If you take a look at the paintings‚ you will see that they are abstract. In fact‚ they are painted in a style that is sometimes referred to as "Abstract Expressionism". Many people have trouble understanding and appreciating this type of art. The purpose of this essay is to explain how‚ over time‚ art has evolved to become more and more abstract‚ and why this is important. My intention is to explain the goals of abstract art‚ and to help you learn how to enjoy it. To begin‚ I’d like to introduce
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Abstract Expressionism The term Abstract Expressionism was used for the first time in 1919 to describe the work of Kandinsky‚ but is now used to define some post world war two art. In the 1940’s in America‚ particularly New York artists were creating art in a new style one that shifted the art world’s focus. Though they were not formally associated‚ these artists all shared some common ideas. This group was referred to as "The New York School" or "Abstract Expressionists". This type of art
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Abstract vs. Representation ‘The Heroes’ – By Shayne Dark & ‘Force of Nature’ – By Shayne Dark All abstract art exists to achieve an objective. It’s composition of form‚ line‚ and colour attempt to create a reaction in a way that is independent from visual references in the world . More often than not‚ abstract art aims at provoking motivating forces within people. John Lennon once said‚ “there are two basic motivating forces in life: fear and love” . Truly great abstract art is able to
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ARTISTS OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM Abstract In a previous essay‚ three different artists and their Abstract Expressionism pieces were discussed along with descriptions of their artwork and a look into their personal philosophies of art. The previous discussion also covered an explanation of the circumstances in which the pieces fit in with the time period and the environment of that time period. The following essay continues with the comparison of the form‚ content of the subject matter of the
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Abstract art Abstract art uses a visual language of form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been‚ from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century‚ underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist
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Nature of Abstract Art Meyer Schapiro (1937) Before there was an art of abstract painting‚ it was already widely believed that the value of a picture was a matter of colors and shapes alone. Music and architecture were constantly held up to painters as examples of a pure art which did not have to imitate objects but derived its effects from elements peculiar to itself. But such ideas could not be readily accepted‚ since no one had yet seen a painting made up of colors and shapes‚ representing
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j01trl~lff ELSEVIER Journal of Pragmatics 29 (1998) 155-171 The noun phrase in advertising English* Susan Rush Fonds Gustave Guillaume‚ Ddpartement de langues et linguistique‚ Facult~ des Lettres‚ Pavillon Charles-de Koni.~ck‚ Universit~ Laval‚ Quebec G1K 7P4‚ Canada Received 17 August 1995; revised version 7 April 1997 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give a formal description of two unusual features of the noun phrase in English print advertising: its ability to operate as an independent
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Art Report – Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism was first used in the Germany magazine Der Sturm in 1919‚ regarding as “German expressionism”. The term “abstract expressionism” was first applied to American art in 1946 and gained acceptance in the 1950s. It was mostly used in New York and San Francisco Bay area of California. Abstract Expressionism mainly comes from “Surrealism”‚ which represents spontaneous artwork. In combination‚ abstract expressionism has an image of being
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When you look at Richter’s Abstract Painting‚ you see the resemblance of a landscape that is portrayed within Altdorfer’s painting as well. I believe that Richter mimics the type of painting that Altdorfer created because not only are the same colors used‚ but the idea of the specific landscapes had to have been similar to create these paintings. I like to think that just because Richter’s painting does not seem realistic and natural; his painting is still the idea of a landscape
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my friends that method can be also known as Abstract Expressionism and in the 1940’s and 50’s it took off like wild fire. Although many proved to be Abstract Expressionists one triumphed them all‚ that one being‚ Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock is an important figure in the art world. He is known for starting a movement of abstract expressionism by using his body and motion to create huge pieces of art on large canvases. However‚ his leap from abstract art to figurative took us all by the reins into
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