Hat Rack: The Object as an Artistic Critique Suspended from the ceiling of the Art Institute of Chicago’s modern wing‚ and illuminated from the center of the room‚ Hat Rack (original 1917‚ 1964 recreation‚ image 1) hangs from the ceiling‚ casting shadows upon the wall‚ which resemble curved shapes protruding outward into space. Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made‚ Hat Rack is fashioned out of day-to-day objects repurposed as works of art‚ Hat Rack (1917)‚ is a wooden hat rack‚ with a mass-produced finish
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Impact of Industrial Revolution on Modern Art at the turn of the 20th Century. To understand most period and movements in modern art‚ one must first understand the context in which they occurred. When one looks at the various artistic styles‚ one will realize how artists react to historical and cultural changes and how artists perceive their relation to society. The transition between the 19th and 20th century has brought further development of modernistic ideas‚ concepts and techniques in
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Vsevolod Meyerhold and Vladimir Mayakovsky are two legendary names in the realm of Russian and international art frequently associated with the most turbulent period in Russian history‚ the beginning of the twentieth century‚ during which Russian society underwent a profound social and political change. This period (1900 – 1930) saw the October Revolution‚ the First World War‚ the Russian Civil War‚ and the beginnings of Stalinism. It is precisely during these times of turmoil that Russian Avant-garde
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Heart of Darkness: Modernism and Its Historians Author(s): Robert Wohl Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Modern History‚ Vol. 74‚ No. 3 (September 2002)‚ pp. 573-621 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/345112 . Accessed: 30/09/2012 11:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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Cultural Changes: The Effect on Art You’re an artist during WWI‚ bombs exploding everywhere‚ innocent people even children losing their lives‚ how will you express your intense anger and sadness towards the events that are taking place? The frustration towards war and other social‚ political or cultural changes can bring about different responses from different people. When it comes to art‚ art movements are created out of the need for people to communicate their reactions to these changes. Whether
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Movement When Where Artist Key Characteristics Modernist Topic Pictorialism Julia Margaret Cameron Louis Daguerre The use or creation of pictures or visual images a movement or technique in photography emphasizing artificial often romanticized Pictorial qualities Used as representation of people and historical events Machine aesthetic Impressionism 1870 - 1890 France Alfred Sisley A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ Characterized
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Odyssey is Kubrick’s way‚ as an artist‚ to try and convey something‚ such as space travel and computer technology‚ that had not exactly been seen before. This is similar to the modern artists that Henderson brings up in her essay‚ such as Picasso‚ Malevich‚ and Duchamp‚ who attempt to illustrate the notion of the fourth
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Wassily Kandinsky became a painter rather late in life. It is only after finishing his studies at the University of Moscow‚ in his early thirties and completely mature that he decides to fully commit to art. This important decision would change his life. However‚ neither himself nor his social and artistic circle‚ could then assume he would encounter a decisive step fifteen years later. The transition to the non-figurative art where he would create his famous Improvisations and Compositions that
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Dada From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Dada (disambiguation). Cover of the first edition of the publication Dada by Tristan Tzara; Zurich‚ 1917 Dada /ˈdɑːdɑː/ or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. Many claim Dada began in Zurich‚ Switzerland in 1916‚ spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter but the height of New York Dada was the year before in 1915.[1] To quote Dona Budd ’s The Language of
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