Modern art

as well as how art/artists have changed since the production of the painting. Robert Hughes was an Australian born art critic and writer. ‘The Shock of the New’ is part of a larger text of Hughes’ called ‘The faces of Power’, and the Shock of the New was made into a television series that Hughes produced. In his text, Hughes claimed that Guernica was the last great history painting and essentially the last modern painting of major importance - stating that “It was also the last modern painting…

allegorical and mythological nature. However the greater part of his works consisted of religious art, studies of contemporary life and portraiture. The French Revolution made an immense impact on Goya. While he’d supported the French Revolution, he was traumatized by the horrors and enslavement he witnessed during the event. While his works had previously displayed a passion in social and political commentary, art historians have noted that his work grew mournful in both colour and content…

According to Kandinsky’s book Concerning the Spiritual in Art written in 1912, “music and art are the first and most sensitive spheres in which this spiritual revolution makes itself felt.” (Kandinsky, part 1, Section 3) Kandinsky correlates specific colors with definite emotions, such as blue, a heavenly color, while black is the color of grief that is hardly human (Fineberg, 94). Kandinsky links color and music in his book by saying, “Generally speaking, color is a power which directly…

City view by Osnat Tzadoc is a modern day contemporary abstracts piece, presented as a vibrant coloured oil painting as a stretched canvas, over a wooden frame sizes 4foot by 2 foot. Best appreciated in a spacious area on a plain background, to enhance the hues , cast and texture of the work. Osnat’s art has appeared on TV Drama’s and adverts- an artist recognised in her time. She is a Canadian artist who uses real life and realistic approaches to here abstract form. Being self-taught she show…

subject matter. Realistic depictions of modern life came to the forefront, replacing the countless still life and portraits. They chose to focus heavily on effects, especially light, instead of the minute details that were deemed irrelevant to them. The Impressionists viewed their surroundings in a very different manner compared to their predecessors and through movement, composition, and the expression of light; they developed this new and fascinating manner of art. Recreating the…

movement was portrayed through many different outlets including photography, literature, sculptures, and of course paintings. This movement was known for how it made fun of or mocked modern common aesthetic. It contrasted the ideas of materialism, and how “nationalistic attitudes” turned out to be a heavy influence (“The Art Story” n.p.). Dadaism would be a key stepping-stone into Surrealism. Jean Hans Arp was a very abstract artist who was active throughout Dadaism and surrealism as well. Arp…

because most people know Greek art, so it doesn’t make you have no idea what is going on in the product. The reason tide chose this art is that it’s really sample and it looks like it’s with the times. The idea of it’s just being a target with the name of the product over the top of the target. The use of only three colours (including the name tide) makes it easy to remember just yellow, orange, and blue. This design has been around before I was born and it looks modern to this very day. The…

that Hopper’s was one of the eminent artistic in the history of American Painters. The essay will answer the question that said how the modern American city is portrayed in Edward Hopper’s paintings. Firstly it will discuss Representation of dream and reality on how he want people to believe that dream informed the conceal part of internal life. How the modern city portray him as prominent traditional designers in the history of America, which allow colour to display in images forms. His…

cultural, social, and modern art that occurred in Harlem during the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. “Literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts,” were major elements of the Harlem Renaissance (Harlem Renaissance. Britannica.com, n.d., para.1). Literature, art, music, and entertainment were also a form of freedom. African Americans used these key elements to becoming equal in American society. African Americans soared with talent in literature, music, and art. This movement…

distinguishes the power of a click versus the power of a stroke? In “What is Cinema” by André Bazin, Bazin examines the role of photography in this history of art. With the introduction of photography, painting and illustration were regarded as inferior art forms to replicate the world. Bazin argues that there is no way for a handmade visual art to produce the same realistic encounter as a photograph (8). In addition, Bazin elaborated on the ability of photographs to “transfer(s) reality from…