The eighteenth century was complex assortment of different artistic movements in Europe. The most distinctive style of these trends was Rococo style in the eighteenth century is a world of fantasy and grace, that calls for the exotic, this expression for rich and foreign is seen in Chinoiserie, the Eastern and Western stylistic elements can be seen in Sir William Chamber's Pagoda and in Francis Boucher’s The Chinese Fair, these pieces of art illustrate European colonization, hybridity, and consumption of the eighteenth-century. Although other nations also participated, it was the British and the French who dominated Pacific exploration in the eighteenth century.European interest in non-Western art was first stimulated by trade with the East …show more content…
In the during the 18th century Louis XIV embellished with chinese porcelain, this spawned the initial allure to chinesesque art and the classified it as a …show more content…
Within his career, Francois Boucher never went to China, however he depicts Chinese or oriental themes in his artwork and this is because of how much access he had to Chinese resources. Boucher in fact participated in Asian romanticism as a collector and consumer, as he had his own collection of chinese porcelain and biblets, as other sources of prea--- artist works. François Boucher, captures the bustle of a European marketplace thinly disguised as a Chinese fair. Pagoda roofs, rickshaws, and Asian costumes, along with elephants and camels, help complete this illusion. his art typically forgoes traditional rural innocence to portray scenes with a definitive style of eroticism as his mythological scenes are passionate and intimately amorous rather than traditionally
Pages 30-31 “The two young men had little in…the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters.”
Long before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic to the ‘New World’, the Western Hemisphere had already divided and developed civilizations. Some of these civilizations were extremely advanced for the time. As people settled in the Americas and developed cultures, so did differences in the life styles, religions, and art of these peoples. The cultures of Mesoamerica, South America, and North America all developed many different types of art, most notably ceramics and larger scale items that still baffle historians today.
His work included many cultural motifs such as flowers, dragons and landscapes. His china china series, a set of sculpted busts that had relief carvings of his cultural heritage, resembled traditional Chinese tattoos. His art isn’t considered pop culture but the series china china reminds me of art made by Dr. Lakara a Mexican artist. Both artists utilize their cultures in their art work Ah Xian use of traditional stylized Chinese landscapes carved into the porcelain bust is an example of how he uses his cultural identity in his work. He also uses the relief carvings similarity to tattoos as symbol of how permanent ones cultural identity is.
Just two years before, Japan had reopened its boarders with Europe, unleashing waves of foreign imports. Silks, fans, kimonos and more sparked the wonder and imagination of Westerners and Europeans alike. According to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, “ the opening of the boarders not only reestablished diplomatic and mercantile relations between Japan and Europe, but also opened floodgates for cultural exchanges that would profoundly affect Western and European art.”
The 18th century is well known for its complex artistic movements such as Romantism and Neo-classical. The leading style Rococo thrived from 1700-1775 and was originated from the French words rocaille and coquille which meant “rock” and “shell”; used to decorate the Baroque gardens1. Identified as the age of “Enlightenment”, philosophers would ignite their ideas into political movements1. Associated with this movement is England’s John Locke who advanced the concept of “empiricism”. This denotes that accepting knowledge of matters of fact descends from experience and personal involvement1. Locke’s concept assisted the improvements of microscopes and telescopes allowing art students in the French academy to observe real life1. Science and experience influenced painting more so in Neo-Classicalism. Locke fought for people’s rights and the power or “contract” between the ruler and the ruled. Reasoning that “the Light in Enlightenment referred to the primacy of reason and intellect…and a belief in progress and in the human ability to control nature”1. Hence, the commence of experimental paintings such as Joseph Wright’s (1734-1797) oil on canvas painting: Fig.1 An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. This image was developed through science by placing a bird in glass container and pumping air to see the effects it would have on the bird (White cockatoo)1. Throughout the late 18th and early 19th century in Western Europe, Neo-Classical art became the “true Style” and was accepted by the French Revolution under Louis XIV. Neo-Classical art was a reaction to Rococo’s light hearted, humour and emotion filled pieces.
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The introduction of of European materials, tools, and techniques transformed Native American art aesthetically as well as it’s role within Native culture. European technology produced goods that made Native American art easier to create and allowed Native American art to become more elaborate and detailed. However, the distinctive styles of each unique tribes’ art was diluted as the tribes obtained the same European materials rather than what was native to the land they lived on. in many cases European encounter caused Native American artwork to become less culturally significant; For instance, many crafts that held religious ceremonial roles, or served spiritual symbolism, became available to anyone, as a greater emphasis on its economic
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The art of the Americas was changed dramatically with the arrival of the Spanish and many aspects of European art and influence can be seen in the art of colonial America. However, there are still many significant examples of indigenous influence in colonial art. Whether one looks at the early works that were seen when the Spanish first arrived or the work that came in the late 1700s, the influence of the indigenous natives had a long ranging influence on various aspects of the art including materials, subjects, and details within the paintings, sculptures and architecture.
Secondly, the art of India fascinated me a lot especially the 13th Century art of “S...
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Galt describes West’s insatiable thirst for getting to know the European art, studying it day and night and discovering the imitation of the glorious antiquity in Michelangelo or Rafael’s works.
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The late 19th century was a time of great change. With rapid modernisation came increased imperial encounters and the rise of colonialism. Countries became preoccupied with ideas of self and national identity, and this desire for individuality created, at the same time, interest in the concept of the exotic “other.” Exoticism was hugely popular in French art music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What was foreign was often considered primitive or dangerous, but also extremely alluring and fascinating.
During the 19th century, a great number of revolutionary changes altered forever the face of art and those that produced it. Compared to earlier artistic periods, the art produced in the 19th century was a mixture of restlessness, obsession with progress and novelty, and a ceaseless questioning, testing and challenging of all authority. Old certainties about art gave way to new ones and all traditional values, systems and institutions were subjected to relentless critical analysis. At the same time, discovery and invention proceeded at an astonishing rate and made the once-impossible both possible and actual. But most importantly, old ideas rapidly became obsolete which created an entirely new artistic world highlighted by such extraordinary talents as Vincent Van Gogh, Eugene Delacroix, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Claude Monet. American painting and sculpture came around the age of 19th century. Art originated in Paris and other different European cities. However, it became more popular in United States around 19th century.