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The Pop Art Movement
Pop Art, born slightly after the Abstract Expressionist movement, is seen by many as both a reaction and an expansion on the ideas which that movement was presenting. The idea of Pop Art is one which seeks to challenge traditional approaches to art. The definition of Pop Art maintains...
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Vincent Van Gogh – Most Important Post-Impressionist
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most relevant and probably the most famous artist of Post Impressionism Era. He was an artist of great influence in areas such as expressionism, fauvism and abstract art. He was raised in a cultured Holland home that was very religious as his...
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Freud and Art
Sigmund Freud is perhaps one of the most famous thinkers of the 20th Century. He made huge strides both in psychology and philosophy, birthing what became the psychoanalytic movement. He made some groundbreaking and controversial ideas regarding the subconscious and the desires that it can communicate through dreams, psychoanalytic discussions,...
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Caravaggio – Most influential painter from Baroque
I believe that one of the most influential, if not the most influential painter of the Baroque period was Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, although his artistic career did not last more than ten years. This was a man with a great gift, but he was consumed by anger and as...
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20 Reasons Why Art is Important for Children
Via the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland
This article shows all of the benefits associated with children learning art while they are young and the impact it has on their lives.
Art stimulates both sides of the brain.
33% of kids are visual learners.
There are studies that show that kids, who make...
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Andy Warhol
One of the most influential artists of the pop art movement during the 1960s, Andy Warhol is a name which is known to many, although perhaps they don’t exactly know why. Arguably most famous for his quote that, “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes,” Andy Warhol...
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What Influenced the Baroque Movement?
There are many things that inspired the Baroque artists. This period was man’s first “modern age” of art, so there was a certain freedom that these artists had to express themselves, and this freedom had really never existed prior to this time. Artists were now able to express their emotions,...
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Pop Art Portraits
Pop Art is an interesting way of looking at something which usually already exists in some capacity and taking something entirely new from it. The medium can use paintings or photography which has been manipulated and through this, make the public view the image in some way they had never...
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Renaissance Architecture
The Renaissance was a time throughout Europe where attention was once more paid to the classic aesthetics of Ancient Greece and Rome and suddenly artists of all types desired to emulate these features. These aesthetic appeals influenced both painting, sculpture, and even architecture. While much of the influence of Ancient...
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Civilization and Art
Art will spring up in any culture and the society which represses those artists is not a stable one. It is through those works of art that a society is able to accurately determine the state of its citizens and have a view of themselves. Art will naturally grow anywhere...
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