Starting with simple cave drawings, art has been around since the beginning of man, and will still be around for the end. Throughout history, there has been numerous art movements that have shaped mankind for who we are today. Even without thinking about it, we are influenced by art everyday. Without it, there would be no movies, comics, or even colorful packaging on simple everyday items such as cereal boxes. Life would be bland. Most people don't realize how important art is, or how many different types of art movements that occurred, besides the Italian Renaissance. This essay will focus on the more modern ways that art has influenced society, exploring a few of the many different art movements from the past few centuries.
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While Pop Art developed not too far apart in these countries, art style was quite different. American Pop Art was a bit more aggressive and rebellious than British Pop Art. Pop Art was a sort of rebellion or a backlash against Abstract Expressionism, another form of art that was around in the 50s. Pop Artists generally saw Abstract Expressionism as elitist, inward looking, and pretentious, and worked hard for an art style against it. Pop Art is a very playful type of art that focuses primarily on what is popular in society now, as the name suggests, and basically challenges the traditional meaning of art. Some defining features of Pop art was the use of vivid colors - mostly red, yellow, and blue - and the fact that the art wasn’t the artist's interpretation of the world around them or their feelings, but rather a depiction of what's popular in society. This movement is a style that is still popular even today and can be seen everywhere. It’s no longer just a statement, as its a art form that constantly changes with the times. Pop Art is a movement that embraces consumerism and is truly different from the other forms of art before …show more content…
For instance, Marvel and DC as well as multiple other comic book studios have been increasingly adding more and more representation to their comics, which is much more important and revolutionary than one might expect. While there has always been some representation of others in comics, it was always kept to a minimum, with the majority of major comic characters having the same features. Now, an increasingly diverse cast of characters are being normalized in comic books which has many benefits. When a child, or anyone for that matter, sees more representation of people like them in comics, their self esteem rises because there are more people like superheroes for them to identify with and look up too. One example is the new ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino teen who dons the Spider-Man persona after the Peter Parker in his universe dies. Another example is the new Ms. Marvel, a 15 year old Muslim girl named Kamala Khan living in New Jersey. She is an extremely relatable character who shows her heritage and community that non-Muslims don't know much about. These examples don't only include different cultures. The well known character Jughead in the remake of the Archie comics is now can only asexual, and it is mentioned in a way that doesn't draw too much
The “New …show more content…
While Pop Art developed not too far apart in these countries, art style was quite different. American Pop Art was a bit more aggressive and rebellious than British Pop Art. Pop Art was a sort of rebellion or a backlash against Abstract Expressionism, another form of art that was around in the 50s. Pop Artists generally saw Abstract Expressionism as elitist, inward looking, and pretentious, and worked hard for an art style against it. Pop Art is a very playful type of art that focuses primarily on what is popular in society now, as the name suggests, and basically challenges the traditional meaning of art. Some defining features of Pop art was the use of vivid colors - mostly red, yellow, and blue - and the fact that the art wasn’t the artist's interpretation of the world around them or their feelings, but rather a depiction of what's popular in society. This movement is a style that is still popular even today and can be seen everywhere. It’s no longer just a statement, as its a art form that constantly changes with the times. Pop Art is a movement that embraces consumerism and is truly different from the other forms of art before …show more content…
For instance, Marvel and DC as well as multiple other comic book studios have been increasingly adding more and more representation to their comics, which is much more important and revolutionary than one might expect. While there has always been some representation of others in comics, it was always kept to a minimum, with the majority of major comic characters having the same features. Now, an increasingly diverse cast of characters are being normalized in comic books which has many benefits. When a child, or anyone for that matter, sees more representation of people like them in comics, their self esteem rises because there are more people like superheroes for them to identify with and look up too. One example is the new ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino teen who dons the Spider-Man persona after the Peter Parker in his universe dies. Another example is the new Ms. Marvel, a 15 year old Muslim girl named Kamala Khan living in New Jersey. She is an extremely relatable character who shows her heritage and community that non-Muslims don't know much about. These examples don't only include different cultures. The well known character Jughead in the remake of the Archie comics is now can only asexual, and it is mentioned in a way that doesn't draw too much