The Art of War

Repatriation and the Arts During WWII Art repatriation is the return of art or cultural objects back to their countries of origin, or their former owners. In the art world, repatriation has become a very common occurrence; in particular when it comes to art from the past century. Looted art was a very common theme during both World War I and World War II. Art was often times taken on purpose, but sometimes even by accident. As previously stated, art was often wrongfully taken, or looted,…

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German. Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural…

look at the surface. We are familiar with waging war. What we ignore is when we wage war, although what we are expressing…

The search for Troy has been going on for quite some time. The seemingly magic and enigmatic stories surrounding Troy and the Trojan War like a mist certainly cause quite a bit of confusion for those studying the history of Troy. Since Troy and the Trojan War had such an impact on the people of ancient Greece, regardless of what was actual fact and what was fiction, it is most important to understand what it was that the Greeks were so proud of and so interested in. Yet, it is these oddities and…

the significant art museums in the United States had established. The representative museums are Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1870), Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (1876), and Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (1876; Philadelphia Museum of Art at present) (Latham & Simmons, 2014). The most important factor that brought into the changes and developments of the museum inside the United States was the change of the economic structure due to the American Civil War (1861 -…

some of the most memorable and influential works of the time. Duchamp’s art works were produced during the Dada movement; a time that developed as a protest to the War. The war fought between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918, was known at the time as the Great War, the War to End War, and (in the United States) the European War. Its casualty totals were unprecedented, soaring into the millions. (HistoryNet) Due to this war, a number of artists, writers and intellectuals notably of…

Vietnamese Art In ancient Vietnam, art was more than something pretty to look at, it was a part of everyday life. Pottery from as early as 8,000 BC has been found in recent archeological dig sites in Bac Son, Vietnam (“History of…”). The pottery found was most likely used for cooking or holding water. Pots and jars did not have a lot of design, mostly geometrical patterns from the woven patterns used to make the jars. Around 2,000 years later, people began using bronze in their pottery.…

Dada artwork represents the collapse of bourgeois cultural values and mocks the rational thought’s foolery and even the foundations of modern society. Dada had readymade objects which transformed ordinary objects into works of art. Surrealism, on the other hand, focuses on how “Criminal Madness” and the female mind are considered weaker and irrational than the male mind. Their primary purpose was to free the conscious mind from rational thinking and reason. 5) How are the characteristics…

never knew art was such an important part of the Second World War, and I was interested in learning the role art played in World War II. The Rape of Europa explores the systematic purging of art different art that was deemed unworthy or degenerate by the Hitler and the German officials, and also the looting of art the Germans deemed worthy from the countries they occupied. It also shows Hitler’s love and even obsession for art and his persistence of the German officials to participate in art…

The 1960s art movement was a disease, spreading fast and affecting many people. The art brought upon a new way for people to view life because the artists wanted to brighten this rough era. It helped people get out of the slumps from the post-war and started a trend with a new art form. The art movement of the 1960s played an important role during the decade, because it surfaced pop art, Andy Warhol, and how pop art is still affecting today’s culture. Pop art fully embodied the decade of the…