The aftermath of World War II‚ The Holocaust‚ and the age of the atomic bomb instilled in the sculpture of the mid-1940s a sense that art should return to its pre-cultural and pre-rational origins. In the literature of the day‚ writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre advocated a similar reductive philosophy.[36] At an introductory speech in New York City for an exhibition of one of the finest modernist sculptors‚ Alberto Giacometti‚ Sartre spoke of "The beginning and the end of history".[37] Moore’s sense
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The Portrait of Ladislaus Von Fraunberg‚ Count of Haag can be found in the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna‚ Austria. The portrait was painted by Hans Mielich in 1557. The full bodied composition portrays the Count of Haag‚ with his royal power inside his throne chambers. This renaissance take on a life-size full-length ruler portrait expresses a bunch of artistic choices on the behalf of Mielich. In his work‚ I would argue Hans Mielich is trying to visually transpose the wealth‚ masculinity‚ and power
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There may be several different reasons as to why Fiero titled the chapter “The Modernist Assault‚” However‚ the chapter seems to focus on changes in style and direction of creative expression. Saying that modernism is assaulting creative expression is an overstatement‚ however‚ the title explains how modernism is attacking the manner that individuals perceive creative expression‚ as well as how individuals are straying away from the Romantic and traditional art. The title and reasoning are very fitting
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Modernism was the art movement that departed from classical and traditional forms and altered the perception and the aesthetics of art (Gay‚ 2008‚ pg. 3). Expressionism is one of various modernist styles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that affected numerous art forms including paintings and film. The social environment surrounding expressionism was very significant as the expressionist style aimed to convey subjective emotions as a response to the conditions of the modern period
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sister. He used to call her Mai. Gopal did not have an impressive personality in his childhood. He was very thin and not properly dressed in his childhood. He was accompanied by his elder sister on their way to school. Still she was in his order. Dada did not accompany us on our way to school. Both of us go to school- myself and Mai. There was a big bag around my neck. All books were kept in it. The ink pot was entangled in the left-hand fingers. Loose half pant. Cotton buttons‚ a collarless shirt
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The Art Scab George Grosz‚ Berlin Dada‚ and the Spartacus League I. Introduction A. Topic During post World War I Germany‚ the Weimar Republic was established as bourgeois capitalistic democracy. However‚ the period was plagued with income inequality‚ corruption‚ and authoritarianism. At the start of this period‚ the German Revolution spread around the country. In Berlin‚ the Spartacus League‚ founded as a communist alternative to the Socialist Democrats of Germany party‚ was pushing for
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2. Dada embraced self-expression‚ impulse‚ spontaneity and imagination. Why were these particular qualities appealing to Dadaists as artists and social commentators? Ciaran Bullen. The World at War. To appreciate Dada‚ one must first know the context of its time. To truly understand Dada‚ one must understand the deep pain of the artists‚ the ferocity of the disgust toward the bestiality of their supposedly modern world‚ and the deep longing for change at the hearts of its various contributors
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What is Freud’s unconscious theory and how is it applied in the art work of Dada/ surrealist artists? Sigmund Freud was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to develop theories about the unconscious mind. The concept of the unconscious theory was central to Freud’s ideas of the human mind. He first introduced his ideas around the unconscious theory when trying to explain what happens to ideas that are repressed but remain in the mind. In
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Dada and its impact on Contemporary Art According to the Oxford Dictionary of art‚ Dada was “A movement in European art (with manifestations also in New York)‚ c.1915–c.1922‚ characterized by a spirit of rebellious revolt against traditional values. It arose from a mood of cynicism engendered by the First World War‚ to which some artists reacted with‚ cynicism‚ sarcasm and nihilism.” Gathering in Hugo Balls’ Cabaret Voltaire for spontaneous readings‚ performances and exhibitions
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bapi& dada’s love‚ affection‚ illusion & delight. Then I was bounded under the mission’s four wall boundaries. I always fond of these love‚ affection‚ illusion & delight‚ but I never got it properly. When I was in class ten‚ after the test exam dada took me to the Salt Lake‚ R.V.T.I.‚ where he works as a manager of a ladies hostel. I was stay there as a canteen staff‚ but i did not do anything except some light work‚ whole day I was enjoying there with Tanu di‚ Olivia di‚ Anamika di‚ Sruti di
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