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…
Category: Art Movements
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…
Sexual Ambiguity of Meaning
Jacques Cancaret (French, 1876-1941) “Nu aux Colliers (Nude with a Necklace)” No biographical information available. A stretched-out nude figure cuts diagonally through the picture dominating…
Torture and Guilt
John Koch – The Sculptor, 1964, The original title was “Prometheus”, changed by the artist himself to “The Sculptor”, Brooklyn Museum. A deliciously lit sensuous…
F**k Picasso?
In the film, “Pollock”, starring Ed Harris, there is a poignant scene with a stumbling drunk JP crying out, “Fuck Picasso”. I love that part…
The Power of Paint Marks
“Woman in the Wind by the Sea” by Franz Marc, 1907 It is the magic of this rapid experimental period in the early part of…