We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more concrete, more real than a line, a color, a surface.” — Theo van Doesburg De Stijl (1917 – 1931), also known as Neo-plasticism, was a Dutch artistic movement and school of painting established by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian in Amsterdam. Proponents […]
What is Dada? Is it an art movement? A way of thinking? Or is it all just strange words and quirky images? Actually, Dada was an art movement and school founded and begun by a group of avant-garde artists in Zurich in the early 20th century who were dissatisfied about art, the war, and the […]
Symbolism was a 19th-century art movement rejecting Realism. It expresses ideas over realistic descriptions of the natural world. Symbolism initially developed as a French literary movement in the late 19th century, and it was soon identified with the artwork of a younger generation of painters who were similarly rejecting the conventions of Naturalism. Unlike the […]
Hello Class: In tomorrow’s class, your task is going to write your second WAA paper. Although some of you have already submitted your second paper, you still have time to reedit it further. If so, I will return your paper tomorrow. If you don’t want to make any further changes on your paper, please work […]
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Image Source: National Gallery of Art | Devianrart | Wikipedia Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that was most popular during 1890–1910. English uses the French name Art nouveau (“new art”), but the style has many different names in other countries. A reaction to academic art of […]
“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject-matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation […]
