many artists turned to surrealism as a way to express the world’s state of crisis. However, as the movement grew, it eventually broke off into smaller factions. Breton and many of his followers believed more and more in creating art that was inherently political...
What happened to Frida Kahlo when she was 18? Why is the Mona Lisa considered a great work of art? Where are Frida Kahlo's original paintings? What are the characteristics of Surrealism? How did Salvador Dali influence Surrealism? What influence did Edouard Manet have on visual arts? Why di...
Nearly seven years into the 21st century and there is no one recognized “art movement” for this new age. The 20th century saw many attempts at changing the status quo, and shaking the art world loose: perhaps beyond repair. Despite all the art movements of the 20th century, a few held...
What was accomplished was that they got to know each other and, from that point forward, they could engage. That happened in New Haven and that happened in ‘77. For me, the result in ‘77 was great, because all those guys became my friends. I don’t have a...
In his first opening monologue after the Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel used the time to clear up what happened at last night’s Academy Awards. What really happened when the wrong movie was announced as best picture winner -- instead of “Moonlight” -- and how did the cel...
(New Objectivity) movement of the 1920s: German artists such as Otto Dix who often focused their unflattering, satirical style on grotesque subjects, especially the aftereffects of war. Another artist whom the director has cited as an inspiration, surprisingly, is Henri Matisse—not for the ...
State what happened in chapter 9 & 10 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. What is the main theme of Ira Sher's "The Man in the Well"? How can you connect this story to William Golding's ''Lord of the Flies''? Which of the novel's chapters in ''Robinson Crusoe'...
This isnota postmodernist painting, but it is good place to start anyway because it has beenusedin a postmodernist way. This is manifestly a Surrealist painting, and Surrealism is one of the avant-garde movements, one of theisms, that flourished alongside and within the modernist movement in ...
In his first opening monologue after the Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel used the time to clear up what happened at last night’s Academy Awards. What really happened when the wrong movie was announced as best picture winner -- instead of “Moonlight” -- and how did the c...
What is Surrealism? What subjects did artists paint as a response to the start of mass production? What is contemporary art and its history? What are the art history operations? What type of art is the Standard of Ur? What subject matter was the focus of Northern Song paintings? What is...