MODERN ART A brief overview of art styles from the 1900 through to the 1970’s IMPRESSIONISM •Impressionism began in 1874 in France. •It took it’s name from Claude Monet’s “Impression at Sunrise” (1872). •It was a reaction to the precision of images created by the newly invented camera (1853). • Therefore‚ the artists were concerned with capturing the effects of light as it changed through the course of the day. •They began painting outdoors – called plen-air‚ and depicted the weather
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to walk his own path" (“Soldier’s Courage: The Story of Stephen Crane” 1). Stephen Crane was an American author who led an unconventional and rebellious life and is most well known for his novel‚ The Red Badge of Courage‚ and for incorporating impressionism and naturalism into his works. Born in Newark‚ New Jersey on November 1‚ 1871‚ Stephen Crane was the son and fourteenth child of reverend Jonathon Crane and Mary Peck Crane (Wolford 3). On February 16‚ 1880 when Crane was only eight years old
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·Introduction: The Victorian era was a period full of changes; the most important was the reign of Queen Victoria‚ who ascended the throne in 1837 and ruled the British Empire‚ restoring stability to the crown. Her reign is considered one of the most prosperous in her time‚ which eventually became the symbol of a period that took its name‚ "the Victorian Era". Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was the first English monarch to see her name given to the period of her reign whilst still living (1).
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in the battle field. Crane used two narrative techniques in his novel‚ American Naturalism and Impressionism. Naturalism is a technique that approaches life with a detached‚ objective outlook. For example‚ portraying man as a helpless creature who has no control over events in his life‚ but acts according to his instincts in response to environmental conditions of nature and the universe. Impressionism is a technique in which the writer presents characters‚ moods‚ and scenes as he visualizes them
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caused his color patterns and brush strokes to evolve into another style of art called Impressionism. Starry Night Over the Rhone was one of his last ‘few years’ paintings. It was painted in September of 1888. The canvas resides in Musée d’Orsay‚ Paris. This piece was created due to him being sick and ending up in the hospital in Arles‚ France. With that being said‚ this canvas was the best example of his Impressionism era. It consisted of depiction of lighting‚ composition‚ and subject matter. In the
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The past has effected everyone today in some shape‚ way‚ or form. It makes society how it is today and history are the roots for our world. The Industrial Revolution has impacted the world today in many ways. Another piece from this era‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ also had an influence even if it was least expected. Even art can shape the way people think. A memorable work of art by Auguste Renoir called Dance at the Moulin de la Galette put new ideas into artist’s minds about showing happiness
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Jenkins‚ Lauren IIA. In order to differentiate between program music‚ symphonic poem‚ concert overtures‚ grandiose‚ or miniature compositions‚ we first need to go over each one individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it
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time in the early 20th century that such art was given a name. BEGINNINGS * The term “expressionism” is known to have been created by an art historian – Antonin Matejcek. * Antonin’s intention was to indicate the opposite of impressionism. * Impressionism was to do with nature and human form whereas expressionism was basically all about expressing inner life often through exaggerated images and harsh colours. * With the turn of the century in Europe‚ major changes to the atmosphere
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the narrative‚ mythology work he had previously produced. He was strongly interested in nature and had wider concerns with biological growth and the cycle of life‚ which is increasingly apparent in his work. Klimt’s knowledge of impressionism and neo- impressionism acquired in art school made the techniques used in ‘Farmhouse with Birch Trees’ possible‚ though the strokes are quite different. It was his intention to reflect the infinite multitude of life in his brushstrokes- their gestures‚ shapes
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Art History World Art Exam II 1. In this paper were going to look at four different cultures and two pieces of art work from each. These are cultures that we have discussed in class over this last semester and our found in the book Art a Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren . The four cultures of art that we are going to look at are Japanize‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ and African. The Japanese started out in the beginning borrowing the Chinese and Korean culture‚ and blending
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