Fascism and the arts
A major exhibition in Forlì exalts artistic works from the fascist era. But, anxious to document the work of little-known names, it has tragically forgotten the real geniuses of the Novecento movement
Henri Matisse
The remarkable career of Henri Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations (along with those of Pablo Picasso) fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters, spanned almost six and a half decades. His vast oeuvre encompassed painting, drawing, [...]
Impressionism: Art and Modernity
In 1874, a group of artists called the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. organized an exhibition in Paris that launched the movement called Impressionism. Its founding members included Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro, among others. The group was unified only by its independence from the official annual Salon, for which a [...]
Pop art- Short introduction
Art which is based on images of mass consumer culture. It is principally associated with the USA and Britain in the 1960s. The term originated in the discussions of the Independent Group c.1955. The originator of the phrase is disputed, but the British critic Lawrence Alloway later recalled ‘sometime between the winter of 1954–5 and [...]
Conceptual art
Here you can find some basics for understanding conceptual art. Well, about book about conceptual my recommendations are: Conceptual Art A&I (Art and Ideas) Conceptual Art (Themes and Movements) Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology A 1960s innovation prioritizing idea over execution. At its extreme, a conceptual art work may consist only of a brief written [...]
Video art
Term referring to art employing videotape as its medium. As a flexible technique, it encompasses a considerable range of styles, approaches, and intentions, as well as varied presentation formats. Like performance art, video art gives its practitioners the opportunity to exploit duration in combination with the spatial concerns that have always been at the heart [...]
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock Painter, printmaker, and occasional sculptor. The iconic abstract expressionist, he forged a singular style of great expressive power. Skeins of dripped, poured, and flung paint dominate his key all-over paintings of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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