Modern art is a unique creation all it\'s own, and since its beginnings, there have been two very distinct groups: the Formalists and the Avant-Garde. The Formalist group believes in the literal representation of the artwork. They value the form used, whether it be how the colors are stressed or th...

Our ancestors first sought to understand themselves and their surroundings through the invention of myths and the worshipping of gods. The Greeks, for example, created gods like Athena and Aries to explain the concept of wisdom and war respectively. I would like to think, contrary to common thought...

Assignment: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and/or art critics\' and/or art historians. Response: Artists\' practices over the years have been greatly influenced by the theories of art movements as well as their social, cultural, and historical context. Salvador Dal...

Summary The Dada/Surrealism movement is referred to as an anarchist movement against art, which at the time was considered another representation of bourgeois power. (Gombrich 593-594) "The Menaced Assassin' reflects two abiding preoccupations of the Surrealists," writes Gablik Magrit...

ART HISTORY ESSAY I DADaISMDadism is a multiple, anti-art movement resulting from the social and psychological dislocations of World War 1. As a movement Dadaism is important for freeing up artistic expression and forms, as well as for being a generating influence on surrealism. Throughout dada's hi...

Starting in an age of war and inhumanity, Dadaism is a pure reflection of artists\' feelings toward civilization during the early 20th century. In an act of protest, followers and artists of the Dadaism movement went against the normalcy of what was known as art and began to express their ideas sens...