Futurism 1909- Late 1920’s Major Event- first road for automobiles 5. Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) 1911-1914 Major Event- Sinking of the Titanic 6. Dadaism 1916-1924 Major Event- World War I 7. Art Deco 1925- 1940 Major Event-The first modern winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France 8. Abstract Expressionism 1947-1965 Major Event- World War II 9. Pop Art 1958-1970 Major Event- War In Korea 10. Op Art 1964-1970 Major Event- Earthquake in Peru Some of my favorite movements
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think that edition of Armory Show had a lasting effect on the arts? Why or why not? The 1913 Armory Show was an International Exhibition of Modern Art organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors to display an amalgamation of independent and unregulated art work. The 1913 Armory Show is known to be the first large exhibition of modern art in America -- boasting a significant number of paintings, sculptures, and decorative work done by some 300 plus European and American artists
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1. What is Modern Art? What does it mean to you? Though it would be difficult to decide the starting point, generally modern art movement is regarded to have started since the twentieth century. Before that, art was primarily concentrated on ‘painting,’ which carries out the role of depicting the real world. So, for instance, an artist was considered to be a good painter if his drawing had resembled an object or landscape like that of photography. With the advent of photography
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Abstract Expressionism developed after the end of World War II. Due to the outrage, desperation of the post war along with alienation and loss of faith led artist to explore different kinds of art. Hence, abstract expressionism began in New York in the 1940's -1950's as a sign of rebellion. The two modes of this new form of art in the United States are Action Painting and Color Field Painting. Action painters wanted to portray paint texture and the movement of the artist hand by dripping and
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Discuss the main ideas and their presentation in ‘The Turnip Snedder’ The Turnip Snedder by Heaney presents four main ideas, including Heaney himself justifying act of violence, Heaney’s thinking about peace, war with its affect to modern word and remembering the past. Heaney associated manually driven turnip-crushing machine with these three themes perfectly in The Tunip Snedder. Heaneay mainly use description, allution, sarcasm and contrastion to convey themes to readers. Following passage will
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February 2014 Tourism sector in Amsterdam continues to grow Amsterdam continues to attract tourists despite the economic crisis. Between January and Oktober 2013 the number of nights spent in hotels in the Dutch capital rose by 7% compared to 2012. The growth largely came from domestic arrivals, and is higher than the national figure (2%). In 2012 Amsterdam saw 10.6 million bed nights. The number of bed nights in 2013 is expected to be more than 11 million. The milestone of 10 million
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The Performing Arts and Inspiration Laura Rubio Arts/100 December 21, 2015 Kristin Hunt The Performing Arts and Inspiration There are many ways that someone can express their thoughts and feelings. There are different ways that this can be done like through theater, painting, dance and music. With these types of art history can be recorded, to make statements, or be done for simple enjoyment. I will discuss two styles of dance. Ballet origins trace back to the Italian Renaissance when it was
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Megan Semulka Modern Art in London 18 November 2015 How has the representation of women and female identity changed over the course of modern and contemporary art? Women have always been a common subject of art not only created by male artists, but female artists as well. In the late 1960s, the feminist art movement emerged following the women’s suffrage movement. The art during this era included works that obviously dealt with the female body even if the artists did not fully establish
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I wanted to discuss the history of the table tennis paddle. When given this assignment, I instantly wanted to do some research on what the table tennis paddle used to look like, the material that it was made out of and etc. To begin with, I read that the table tennis paddle originally was developed in the late 1800’s and did not change until the early 1900’s. The first table tennis paddle was called the “banjo racket” because of its looks and it also was constructed like a small drum, and made a
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adequate treatment is hardly possible. （我必须追溯到至少700年前，然后从故事的最初追踪到近代，这时故事庞大的分支使得充分地记录每一件事情变得几乎难以实现。）I am aware too that most readers will take less pleasure in my account of how Rome began and in her early history; they will wish to hurry on to more modern times and read of the period, already a long one, in which the might of an imperial people is beginning to work its own ruin. （我知道大多数的读者对罗马创建时期和它早期的历史没有兴趣，他们更愿意快速地阅读更多现代的历史，以及那些帝王统治时代的人们自我毁灭的历史。）My own
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