Edward Hopper was a twentieth century artist well known for his works under the category Magic Realism. While most artist of the time were focused on showing off how great their country was as they painted things such as landscapes of rural or urban living, Hopper was more motivated in being a precise observer and painting the world as he really saw it. 1As Avis Berman of Smithsonian Magazine put it, “He reserved his greatest affection for unexceptiona1. . . drawing satisfaction from things that stayed as they were.” He knew the world had amazing things to offer, however, he never sugar coated what the world really was. To him the world wasn't as warm as people wanted to believe. During a time when the economic crisis was full blown, it became …show more content…
3As Ivo Kranzfelder described the typical look of Hopper's American art, “Hopper's pictures seemed to be located in a twilight zone. . . They reveal a human world that is no longer in a state of innocence, but has not yet reached the point of self destruction.” A painting that he admired was “The Night Watch” by Rembrandt, and thus he chose to use the technique, Chiaroscuro, to emphasis the moods he portrayed in his paintings. While using the darkest colors to shade everything that was shaded from the light, he used bright colors to emphasis the areas that the view should have focused on. Hills, South Truro is a explanatory title, a painting of the Hills of South Truro. The scene is of a single house surrounded by trees looking out over a barren hillside. The shading is dramatic and makes the world look cold and unwelcoming, but there are bright patches over the hills that could be described as warm and …show more content…
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Surrealism started as a Cultural movement in the 1920’s. It began with writings as well as visual artworks and was a way to express dreams imagination. There was no control on Surrealism and left artist to create art how they feel. Surrealism had similarities to Dadaism such as its anti-rationalist view. Surrealism was founded by Andre Breton, in Paris, 1924 after he created a manifesto of the art movement, the manifesto describes surrealism as “Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express…absence of any control…exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern” which puts emphasis on the ‘dream’ aspect of the movement. The manifesto states the importance of inspiration based of dream. The manifesto includes many pieces
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The arts often shed light on a nation’s esprit de corps. If an artist’s work reflects the emotion of the consumer, the work will be more attractive and connective. Artists may also personally believe in the ideas presented by their work, rather than catering to an audience. For example, Ludwig Meidner was a painter in pre-WWI Germany who painted serene pieces early in his career as technological advancements were aimed to improve the quality of life of the citizen. However, as Germany became intertwined in alliances and war seemed inevitable, Meider’s paintings became increasingly apocalyptic. His work reflected the stress of the people and the fear of impending doom. Generally, the American people did not approve of the government’s actions
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Norman Rockwell is best known for his depictions of dail life of a rural America. Rockwell’s goals in art revolved around his desire to create an ideal America. He said “ I paint life as I would like it to be.”
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Salvador Dali is a master of the art of surrealism and perhaps the world’s greatest Spanish artist. He is well known for his extraordinary bizarre paintings, where he depicts dream worlds that is illogical and irrational. One of Dali’s famous work is The Persistence of Memory, this painting explored the ideas about dreams, fantasies and fears. Most of the Dali’s painting is about his experience and his interests. Sigmund Freud was a big influence to Dali, He was fascinated about his psychoanalysis theories, it inspired him to develop a technique called paranoiac critical method where creating a work of art, it uses an active process of the mind to visualize images in the work and combine these into the final product (Wikipedia). In the early stages of Dali’s career most of his works are created on his hometown of Figueres, Spain on the rocky coastline of the Cadaques here
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Since the 7th grade, I have been a huge fan of the famous French-inspired realist and expressionist, Edvard Munch. His work is so full of passion and pain as well as shock and sadness. By gazing into the gloriously deep world of emotion he created, art lovers both young and old are amazed and drawn in.
In the mid 1800’s realism was developed as a style of painting to replicate the world as it was seen in a traditional artistic style. This allowed for a new style of art to be created that was based of a real moment or scene but to forget the traditional artistic laws such as distinct lines and forms. Approaching art from this impressionistic view Monet’s painted “Impression, Sunrise” bringing to life a natural scene of a hazy harbor using quick, short brush strokes and defining uses of color and natural light. Van Gough’s “Starry Night” uses similar impressionistic styles to paint a natural scene using vibrant contrasting colors, yet he embellishes the scene to create art that in not merely a landscape but a piece of self expression and shifted
The nineteen sixties, seventies, and eighties were periods of self righteousness and discovery. With many new styles and beliefs arising during those eras, Warhol’s imagination would begin to produce ideas that were unheard of but revolutionary at the same time. American values were altered and so Warhol saw a chance to highlight how easily people are influenced by the media and pop culture. He used many aspects of the new cultural society to create his artwork.
Edward Hopper was a realist and his subjects were drawn from real life situations. This art is naturalistic because it has recognizable objects that imitate nature and three-dimensional space, like the diner, customers in the diner, and other buildings in the background. The
Abstract Expressionism is considered a triumph in American Painting. It is still the most discussed and debated form of twentieth century American art, and still influences generations of artists. It used the cultural references of the tragic, the unconscious, the sublime and the primitive to create a unique and evocative style of painting that was unique in the art world.
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