masses, and even independent artists often chose to direct their
work and its message at the general public.
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mass/masses - Shapes or forms used in visual art, as contrasted with lines; also masses often form the large part(s) of the compositional structure, without the additional complexity of detail.
China, Masses of the People March in support of the revolution, holding the red flag and the red book of Mao's writings, poster, Burke Museum, U of WA, Seattle.
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Out of different masses, tight, heavy, middling-indicated by variations of size or color-directional line-vectors which represent speeds, velocities, accelerations, forces, etc. . . .
circumstance in itself should not lead one to conclusions about the social role of painting, it does constitute a serious threat as soon as painting, under special conditions and, as it were, against its nature, is confronted directly by the masses.
The impoverished French masses were tired of supporting an ineffectual monarchy and self-serving nobility. Europe was torn asunder by the French Revolution and later the Napoleonic Wars. The world was in transition.
Some of Sloan's most successful work would always be in black and white, whether etchings done for their own sake or illustrations for The Masses, ...
But the number and military efficiency of their enemies increased, and since Great Britain commanded the sea and the United States supported them more and more lavishly, the Entente armies had at their disposition vast masses of arms and munitions ...
The former sought to bring socialist principles to bear on the arts by including the more commonplace crafts of the masses within the realm of the arts, while the modernists sought to keep artistic endeavour exclusive, esoteric, and elitist.
William Merritt Chase, who founded one of the first outdoor painting schools in 1878 in New York and his student, Charles Hawthorne who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in1899, espoused painting the changing effects of light with masses of color ...
The idea was that being convex it would reduce the scene and by being blackened it would only reflect the main masses of the subject.
From the earliest times, the idea of the Trinity was controversial and difficult to understand, especially for the uneducated masses.
The figures have less energy and their forms are less articulate, the torsos tending to be single fleshy masses without waistlines.
Followers of the Bauhaus style believed that elegantly designed items could be made for the masses using techniques and materials now industrially available.
The goal was to make fine art available to the 'masses', people who could not afford originals. Executives of 50 department stores agreed to display and sell prints for five dollar each.
The planned organization of lines, shapes, masses, colors, textures, and space in a work of art. In two-dimensional art, often called composition. The process and result of creating and structuring a visual plan or form.
The overall silhouettes of Cressent's furniture flow in fluid, sculptural masses. The gilt-bronze mounts, such as the four female busts emerging gracefully from this table's corners, reveal the finest modeling and hand-finishing.
At this point Jehovah's Witnesses have documented in their archives the names of over 12,000 persecuted Witnesses and have found that among the masses of humanity who passed through the gates of Nazi prisons and concentration camps were over 10, ...
Chantry chapel : A sub-chapel set aside for chanting of masses, often sponsored through an endowment. Prayers in the Chantry chapel are generally dedicated to the donor.
Calendars, prayers, psalms and masses for certain holy days were commonly included. The pictures in this directory are from the calendar section of the Tres Riches Heures.
It has since proven useful in the study of ancient technology, particularly ceramics, because of its ability to enhance edge differences between masses rather than just documenting differences in radiodensity as does traditional x-radiography.
The planning, placement or arrangement of elements to form a work of art.i.e., the disposition of shapes, masses, areas of light and dark, etc.
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Form: individual shapes, volumes and their relationships: individual masses or groupings ...
Minimalism is a nonrepresentational style of art, usually severely restricted in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses. The style came to prominence in the late 1960s.
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A non-representational style of sculpture and painting restrictive in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses.
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Block: - A body of material for carving. The term is also applied to a piece of material for block printing, or to wood used to beat and consolidate large masses of clay. Return to top ...
Contemporary art is becoming increasingly more global, and is slowly breaking down the cultural barriers that separate the antiquated elitism of high art from the public forum of the masses.
Forms are visible in a pointillist painting only from a distance, when the viewer's eye blends the colors to create visual masses and outlines.
Madly playful, luscious and gleaming, Koons’ EasyFun-Ethereal series explores the nature of art in a media-saturated era. Jeff Koons intends to ‘communicate with the masses.’ ...
Arnolfo favoured squared forms with heavy, clearly defined masses, so much so that his sculpture seems to recapture the powerful quality of ancient Etruscan realism.
The idea behind the Bauhaus style was based on simplified forms and unadorned functionalism. Followers of the Bauhaus style believed that elegantly designed items could be made for the masses using techniques and materials now industrially available.
Productivist Movement.
Derived from Vladimir Tatlin's 1920 manifesto, in which he advocated "production art" that would take into account new technological and industrial techniques and the skills of engineers to produce an art for the masses.
is attributed to the work of a group of artists led by William Morris known as the Arts and Crafts Movement whose political aim was to value all art forms. The movement was at odds with modernists who wished to keep high arts from the masses by ...
This art movement came from interest in celebrating the democratic ideals of America by promoting subject-matter accessible to the masses. A related trend was the growth of interest in creating prints for mass distribution.
Four years later he introduced the box camera, and photography could now reach a much greater number of people. With his slogan "You press the button, we do the rest" he brought photography to the masses.
minimalism - art style in which few elements are used to portray the artist's subject, idea or emotion, often consisting of simple shapes or masses *
mixed media - an artwork made with two or more different types of materials *
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