Art Design, History, and Movements by Owen Borville January 14, 2023
Art is a method of expression of ideas in graphic or symbolic form. Throughout history, art has helped spread messages, including cultural, political, and religious messages. While much of art history has been religious in nature, secular forms of art developed in most cultures around the world. Ancient art helps us discover our true history.
Painting has been done on stone, paper, and canvas, along with ceramics throughout history and these are types of art. Drawing has been done on paper, stone, and other materials throughout history are types of art. Sculpture of ceramic material, metal, or wood carving are types of art and have been seen throughout history. Photography, Dance, Theater, and Cinema are types of art and have been throughout history.
Architecture styles of buildings and man-made structures have appeared throughout history from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Art themes of human expression, religion, stories, history, nature, politics, life, fantasy, conflict, adversity, travel, science, architecture, portrait, figure, and concept help express ideas in graphical form.
Art Movements involve how new styles of art were able to share messages and ideas to the world and help explain the thought of a particular culture throughout history from Noah's time 4,500 years ago to present.
Art Around the World from the Ancient to the Present--------------------------
Asian Art includes Mesopotamian, Canaanite, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Persian, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, and Indonesian art.
Origami (折り紙) is the Japanese art of paper folding. The word “origami” comes from two Japanese characters: “ori” (折), meaning “to fold,” and “kami” (紙), meaning “paper.” In modern usage, “origami” refers to the practice of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures, regardless of its cultural origin1. It’s a delightful and meditative craft that allows you to create intricate designs using just a single sheet of paper. Origami dates back 2,000 years and is an export from China in the 1st century, after paper was invented. Cai Lun is traditionally credited as the inventor of origami. As the quality of paper available for origami improved, the quality of the origami works improved.
African Art includes Egyptian, Moroccan, West African, Ethiopian, and South African art.
Australian Art includes Aboriginal, Maori, British Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Islander art.
European Art includes Bronze Age Minoan, Mycenae, Greek, Roman, French, English, Irish, Spanish, Portuguese, Viking, German, Dutch, Anglican, Slavic, Ottoman art.
Native American Art includes North American, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, Spanish, and Portuguese art.
Medieval Art (Middle Ages 300-1500 A.D.)---------------------------
Gothic Art included 12th-16th century Medieval Europe classical art architecture stained glass, pointed arches, rib vaults, flying buttresses, and ornate decoration.
Renaissance Art of 16th Century ------------------------------------
Renaissance Art included 16th century, revival of classical Greek-Roman art, humanism, illusionistic, depth, naturalistic realism, human beauty and nature.
Biblical themes and figures were often expressed in art paintings and scultures.
Mannerism Art includes 1520 late Renaissance art, idealized, distorted human forms, staged, awkward, and exaggerated poses.
17th to 18th Century Art--------------------------------------------
Naturalism is 17th century realist art, focused on reality of subject matter, humans outdoors, and rural scenes.
Baroque Art is 17th century art focused on dramatic, exaggerated, clear, detailed, dramatic, and colorful art.
Rococo style art is focused on 1730's, light, elegant, elaborate, curving natural forms in ornamentation and pastel colors.
Classicism is focused on 17th century Greco Roman, simplistic, proportional, clear, perfectionist, and non-emotional art.
Neoclassicism is the 1780's revival of classicism art.
19th Century Art-----------------------------------------------------
Romanticism is focused on art of the 1800's, emotional feelings, moods, spiritual, imagination, and mystery. Thomas Cole (1801–1848) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. He is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. Cole’s works are characterized by romantic landscapes and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, he infused his art with a strong American sensibility. His paintings often depict small figures or structures set against moody and evocative natural landscapes, framing the New World as a natural Eden in contrast to the smog-filled cityscapes of Industrial Revolution-era Britain where he grew up.
The Hudson River School was one of America's first art movements and emerged around 1850 under the influence of the English émigré Thomas Cole (1801–1848) and flourished until about the time of the Centennial. This mid-19th-century American art movement was embodied by a group of landscape painters whose vision was deeply influenced by Romanticism style art. Their paintings initially depicted the Hudson River Valley areas, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains. Later works included other locations in New England, the Maritimes, the American West, and South America.
Impressionist art is focused on the late 1800's France and features modern, quick, bright, relative, outdoor, clear art.
Neo-Impressionism art style of 1886 is a method of applying individual strokes of complementary and contrasting colors; and is a more systematic approach to art
Tonalism in art is the 1880's focus on landscape forms of colored atmosphere or mist to express feeling.
Pointillism in art is the style developed in 1886 and features small, distinct dots of color applied in patterns to form an image.
Symbolism is art of the late 19th century, focusing on emotional, sentimental ideas, subjective and non-realist images of humans, animals, and landscapes with deep symbolic meanings.
Modern Art was featured from 1860 to 1970 and focuses on the nontraditional experimental concepts.
Modernist Art is 19th and 20th century non-traditional art.
Post Impressionist is late 19th century French reaction to Impressionism, and featured vivid colors, and thick emotion over realism.
Art Nouveau is art featured in 1890 to 1910, and focused on the natural world with long sinuous organic lines, international, asymmetrical, curves, mosaic, and stained glass.
20th Century Art----------------------------------------------------------------
De Stijl (Style) of the 20th century, specifically 1917 Dutch abstract art strict geometry of horizontals and vertical lines with right angle intersections using primary non-intersecting colors.
Ashcan Art featured 19th-20th century scenes of daily life in New York, urban realist, and cosmopolitan art.
Cubism Art featured 20th century European, flat, two-dimensional, non-natural, abstract, and modern art.
Expressionist Art is 20th century art focused on swirling, swaying, exaggerated brushstrokes, jagged, distorted lines, rough, rapid, jarring, crowded, agitated, instability, emotionally charged, mood evoking feelings.
Art Deco is focused on 1920-1930's sleek geometric forms smooth lines streamlined using man made materials.
Precisionism art of the 1920’s focused on smooth, sharp cityscapes, clarity, industrial, impersonal, and no people.
Abstract Expressionist is 20th century, free, spontaneous art featuring emotional expression.
Pop Art featured mid-20th century, non-traditional imagery from pop-culture.
Orphism featured 20th century abstract art focusing on light and color, geometric shapes, and derived from Cubism.
Surrealism in art focused on 20th century intense, irrational, reality, dreamlike, and bizarre styles.
Fauvism in art is 20th century style focused on bold, vibrant colors, creating a sense of explosion.
Realism Art focused on accurate, detailed image representation of everyday life, photography, and 19th century art.
Futurism is 20th century Italian art, featuring dynamic energy of the modern world.
Contemporary art is focused on the art of today from 1950 to the present.
Land Art focused on 1960’s man made structures and sculptures on natural landscapes.
Post-Modern art is the 1960’s reaction against modernism, using randomness, playful, fragmented, metafiction, and rejection of traditional values in art and rejection of conservative political views.
Minimalist art is simplistic abstract art, geometric, colorful, 1960s, orderly, and harmonic.
Neo-Expressionism is 1970’s art featuring recognizable objects depicted in raw and brutish manner, intense expressions, and vivid colors.
Conceptual art is 20th century art where the concept or idea is more important than the traditional art or finished art object.
Constructivism is 20th century abstract art, modern, industrial, and urban space design.
Suprematism is 20th century art focused on the geometric, limited colors, abstract, and pure artistic feelings.
OpArt is art of the 1960's with optical illusions, abstract, black and white, flashing, and featuring moving images.
The Performing Arts----------------------------------------------------------------
includes live actors, dance, theater can be used to recreate epic literature.
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Art is a method of expression of ideas in graphic or symbolic form. Throughout history, art has helped spread messages, including cultural, political, and religious messages. While much of art history has been religious in nature, secular forms of art developed in most cultures around the world. Ancient art helps us discover our true history.
Painting has been done on stone, paper, and canvas, along with ceramics throughout history and these are types of art. Drawing has been done on paper, stone, and other materials throughout history are types of art. Sculpture of ceramic material, metal, or wood carving are types of art and have been seen throughout history. Photography, Dance, Theater, and Cinema are types of art and have been throughout history.
Architecture styles of buildings and man-made structures have appeared throughout history from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Art themes of human expression, religion, stories, history, nature, politics, life, fantasy, conflict, adversity, travel, science, architecture, portrait, figure, and concept help express ideas in graphical form.
Art Movements involve how new styles of art were able to share messages and ideas to the world and help explain the thought of a particular culture throughout history from Noah's time 4,500 years ago to present.
Art Around the World from the Ancient to the Present--------------------------
Asian Art includes Mesopotamian, Canaanite, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Persian, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, and Indonesian art.
Origami (折り紙) is the Japanese art of paper folding. The word “origami” comes from two Japanese characters: “ori” (折), meaning “to fold,” and “kami” (紙), meaning “paper.” In modern usage, “origami” refers to the practice of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures, regardless of its cultural origin1. It’s a delightful and meditative craft that allows you to create intricate designs using just a single sheet of paper. Origami dates back 2,000 years and is an export from China in the 1st century, after paper was invented. Cai Lun is traditionally credited as the inventor of origami. As the quality of paper available for origami improved, the quality of the origami works improved.
African Art includes Egyptian, Moroccan, West African, Ethiopian, and South African art.
Australian Art includes Aboriginal, Maori, British Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Islander art.
European Art includes Bronze Age Minoan, Mycenae, Greek, Roman, French, English, Irish, Spanish, Portuguese, Viking, German, Dutch, Anglican, Slavic, Ottoman art.
Native American Art includes North American, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, Spanish, and Portuguese art.
Medieval Art (Middle Ages 300-1500 A.D.)---------------------------
Gothic Art included 12th-16th century Medieval Europe classical art architecture stained glass, pointed arches, rib vaults, flying buttresses, and ornate decoration.
Renaissance Art of 16th Century ------------------------------------
Renaissance Art included 16th century, revival of classical Greek-Roman art, humanism, illusionistic, depth, naturalistic realism, human beauty and nature.
Biblical themes and figures were often expressed in art paintings and scultures.
Mannerism Art includes 1520 late Renaissance art, idealized, distorted human forms, staged, awkward, and exaggerated poses.
17th to 18th Century Art--------------------------------------------
Naturalism is 17th century realist art, focused on reality of subject matter, humans outdoors, and rural scenes.
Baroque Art is 17th century art focused on dramatic, exaggerated, clear, detailed, dramatic, and colorful art.
Rococo style art is focused on 1730's, light, elegant, elaborate, curving natural forms in ornamentation and pastel colors.
Classicism is focused on 17th century Greco Roman, simplistic, proportional, clear, perfectionist, and non-emotional art.
Neoclassicism is the 1780's revival of classicism art.
19th Century Art-----------------------------------------------------
Romanticism is focused on art of the 1800's, emotional feelings, moods, spiritual, imagination, and mystery. Thomas Cole (1801–1848) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. He is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. Cole’s works are characterized by romantic landscapes and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, he infused his art with a strong American sensibility. His paintings often depict small figures or structures set against moody and evocative natural landscapes, framing the New World as a natural Eden in contrast to the smog-filled cityscapes of Industrial Revolution-era Britain where he grew up.
The Hudson River School was one of America's first art movements and emerged around 1850 under the influence of the English émigré Thomas Cole (1801–1848) and flourished until about the time of the Centennial. This mid-19th-century American art movement was embodied by a group of landscape painters whose vision was deeply influenced by Romanticism style art. Their paintings initially depicted the Hudson River Valley areas, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains. Later works included other locations in New England, the Maritimes, the American West, and South America.
Impressionist art is focused on the late 1800's France and features modern, quick, bright, relative, outdoor, clear art.
Neo-Impressionism art style of 1886 is a method of applying individual strokes of complementary and contrasting colors; and is a more systematic approach to art
Tonalism in art is the 1880's focus on landscape forms of colored atmosphere or mist to express feeling.
Pointillism in art is the style developed in 1886 and features small, distinct dots of color applied in patterns to form an image.
Symbolism is art of the late 19th century, focusing on emotional, sentimental ideas, subjective and non-realist images of humans, animals, and landscapes with deep symbolic meanings.
Modern Art was featured from 1860 to 1970 and focuses on the nontraditional experimental concepts.
Modernist Art is 19th and 20th century non-traditional art.
Post Impressionist is late 19th century French reaction to Impressionism, and featured vivid colors, and thick emotion over realism.
Art Nouveau is art featured in 1890 to 1910, and focused on the natural world with long sinuous organic lines, international, asymmetrical, curves, mosaic, and stained glass.
20th Century Art----------------------------------------------------------------
De Stijl (Style) of the 20th century, specifically 1917 Dutch abstract art strict geometry of horizontals and vertical lines with right angle intersections using primary non-intersecting colors.
Ashcan Art featured 19th-20th century scenes of daily life in New York, urban realist, and cosmopolitan art.
Cubism Art featured 20th century European, flat, two-dimensional, non-natural, abstract, and modern art.
Expressionist Art is 20th century art focused on swirling, swaying, exaggerated brushstrokes, jagged, distorted lines, rough, rapid, jarring, crowded, agitated, instability, emotionally charged, mood evoking feelings.
Art Deco is focused on 1920-1930's sleek geometric forms smooth lines streamlined using man made materials.
Precisionism art of the 1920’s focused on smooth, sharp cityscapes, clarity, industrial, impersonal, and no people.
Abstract Expressionist is 20th century, free, spontaneous art featuring emotional expression.
Pop Art featured mid-20th century, non-traditional imagery from pop-culture.
Orphism featured 20th century abstract art focusing on light and color, geometric shapes, and derived from Cubism.
Surrealism in art focused on 20th century intense, irrational, reality, dreamlike, and bizarre styles.
Fauvism in art is 20th century style focused on bold, vibrant colors, creating a sense of explosion.
Realism Art focused on accurate, detailed image representation of everyday life, photography, and 19th century art.
Futurism is 20th century Italian art, featuring dynamic energy of the modern world.
Contemporary art is focused on the art of today from 1950 to the present.
Land Art focused on 1960’s man made structures and sculptures on natural landscapes.
Post-Modern art is the 1960’s reaction against modernism, using randomness, playful, fragmented, metafiction, and rejection of traditional values in art and rejection of conservative political views.
Minimalist art is simplistic abstract art, geometric, colorful, 1960s, orderly, and harmonic.
Neo-Expressionism is 1970’s art featuring recognizable objects depicted in raw and brutish manner, intense expressions, and vivid colors.
Conceptual art is 20th century art where the concept or idea is more important than the traditional art or finished art object.
Constructivism is 20th century abstract art, modern, industrial, and urban space design.
Suprematism is 20th century art focused on the geometric, limited colors, abstract, and pure artistic feelings.
OpArt is art of the 1960's with optical illusions, abstract, black and white, flashing, and featuring moving images.
The Performing Arts----------------------------------------------------------------
includes live actors, dance, theater can be used to recreate epic literature.
New Year's Day Celebrations Around the World
Nowruz Persian New Year