Art History

Expressionism arose simultaneously 1905 in Paris (les Fauves) and in Dresden (die Brücke). Shortly after there was der Blaue Reiter in Munich, and individual artist not in a group. So Expressionism seems to have been in the air at that time. Looking back in art history one may see the work of van Gogh and Gauguin as an inspiration.

because he was the one of th first to put tvs into art. He was the very first to make art out of tvs and he used tvs in all of his work

the Riace Warrior

Not one season but the changing of seasons.

mosaics .

a form of visual texture that has been created without reference to perceptual reality..

Chiaroscuro

The Impressionists were the painters who were initially scorned for their blurry, fuzzy paintings.

Raphael painted 'The Marriage of the Virgin' circa 1504. It is an oil on wood panel measuring 64 x 46.5 inches.

H. De La Charlerie

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The "Pieta" is a statue portraying Mary holding the body of the dead Jesus.The Pietà (1498-1499) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

because they capture different view points at the same time.

It has to be noted that the concept of verism emerged after the Romans. The Roman sculpture of the republican period, particularity portraiture (busts), which is often described as "warts and all," is a prime example of verism. It usually portrayed older men whose marks of age wrinkles, warts, creases, furrows, moles, scars and other features of imperfection were acutely depicted. This would be left out in Greek art. It portrayed these men as themselves, as their real image. These imperfections were used to show the individual as he was and to produce an image of individuality and of older age. They were usually busts statesmen, military commanders and heads of family, who usually were older men, , and which reflected the gerontocratic character of Roman republican society, where high office and power were in the hands of older men. The marks of age represented the experience and wisdom which are associated with older age. Their seniority also represented men who dedicated their lives to the good of the public and/or the family and public office. The imperfections also represented having endured the strain of fighting in battle or of enduring the burden of service to the public. Thus, these veristic portraits celebrated their higher status in society.

It also has to be noted that verism is a form of realism that it does not exclude idealism. It can be a hyperreal style which contains idealistic element. It can be an illusion of reality. These busts, had an idealistic element and were probably exaggerated. There is a scholarly debate as to whether these busts bluntly depict actual features or whether the imperfections are exaggerated. The imperfections were reflections of the fact that age was highly valued and associated with power and representations of Republican ideals. The subjects were represented as rugged and unconcerned with vanity, which reflected the ideals of the Republican aristocracy which liked to see the Romans as humble, hardy and upright farmers devoted to hard work and duty to the state and the public, rather than vanity and greed. They indicated civic virtue. Besides the sign of imperfection, the portraits were created in a way which gave an image of the virtues which the Romans valued, such as dignitas, integtitas, gravitas, auctoritas, severitas, disciplinas, firmitas and frugalitas. In some of these portraits the subject has a gaze which give an awe-inspiring sense of sternness and authority. Verism can seems so realistic that it can create the illusion of being real and idealism can be configured in this image or realness. These busts can be so realistic that they make you feel like touching them because they look too close to real.

With rule by emperor Roman sculpture switched to full body statues in the Hellenistic style which portrayed rulers in an idealized form and as youthful in order to idealize and glorify the emperors.

The surrealist movement represented a reaction against what its members saw as the destruction wrought by the "rationalism" that had guided European culture and politics in the past and had culminated in the horrors of World War I.

Conceptual art originated in America in 1961. it came to England in 1969.

instead of showing life "as it really was," they wanted to show their impression of a subject or moment in time.

He used tiny dot's very close together to make his art and depending on the size and the darkness or color of the dot's the Shadow's and shading came across differently.

Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883) was a French painter and one of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects. He was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

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I have a Paris street scene by L Basset measuring 24"x48" .Trying to obtain any info on this artist?

Since they had more time to do things than earlier humans, they did art. Whether it was for fun, to express their feelings, or to tell later generations. No one really knows.

According to the textbook A History of Western Art,woodblock printing began in China in the 4th century, and Buddhist missionaries brought the technique to Japan in the 6th century. At first it was used for printing words, and it was not until the 16th century that artists began to use woodblock to illistrate text. Originally confined to black and white, color was introduced in woodblock in the 17th century. To make a woodblock, the artist makes a separate block for each color and prints each block seprately. Raised portions differ in each block and correspond to a different color for the final print.