describes the appearance of art in ways that make it seem lifelike which includes realism‚ naturalism‚ idealization‚ and illusionism. Abstract style expresses art in ways that mimics lifelike appearances and includes nonrepresentational art and expressionism. Medium or media (plural) is the material in which an artists uses to create artwork. This material is either made up of two dimensional mediums or three dimensional mediums. Two dimensional mediums include artwork such as drawings‚ etchings
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now preferred to call “concrete art” in “Abstract Concrete”. He will also be rather isolated‚ as impressionism and cubism dominated the artistic scene at that time‚ and his geometric abstract paintings will receive suspicion and would not be recognized before some time. Nonetheless‚ he played an important role in the philosophic foundation for later modern movements‚ in particular abstract expressionism and its variants like color field painting. His work had a large influence on artists such as Gorky
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compete with. As an abstract expressionist‚ a title that he often refused to be associated with‚ he played a significant role amongst his contemporaries in glorifying the Second World War art movement that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism (Wechsler‚ p. 71). Rothko’s style of art‚ as a pioneer‚ was referred to as color field painting‚ which immensely utilized the expressive capabilities of color. It was considerably influenced by the philosophical works of Feud‚ Nietzsche‚ and Carl
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A Compare/Contrast of Monet’s Grainstack(Sunset) and van Gogh’s The Sower In this essay I will compare and contrast two paintings. The first is Grainstack (Sunset)‚ painted by Claude Monet in 1891. The second is The Sower‚ which was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Both paintings were painted around the same time and are very similar in style and subject‚ but their differences illustrate the change that was happening from the Impressionist to the Post-Impressionist movement. Just beginning
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Nolde’s Modernist style as “degenerate‚” and forbade him to paint. Nazi oppression influenced the work of Emil Nolde‚ making the watercolors and oil paints he produced during his time in isolation emblematic of Degenerate Art‚ modernism‚ and German Expressionism. Nolde’s Sunflowers in the Windstorm (1943) is one of the few oil paintings he made during his time in isolation in Seebüll‚ Germany. Nolde painted more than 1‚300 watercolors during his time there‚ only rarely using oil paint for the fear that
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Auguste Renoir has been admired by many for years. Along with the admiration of his art‚ his style of art has been studied through the decades. Renoir have been called “the father” of impressionism. Although his art spans from paintings to sculptures‚ impressionism is what he is greatly associated. Impressionism is a 19th century movement of art that much of the paintings and sculptures were fashioned. It is characterized by relatively small‚ thin brush strokes‚ and open composition that emphasize
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CH 20 – The 18th & 19th Centuries: Six main movements: Rococo‚ Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ (The Academy)‚ Realism‚ Impressionism (Macchiaioli) & Postimpressionism Rococo is a unique style occurring toward the end of the Baroque period. It is a much more ornate style that shows sweetness‚ gaiety‚ and light; painterly and pastel features. It is chiefly characterized by the representation of the leisurely activities of upper class society by a frivolous choice of themes. Rococo is derived
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Morisot painted what she experienced on a daily basis. Her paintings reflect the 19th-century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes as well as the nude figure and‚ like her fellow female Impressionist Mary Cassatt‚ focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models. Paintings like The Cradle‚ in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture‚ reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising‚ both
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Mark Rothko was a Russian born American painter and printmaker. His style and use of color classified him as an abstract expressionist. Mark Rothko was born on September 25‚ 1903 in Russia. He was the fourth child of Jacob Rothkowitz‚ a pharmacist who brought his family a modest living. To avoid his sons from being drafted into the army‚ Jacob Rothkowitz and his family immigrated to the United States. They settled in Portland‚ Oregon when Mark was ten years old. A few months after they arrived‚ Jacob
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Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party is a European artwork painted in 1880-1881 by French Impressionist‚ Pierre Auguste Renoir. In traditional Impressionist style‚ Renoir depicted a scene from modern life and based it in a place he knew well - the Restaurant Fournaise. Chatou was one of Renoir’s beloved settings and Luncheon of the Boating Party is a romanticized portrait of his friends enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the balcony of the restaurant. His intention was to take
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