During the Baroque period from the early 17th century and mid-18th century, artist Michelangelo Caravaggio is one of the most transcendent and prominent artists in the antiquity of Western art. Michelangelo Caravaggio paintings compound a realistic perception of human nature that involves physical and emotional states and including a dramatic method of using light, which had an impressionable influence upon Baroque art. Almost each Caravaggio’s art pieces contain very influential and powerful societal forces that really make their work unique...
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Paul Cezanne was a master in the art world and greatly influenced and inspired other artists such as Pablo Picasso. One of Cezanne's first great paintings was a portrait of his friend Achille Emperaire. Achille Emperaire was born with restricted growth and spinal deformity and Cezanne did not attempt to hide this in the piece, in fact, he did the very opposite and exaggerated his frail frame. He depicts Achille Emperaire in a high back armchair, clothed in ill-fitting garments...
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The paper will be concerned with the analysis of art named ‘Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert’ which was done by Paul Cezanne for his uncle who was a monk. The paper will seek to explain the various elements that have been applied to the painting which make it unique and give it the ability to stand the test of time. comparison of the art with others by the same artist and time will also be made in the paper to highlight...
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The Baroque era was defined by extravagance. As with the acronym we learned in class, it was big, bold, and dramatic. It was also full of action, tension and emotion. Two artists who encompassed what it meant to be a part of the Baroque era are Caravaggio and Antonio Vivaldi. Both were influential artists of their time whose legacies have carried on through generations. Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio was born on September 29, 1571. He was born to father Fermo...
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The Arts and Crafts movement are to assert the individual craft people who are creativity independent, and to retuned to hand craftsmanship. Take the reaction of against the industrialized society that the boom in Britain during the Victorian period, also the organization (artistic reform). Nowadays, the Arts and Crafts Movement design has transformed into society, as individual artists are still using and create new art, as the art itself can be seen as against industrialization. Moreover, by transforming on to...
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Pablo Picasso, born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain wanted to develop a new way of discerning that reflected the modern age, and cubism is how he achieved this goal. Throughout his life he painted a numerous amount of cubism paintings and one of the main ones was called as ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’. This painting we are going to discuss to explain cubism and what it is all about. Picasso wanted to focus on the difference between a painting and reality....
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The emergence of sustainable design practices pre-dates modern times to a consumerist era within the 19th century, where it originated as a counter movement to the booming industrial revolution. In contrast to a world that once was culturally interconnected with its natural environment, the turn of century gave rise to mass manufacturing and a global economy constituting and forming an industrial consumerist monoculture that has resulted in ecological fears, challenges and problems for a sustainable and natural future (Punekar, M....
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During the early 1900s, the aesthetics of traditional African art became a predominant influence among modern European artists. Between 1876 and 1912, Africa was annexed and colonized by seven European countries: France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK. This geopolitical event, often referred to as the ‘Scramble for Africa’ was caused, in part, as a result of political competition between increasingly powerful European countries and their quest to accumulate power. As a result of such conquests, African art...
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Paul Cezanne, a French painter born 1839 and passed 1906, was given the name as the 'Father of Modernism’. His work and ideas influenced many artists in the 20th century, especially Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Fernand Leger who were amongst those that painted during the Cubism Art Movement. Cezanne’s art was misunderstood for a large portion of his life, and he wanted to challenge what was known as the idealistic ways of painting and break away from Impressionism. He...
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Lange was a photographer for the Resettlement Association. For the last fifteen years or so, she’d made her living taking portraits of the San Francisco elite. But after the Great Depression hit, she left her studio and began to document the effects of the crisis on the residents of the city. On seeing those photographs, Roy Stryker immediately hired her to work for the government on a project would involve documenting poor rural workers in a propaganda effort to elicit...
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Artist tried to create art which everyone could understand and corelate. They tried to incorporate imagery and materials from their daily environment; thus, pop art was born. One of the most recognizable and influential development of the 20th century was pop art. It was a strong movement, that emerged from Britain and America in the 1950s. Pop art used everyday objects and mass media influences to produce a relatable sense of contemporary art. Pop art challenges the norm and traditional...
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William Morris was born on the 24th of March 1834 in Walthamstow and could be considered one of the most important artists in the 1800s and who's work left an impact on society today. Morris also played his part in politics and was worked as an editor in the press. His work in the textiles industry and politics and his part in the art and crafts movement has played a factor on art and design today. I will be evaluating...
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian painter. Born in Milan, Caravaggio was the leading and the most painter in the late 16th and late 17th centuries. He became famous for his intense and unsettling realism in his work. People would be astonished and be in awe when they see his paintings because it almost brings it to real life. He emphasized the clothes and the body like hands and feet to make it seem more real to viewers. He...
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