Art movement

The Renaissance through the Baroque, Chapter 19 In the early Italian Renaissance what major family influenced artists and give three examples? The Medici family was very influential in the art world due to their creation of the Platonic Academy of philosophy. Many artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo, were apart of the Platonic Academy of philosophy. This academy not only funded many artists, but it also gave birth to the beliefs of Neoplatonists. Neoplatonists believed that in the…

Expressionism is like nonrepresentational art in that did not portray a clear defined picture. This type of art was made popular by Jackson Pollock; One example of his art is, “number 1” made in 1949. This type of art used heavy brush strokes or a drip technique used by Jackson Pollock. This movement was a rebellion against cubism, nonrepresentational, surrealism, and dada. It started in New York in the early 1900’s after world war 2 as a new way to look art. Bauhaus was a…

Sol LeWitt was a leader of the Conceptual Art Movement. According to page 240 in textbook Sol LeWitt he defined Conceptual Art as that which is made to engage the mind of views rather his eye or emotion. Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928. He was an American, he studied at Syracuse University, School of Visual Arts. He was known for painting, drawing, and sculpture. He became famous with his art in the late 1960s. He has been in several Museums for his work since 1965. He was born in…

her early ‘earth-body works’ in the creeks and on the land. Her art is the way she reestablishes the bond that unite her to the universe. Ana thought throughout the earth/body sculptures she would become one with the earth. She also thought she would become an extension of nature and nature becomes an extension of my body. The compulsive act of confirming my ties with the earth is really the rebirth of…

Hitler’s power. Media and arts were used to show people who the “bad guys” were and who to side with (“Donald Versus Hitler” 31). Artist’s used their art to express how they felt about politics by making fun of leaders they didn’t like, such as the infamous Adolf Hitler. They used propaganda and eventually their opinionated art works caused new art to form. Politics affecting art movements during and post World War II was very important because new art movements, such as popular art, came out of…

dancers outstretched arms and the billowing of a fabric a soft romantic scene is portrayed. The contrast of hard vs. soft, and negative vs. positive space creates an interesting and unique view of the figure. This piece was part of an exhibit Form and Movement, which paired Trager’s photographs of architecture and dancers side-by-side. Heather Murphy described this exhibition in an article on NPR.org in the following quote: “The exhibit evokes the peculiar feeling that the world has been frozen…

Artist Salvador Dali has been a major contributor to several artistic movements during the 20th century. Throughout his life, he contributed many wonderful pieces of art that belonged to the Surrealist movement, and also created works using Futurism, Dada, Impressionism and Cubism. Most notably, Dali produced the famous painting “The Persistence of Memory” and designed the Teatro-Museo Dali (or the Dali Theatre-Museum) located in Figueres, Spain (Salvador Dali Museum, Inc). Salvador Dali…

began a new art movement created to show their distaste towards the war, and the ideas of nationalism and materialism. This movement came to be called Dada, which is said to mean ‘hobby horse’ in French by some, but known as just baby talk by others. It was known to use Shock Art, thrusting vulgar language and scatological humour into the eye of the public, who were displeased with the new artworks. The creators said that it wasn’t a movement – the artists weren’t artists, and there was no art.…

Figueres, Spain, Salvador started creating art at a young age. His parents encouraged him to peruse his artwork and even built him a studio at their home before leaving for college. Aways being able to peruse with his art, it prompted him to experiment with sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and some filmmaking with Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock later on in his career. His paintings resemble a lot of classical and renaissance art, noticeable through his religious symbolism…

to the early 1960s. The Great Depression, World War II, and the Korean War all occurred during this time. Also, color TV was introduced and Disneyland was opened in California. The two main genres of modernism were Swiss Design and the Bauhaus movement. Swiss Design focused on cleanliness and readability while the Bauhaus sought to unite creativity and manufacturing in order to emphasize functionality. However, all sects of Modernism followed a structured grid system, focused on negative…