In the artistic realm, the artist\'s thought process is morphologically transformed through the art materials and forms into signs, symbols, and imagery. Signs and symbols play a dominant role in 20th Century art; the artist used this medium as a language to portray intentions of varying differences...

The reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), experienced an emphasis on public righteousness and moral propriety. Victorian society was largely highlighted by the industrial revolution which had been rapidly transforming rural areas into industrialized landscapes. However, this development pushed the lo...

It is a very exciting time to be involved in art. The contemporary art world has exploded into a cacophony of \"anything-goes\" themes and ideas. This provides problems for standards and conventional schools of wisdom, but at the same time, it results in a more stimulating and enriching artistic c...

Edvard Munch was an influential Norwegian painter and printmaker whose evocative painting \"The Scream\" meant to imply existential anguish and fear. However, as mass production and technology have made advances the perspective placed in a post-modernistic setting when viewing the painting can be s...

The twentieth century brought WWI, Hitler, and the Great Depression to the world. It was a time of turmoil and out of turmoil comes change. The art world would also be turned upside down and forever changed. Fauves, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Fantasy, Dada, Surrealism, and early Abstract...