Modern history

throughout history. And in each time frame, It goes over the notable artists that grew out during the spread of surrealism and how their paintings of surrealism affected the movement. This source backup my claim on how surrealism affects politics and take its own course in becoming popular after World War I. This style has been so popular that multiple museums display the significance of the arts and its role in World War I. I want to compare this source during its peaks to the modern context,…

traditional boundaries with its composers seeking actively to engage a different part of the viewer's brain. Throughout the course of art history, one can see that as time progresses, artists become more and more fond of moving towards a form that utilizes new ways of interpreting art—drawing further away from traditional values and precepts and creating a refreshed modern feel to their works. The kinetic art movement does not fall far from the artistic trend when it appeared on the scene and…

Alvin Ailey’s Legacy in Modern Dance Alvin Ailey was one of the greatest choreographers of his time and his legacy still lives on through his techniques and his preeminent dance company. Despite racial issues growing up, he overcame them by building a successful career based on expressing his emotions of the life he lived as a child. After graduating high school, he learned from one of the greatest modern choreographers who came before him, later landed a job on Broadway, and then created his…

Outline (Un)Modern Family: Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, the Myth of the U.S.-Colombiana, and the Quest for Belonging I. Introduction (1 page) II. What is a “Modern Family”? (2 pages) A. “Family as modern “ 1. The idea of multiplicity (gender, racial, ethnic, etc.) as a form of modernity 2. Categorizing family members through their identity to check the boxes for being a modern family a. Gloria fits neatly in to the package of the “sexy Latina” who is the unexpectedly expected second wife and…

The new mosques were called National Architectural Renaissance and took place between 1908 and 1909. The name refers to the Ottoman Revival Style and was intended to encourage Ottoman Turks patriotism and self-identity. The new style was based on modern construction and materials. They began using reinforced concrete, steel and iron and even often incorporated glass roofs. The Ottoman Turks however, kept some tradition by using pointed arches, domes and towers and ornate tile decorations. The…

This essay will analyse Le Corbusier’s The Radiant City (La Ville Radieuse) by looking at the unbuilt city scape’s historical, theoretical and philosophical background as well as how it was received and reviewed. Greenhalgh’s features of the Pioneer phase (such as Social Morality, Technology and Anti-historicism) will also be looked at in relation to how and why The Radiant City was conceptualised and designed. As the idea of The Radiant City was conceived in the 1930s (and by Modernist…

Successful modern architectures have been survived throughout the world. Those architectures were adapted themselves to new circumstances so-called ‘region’ Since First World War, global modernism had a big impact on the Latin America. Modernism has become the dominant global movement. Not only modern architecture appears European cities and United States, but also a lot of Latin America cities have started have modern style of architectures. It was not familiar to area where they have their own…

spectators who watch the scene. My senior thesis project, titled “Shaping Spectatorship in Art: a Study on Francesco Salviati’s ‘Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary,’ ” explored these frescoes in relation to a thought-provoking facet of art history that has received little scholarly attention: the development of meta-representations within…

shorthand, German, and French. Tharp graduated from Banard College with a degree in art history. After graduating, Tharp performed her first professional debut with Paul Taylor Company in 1963, having the role of crawling across that stage. Two years later, she founded her first company in which she had sustainment of various forms. Since then, Tharp has created over 70 works of her own company, various other ballet and modern companies, as well as Broadway shows. In our class discussion on…

Victor Vasarely should be taught to students of Art History 1 because he fused elements of design and the Abstract Expressionist movement to achieve and nurture the Op Art movement in the 1960s. Considered one of the originators of Op Art for his visually intricate and illusionistic portraits, Victor Vasarely spent the course of a lengthy, critically acclaimed profession seeking, and contending for, a method of art making that was profoundly social. He placed major significance on the…