Humans have been painting and creating art for thousands of years. It first began in prehistoric times, when symbols were painted in caves as a way of communication, and has evolved into modern art. Throughout the centuries art has been widely influenced by the trends and events occurring in society. The rediscovery of ancient art and literature, study of anatomy, and the Protestant Reformation, shaped the art of the Renaissance. Romanticism was a reaction to the French aristocracy and their belief in the Age of Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution in England artists wanted to focus on nature and emotions due to the oppression people were facing. The world was in shambles after World War I, war refugees wanting to escape reality created
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The war caused major destruction. Art changed dramatically after this event, forming a new art movement called Dada, which lasted from 1916 to 1922. Founded by a group of World War I refugees, its name came from a nonsense world. This art movement protested the madness of war and wanted to denounce authority and shock people. Jean Arp, the founder of Dada’s goal was to exploit the irrational. He believed that anything could be art, which was very distant from all previous art movements. His work, “Mountain, Table, Anchors, Navel,” consisted of free forms, and an overall simple piece. Marcel Duchamp a French artist and prime mover of both Dada and Surrealism, changed the concept of what art is. He invented the art form ready-mades, two of his works include a bicycle wheel mounted on top of a stool and a controversial urinal with writing on it. His work, “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” is a portrait of a nude overlapping itself. This painting helped progressive art become very powerful and made American artists aware of the artistic shift in France. Max Ernst, a Dadaist and Surrealist, wanted to jolt the viewer of his art to mental attention. When he was a child, he suffered from hallucinations while suffering from a case of measles, he later realized he could create almost psychotic episodes. Ernst used the psychotic episodes to turn them into art. His work “Two Children Threatened by a Nightingale” causes viewers to be stunned by the title. The work itself is also very strange. I am personally not a fan of the art movement of Dada, it can seem aimless and extremely odd at times. I myself enjoy traditional art, rather than modern
The war caused major destruction. Art changed dramatically after this event, forming a new art movement called Dada, which lasted from 1916 to 1922. Founded by a group of World War I refugees, its name came from a nonsense world. This art movement protested the madness of war and wanted to denounce authority and shock people. Jean Arp, the founder of Dada’s goal was to exploit the irrational. He believed that anything could be art, which was very distant from all previous art movements. His work, “Mountain, Table, Anchors, Navel,” consisted of free forms, and an overall simple piece. Marcel Duchamp a French artist and prime mover of both Dada and Surrealism, changed the concept of what art is. He invented the art form ready-mades, two of his works include a bicycle wheel mounted on top of a stool and a controversial urinal with writing on it. His work, “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” is a portrait of a nude overlapping itself. This painting helped progressive art become very powerful and made American artists aware of the artistic shift in France. Max Ernst, a Dadaist and Surrealist, wanted to jolt the viewer of his art to mental attention. When he was a child, he suffered from hallucinations while suffering from a case of measles, he later realized he could create almost psychotic episodes. Ernst used the psychotic episodes to turn them into art. His work “Two Children Threatened by a Nightingale” causes viewers to be stunned by the title. The work itself is also very strange. I am personally not a fan of the art movement of Dada, it can seem aimless and extremely odd at times. I myself enjoy traditional art, rather than modern