This movement was centered around dreams, imagination, irrational imagery, fantasy, and things that didn’t make sense, but were still beautiful in an artistic sense. This gave way to the expression of how people…
”(MMoCA) Expressionism is where the artist wants to express their emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world. This can be very therapeutic for artists and non-artists alike. A famous example of expressionism is Edvard Munch’s The…
Assignment 9 Humanities 1. Abstract expressionist ‘s goal is to provide artwork that expresses powerful emotional messages such a freedom and individuality. It breaks with tradition and representational figures and allows chance and randomness to take place. By mixing lines, strokes, circles, semi circles, and other shapes together the painter allows the paint to take its own form.…
Abstract art uses words, shapes, colors and lines to create one big idea or concept, there are many different art genres like sculptures, animation, body art, digital art and my ‘’personal favorite’’ abstract art, because it can be neat and messy at the same time. Abstract art dates all the way back to the Renaissance and up to the middle of the 19th century. ‘’Air View of a Spring Nursery’’ by Alma Thomas makes me feel like a kid all over again, its colors pop off the canvas and makes me question the meaning of the piece. ‘’Air View of Spring Nursery’’ was painted in 1966 by Alma Thomas, she was born in Columbus, Georgia, and died in Washington, D.C. Alma Thomas developed her signature style—large, abstract paintings filled with dense, irregular patterns of bright colors—in her 70s (‘’National Museum’’). Her artwork is known for being very abstract.…
Nonobjective was an important part of the art movement because, “had all come into contact with the principal art movements of the early twentieth century: Cubism, Futurism, and Fauvism. In contrast,…
It consisted of radical geometric paintings of revolutionary Russia to post war America. British artists created 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.…
Allison Yi 2/8/18 AP English Period 9 Expr ssiobalims in many different types of art forms Many artworks show, expressionism. According to the art story, this art movement is a modern artistic movement that shows things from a subjective perspective in order to show a change in tone. This movement usually distorts reality to convey a certain tone. Expressionism was created in many cities across Germany in response to association with the world and being lost. It was also created in reaction to the impressionist art movement.…
The beautifully wise words of an American painter, Robert Motherwell, could not have described abstract art any better I strongly believe. He intricately and sophisticatedly describes the breath-taking style of abstract art as follows, “The function of abstraction is to get rid of a lot of reality. You start with as much richness as you want, and subtract, and then you arrive at the residue of essences that you’re interested in.” This description really allows the reader to visualize the artist at the canvas, slapping the paint on and then every so carefully stripping away the perfect amount to acquire the goal and portray the image in their brains. I love the amount of visualization Motherwell allows, and encourages the viewer to experience.…
This movement was a reaction by artists to what they saw as the horror and folly of the war. When they returned to Germany, they were desperate to find a way pf conveying the madness of the age. They made the people rethink about what was art and its purpose. They challenged the audience to destroy the traditional values in art and to create a new art to replace the old. Three main ideas stand out from this movement: First, the choice of the object itself is a creative act; second, by cancelling the “useful” function of the object it becomes art; and third, the presentation and addition of a title to the object gives it a “new thought”, a new…
Abstract art was important and became one of the biggest changes in the art of the 1940’s. Regionalism and Social Realism were popular in the 1930’s and a small portion of the 1940’s Abstract Expressionism art had two types called gesture and color (Campbell). The gesture was more energetic and basically all over the place while color had to do with more focus. “Imaginary was primarily abstract. ”(Campbell)…
American artist, Andy Warhol, once said, “they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Many see that one must take action before they get anywhere. Artist feel the need to express themselves in various ways in order to prove that rather than looking at the value of the work itself, society should focus on taking matters into their own hands for the betterment of the nation. Artist of the early 1900’s constructs themselves into society so that a change can happen. Their influences such as shaping society, expanding entertainment industries and putting an increase of unique styles of buildings, lead up to how people live today; and by taking a leap into the past, one can see the influence of artists on…
Roy Lichtenstein’s 1963 painting “Drowning Girl” is an appropriated image from the 1962 DC comic book, Secret Hearts #83, drawn by Tony Abruzzo. It also incorporates elements of the well-known Hokusai print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. In keeping with pop art tenets, Lichtenstein borrows from pop culture while removing it from context in order to make his statement. Initial criticisms accused Lichtenstein of merely copying and not creating. But Lichtenstein made conscious choices about the subject of his appropriations, how to crop them, and what to alter.…
The abstract expressionism movement emerge right after the World War II and it all began in the United States. There was finally a movement that would put the country on the spotlight of the world of art; Harold Rosenberg believed Americans had discovered something new, techniques that were not used in European art. He attempted to define this new art and to let everyone know that this movement was a developed version of art from americans. Correspondingly, Action painters like Jackson Pollock found their own americanized style and their own definition of abstract art.…
In the mid-1950’s, right after World War II, Britain and American artists began creating art based on material culture such as movies, television, advertisements, and even comic books. This overlap of art and life had never been seen before “except perhaps partially in the decadent formal exuberance of the twenties” (Osterwold 6). With society watching so closely at this new artistic phenomena, it’s no wonder many of these artists received backlash for their work. Roy Lichtenstein was no exception to this criticism. Many people see Lichtenstein’s newer paintings as mere copies of the original work themselves, but this is proven to be untrue.…
Pop Art versus Abtract Expressionism The Pop Art movement can be considered as a rejection or critique on it’s predecessor Abstract Expressionism. It differs both conceptually, and in its subject matter; and just like most art movements, it borrows and expands on all previous movements, creating its own path and style. While the the one evoked emotion simply with color and very little subject matter, the other veered away from the personal feeling but rather commented on the societal consumerism beliefs, excesssivity and eliminating all uniqueness of the individual. Pop Art and Abstract expressionism are opposites in many ways, this essay will differentiate their characteristics and explore further as to how they grew to contrast eachother.…