Art Has The Power Of Transcend Life

Photography was an ideal medium with which to explore the payers of the unconscious mind. Modernist photographers experimented with double exposure and unusual new effects similar to those of visionary Surrealist painters and sculptors. A champion of the technique, Raoul Hausmann, called photomontage “the ‘alienation’ of photography”. By this, he implied that photomontage destroyed the role of photography as a medium of recreating physical reality. But the statement also suggests that by its dependence on fragmentation and dislocation, photomontage offered a visually and conceptually new image of the chaos of an age of war and revolution.

Realism is an artistic movement that got its starts in the mid 19th century France and gained major popularity worldwide in the early 20th century. Written in response to another much more popular genre of the time, Realism rejects the far-fetched storytelling and exaggerated emotionalism of Romanticism and favors the more practical aspects of life. Because Realism attempts to create a realistic interpretation of life, it often covers subjects such as illness, sorrow, and death. Realism is not limited to literature either, rational artist would strive for accurate depictions of the world around them, in hopes of capturing “reality” as opposed to the glorified

American art, and its countless mediums, evolved equally with the capitalist country. This is a visual medium and a form of self-expression, where an artists is free to turn a canvas into anything he or she would like. They are not bound by grammar, words or other aspects of written communication and could freely As the old saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words”; and in America, their work served as mirrors of the social and political climate. The many painters, architects, and photographers themselves could be considered the archivists that shaped the “all-American” identity.

This philosophical periodicity was lost in later times. Artistic genres now cut across one another, with a complexity that cannot be disentangled, and become traces of authentic or false searching for an aim that is no longer clearly and unequivocally given... (40-41)

Identified as one of the great American artists of the 20th century, Robert Rauschenberg was a profound individual with a curious mind for disruption. Known for his radical experiments, ranging materials and mediums, and efforts to explore the boundaries of what constitutes art, Rauschenberg was an artist interested in not just the outcome, but the process. His “Combines” in the early 1950s established his “Neo Dadaist” label as his works incorporated found objects and photographs, breaking down the barrier of sculpture and painting. His interest in avant-garde art and provoking methods caused a lot of stir during his lifetime. However, Rauschenberg diverged and literally erased critics precedent, and continued to pave the way for numerous movements and artist to come; changing the art market forever.

Art is one of the few things in the world that has a different criterion for everyone. Some prefer to judge the techniques and details within each piece, but some would rather judge the perplexity of the meaning behind each symbolism within an artwork. However, not all are divided by this fine line. Hap from “The Soul of Capitalism” would be a part of the third group of people, the ones that appreciate complicated techniques while looking behind the canvas to appreciate the meaning of an artwork. Comparatively, the Canadians from “When Canada Met Andy” had the same perspective as Hap. Although Hap will not favour or properly interpret Andy Warhol’s “Pop-Art”, he will be able to appreciate the work that Warhol put into his art.

When one compares Duchamp’s process of producing these objects to Koons, it is easy to view Koons as an adaptation of that theory, yet an adaptation that almost carelessly and haphazardly capitalizes on the art world’s increasingly confused worship of artists like Duchamp, Rauschenberg and Warhol. In observing this group of artists, we begin to see a neatly unfolding chronology that places Duchamp at the top whom subsequently influences Rauschenberg and Johns who then propagate the emergence of Warhol who then directly begets Koons. These artists both criticize and celebrate commercial culture making it the subject of their work. It is Koons however, who emerged to artistic prominence in an era of extreme media saturation, and therefore presents a body of work that capitalizes on commercial

While our dear world around us progressed, enhancing the industrial revelations of our time, our dear artists transgressed away from their masterful, life-like skill toward a more abstract, rudimentary version of their imagined reality. Blasphemy! Haussmann had developed a Parisian Paradise: order and stability concreted the cobbled paths in which we comfortably strolled along midst an afternoon in the epicenter of the beloved city. The new became newer, the old— forgotten, destroyed. Yet, the refinement of our current artists has diminished dramatically. Looking at Degas— a fine example of the deteriorating craftsmanship of our age— the crude brushstrokes and improper subjects juxtapose all advancements the current world has achieved! For

It is also set apart from romantic paintings by nature’s ‘indifference’. The artwork has a lack of sympathy for the viewer’s search for something to relate or connect to in the painting - which links to its function and purpose. Sea-Sea is are particularly significant work for being a sort of stepping stone for Richter. On one hand, we see how his background of being trained to paint in a traditionalist realistic painting style has influenced his photorealistic style, but on the other, his desire to move into a more expressive form of art - as the “discomfiting” element and the inhuman detachment of Sea-Sea

The Realism movement flourished in the mid-19th Century, beginning after the Revolution of 1848 in France and continuing with the struggle to implement a more democratic system of government. It was an attempt to reject the idealization of reality in art, instead its aim was to ‘give a truthful, objective and impartial representation of the real world, based on meticulous observation of contemporary life’ . One of the leading figures of the movement, Courbet, stunned his audience with his Realist painting of The Burial at Ornans (1849-1850; Musée d’Orsay, Paris), which is an oil on canvas with the large dimensions of 315 x 660 cm. This work, along with Millet’s controversial oil on canvas work The Gleaners (1857; Musée d’Orsay, Paris) – with smaller dimensions of 83.5 x 110 cm – is an

In our world, there are largely visible trends throughout many facets of our lives. Whether they occur in music, history, literature, or any other areas, these trends are a result of one movement reacting to the previous one. This reactionary movement can be equated to the swinging of a cultural pendulum; a movement which may be examined, and even predicted. In our society today that pendulum has swung from realism in literature to transrealism, and it is about to swing past towards hyperrealism.

Throughout the 20th century, women struggled to take their place as female artists. One artist who has become very well-known and admired for her bravery and talent is Frida Kahlo. Her art was greatly inspired by her indigenous Mexican culture, she brought bright colors and dramatic symbolism to her works. She primarily painted bold self-portraits, and brought her own personal experiences to life through her artwork. The life of Frida Kahlo is one of love, suffering, and talent.

May 22, 1813, Leipzig, Modern-Day Germany; a boy is born to a baker’s daughter and clerk. Unbeknownst to them, this boy would go on to challenge the very idea of musical, its relation to life, and its role as an art. Wagner will come into his age and our modern age defined as many things; racist, genius, poet, philosopher, politician, and musician. So what is Wagner, why should we care and how can someone who died before the turn of the 20th century have any impact on our lives? It really is quite the behemoth to tackle, trying to explain a man so indecipherably complicated as Wagner in a few pages is a daunting task for the best of us. But perhaps, just maybe,

Today, just the same as at the turn of the century, the wealthy are unaware of how truly destitute the working class is becoming, let alone the poverty stricken. Art, then and now, sheds light on the darkest corners of our nation that have been mostly unseen. Taking their lead from the first modern artists, people are demonstrating just how desperate times are through creative works.

Life for Edgar Allan Poe seems to help him build his literary creations of art, but contrary to that notion, Poe’s creations are what build his life. A complete mirror opposite of what has been theorized and proven. Think of this as the energy one puts out in to the world is the energy one will get back from the world. The death of loved ones, the scandals, and the brutal gossip mountains that encompass Poe’s life, help him to develop into a twisted mad man struggling to cope. Of course, there is no chance of Poe gaining his sanity back. The exploration route that will be taken will guide through the similarities of life and art with Poe’s fabulous creations such as Ligeia, The Pit and The Pendulum, and The Fall of The House of Usher.