The Art of War

A1. Identify and briefly describe the art object relationship to its culture and time period within three (3) or more well considered paragraphs. Introduction and Ideology: The 19th century was an era in American history notoriously known for being the time in which the Civil War broke out between the Confederate Army and the Union Army due to an attack that took place in Fort Sumter after the Confederate soldiers besieged the Union soldiers. At the time, America was essentially divided between…

Throughout the 1900’s, the developments of the arts were profoundly impacted by the current social, political, and economic affairs of European life. At a time shaped so much by desperation and the loss of faith, artists and writers reflected their innermost emotions and personal struggles through creative outlets. After the devastation of a war, the transition from an optimistic, vibrant life to dismal feelings seemed to essentially shape the progress of European culture. Particularly, in the…

In examining political agendas and critiquing art institutions and the power of the government, The Art Workers’ Coalition undertook a collective range of protests and political actions against these higher societies (Martin, 2004). On January 3, 1969, artist Takis Vassilakis removed one of his works from the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) exhibition “The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age” (1969). However, the board of directors refused this, even with the revolutionary proposition…

1940’s Art “To us, art is an adventure into an unknown world of the imagination which is fancy-free and violently opposed to common sense. There is no such thing as a good painting about nothing. We assert that the subject is critical.”(Campbell) Art is a type of communication. It speaks to you by thoughts or experiences you may have had in your life. It can be dark and deadly or bright and happy. Any memory or any moment can affect your mood on what you create. By looking at paintings,…

Dada was an anti-art movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland in the early 20th century in 1916 (Young). The term anti-art refers to a rebellion against the war and destruction that had happened years before. It started as a response to World War I and the nationalism that it is believed led to the war (Elza Adamowicz). It was influenced by other avant-garde movements such as Expressionism, Cubism and Futurism (Craft). The name Dada is known to have been selected at random from a dictionary,…

Hitler and Eisenhower Adolf Hitler and Dwight Eisenhower were two world leaders during World War II. The point of the views of the two men were similar and different, mainly because of their nationalities, views on art, and methods that they used during the war to get the art. This is supported by excerpts from Hitler’s decree and Eisenhower’s executive order. Through Eisenhower’s initiative to secure the lost art, we have several of the cultural and historic monuments that contribute to the…

World War I has affected the world in countless ways, and it is still stirring the world today. After a devastating war that shook the world, many things changed. The world would never be the same after this dramatic occurrence. The geography of Europe would never be the same as it was before. Countries and great empires were broken. Art would never be the same either. There would be conflicts that are still going on today, and people that are still holding grudges. World War 1 was one of the…

problems that occurred during War World I and has left a legacy and impact on our Modern society. Due to the influential change that the movement of modernist…

Class and Ghostlight World War I was the First Great War that put a burden on the people living through this era. This generation had to deal with hardships as well as devastating losses when it came to the impact of the war. The war would affect relationships as well as the mental state of a person. In Life Class by Pat Barker and Ghostlight by Joseph O’Connor we see throughout both books how the characters were before the war and what happened to them after the war. In each book, we also…

Event Analysis of “PTSD Nation: Art and Poetry from Survivors of War, Gun Violence and Domestic Abuse” Art is an expression of feeling or thought, and to different people, meanings and functions of art will be different. According to the director of my college’s Art Department, “In the case of public art that was made for a specific site in the city, the artist may have been expected to design a piece that responded to the appearance, purpose, or history of that site” (Lecture). I think the…