The movement I was assigned is Futurism which is a shift from traditional art to an energetic celebration of the machine age. The art portrayed movement and dynamics along with the vibrancy of different colors. Artists incorporated portrayals of urban landscapes as well as new technologies such as trains, cars, and airplanes into their depictions. Some notable artists of this movement are Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, and Gino Severini. This art movement was from 1909-1916 which is during WW1 and the beginning of the women's rights movement. WW1 was a war fought in Europe and it included England, France, and Russia against Germany, Austria-Hungry, and Ottoman Empire. It was a very big war and led to many conflicts between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. This war lasted from July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918, which is when this art movement was progressing. Another important event that occurred during this movement is the beginning of the women's rights movement which soon led to women's suffrage in 1919. Many people were working towards helping women gain the same rights as men in the United States which is a very big change.
Umberto Boccioni's Simultaneous Visions
1912
This period came right after my period of fauvism which was from 1905-1910. Both styles feature bright and bold colored paintings which was very different and surprising to the people of that time. Fauvism became less popular around 1910 because other styles similar to cubism that emphasized nature became more popular. Both styles are very interesting and abstract but fauvism is more "beast" like while futurism seems to have more order in terms of the shapes in the painting.
ReplyDeleteI like this art period a lot. My art period, impressionism, is different from yours because it uses loose brushstrokes to convey feelings of the artist instead of exact replicas of what they see. Our art periods are similar because the artists that used impressionism or futurism wanted to rebel from traditional ways of painting.
ReplyDeleteYour art movement was a lot earlier than mine. Both of are movements were affected by wars, a civil rights movement, and new innovations. Your art movement is very abstract and kind of dark, while mine is like an exact copy of the objects and very colorful.
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