Essays on Art Movement

Composed of a brilliant and wildly diverse array of designs, the Art Nouveau movement dates roughly from 1880 to 1910, yet the nine years, from 1895 to 1904, represent the critical period of important output. It includes a wide spectrum of individual and city-centre styles (Glasgow, Brussels, Paris, Nancy, Barcelona, Munich, Darmstadt, Vienna and Prague),...

One of the most significant and pioneer contributions of the veteran Edward Said has been his book “Orientalism” in the field of literature. Said was a professor of literature at the prestigious Columbia University, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies apart from being a public intellectual. His book has been extremely...

So, who does get to decide if art is great? To answer this question, I begin with discussing the two biggest art movements that dominated the 20th century, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Abstract expressionism was a post-world war 2 movement developed in the 1940’s the name for it was first applied by art critic,...

Postmodernism is a far reaching movement which marked a shift from modernism in the mid to late 20th century. This essay will focus on postmodernism’s impact on art and cultural theory, however, that is not to say there is not an acknowledgment of its significance in other fields. As a movement, it rejects modernism due...

It is difficult to get unambiguous and understandable definitions of modernism and postmodernism. Modernism began around the time of the second industrial revolution (1870-1920), this was made evident by the decline of stable social classes, the beginning of professionalism, and ‘a sense of urban alienation’ (Matteo, 2018). “Postmodernism refers to cultural phenomena with certain characteristics...

Through literary history, there have been many trends and movements that shaped the minds of artists, thinkers and creators in every decade. The school of thought or movement that is considered the most recent to the current times is postmodernism which for some critics still continues now. As it might spoil by the name, postmodernism...

Introduction Postmodern literature is distinguished with the use of metafiction, undependable narration and narrators, fragmentation, paradox, unrealistic plots, parody, paranoia and dark humor. This style of writing came up in the U.S. in the 1960s through the writings of Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and John Barth. Postmodern authors reject outright meanings in their literary works...

Feminist artists paved the way to new beginnings within the art world (Broude & Garrard, 1996, p.10). Their beliefs were reconstructed in a way that gave rise to an art movement known as the Feminist art movement, around the 1960s and 70s. This movement has continued to evolve and is still present nowadays. Being that...

Many movements were born during the era of modernism, and as such, there is a large and diverse number of artworks that could be considered to encompass the traits of modernism. Despite such diversity, many of these works share similarities and have undoubtedly influenced each other in their development. In this essay, two traits will...

Much European art from the nineteenth century onwards demonstrates a fascination for the cultural ‘Other’ but is unable to escape a Eurocentric perspective. Discuss this idea in relation to Orientalism. Western representations of the Arab Islamic became popular during the 19th Century. Edward Said, in 1978, introduced a new concept of Orientalism. He argued that...