and was vastly different to almost all work in Paris at that time‚ leading to a boom of interest from poster collectors. This showed Mucha to be not only an artist of great skill‚ but also showed the piece as one of the first in the style known as ‘Art Noveau’. The piece itself depicts Bernhardt‚ playing Gismonda‚ standing upright‚ dressed in long‚ flowing robes that drape off the edge of the page. On her head she wears a headdress of flowers‚ and in her hand she grasps a palm branch. The play
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Art Deco is a movement involving a mix of modern decorative art styles‚ largely of the 1920s and 1930s‚ whose main characteristics were derived from various avant-garde painting styles of the early twentieth century. Art deco uses futurism and constructivism with concept‚ distortion‚ and simplified geometric shapes and intense colors observing the rise of technology‚ and speed. Art Deco‚ sometimes called “The International Style”‚ enjoyed its fame between the years of 1920 and 1939. It was said
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1940. He was considered as a talented Swiss and German painter.The artwork created by Klee had dramatically changed over his years of developing his paintings. The timeline below demonstrates the changes over his working years of creating abstract art. In the Style of Kairouan: ‘In the Style of Kairouan’ shows Klee’s first pure abstract painting‚ created in 1914. Klee used a simple combination of coloured shapes to express a musical tone. He combined the use of coloured rectangles and circles
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Jules Cheret‚ a name synonymous to the Art Nouveau movement of the late 19th century‚ was born in 1836 in Paris into a humble family of typographers and artisans. Thus‚ creativity and aesthetic awareness were instilled in him as the household that he grew up in was one that was conducive to ingenuity and experimentation. Cheret invested the early years of his youth‚ receiving art training under a three-year apprenticeship with a lithographer‚ followed by drawing lessons in the evening under the French
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all had an individual approach to art but shared a common interest in using their art to express spiritual truths. They had a common interest in
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the majority of them occurred in late nineteenth century Paris and that perhaps one man‚ Jules Chéret‚ can be thanked for exploiting and mastering the techniques which made these posters reach the levels of respect previously reserved for the fine arts. As well as Jules Chéret and his mastery of lithography I will be exploring the influence of Japan and their printing techniques upon Toulouse Lautrec as well as Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann’s renovation of Paris during its Second empire‚ the impacts
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his boldly coloured paintings‚ now however is more widely acknowledged for his individual architectural designs. Hundertwasser was born in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1948. Friedensreich was inspired by the work of Schiele and Klimt‚ and then developed a mystical approach to art. He was born under the name of Stowasser but changed it at a later date His full name has the meaning: Friendensreich means freedom country‚ Regentag means rainy day and Hundertwasser means
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Birth of Gustav Klimt in Baumgarten‚ near Vienna‚ Austria. His father is a gold engraver but unsuccessful in business. Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood. 1876 At the age of 14‚ Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Noticed for his talents‚ he receives his first commissions while studying. 1877 His brother Ernst‚ who‚ like his father‚ would become an engraver‚ also enrolled in the school. 1883 Klimt finished school/studying‚ and received training
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within a work of art‚ and a work of art may reflect more than one theme. A theme is an “idea” thread running through the entire history of art. There are many threads." - Chapter Three For this discussion board choose at least two “thread” categories from what is listed below. Check Chapter 3 for the textbook’s examples of what art and environments fit within these categories‚ then think of your own examples of what would be “ sacred” art‚ political/social order inspired art‚ etc. Write a post
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Art for Arts’ Sake Dear Friends‚ When I was asked to write to you about my views of the role of the Arts in society‚ I did not hesitate to embrace the task. Over the past three years‚ I have been working on a PhD in Music Education. I have finished all of my coursework‚ and have "only" my dissertation remaining. In this program of study‚ I recall many discussions in our seminar classes that were seeking to answer this very question: What is the role of the Arts in our society? For purposes
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