator of the geometrical abstract style. Piet Mondrian came into contact with Cubism in Paris after 1911 and became associated with De Stijl in 1917. His pictures‚ at this period were characterized by vertical and horizontal lines distinguish rectangles which were painted in primary colors‚ black‚ white and grey. This geometry was
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POST IMPRESSIONISM - THE ROOTS OF MODERN ART VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) ’View of Arles-Orchard in Bloom with Poplars ’‚ 1890 (oil on canvas) Post Impressionism was not a formal movement or style. The Post Impressionists were a few independent artists at the end of the 19th century who rebelled against the limitations of Impressionism. They developed a range of personal styles that focused on the emotional‚ structural‚ symbolic and spiritual elements that they felt were missing from Impressionism
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fascinating Paul Klee’s painting. As a representative member of German Expressionist‚ Klee believed art was to “make visible” rather than “reproduce visible”‚ challenging the former notion of art as the representation of the real world. Influenced by Cubism‚ Fauvism and Der Blaue Reiter‚ Klee is similar to Wassily Kandinsky regarding the abstract art style and Bauhaus teaching experience. Whereas‚ instead of a pure geometric composition that Kandinsky convinced in‚ most of Klee’s paintings are abstract
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Throughout my travels‚ I have been blessed with the opportunity to visit many museums. Through those visit‚ I have learned that every museum has something different to offer. From the art they display‚ the decoration and architecture of the museum itself‚ to the people in the museum all those factor shape the ambiance and ultimately influence our experience. For this assignment I chose to go to the Dallas Museum of Art in downtown Dallas TX. I chose this museum because it is an art museum‚ which
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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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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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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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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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