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Art History
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3,044 Questions
What was romanticism and how did Americans adapt it?
Romanticism was a European artistic movement that stressed the individual, immagination, creativity, and emotion. Nature inspiration was drawn from it. American writers wrote about the American wilderness now
How did the political views of cubists affect their art?
Cubism is not famous for being an activist art. Constructivism, Dada and other, could be debated, but to the best of my knowledge, excluding eventual personal opinions not representative of the movement as a whole, there is no historical relevance to the issue of political inclination within Cubism. Europe at the time of Cubism was a melting-pot of ideologies and many cubist painters were either strongly affiliated with anarcho-syndicalism or fierce nationalists. But that did not transpire in their paintings, usually a lot more concerned with experimentalism than with conveying a message (there wasn't even a public to speak of for such art), nor did it influence the scope of their activities.
The outbreak of the First World War brought Cubism (and Futurism) to an end. That could be considered a result of political division within it's ranks, but it's hardly the cause.
The Gothic architectural innovation providing outer support for lateral thrust was?
Buttresses and flying buttresses.
Which European churches have been converted into museums?
IN Barcelona (SPAIN) the MACBA museum is in an old church, el Convent dels Angels.
Why do African sculptures have large heads?
Among many African cultures sculpture is a a form of 'stylised realism'. That is, you can recognise the figure as human, but certain parts have been exaggerated or emphasised if they are important to that person's genderised or cultural identity. So for example in female figures the breasts and thighs are often enlarged as symbols of fertility and fecundity. But for both sexes among many African groups, such as the Yoruba of Nigeria, the head is large because it is regarded as the most important part of a person - the source of their life-force, personality and destiny.
ONE OF THESE:
Millet took the figures from mythological sources but rendered them with lifelike detail.
Millet used real people for the figures, but painted them with colors from his imagination.
Millet realistically modeled the figures after his friends who posed for him in his studio.
Millet painted the figures as they really appeared by using solid shapes and earthy colors.
What is the name of the british painter who used natural lighting to inspire the impressionists?
Joseph Mallord William Turner
What best describes Käthe Kollwitz's approach to printmaking?
She used expressive lines to convey emotions of helplessness and despair.
She used expressive lines to convey emotions of helplessness and despair.
The first pictures we know were painted by some Stone Age cave man.
What is a good topic question for Abstract Expressionism?
'Who has been the leading abstract expressionism artist'?
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How was Northern European art different from Italian art?
In Northern European art renaissance, they a held a very strong tie to Gothic Art. Also the Italian art renaissance had a lot more freedom than the Northern European Art because of all the numerous Duchies and Republics which gave rise to a wealthy merchant class that spent time and money on art.
While Italian art was surrounded by the idea of humans and their rational thinking, and with that they study/practice much humanism.
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Compare and contrast the art of sedentary cultures to the art of nomadic cultures in Africa?
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The impressionist style of painting is characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small brush strokes to simulate actual reflected light.
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What is a distinguishing feature of Modernism in Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut?
a sculptural, organic design achieved through the use of concrete
What was the art period before Byzantine Art?
Well seeing as Byzantine Art really only applies to a style of art in the Byzantine Empire and not the world, one can't really give a definite name to its predecessor. However, Byzantine Art was influenced by art from the Roman Empire (Roman Art).
Have to define 'content' for Art History class Do you have a concise definition?
Content to me is all the information in a work.
Here's the way I learned about content. I am an art teacher. Subject matter would be what you actually see in the art work. Content is what the art work is actually about. Those are two different ideas if you think about it carefully.
For example, you could have a painting with the subject matter of rain and flowers. But, by the way the artist depicts these images, it could suggest sadness, loss, unhappiness...that would be the content of the art work...what it really is about. Hope this helps.
How did Surrealism influence art history?
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.
Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers[who?]regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact. Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.
Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during World War I and the most important center of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s onward, the movement spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, philosophy, and social theory.
apex It is subjective and shows truth only as experienced by the artist.
