Dada

artistic intent that gave birth to these examples. According to merriam-webster.com dictionary, the word ‘vernacular’ means to relate to the shared style of a specific time, place, or group (Merriam-webster.com, 2014). 1. Dada Dada was an Artistic and literary movement that started in Zurich in 1916. The Dadaists guided their disgust at World War I into a charge of the nationalist and materialist standards that had brought it about. They were combined not by a…

During World War I, a group of artists came together and 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…

Jesse Treece is an artist that creates various photomontage collages into unique compositions. He does this by incorporating distinct photographic scenes into one. “Long Walks On The Beach” is one good example in which he created a collage of two separate scenes in one picture. In this art work, the image portrays two people walking on the beach, but the sky appears to be an image of a planet. “Discoface” is another interesting collage of his because he created the composition out of three or…

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German. Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural…

modelling of figures was not a concern for cubist artists either. Cubism opened up almost infinite new possibilities for the treatment of visual reality in art and caused a great impact that influenced others artistical movement as Futurism, Supremism, Dada, Constructivism, De Stijl and Art Deco. An important characteristic of the geometrical forms used to create the paintings was that it could be associated with the mechanization of the industrial revolution…

opposite approach to art. He inherited the gusto for ugliness, scandal and chaos of the Dada movement and the automatic surrealists (Bell, 1984). Picasso rejected the craft to become primitive, deciding that the ingenuity of childhood is the basis of art (Bell, 1984).…

culture can be seen in the Dada movement and other surrealist movements. The Dada is an artistic and literary movement that began in Zurich and spread to other cities including Paris, it basically sprouted from the anti-war feelings people had after the events of WWI. The Dada encouraged artists and writers to go against nationalist and bourgeois conventions, it mocked nationalism and materialism which many believed had led to the war. Surrealism was also influenced by the Dada movement. Its…

Dada artwork represents the collapse of bourgeois cultural values and mocks the rational thought’s foolery and even the foundations of modern society. Dada had readymade objects which transformed ordinary objects into works of art. Surrealism, on the other hand, focuses on how “Criminal Madness” and the female mind are considered…

violin since then the French have become all about artistic hobby is called by its name. Man Ray (1890-1976) - French and American artist, photographer and filmmaker, whose work has had a tremendous impact on avant-garde art of the XX century, from Dada and surrealism to the abstract and commercial photography. In 1908 - 1912 years. Man Ray studied art in New York. Man Ray became interested in photography of Alfred Stieglitz. Thanks Stiglitz met with the European avant-garde. The first personal…

artists during the twentieth century. His works relate to modern movements such as Cubism and Dadaism. His creation of the readymades was some of the most memorable and influential works of the time. Duchamp’s art works were produced during the Dada movement; a time that developed as a protest to the War. The war fought between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918, was known at the time as the Great War, the War to End War, and (in the United States) the European War. Its casualty totals were…