Folk art

Unconsciously Christian. That is what some of our art today and through the ages has consisted of; not being able to fully acknowledge the art form to be of religious faith but the intention is to be that way. It is almost like they are a secret service trying to spread the gospel without being pushed aside or torn down by non-believers. Mumford and Sons, a London based folk rock, bluegrass group has been rooted in the faith for as long as I can remember; it was there all along it just has never…

the consumer class coincided with low quality and poor design of the manufactured goods produced in factories. The Arts and Crafts movement was a group of designers and critics who believed that the decline of Britain’s social and moral standards were linked to the decline of it’s artistic standards. One of the leaders of the movement, William Morris, proclaimed, "I do not want art for a few, any more than I want freedom for a few" (Dempsey). The idea of good design was linked with their ideas…

culture of this vast country. However, if one examines the history of Canadian art and compares it to the development of Canadian identity, one can easily discern their correlation. The rise of Canadian artistic expression in the 20th century greatly contributed to the Canadian identity by illustrating the growing nationalism in accompaniment to a stronger sense of independence. The evolution of the various sectors of art, such as the unique Canadian landscapes painted by the Group of Seven, the…

Art is found all around the world in many different forms. From the beginning of time, art has shown all succeeding generations a mass amount of information on different cultures, their history, their religion and way of life. Living in the Los Angeles area, art is highly prevalent and respected, with dozens of museums in the area to choose from. For this assignment I wanted to explore and go somewhere I had never been before. I went to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. I selected an…

example, a clear shape of pyramid is constructed from the head of the most left figure to the elongated body of the central figure in ‘Bathers’, and the dancing figure in the centre with the man and woman sitting frontal on Adrien’s Balinese native folks. The selection and placement of subject matters in both paintings are seen as…

role from the beginning of human art history to now days perhaps to our future as well as we cannot deny its contribution as an aesthetic element to our daily life. We can find ornament through arts of primitive culture that shows how indigenous people tattoo on their skin, homes, caves stone etc. We will deal with the ornament, as a evident from the title itself. The importace of using the ornament in the artistic creation is evident especially in the era of Art Nouveau, questioning about…

Located at the Phoenix Art Museum is a unique work that was purchased “with funds donated by Jan and Howard Hendler” and created by Yayoi Kusama in 2005. The piece is titled You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies and is a “mixed media installation with LED lights” that was created as a permanent piece to the Phoenix Art Museum’s collection. The work can be found in the South Wing on the Upper Level in the Contemporary Art section of the museum. The intention of this…

boy he had an intimate experience with art; the works of his childhood reveal rather specific color combinations, infused by his perception that "each color lives by its mysterious life.At first he followed his family’s wishes to go into law, entering the University of Moscow in 1886. He graduated with honors, but he earned a fieldwork scholarship that entailed a visit to the Vologda province to study their traditional criminal law and religion. The folk art there and the spiritual study seemed…

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…

Specifically, purely on the basis of these two paintings, one could infer that both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism encompass: (1) intimate scenes of common folk engaged in everyday activities; (2) scenarios that occur outside of artists' studios; (3) poses that are casual as if caught unaware; and (4) strategic utilization of light and color for effect more than depicting strict realism. As for the differences…