Friday, 27 March 2015

Artist movements

Artist movements
18th century - 19th century 
Modernism is related to current times, but it can also mean the relationship to a set of ideas that, at the time of their development, were new or even experimental. The birth of modernism and modern art began in the 18th century to the 19th. Prior to the 19th century, many artists started to make art about people, places, or ideas that had interested them. Modernism refers to the type of materials and expressing feelings and ideas by creating abstractions and fantasies, rather than displaying what is real.  It  consists of a variety of artistic movements such as, symbolism, dada, surrealism and futurism. There are various painters likeVincent Van Gogh, and Paul Cezanne.
Trees in Park at Jas de Bouffan - Paul Cezanne

1916-1922
Dada is and art movement that started during world war 1 as a form of protest as the people of France and Germany had to find refuge in Zurich. They were angry that the war was allowed to happen so they began protesting through word based art. Dadaists used any form of public forum (a place where people could meet and discuss) to make a mockery of structure, everyday objects, create obscenities,
scatological humour and visual puns. The art movement ran from 1916 – 1922 and some key artists of the movement include Francis Picabran, Alice Bailly and Marcel Duchamp.



1924-1945
Surrealism is a form of art which began in the 1920’s of writers and artists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte. These artists experimented with the ways of unleashing the subconscious imagination
And to make the mind curious to what is the meaning behind the picture. They wanted to recreate there dreams into a piece of work, and this linked to the unconscious mind. ‘The art surrealism was created in the 1924 and ended 1945.
The main artists that were linked with surrealism were; Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso
and Andre Breton who started the art form in the first place.

Image result for salvador dali clocks
1940-1950
Abstract Expressionism is a development of abstract art that originated in New York, in the 1940’s and the 1950’s. It aimed at personal feelings, tastes and opinions as well as emotional expression with particular emphasis on the spontaneous act of creating art. Abstract Expressionism was first influenced by mixed media paintings in the 1930’s, but became a fully formed art movement in the 1940’s and 1950’s. It still carries on to the present day. Hans Hofmann was one of the main influenced artist.






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