Realism

The second half of 19th century was known as the positive age. A new age of development even in the art world.
Realism was usually done in dull colors and done with brushes of diffrent sizes and shapes in a swift brush movements of strokes. Realism was a new truth to painting showing people as the really where in life.

Romanticism

Beginning in the last decades of the 18th century, it transformed poetry, the novel, drama, painting, sculpture, all forms of concert music (especially opera), and ballet. It was deeply connected with the politics of the time, echoing people's fears, hopes, and aspirations. It was the voice of revolution at the beginning of the 19th century and the voice of the Establishment at the end of it.

This last shift was the result of the triumph of the class which invented fostered , and adopted as its own the romantic movement: the bourgeoisie.


http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html


[In other words romanticism was a love movement usually drawn with lots of reds and oranges. The artist would have put passion into his or her works of art.]

Futurist

Futurism is a modern art movement founded in 1909 but fully took of around the first world war
. The aim of Futurism was to object to traditional conventionalism and to wage war against the art of the 19th Century. The 20th Centaury was a new time when people were starting to prosper, health and hygiene was getting more sophisticated and people were living longer. The world was changing but art wasn't. Futurism was about getting art to evolve and become more sophisticated and deviate from the ways of the traditional artists.
The modern art movement of Futurism involved major artists such as Filippo Marinetti, Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni. These artists waged war with the art world in one of the most vivid and confronting modern art movements to ever take place.

This painting by Umberto-boccion 'Elasticity ' (1912) looks as if it is horse in motion,I personally think this painting has huge comparison to the cubism movement as it looks as if the painter took different paintings to make one.

Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by André Breton. Surrealism style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logical comprehensibility.
The movement was begun primarily in Europe, centered in Paris, and attracted many of the members of the Dada community. Influenced by the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung, there are similarities between the Surrealist movement and the Symbolist movement of the late 19th century.
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century became involved in the Surrealist movement, and the group included Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, René Magritte, and many others.
The Surrealist movement eventually spread across the globe, and has influenced artistic endeavors from painting and sculpture to pop music and film directing.
The greatest known Surrealist artist is the world famous Salvador Dali.

http://www.surrealism.org/

Giorgio De Chirico

Gio was also a big name in the surrealism movement.

Like many of gioigio's paintings they include very plain rectangular buildings and random objects in the background that have nothing in common with the background at all. Making his work very destinctive.

Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte was one of biggest names in the surrealism movement he was most known for his sky’s, I think that’s what made his work stand out and original.
This painting called ‘personal Values’ shows a person’s bedroom and what looks like their personal most used things, this painting is a surreal painting as it has Rene’s famous sky and unreal sized objects placed randomly around the room.

Abstract Art

Abstract Art Is A Type Or Art That Makes No Effort To Produce A Human Figure Like The Normal Paintings Of Its Time.
In its purest form in Western art, an abstract art is one without a recognisable subject, one which doesn't relate to anything external or try to "look like" something. Instead the colour and form are the subject of the abstract painting. It's completely non-objective or non-representational.

"Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -- Wassily Kandinsky.
http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/a/abstract_art.htm

Art Deco

Although art deco looks ultra-modern, it dates back to the days of Egyptian tombs. Specifically, the discovery of King Tut's tomb in the 1920's opened the door to this enticing style. The stark lines, bold colors and zig-zag architectural features were added to objects placed in the tomb to entertain and enlighten the sleeping kings. This style greatly appealed to Americans, who were going through the "roaring 20's" and loved the eclectic look. They saw it as a symbol of decadence and extravagance, qualities their generation embraced. Art, architecture, jewelry and fashion were all heavily influenced by the bold colors and sharp lines of the movement.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914, explores a new style in the visual arts and architecture that developed in Europe and North America at the end of the nineteenth century.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: the first focuses on the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, where Art Nouveau was established as the first new decorative style of the twentieth century; the second examines the sources that influenced the style; and the third looks at its development and fruition in major cities in Europe and North America.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_intro.shtm

Art Nouveau Influenced Every Day Things Such As Architecture,Furniture,Carpets,Posters,Paintings Ect..

African Art

Inside African Art

"The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it"
-- George H. T. Kimble, from the book 'Inside Africa'


Inside African Art is a project run by three people, Todd in Kenya and Gathinja and Jonah in New York. We have one thing in mind: The promotion and exposure of original fine arts by African artists. Contemporary African paintings are less well known than African artifacts and traditional crafts, and there is little exposure and availability of this type of artwork either in galleries or on the internet.
Yes, there are plenty of mass-produced artworks, African crafts, and Afri-kitch available, but finding an original African painting at a reasonable price is next to impossible - and it shouldn't be!

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I Love This Painting As It Is Very Roots'y & Vibrant.
The Women In The Painting Are Of An African Heritage But Are Shown As Jet Black Stick People , Showing That The Artist Was More Interested In The Colors Surrounding The Main Subjects 'The Women'.

Impressionism Artist

Flowering Arches, Giverny by Claude Monet
is an oil on canvas (31-7/8x36-1/4 inches)
To paint the arches, Monet positioned his easel on the east bank of the pond to gain a broad view across the waters. Using vivid colors for the resplendent display of the roses in full bloom, Monet muted his tones to portray the shimmering reflections on the pond's glassy surface.
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I Like This painting By Monet As It Gives the Viewer The Feel Of Outside. Looking So Peaceful An Harmless With Feminin Colors Of Pink.
The Reflection Also Makes It A Realist Moment, Much like Most Of His Work.

What Is Impressionism

What Is Impressionism?

[http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-impressionism.htm]

Impressionism is the term first used to describe visual art in the late 19th-century that emphasized the conveyance of an overall impression of a particular scene, usually outdoors, using primary colors and short brushstrokes to represent the appearance of reflected light. The desired result of impressionism was to capture the artist's perception of the subject rather than the subject itself. Artists of this movement desired to portray images as though someone might see something if they just caught a glimpse of it. Impressionist paintings contain very bright, bold colors, and tend to have very little detail. The founders of this movement were Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. They were soon followed by such noteable artists as Camille Pissarro, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Frederic Bazille, Edouard Manet, and Mary Cassatt.

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Although the Impressionist movement did not exclusively consist of French artists, it did start in France and the French painters are among the most well-known. Several earlier artistic movements, such as Classicism and Realism, influenced the Impressionist painters. In 1855, a World Fair was held in Paris, and art was given significant attention. This contributed to Paris' reputation as the center of the art world and the place to be for aspiring painters, such as the group that would come to be known as the Impressionists.

The Académie Suisse, founded and run by the painter Charles Suisse, provided the venue which inspired Impressionism's founding artists. It was here that Pissarro, Monet, Guillaumin and Cézanne first came to know each other. Despite the obvious advantage of providing free models, the Académie was important for another reason: it provided the place and opportunity for aspiring artists to air new and controversial ideas about painting. Each year the Académie sponsored an exhibition where its members, often the professors themselves, judged entries. It was the restrictive nature of the judges, preferring established "accepted art," that prompted Monet and some other painters to exhibit their works separately in the studio of the photographer, Nadar. This historic exhibition, held in 1874, included Monet's famous Impression: Sunrise (1872), which is generally thought to have prompted the naming of the whole genre.

The Impressionists focused on capturing the overall impression of a scene through effects produced by using light and color in various ways.

[http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/common/impressionism.htm]

Maurice de Vlaminck- in Fauvism

'Considered to be one of the most radical painters of his time, Maurice de Vlaminck has managed to manipulate forms and colours to create a world of his own.'
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artslant.com/userimages/1538/de_vlaminck.png&imgrefurl=http://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/7560&usg=__BdOeAxGyAq8SEElddR48olWG6lU=&h=318&w=500&sz=819&hl=en&start=44&sig2=ZJsm2QacCO1K371PcNGSqQ&um=1&tbnid=IPWF1uxJUUIZKM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfauvism%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DPmG%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1&ei=GvHBSozOKYKSjAfllMntBQ

This Panting Of Two People In A Forest ,Which Could Be So Green And Dull Is Portrayed As Full Of So Much Colour & Strokes Of The Brush. Making It Stand Out As Fauvism Movement.

caspar david friedrich

"The Polar Sea" (1824) by the leading German Romantic landscape artist Casper David Friedrich.

Even Thought Recreated Into A Modern Look & Feel This Painting Has Allot Of Emotion Put Into It.
It Looks Like A Seen From The Comic 'Super Man' ,When He Trys To Find His Origin.

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