Abstract art Abstract art uses a visual language of form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been‚ from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century‚ underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist
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Pop Art 1950-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Recognizable imagery‚ drawn from popular media and products * Usually very bright colors. * Flat imagery influenced by comic book and newspaper photographs * Characters in comic book and magazines Artists of this time * Andy Warhol Major developments of this time * Credit card (1950) * Car seat belts (1952) * Polio vaccine (1952) Abstract Expressionism 1940-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Unconventional application of
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Paintings of a realism nature are a source that illustrates the Gilded Age activities and how people viewed political‚ economic and social elements within their society. Winslow Homer (1836 –1910) a naturalist painter through his scenes of outdoor life explored the glitter of the Gilded Age with under currents of the life of African Americans. Various artists of the Gilded age explored themes related to a society in transition brought about by industrialization and rapid economic growth. Some artists
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compared or contrasted? Well‚ here’s your answer. Modern art‚ like graffiti‚ is based on style‚ but in modern art the style is mainly based on the time‚ not based on expression. In modern art there are many styles a few of such as impressionism‚ fauvism‚ cubism‚ futurism‚ and abstract expression‚ while in graffiti there are five main ones‚ tagging‚ throw ups‚ semi-wildstyle‚ wildstyle‚ and 3-d wildstyle. Modern are started as a western movement in painting and printing in the late 19th
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distinct style‚ colors‚ textures‚ and abstract qualites really characterize the overall feel and visual perspective of the artist. Cezanne’s distinctive style is considered a link between various artistic movements‚ including Impressionism‚ Cubism‚ Fauvism‚ perhaps Expressionism‚ and certainly Abstract Art. The style depicted in this painting is very innovative and creative‚ especially the artist’s illustrious use of angular brush strokes and color deepening to represent visual depth. The Mt. Ste
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Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wasilyevich Kandinsky was born on December‚ 16th (4)‚ 1866 in Moscow‚ in a well-to-do family of a businessman in a good cultural environment. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa where his father ran his tea factory. In the year of 1886 he went to Moscow and entered Law Faculty of Moscow University. Graduating with honors‚ six years later Wassily married his cousin‚ Anna Chimyakina. In 1893 he became Docent (Associate Professor) of Law Faculty and continued teaching. In 1896
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Chapter 18: Toward the Modern Era 1870-1914 Define: 1. Program music 2. stream of consciousness 3. pointillism Times to Know: 1. Impressionism begins (c.1874) 2. Post-impressionism emerges (c.1880) 3. German Expressionism (c.1903-1913) 4. Fauvism begins (c.1905) 5. Beginning of World War I (1914) Names to Know: 1. Cassatt 2. Cezanne 3. Degas 4. Gauguin 5. Manet 6. Monet 7. Morisot 8. Renoir 9. Rodin 10. van Gogh 11. Seurat 12. Picasso 13. Braque 14.
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most subjects/ themes of paintings were the daily lives of upper/middle class people‚ the nobility‚ Christianity‚ and landscapes. Also the paintings then stressed realism. That totally changed until the 19th century where artistic movements like fauvism‚ impressionism‚ and a whole lot of other “isms” sprung up and eventually paved the pathway to Modern Art. Already in the 19th century with artists like Manet with his infamous piece Olympia‚ were people touching upon ways to show sexuality in art
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Cubism‚ which was developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque‚ was a style of art that ultimately defined the period. Instead of accurate or perfected images of humanity or the surreal of nature‚ cubism was a new form of the avant-garde genre. As fauvism splintered‚ Picasso and Braque‚ took the bold contrasting colors of that style/period and mixed them with many contrasting geometric shapes to create this new style of art. It was a way of expressing the tumultuous events‚ both good and bad‚ that
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BMS122: APPRECIATING LEISURE LIFESTYLES Types of Art: Main Periods 1. 2. 3. Visual Arts Appreciation Part 2 4. 5. 6. 7. Pre-historic Ancient Medieval (Middle Ages) Renaissance Baroque / Rococo 19th Century 20th Century 6. 19th Century Art 19th Century Art: Neo-classicism Includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Neo-classicism Romanticism Realism Impressionism Rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece‚ and the Renaissance Costumes‚ settings‚ and details depicted with much
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