In 1943 Albert Tucker painted ’Victory Girls’‚ a very odd‚ gruesome reflection of society at that time. It was a feature in a series known as the Images Of Modern Evil painted in the space of 1943 - 1947. ’Victory Girls’ is an oil on canvas artwork. The paint is applied thick and in long strokes‚ and is especially noticeable in the sky and clothes of the figures. Patches of paint has been used to distinguish the light reflections. The painting is of four figures‚ two of them are young women‚ half
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How far was German militarism the most important cause of war in 1914? Explain your answer. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 is seen as the spark which triggered the First World War. However‚ the fuse was clearly laid prior to this event and there are many complex causes that lie behind the outbreak of war. German militarism is just one of these‚ but is it the most important? Some people argue that German militarism was an important factor behind the
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and explore identity‚ some of these are abstract‚ cubism‚ expressionism‚ impressionism‚ realism‚ surrealism ect. These styles allow artist to create new and more in depth and meaningful artworks that can have a deeper‚ complex and relevant message behind the artwork. Modern artist also use different or mixed forms of art‚ for example sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ drawings‚ paintings‚ charcoal ect. The artist Kathe Kollwitz is a German artist (1867-1945). She created artworks that depicted
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham." BBC - Homepage. Web. 11 Aug. 2010. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2497791>. "BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Picture Power: Vietnam Napalm Attack." BBC News - Home Heller‚ Reihold. "MoMA | The Collection | Otto Dix. (German‚ 1891-1969)." MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art. Web. 16 Aug. 2010. <http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1559>. Henshaw‚ Mark Kleiner‚ Fred S.‚ and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner ’s Art Through the Ages: A Concise History of Western
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Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz‚ a German artist‚ used several techniques to express her feelings toward social injustice. She was an expressionist and perfectionist who portrayed her life through images. She devoted her work including sculptures to humanity‚ detailing historic rebellions against social injustice and creating memorable images of Berlin’s working-class women‚ mothers and children and the victims of modern warfare. With the use of drawings‚ etching‚ lithography‚ woodcuts‚ paintings‚ printmaking
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post-collonail studies / Odalisque: exotic‚ erotic subjects like the harem girl(turkish word); redining or recumbent‚female nude; recurrent figure throuhout Western Art/ Die Bruke-The Bridge: 1905-ernst cuding kirchner (dissolved in 1913); earlliest German group to seize the avant-garde spirit; means “bridge”-members believed their work would be a bridge to the future; artists lived and worked communally producing intense‚ anguished pictures with harshly distorted forms and clashing colors/ Primitive:
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Music Style in Modern Music Jose Joya’s “The Maranao”‚ an abstract expressionism uses line‚ texture and color to express complex themes and messages. • The 20th century is perceived to have attained a wide variety of development that one finds difficult to interpret. The predominant trait of the twentieth century is individualism. It talks about the imagination and expression of an individual’s innermost feelings with clarity and balance. This king of direction has greatly affected the stream
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Similar to Gauguin‚ Emil Nolde seeks to return to a oneness with nature‚ in an attempt to bridge German’s past with its future. Using traditional German forms of art such as folk art and craft and combining this with that of modern images‚ using loose brushstrokes to create an earthy and natural feel to his works. Nolde was a part of the German Expressionism movement which sought to unshackle their civilisation and return to nature and freedom. “Primitive peoples create their works with the material
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Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent
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Is The Hairy Ape an expressionistic play? Expressionism is a movement began in early 20th century in German and soon spread over the whole Europe. It initiated in paintings and quickly started to include music‚ literature and architecture. It was a new technique used in drama of Strindberg and later became a theatrical movement round about the First World War. O’Neill was influenced by them and his play titled The Hairy Ape illustrated expressionistic style. The expressionistic touch is found from
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