Essays on Art Movement

Ukraine’s culture is made up of a vast amount of material and spiritual values that have forged the country over the years. To understand Ukrainian culture you must first understand a little bit about the country as well as some of the history. Ukraine was not officially independent as a country again until 1991 when...

In Jean Francois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition, he discusses how the status of knowledge has changed in more advanced economies. Applying his insight to the world we live in today, the focus is on the information overload emerging from web-based sources and multimedia platforms. This explosion of information that children nowadays are exposed to goes...

Impressionism was an artistic movement which came into form during the late 1800’s. The movement began in Paris and was perhaps brought into being, but not embraced, by the painter Édouard Manet. ‘The controversy he succeeded in causing led Manet to become a figurehead for the avant-garde. He was admired by the other Impressionists but...

The Impressionist era began in the eighteenth century in France and thus it is also referred to as “French Impressionnisme.” The style of impressionism became prominent between 1870-1925. Its style focuses on conveying the mood, atmosphere and emotion through the arts. Characteristics of impressionism in art include techniques of short brushstrokes and fluid lines that...

Artists interpretations of the world are demonstrated through the work of Marcel Duchamp and David Shrigley, both from very different art movements. Marcel’s artworks are associated with re-contextualising an everyday object or combining objects together to create a new piece on the other hand, David’s work was informed with peculiar and absurd, dark humour jokes....

Futurism was an avant-garde art and social movement founded in Milan in 1909-1914, though it was a short movement but created a great impact on the world of art that is discerned in art work of the 21st century. It was an organized art movement that was originated by the Italian poet Fillipo Tommaso Marinetti...

In the twentieth century, Futurism was a modern art movement that was established by Marinetti. Marinetti published several manifestoes to spread about futuristic ideas and express his hatred for traditional ideas. A manifesto is “a public declaration of policy and aims”. In this essay, I will discuss the reasons why the futurists attack ideas they...

Renaissance is considered to be one of the most important periods in human history. It marked the beginning of an age that produced some of the most significant cultural and artistic accomplishments ever recorded in the human history. This period saw the creation of some of the most remarkable works of artistry by some of...

The era of modernism is a response to societal shake-up, the belief of a fragmented life, the sense of isolation, and a time for artistic challenges. I believe that The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot is a perfect manifestation of the tendencies of this era. The Waste Land explores the turmoil in society following World...

Humor is considered to be as one of the best and most effective ways to tackle difficult topics and to educate people. People like to laugh at themselves, at artists, from all over the art world and keep distance from reality. They are not emotionally involved, and they don’t take anything seriously anymore. Art also...