The Art of War

things stopped being considered as art, is pretty much sprinkled throughout most of America’s art history and it is sadly at the end of European’s art history. So, for both America and Europe there was not a long period where things did not seem like art. For America, it was more a sprinkling of finding a sort of identity through the wreckage and for Europe it was more for a rebellion and change of heart after the war. I do not think it ever stopped not being art but it had sections to when I…

Between the wars, the Great Depression caused Americans to suffer, but they weren’t the only people to be hurt after warfare; Germans too faced adversity after World War I. Albert Birkle created numerous pieces of art throughout his life, one of which depicts the city of Berlin after WWI. Streetszene, a charcoal on paper drawing, currently housed at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, uses a focused audience, purpose, exigence, context, and pathos to create a message of chaos…

Perhaps it was why the world was so ready to embrace this movement of Pop Art that emerged in the mid-1950s, just as World War II ended in 1945 (“Pop Art Movement”). It’s important to consider this period of the Great Depression that troubled most of the country economically, then transitioning into a time of war that stressed the importance of recycling and rationing for the sake of military production (“The War”). With the war ending and pulling the country out of the Great Depression, the…

share drawing techniques with Carle. Carle studied at prestigious art school. However he doesn’t like the strict discipline of German school and he always dream to return to America. When World War II began, his father was drafted into German army and returned as a broken man. In 1929, he went to New York with only 40 dollars in his pocket. Shortly, he found a job as graphic designer in The New York Time. He was drafted during Korean War as a mail clerk. When he returned to New…

Photography is often the art of the anonymous - rarely do we find out who was on the other side of the lens. We can all name a few famous photographs, like the famous Time Square picture or the one of iron workers sitting high above a city, but most of the time we don't spend time looking at the history of the medium as art. Because understanding influential artists can have a huge impact on the way we view photography and may even inspire new ideas, here are three photographers who's influence…

educator. He studied art history under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York (1931–35), and painting with Carl Holty and Francis Criss at the American Artists School (1936–37). He also studied at the National Academy of Design with Karl Anderson in 1936, worked for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (1936–39), and was a member (1937–47) of the American Abstract Artists group. Reinhardt later continued his studies at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts…

turmoil of war. From ancient civilizations, and even currently, we have used violence and war to solve disputes in order to obtain land, gain resources, and increase government power. After all of the suffering and violence, we eventually resolve back to harmony and concord, and this is a cycle that will continue on throughout human existence. The ancient Sumerian art piece Standard of Ur and Banksy’s modern painting Soldiers Painting Peace are both artistic representations of this theme of war…

World War Two heavily shaped the twentieth century. One man, in particular, helped to shape the minds of Germans, young and old and convince them to go into a war. This man is no other than Adolph Hitler. Below is an examination of his strategies and techniques for propaganda and the influence of Social Darwinism in his writings. Lastly, an examination on what his ideas may tell us about human nature. Hitler examines two strategies that shape his propaganda. Strategies he believes to be…

Film Summary The film was very influential, defining art history that I didn’t have intellect about, during the World War II era. Adolf Hitler is not someone who comes off as an art lover but even one of the most hated rulers of all time was fascinated by art, he stored thousands of pieces that he bought and even stole. His art room was the place where he wasn’t Hitler anymore but a man who had numerous imaginations for art. Art is just not drawing or painting it is like music, a graphic…

Avant-garde played a crucial role in the process of developing the area of the arts. Moreover, the response towards atrocities in the World War I in this mainstream was the following. Importantly that a lot of the artists served as soldiers in this war and they tried to point out harmful circumstances of the battles. For example, the Mexican painter Rivera in his masterpiece known as “Man at the Crossroads with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and Better Future” (1931) portrayed the…