The artist I’ve chosen to discuss is Salvador Dali. I stumbled upon his creative process while researching artists for this assignment. His creative process stood out to me because it relates to a concept I am currently studying in my psychology liberal course. In this essay I will give a short description about who Salvador...
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish sculptor, ceramicist, and painter born in Málaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881. He was considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (Samuel, 2010) as he carved the path to a new revolutionary style of modern art, the cubism art movement. By challenging conventional art...
Degas had become friends with Manet after a chance meeting in Louvre. They both painted similar subjects in absinth drinkers, waitresses, café-concerts and the side of society that was ignored by most of the inhabitants of Paris but was always seen by the flaneur. However, Degas became more identifiable with the ballet dancers because he...
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,...
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in Weimar by architect Walter Gropius with the idea of creating a “total work of art” in which all of the arts, including architecture, were brought together in unity. Upon the creation of his school, Gropius wrote the Bauhaus Manifesto, a guide which proclaimed that “the ultimate aim of...
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Cubism is a style of art which shows all the possible viewpoints of a person or object at the same time. It’s called cubism because the items represented in the artworks look like they’re made out of cubes and geometrical shapes. Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing reality and was invented around 1907-1908...
Michelangelo Buonarroti was a painter, sculptor, architect and poet widely considered one of the most brilliant artists of the Italian renaissance. Who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of western artworks. His work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never before seen. Michelangelo contemporaries recognized his extraordinary talent within his...
William Morris (1834 – 1896) is credited with founding Arts and Crafts movement of the mid 19th century . A renowned artist of the movement, he was a poet, textile designer and novelist. Toward the end of his life he focused heavily on his socialism and was appalled by the lives of factory workers. Calling...
During the era of contemporary art, artists with similar circumstances have different opinions, different experiences in their culture and society, which leads to them to have different styles and genres of their artistry. Jackson Pollock’s abstract expressionist painting “Blue Poles”, includes the technique of dripping and pouring oil paint onto the canvas that evokes a...
Everyone’s heard of Andy Warhol, famous for pioneering the 1960’s movement of pop art and his commercialisation of everyday objects and celebrities. Following WW2, Warhol captured the mass production and consumer culture boom through his art. Most notably, his Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) piece which summarises these ideas. Warhol painted thirty-two canvases of Campbell’s soup...