Modern history

. Although theses three modern styles varied, the works involved all occupied a new and more complex space. Mel Gooding explains this as a ‘trend in modern art away from the representation of recognisable objects in pictorial space and towards presentation of a painting or sculpture as a real object in real space.’ Up until this time the pictorial space created in the art work aimed to create the illusion of a real pictorial space for the spectator. The technique of one point perspective which…

Even though tattoos have a long history in many countries and races of people, they have not always been accepted in America. Most people associated early tattoos with freak shows, sailors, prisoners, biker gangs or outsiders that didn’t care about fitting in with mainstream society. Today, it’s common to see people of all races, gender and ages wearing one or more tattoos. There are many types and each type represents something unique about the individual or why they chose it. Tattoos are a…

century artists participated in, in attempt to push their artwork, in a form different from before, to the public while containing their approval. However, in Griselda Pollock’s lecture, Avant-garde Gambits, 1888-1893: Gender and the Colour of Art History, she explores the “game-play” or in other words, the components of the avant-garde gambit (Pollock 14). The three components are called “reference, deference, and difference” (Pollock 14). All three components are the base of the “avant-garde…

and literature specifically, they can be characterized by a deliberate rejection of the styles of the past; emphasizing instead innovation and experimentation in forms, materials, and techniques in order to create artworks that better reflected the modern society.…

1974. Cole had choreographed for musicals, television-including commercials, music videos. and even nightclub revues; and had also performed on Broadway many times. Cole had one of the most diverse dancing and choreographing career, beginning with modern dance and ballet, mastering Indian and other Asian dances, then moving toward contemporary and jazz. He had a unique combination of all styles, that made him well admired and quite popular among the arts. He was seen as an innovator a dance…

What 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…

to have many significant individuals whom enlightened Greece and the modern world with streams of intellectual movements. An example of a prominent personality of Classical Greece is Herodotus, who holds incalculable importance. Herodotus gives an insight of his own conception of the world in which human psychology takes fundamental place. He is also known for contributing to the creation of what society now refers to as ‘history’; an essential tool critical for humanity’s self-knowledge. The…

Linearity and Organic Architecture Modernisms - AR548 Jed Cracknell Word Count: • Introduction o Nature in modern architecture o Leading to organic architecture Linearity is a theme seen throughout architecture from the modernist era. It is present in many different styles such as Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie School Style of architecture seen around the 1890’s to 1920’s. Following this Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile style of architecture is seen to have strong links to…

In contemporary art, the term “social realism” is traditionally associated with interwar American art which commented on social, political and economic conditions of the poor or working class. The movement and artistic explorations developed during the late 1920’s and 1930’s, a time of global depression, heightened racial conflict and the rise of fascism which combined became a catalyst of many artists and writers and their gravitation toward proletarian and underclass themes. Artists found…

Richard Muller in the “Reflection on Persistent Whiggism and Its Antidotes in the Study of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Intellectual History”. The purpose of the article is to examined how the contemporary scholars are relating to the historical context of the sixteenth and the seventeenth century. The article also identified the thinkers and how they changed the ideologies of the church during the reformation era. Richard Muller argued that one must understand theological and…