Modern Art During The 20th Century

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Two sculptures, among others, lie in the outskirts of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA. One of them, The Walking Man, is a bronze sculpture created by French sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1905. The other, made more than 100 years later, is T.E.U.C.L.A., a large scale steel sculpture made by minimalist sculptor Richard Serra. Although it may seem like these works have more differences than similarities, both emphasize the processes of their creation and are major movements away from the classical tradition of sculpture. However, The Walking Man and T.E.U.C.L.A. also differ in several aspects that reflect their respective artists’ personal portrayals of modern sculpture. These aspects include: mode of production, composition and the arrangement of volumes, the play of light and shadow, and visual experience. Together these elements of formal organization work together to convey meaning in both of these works. Rodin’s deliberate rejection of refinement and disregard for the direct translation of the unformed to formed in The Walking Man represent the process and spontaneity of reality, while Serra’s use of curvature and aperture in T.E.U.C.L.A. models the spaces people move through and the perceptive skills they use in life and nature.

With the invention of the camera came the desire for realism. The world was changing and it was happening fast. Fast enough that people were being over looked as business and the need for natural materials lead the way. Through war in France came realism and it caused discomfort at the sight of unpleasant looking locals and grim topics, such as death. Artists were really on top of their game with the material added in their paintings that represented serious political issues and issues with the church. If I had not read about the paintings I would not have looked at them in a more serious light. I would have continued to believe these were relaxed beautiful paintings of people in the 1800's. Even the painting of Rue Transnonain by Honoré was

The piece of art that the paper will analyze is "Sleeping Girl." Roy Lichtenstein painted "Sleeping Girl" in 1964, as part of his work in pop art & pop culture. Another artist who painted in the style of pop art was Andy Warhol, just to add context with whom Lichtenstein kept artistic company. "Sleeping Girl" is a seminal work in a series of paintings in comic book style. Comic book culture saw a huge surge after WWII and so did pop art. These artistic forms expressed a desire to escape from the horrors and great changes around the world after the war. Artists such as Lichtenstein tapped into these desires producing mash-ups of popular art forms to express an even more layered message. "Sleeping Girl" is directly influenced by DC Comics, as it is a rendition of an image found in Girls' Romances, #105. It was a very bold statement in the 1960s and in the 21st century, to bring a popular culture form into the realm of high art. This painting, while one in a series with similar aesthetics, "Sleeping Girl" is additionally a painting with a similar theme across Lichtenstein's entire body of work the idea of the sleeping female muse.

German Expressionism is a kind of art that is supposed to make you feel something. When you look at a painting such as “The Scream” by Edvard Munch (1863-1944), you ask yourself what kind of emotions does this painting give you. A group of early 20th century German artists used the term “expressionism” to desribe the way they produced art. The title later turned into “German Expressionism”. This art movement was prominent during 1905-1925. In German it is known as “Die Brucke” and “Der Blaue Reiter”. Unlike Impressionism, its goals were not to reproduce the impression by the surrounding world, but to express the artists feelings on the surrounding world. Expressionism comes from the route word “expression” which

The 1920s were a time of great prosperity and revitalization. This decade gave way to many great social milestones for every class of people. From the limits for immigration to the boom of the auto industry American society was drastically altered. Issues such as foreign immigration,prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan ,evolution, women’s roles, and race were the focus of the populus and drove politics within the nation. Art played a major role in how the black community expressed their new found sense of culture. Painting has always been a way for someone to portrait their ideas.

African American class is one of my favorite classes. I have learned some new things about the African American art history during the 20th century. Also, I have known some of the important artist, and being able to discover their lives. However, one of those artists was George Washington Carver, who was a American botanist and inventor. He was a Muslim scientist. He was born into slavery in Missouri in 1864. He has a wild reputation because he had changed the way that poor family lives on. In addition, Carver had made some recherché about promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. He also had developed many products that made from peanuts, and that were useful for the house and farm, including cosmetics,

This website was very interesting for me because I learned more about how Surrealism and Art Deco helped in the advancement of art in the 1920s. It made me more interested in Surrealism art because it's everything unrealistic that makes your mind into something almost chaotic and it increased me in creativity. This subject has always made me curious because art is such a beautiful creation and I have always wondered what was it that made it so favored among people and artists themselves. When I viewed this website, Art Deco caught my attention because the description of how it is made it seemed so strange and classy so I understood why it was so popular that it led to other different artworks. I'm fascinated by this subject of art

In Grandview Boulevard, completed in 1974 CE, the artist utilizes painterly brushstrokes. The shadows of the trees that are painted dark purple appear to have more painterly aspects than the rest of the composition. From far away, the painting seems smooth and sleek, but up close, the individual thick brushstrokes can be seen. The implied texture of the leaves in the painting is sturdy and prickly, and the texture of the yellowed grass appears to be dry and coarse, however, the actual texture of the painting itself is smooth. The artist also uses both curvilinear and geometric lines. In looking at the trees in the painting, they are composed of primarily geometric lines (excluding the leafy top) that run in a

During the 1930’s the federal government was the largest source of funds to artist through public art programs. This funding allowed the government to suppress certain subjects that were occurring on society at the time. An area the government suppressed art subject matter involved labor disputes that were occurring through the country. In the 1930’s an important issue that was taking public stage was workers attempting to unionize to better working conditions. In the 1930’s the labor force attempting to unionize faced a “unified opposition from a combination of industry and government forces” (pg.413) The federal government was able to suppress many painting showing this subject, but some artist were able to incorporate the topic into

The 1920s (occasionally alluded to as the Roaring Twenties), were distinguished by tremendous artistic spirit. In visual art and architecture, the 1920s saw the beginning of the surrealist, expressionist, and Art Deco movements. Characterized by pure and geometric forms, Art Deco originated in Europe and spread to North America in the mid-1920s, manifesting itself famously in the construction of the Chrysler Building, the tallest building in the world at its time. The Museum of Modern Art opened in Manhattan on November 7, 1929, nine days after the Wall Street Crash. The 1920s was one of the most active and important periods in the more serious arts.

Arts come in different aspects such as music, painting, sculpting, photography, and movies. However, there is one unique piece of art at The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC that will attract viewers for representing the history of one greatest city of America. This artwork is called New York 1911 which created by a Columbus artist, George Bellows in 1911 after he moved to New York. This artwork was done in a medium of oil and canvas with the dimension of 106.7 x 152.4 cm (42 x 60 in.) The brushwork of this artwork is visible, bold, and thick. Bellows painted a realistic scene of chaotic and busy state of the New York City from the 20th century. His utilization of space on the canvas was thought out well that he was able to draw everything

Out of the destruction and cultural upheavals this new medium of expression was formed. It was this new approach to art and manifestation that influenced the creation of countless outpourings of emotions following and during the two world wars. Of these artistic developments individual artists emerged to gain recognition out of the underground and young Dadaism movement, such an artist was Karl Schwitters. His constant desire to discover an ideal medium for his art may indeed have come from his feeling of lack of place. Although the original creations of the Merzbau are no longer in existence for further education and observance, his reputation and remaining works are a testament to his incredible fascination with the ‘new’ and his unabashed courage to pursue art using mediums previously unexplored by the artistic mainstream. These artistic processes will no doubt continue to affect and influence bourgeoning and further

Everyone has been created unique and there is no other that is the like anyone else. People think different, dress different and like and dislike certain things. This is similar to the artists of the nineteenth century including Pierre Etienne Theodore Rousseau and Joseph Mallord William Turner. They are both artists during the nineteenth century and were painted at the same time; however, there is a difference between their styles, their point of view, and the scenery. However there are similarities between the two paintings. The paintings that will be compared and contrasted are “Under the Birches, Evening” and “The Campo Santo, Venice.”

“Modern painting, breaking through old conversation, has released countless suggestions which are still waiting to be used by the practical world.”(Gropius) The birth of modernism and modern art goes back to the Industrial Revolution, a period that lasted from the 18th to the 19th century, in which rapid changes in manufacturing, transportation, and technology profoundly affected the social, economic, and cultural conditions of life in Western Europe, North America, and eventually the world. Before the 19th century, artists created art pieces for wealthy people and institution places like the church where they can create art works about storytelling of religious or mythological scenes . These arts were there to instruct the viewers.However, this changed when during the 19th century many artists began to create works that were about people, places, or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience. With the popularization of the idea of a subconscious mind, many artists began exploring dreams, symbolism, and personal iconography as avenues for the depiction of their subjective experiences.Challenging the notion that art must realistically depict the world, some artists experimented with the expressive use of color, non-traditional materials, and new techniques and mediums.