Impressionism/post-impressionism
- I skipped many time periods and picked this one as the first one because it
was the first art form that rejected museum art in its entirety, and it was a
huge step for the arts/ post-impressionism was basically the same thing as
impressionism except the themes weren’t realistic, and I think that played a
very important role in the future of arts afterwards. If I had to pick an
artwork I’d pick starry night by Van Gogh.
Cubism.- not long after impressionism, cubism came along thanks to Picasso and Braque. I believe cubism impacted arts and culture today because it broke every single rule set by previous artists before Picasso. There’s no proportion, no perspective, no detail, impossible anatomy, no naturalism, no symmetry, etc. It set forward a series of events that shaped what the arts is all about today.
Abstract Expressionism.- between
pop art and abstract expressionism, I think abstraction is what really shaped art today. Abstraction is a way of self-expressing without any use of element.
It comes from within the artist, the way they threw the paint at the canvas
showed how they were feeling, and it was different every time. I consider it
the most creative and unique type of painting of all, it’s not easy as most
people think. Anyone could throw painting at a canvas, but can you make it look
good? I doubt it. Not only for painting, but sculptures too. In my opinion, abstraction
inspired Deconstructivism.
