Art Nouveau

Rodchenko brought with him abstraction conventions, line as a structural element and the innovation of art to having a practical application in everyday life. Starting in 1910 with the School of Arts in Kazan, Rodchenko first emerged with painting (Karginov 9). In terms of influences, Rodchenko had a diversity of movements, people and personalities alike. It was movements such as Art Nouveau and Futurism - from Russian avant-garde - that helped start his work in abstraction (Karginov 11-12). It…

After last semester when I went to see the Podiatrists I thought all my problems were going to disappear. When realizing that the cortisone shot did not work, I decided that I was not going to baby my injury any more. When walking into last semester I felt that I grew tremendously from the semester before and from my Italy dance experience. After my injury my technique went downhill fast. I thought that going to physical therapy was going to help me get back to where I need to be with my ankle.…

I choose this piece, because I enjoyed seen all the elements working in harmony. I also appreciate this art style because is made individually and none of them are exactly the same. Each piece of sheet glass is cut into a myriad of small pieces according to a master design pattern. The pieces are then edged with copper foil and operation that is crucial the strength and structure at the shade. 3. “Dragonfly” 1860-1945 by Rene Lalique a Frenc artist. This piece is a hair’s accessory with the…

According to Al Hirschfeld, “ Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” Art has changed increasingly, and it is still changing. In this essay, I will list some of the art movements in detail from the following time periods: 1860-1915, 1916-1960, and 1965-1975. The first time period we are going to look at is 1860-1915. Impressionism came first. Impressionism is when artists are very expressive, and they use movement, angles of vision, and light pretty often (Wikipedia).…

the world over. From a young age, Louis Comfort Tiffany aspired to create art. His career progressed and changed forms in many ways while he developed as a creator and designer. Tiffany created a prolific amount of design pieces. His innovation and designs brought him international acclaim. Louis Comfort Tiffany was a markedly successful American artist and designer; a true pioneer in the glassmaking industry and Art Nouveau movement. Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in New York City on February…

Popular culture, or Pop Art was a time when simple objects of everyday life were made into fine art, but more often Pop art is a statement on mass advertising and the customer culture after WWII. It also was a means to demonstrate against future conflicts as well. During the world’s recovery of WWII magazines and newspapers were full of advertisements of what to buy, and how the perfect house hold should look like. People tried to live above their means in order to fulfil what they thought they…

colour of a limeade (green) and cherry (red). The deer is the idea of how it shows the 2 different tastes you would get drinking it. The historical element is a good idea because most people know Greek art, so it doesn’t make you have no idea what is going on in the product. The reason tide chose this art is that it’s really sample and it looks like it’s with the times. The idea of it’s just being a target with the name of the product over the top of the target. The use of only three colours…

Dada was an anti-art movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland in the early 20th century in 1916 (Young). The term anti-art refers to a rebellion against the war and destruction that had happened years before. It started as a response to World War I and the nationalism that it is believed led to the war (Elza Adamowicz). It was influenced by other avant-garde movements such as Expressionism, Cubism and Futurism (Craft). The name Dada is known to have been selected at random from a dictionary,…

inspired by Art Nouveau & artists like Aubrey Beardsley. Later he became a Futurism & he absorted the work of Vladimir Tatlin & Suprematism of Kazimir Malevich. At the end of the decade, he begin to explore Constructivism. This study analysis into the aspect of illustration & sculptural art. Altogether to produce abstruct artworks to separate out the factores of each image: line, form, space, colour surface & texture. Contructivism began to support new target on the material aspect of art & its…

Museum of Fine Arts Visit My visit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) was a long one – however, the visit was still an exquisite one because some of the artwork that was there that caught my eyes. There were countless stunning and alluring artworks at the VMFA that I took pictures of in the collections I visited. I went to the American + European Design Collection (Art Deco and Art Nouveau), the African Art Collection, the East Asian Art Collection, and the South Asian Art Collection.…