De Stijl, art form that is very stylized and simple, yet beautiful, is one of modernism movements that happened in twentieth century and has given big impact to the design world. With Theo van Doesburg at the head of the list, several artists such as Mondrian…. developed De Stijl. Their unique style only influenced form of painting, but also their influence reached from of architecture. While number of modernism movements were against art from the past and they tried to create completely new style of art, De Stijl movement tries to establish relationship between past and future of art. De Stijl movement was innovation of basic grid concept of art from the past, and pursued their utopia of art with international appeal. Their goal was to establish perfect relationship and balance between form, space, and color. Their style of art has spread to various kinds of art forms such as painting, furniture, and architecture. Although this movement lasted for about ten years, De Stijl has left great impact to the art world.
De Stijl is the magazine that established in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg. Their art form consists of very basic style, which is horizontal and vertical grid with three primary colors – red, yellow, and blue. They pursue an alternate design by only using those simple elements. Theo van Doesburg has a strong belief in his form of art, and was so passionate to what he wanted to achieve. えばーとふぁん stated that Doesburg finds developing seeds and make it grow deeper and deeper. Doesburg took developed artworks from past and developed more to make it new twenties century art form (Japanese,p45).
Along with a big effort of Doesburg, there was a big help by Mondrian to establish De Stijl. Even though Doesburg had a strong belief and also did paintings, he needed Mondrian’s help to develop his idea further more. Therefore, they published De Stijl in 1917 although Doesburg had a proposal of De Stijl movement in 1915 (Japanese, p20). Doesburg needed not an editor for his magazine but artists who had same ideology or sense of value towards art with him and is willing to share their ideas. He met some artists that might have had potential for that such as a poet, Wichmann, or a painter, Janus de Winter, but neither of them had chemistry with Doesburg (Japanese, p21). Wichmann was too nihilistic for Doesburg. Janus de Winter and Doesburg had similar personality which prefer being isolated; however, they had opposite styles of art, to be specific, Doesbur’s art is silent while Janus de Winter’s one was very dynamic or dramatic.
Upon returning to his studio Storrier picks a photograph that can be associated in a variety of ways. He makes works similar in subject matter, but which give different overall impressions. 'I never work from photographic documents. The little polaroids are just mental records. I paint pictures about, not from, photographs.' He explores the concept, and makes preliminary sketches and small studies of his ideas to decide the colour and tone. He chooses the size to make his artwork oncer he has his idea.
Gerrit Dou was talented enough to get accepted into the apprenticeship of Rembrandt at an early age. After following in the footsteps of his master for six years,...
Impressionism is the movement in painting and music. The impressionist movement is often considered to mark the beginning of the modern period in art. The primary object is to achieve a spontaneous, undetailed rendering of the world through careful representation of the effect of natural light on objects. ("Impressionism", Encarta)
Because the viewer is able to view Ruisdael’s Landscape with Cattle and an Inn through the doorway, even before they enter the gallery, he or she is able to recognize its importance. This painting appeals on many levels; it is a history painting documenting Dutch farmers of the 17th century, it is a representation of northern European style, and it is a detailed depiction of life. The room itself, is a perfect match for the bold but simple colors and detailed brush strokes of the Dutch landscapes. The dark wood walls shape the gallery into that of a living room in an old Dutch cottage.
"Design, 1975–present". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dsgn4/hd_dsgn4.htm (October 2004)
In Timothy Clark’s, Utamaro’s Portaiture, he stars off by speaking about Rembrandt’s Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels. To begin, he gives background of the painting, then moves into a brief description of the paining. He then begins to describe Utamaro’s design ‘Fancy-free Type. The comparison of the two paintings was deliberately put in the beginning of the paper. Clark wanted readers to note that it is right and wrong to compare Rembrandt to Utamaro. Throughout the beginning of the article, Clark discuss the follow issues: identity of the sitters, specificity of depiction of and differentiation between the range of his subjects, and tension between bijinga tradition and Utamaro’s personal style. Utamaro was a very famous Japanese artist with
River scene with boats near a jetty by a tavern, currently housed at the Ackland Art Museum, is a seventeenth century drawing rendered by Jan van Goyen in black chalk and gray wash on paper. True to its name, van Goyen presents the viewer with a Dutch landscape that sweeps the viewer’s eye in a remarkable progression from land to water to sky. This formal analysis will argue that Jan van Goyen’s River scene with boats near a jetty by a tavern exudes visual energy amidst a temporal backdrop, creating a tension against the solidity and immobility that might be associated with the archetypal Dutch landscape scene. The manner in which van Goyen’s work advances this thesis will be examined through the spatial, linear, and color techniques and effects
Erfdeel, OS 2000, The low countries: Arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands, a yearbook, Flemish-Netherlands Foundation "Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Amsterdam.
Vincent Van Gogh’s life and works has served as a major influence in the art world. (Thesis)
In seventeenth-century Holland, while other painters portrayed domestic still-lives and landscapes, Jan Steen chose to innovate a different path; portraying moralistic symbolism in his paintings. From small, minute symbolism conveyed through the use of everyday objects to the more obvious in scripted messages warning of the dangers of temptation and folly, Steen has emphasized the importance of living a chaste lifestyle though examples of how one should not behave.
The link between music and art, in de Maistre’s case, is very different from that of Kandinsky’s art. Whereas Kandinsky was thought to have a natural proclivity to experiencing sound and colour simultaneously, de Maistre took a far more intentional, systematic
The Arts and Crafts movement occurred during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Its aim was “to bring artists and craftsmen together.” The movement developed from the fear that art was being lost to the up and coming manufacturing field (“The Bauhaus”). However, Gropius knew manufacturing would be a big part of the future and promoted art that could be mass-produced by factories. In 1923, the school’s slogan be...
The International Style can be recognized by use of rectilinear forms and modern building materials such as concrete and steel with little in decoration or ornamentation. The movement emerged during the nineteen twenties and thirties with the help
Pieter Bruegel was born on September 9th. No one knows for sure what year but is said to be between 1525-30. Bruegel was born in Netherlands. He is the only member in his family that is artistic. Living in the Brueghel dynasty he dropped the “h” and signed his paintings with Brugel. Pieter worked in many places like France, Italy,and Antwerp. When in 1551 in Antwerp he was accepted as a master in the painters guild. Visiting many different cities he would draw many religious paintings and organic views on the different landscapes, while in his early years.
In conclusion, the art of the 19th century was composed of a sequence of competing artistic movements that sought to establish its superiority, ideologies and style within the artistic community of Europe. These movements, being Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, ultimately spread far beyond the confines of Europe and made modern art an international entity which can still be felt in today’s artistic world.