Essays on Famous Artists

Greece culture dates back to ancient times and has an enormous heritage to be saved and protected. Though, everything is changing and developing, so that the Greece culture has to keep up with times as well. As for me, the majority cannot imagine their lives without music. That is why the alterations of Greece music attracted me. Everything started from the songs that were declaring the historical feats and people’s lives. As the time passed, the music was developing and Greeks have invented their national instrument bouzouki which is still being used. In the year 1922 such style ...

The word “modern” at first appeared long time ago – in 1585 and its meaning in Late Latin was “just now”. In English language the term modern had almost a similar meaning – “existing now”. There are two terms that relate to modern: modernism and modernity. Though they seem to be the same while derived from one term, it is though necessary to point out a definition of each of them and tell about their differences. Modernity, also known as modernization, can be defined as a process of social and economic development, involving the rising of industry, urbanization, technology and bureaucratic ...

Artist of OP Art

Artist of OP Art

Introduction

Op art refers to the artwork that involves the paintings and sculptures based upon illusion. It is described as an “Optical Art” that revolves around movements and directly attacks an eye. It uses optics and by having an immense use of disorientating and optical effects, the paintings are finalized by using brilliant colors, geometrical shapes, and different patterns. OP art is mainly an abstract art in which forms, lines, and space play a major role of bringing out a painting of ambiguous nature. In other and simple words, an op art is an illusion of movement meaning ...

Introduction

Henry Matisse is one of the famous French artist, particularly known for the unique use of color and fluid as well as unique draughtsmanship. Although he was essentially as a painter, he was he also ventured into printmaking, draughtsmanship, as well as sculpting (Sayre, 18). Furthermore, together with Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso, are considered as the three main artists who engineered in the revolutionary developments with the plastic arts segment in the 20th century. In the early stages of his career, Matisse was branded a Fauve (wild beast), but was later on appreciated for defending the cultural traditions in French ...

The Renaissance period began in the middle of the destruction of the Black Death, where the most effected part in Europe was Italy. During the Renaissance Period art, literature, and the human living was boosted and given much significance. Renaissance brought extreme change more in Italy, than other areas of Europe. Dramatic changes were found in the renewal of classical art and literature. The entire Renaissance era can be divided into three phases: first from 1350 to 1400 where historical texts were discovered and a new approach was given to art, second phase from 1400 to 1500 which brought development ...