Surrealism

The Victorian period was a golden era for taxidermy and general morbidity. Walter Potter was an English self-taught taxidermist and became famous for his intrinsic work, in which he was able to take advantage of the increasing audience for this type of art. He stuffed and preserved animals, putting them in costumes and setting them up as if they were telling a story. He was one of the pioneers in this line of work, and the period of time in which he lived couldn’t have been better for his…

thinking about and reacting to society’s modern aesthetics. In regards to the creation of new ways of thinking for the modern era, the realm of art was not left out of this. New artistic styles such as impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, surrealism, and many other styles, introduced new ways of creating artwork for the modern period. This essay will discuss three paintings of this period, namely Henri Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (1906), Pablo Picasso’s…

regarding the mise-en-scene with filmatic techniques that stray from archetypical western films while still representing elements of its cultural context. Firstly the film is characterized as a postmodern for the use of postmodern techniques such as surrealism, and the film confining to absurdist ventures. The postmodern techniques characterize films that have been made to challenge conventional ideas of society at the time the film is made. These techniques are particularly evident in the…

The twentieth century was an incredible period for the development of psychology. This era was full of many promotions in the area of psychology. These advances in turn influenced artists and writers in the art and literary community. Psychological progressions in the area of dreams and the subconscious inspired the surrealist movement that came about during this time. Literature also felt the influence of the newly discovered deeper mind and often alluded to, or symbolized, new age theories in…

happy and full of life. What they paint though is the greatest way that they can express themselves. With an infinite amount of things to paint, each artist can clearly show who they are; whether it is through an abstract style, photorealism, or surrealism. Each little twist that the artist adds to his piece allows them to express themselves even…

We can say that we live in cultures of technology or technological world. Nations have devised means for the display and encourage their manufacturers and art. In the culture of technology, it has become the ultimate tool within itself. A tool used whereas to achieve political, economic, and social goals. Culture has reduced to an existence only justified to serve external demands today. Art being an expression of societal culture. Value within culture has an interchangeable relationship. The…

as Cubism. Through this form of art reality is distorted and expressed through geometric shapes to present a physic defying world. With the beginning of WWI Picasso transitioned himself into the last two phases of his life: Classical period and Surrealism. During both state the art piece of Picasso became more somber that expressed the sorrow he felt through the effect of…

Research Summary The Painting I chose for this research is “Byzantine nun and priest by Paul Emile Borduas. My research process started off with trying to figure out what the painting meant without actually looking it up. I attempted to find who, what, where, when and how from visual information only. When officially started to research about "Byzantine nun and priest," I couldn't find much information about the painting itself but more about the artist's life. Finding sources that were…

Ah Xian is an Australian-Chinese artist based in Sydney, Australia. He was a practising artist in China throughout the 1980s and sought political asylum in Australia following the massacre of Tiananmen Square in 1989. Ah Xian sold his first bust to the Powerhouse Museum, and in the year 2000, he held his first solo show in Melbourne. In 2001, he won the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural National Sculpture Prize with his "Human Human : Lotus Cloisonne Figure”. He continues to make…

This page comes with microtonal theme music: ostentatious, except sevenfold; a song that doesn't offer anything new, instead lazily rolling around in its own filth. Not unlike you — only without that sense of entitlement. I adore Autumn, bitter coffee and being as insufferable as humanly possible. I could well be Emma Bovary herself in all of my contempt and boredom, in all of my meretricious pursuits and ambivalence. I'm a frequent purveyor of what may or may not be satirical hubris, chutzpah…