Surrealism

than life, but what a poor life without it - Robert Motherwell. During the 20th century, there were wars, economic recessions and radical politics that rattled the world. Some of the movements that came out during the time are, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism. Robert Motherwell’s art is classified in the Abstract Expressionism Movement. Motherwell was a writer, theorist, and helpers of the New York School of arts. His work was black paint…

Adnan Basic Cracking Through Conformity After WWII, America entered an age of nonconformity, with traditional values and beliefs making way for a new generation to disrupt these norms. This was done primarily through pop culture, with music, literature, and art paving the way. One of the biggest stars of the 1950’s was Elvis Presley. He changed the music, and the way it was sung. He incorporated parts of African-American music into his own, creating a faster tempo in his songs. Quick beats and…

Literature Review 2.0 Introduction They are various visual concept we can see in every film in scope is comedy film. Comedy is entertainment consist of humor and to amuse by inducing laughter. Why this film can make us laughter, there is no simple answer can answer that question sometimes it doesn’t make sense can make us laugh. Sometime is funny because it is expected and sometime it is unexpected. Nowadays we seen a lot of viral video trolling each other to make it funny and people like to…

Hieronymus Bosch (2p minimum) introduction Exploring the concept of the Christian Worldview- Hieronymus Bosch and his rather infamous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights. We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters biography real name was Jeroen van Aken and in Spain, he is known as “El Bosco”. Bosch was a Dutch painter of the 15th-16th century Little is known about the life of this Early Netherlandish Renaissance artist, but we do know that both…

Effectively Confusing “Our only rule was very simple: No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted.” Luis Buñuel had this to say about his first film, Un Chien Andalou (1929), made during the heart of the surrealist period. This film came at a time during which the Dada movement was being substituted by the surrealist group, who were more intrigued by a materialist investigation of desire and irrational knowledge, and a de-alienated…

The French also are considered more sexy and bizarre. These ideas are embedded into French culture. Considering France’s history from Louis the XV to the twentieth century with surrealism and the proliferation of prostitutes, cabaret, and pornography, an inclination towards sexiness and the bizarre makes sense. On the other hand, the Americans are shown to have more ads for makeup and hair care products. These results have many potential…

1. Modernism: Comparison Europe/Australia Europe was the frontier for Modernism in the art world, with the movement emerging mid nineteenth century from artists like 19th century painter Gustave Courbet . Modernism began during the Industrial Revolution, a period of rapid change in technology which profoundly affected social, economic and cultural life in Europe. Impressionism was most prominent around this time. Impressionism in Europe often depicted the beautiful architecture and used…

This part of the movie seems to capture Pollack’s focus on his painting and leaving the taste for hard liquor behind in New York City. Lee and Jackson decide to get married and focus on turning Pollack’s talent in art into something original and new. The film from here focuses on how Pollack creates his trademark technique of dripping or action painting, which leads to an article about him and his work in Life magazine. Lee and Pollack believe that this is only the beginning of the successes to…

one of the most pioneering and internationally acclaimed abstract art of 20th century. Abstract art did not flourish between the world war I and II. Beset of the totalitarian politics and by art movement placing renewed emphasis on imagery such as surrealism and the society critical realism it received little notice. But after world war II an energetic American school of abstract painting called Abstract Expressionism emerged and had wide influence.…

In the 1960’s an art movement known as Pop Art had begun. Pop art was meant to be simple to aid the audience in creating their own interpretations of the pieces. Two of the leading artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was a fan of women, unlike Warhol, Lichtenstein was inspired by culture; their paintings are both Pop Art but they are different because Warhol’s paintings are mostly of women and Lichtenstein’s are of famous cartoon characters. Warhol and Lichtenstein were both…