All About Art for Art’s Sake
Art for Art’s Sake Simplified Art for the sake of art, a phrase derived from the French l’art pour l’art, was created by the French…
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All About Dada
Dada Simplified Dada was an art movement that arose in Zurich during World War I as a reaction to the war’s atrocities and stupidity. Dadaist…
All About Expressionism
Expressionism Simplified Expressionism is a twentieth-century art and culture trend. The art aims to elicit an emotional response and to convey personal feelings and thoughts.…
What’s The Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art
(Skip to Bullet Pointed (Summarised)) In order to fully understand the difference between modern art and contemporary art, it is vital to relate the narrative…
All About Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism Simplified In the 1940s and 1950s, American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning produced new kinds of abstract…
All About The High Renaissance
High Renaissance Simplified The phrase “High Renaissance” refers to an era of artistic creation that art historians consider to be the apex, or pinnacle, of…
All About Pop Art
Pop Art Simplified Pop art is an art trend that began in the mid-to late-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. By using…
All About Romanticism
Romanticism Simplified Romanticism’s central notion is that reason alone cannot explain everything. Romantics sought deeper, often subliminal appeals in response to the Enlightenment’s worship of…
A Quick Summary of Realism
Realism was the first modern movement in art that rejected traditional forms of art and literature. It was initiated in France in the 1840s and…
“Prostitutes by the Seine, lesbianism and the Origin of the World
Gustave Courbet, ‘The Woman in the Waves’ Realism school Painted in 1868, oil on canvas. Dimensions:65.4 cm x 54 cm Alexandre Cabanel, ‘The Birth of…
