1. Since France was one of the victors of WWI, their mindset revolved around rebuilding destruction back to wholeness, in contrast to the German losers’ mindset of coming to terms with the destruction they faced during the war. While French Purist art focused on the wholeness of objects and celebrated French manufacturing, German New Objectivity art focused on creating sympathy for WWI veterans and anger towards enemies. Although France was one of the victors of WWI, their army still suffered many casualties and many of their cities were destroyed from war.
2. French art refuses to directly look at the consequences of war and instead address it indirectly because the destruction of French cities was a sensitive topic after World War I. As
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A photograph of utensils and such on a table would not have a clear message and would instead leave the viewer to interpret their own message from the photograph. Unlike this photograph, a purist painting of the same objects would be manipulated in order to stress the wholeness and harmony of the painting. Many objects in Purist paintings are depicted as a collective group of objects in order to convey the importance of the collective over the individual. The objects are arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way, representing how well France will function if its people join together to help rebuild it after WWI. The fact that the colors and brushstrokes stay in the precisely defined lines also contributes to this sense of wholeness and harmony. Purist paintings use commonplace objects as subjects in still lifes in order to celebrate the success of French manufacturing and to indirectly address the issue of destruction of France from WWI. The Purist style intends to convey meaning by emphasizing the importance of individuals coming together in a collective effort to make France whole, just as the objects are …show more content…
These pictures convey the ideas of planning and reconstructing for the future through the use of axonometric drawing and the sense of individual brushstrokes that contribute to the painting’s uniformity as a whole. The use of axonometric drawing presents the objects as things that need to be produced by the French in order to function efficiently; this serves as a symbol of national pride by referring to France’s superior production compared to the Germans, and refers to how the French need to come together to rebuild their nation after the war. The individual brushstrokes that come together to form whole objects with uniform colors also contribute to the idea that the French need to unify to help their country recover from the devastation of war. In addition to that, the fact that Purist paintings intended the viewer to scan them like a machine reinforced the idea of individuals subordinating themselves to the
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles did not completely end World War One. Many people’s lives were influenced by the political, economic and psychological effects. The war also changed people’s hopes and spirits because they developed a feeling of disillusionment. They believed their governments did not know in any way how to serve the best interests of the people. The psychological effect of the war on people was huge. The loss of their loved ones on the battlefield was very disturbing to them. There were millions of people who died during this war. These people just had to accept reality and release the dreams they had for their families.
What’s your favorite song? Sweater Weather? Counting Stars? How about Royals? Although it has always had a place in humanity's cultures and hearts, music wasn’t always as bold, flashy, and prominent as it is in this day and age; it took time to gradually evolve into what we consider to be “popular”, and many believe that one street in New York City was the start of such a great American evolution. Tin Pan Alley, one street among hundreds, and a piece of tragically overlooked American History; dating back to the late 1880's to past World War II, Tin Pan Alley played a critical role in peoples lives and attitudes throughout the early part of the 20th century.
...rom the war unlike the countries who participated at the start. Many of the European countries lost a lot of power and started taking a passive attitude towards war, which weakened them to a great extent. A war so destructive costing millions of lives and billions of dollars. It brought forth many new technology of mass destruction and continued to contribute into new types of weapon development. New technology can be helpful and evil at the same time. Strategies and combat techniques were developed to maximize the potential of the weapons. These new ways of fighting only to come deadlier by the day. It deformed the land, tortured soldiers, and brought death along with it. A whole generation of young soldiers were lost and to never able to see the day of light ever again. The worst war ever to be told that left a historical moment and a permanent fear of future wars.
In the Enseigne, art is also shown to serve a function that it has always fulfilled in every society founded on class differences. As a luxury commodity it is an index of social status. It marks the distinction between those who have the leisure and wealth to know about art and posses it, and those who do not. In Gersaint’s signboard, art is presented in a context where its social function is openly and self-consciously declared. In summary, Watteau reveals art to be a product of society, nevertheless he refashions past artistic traditions. Other than other contemporary painters however, his relationship to the past is not presented as a revolt, but rather like the appreciative, attentive commentary of a conversational partner.
The Interpretation/Meaning (III) will be written without any guideline points, the aim of this part will be to determine what the painter wanted to express with his piece of work and what it tells us in a symbolic or not instantly clear way. This part will also handle why the artist drew the painting the way he did it and why he chose various techniques or tools.
This painting of the industrial revolution is very thought provoking, and causes a person to think about of what was happening during the industrial revolution. He shows the horrors of the factories and the serenity of the nature. He makes someone want to go back in time where things were peaceful, and there was just nature. Everything was in it’s own natural state and peaceful.
Before Impressionism came to be a major movement (around 1870-1800s), Neoclassical and Romanticism were still making their impacts. Remembering last week’s lesson, we know that both those styles were different in the fact that one was based on emotion, while the other was practical and serious. However, one thing they both shared was the fact that the artists were trying to get a message across; mostly having to do with the effects of the French Revolution, and/or being ordered to do so. With Impressionism, there is a clear difference from its predecessors.
World War I had been fought primarily on French soil, and the military as well as the government never wanted that to happen again, therefore they wanted to reinforce their main border against any future German. Little did they know that only twenty-two years later they would be bested by German forces in a way that would shock the world.... ... middle of paper ... ... Situational awareness was almost non-existent, with many French commanders not even knowing where their own subordinate units were located.11
The French position during World War I is a story that is rarely heard. Most of us learn about the stories of the soldiers of the Allied Forces. Allied Forces such as the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia just to name a few. French armies struggled against the German forces early on and throughout the war and for the most part were mostly consumed by the German forces. France had numerous cities taken over by Germany. The French Army had many victories partly because of its diversity and recruitment of soldiers from different areas of the world, mainly Africa. The recruitment of African soldiers was a common practice throughout colonial empires. This even led to the recruitment of African American soldiers to join the French forces. These forces were the 369th Regiment from the United States and the Senegalese Tirailleurs.
...laced on the style and materials presented in the painting. While evaluating and comparing various paintings the author feels that at the beginning of the Renaissance era the skill level of the artist was often not acknowledged whereas materials were, but at the end of the era, skill level played a larger factor in who was chosen to complete the artwork. Therefore, fresco painting, which emerged near the end of the period, changed this so called “deposit”, along with the relationship of the artist and the patron, allowing for the talent and skill of the artist to shine.
...hese repeated vertical lines contrast firmly with a horizontal line that divides the canvas almost exactly in half. The background, upper portion of the canvas, seems unchanging and flat, whereas the foreground and middle ground of the painting have a lot of depth to them.
...France paid more attention to what happened to the people and the tension between them and America.
The gestural and heavy working of the paint and the contrasting colors make the painting appear active yet are arduous to follow. The defining element of Woman and Bicycle is the presence of the black lines that do most of the work in terms of identifying the figure. Through the wild nature of the brushwork, color, and composition of the painting, it can be implied that the artist is making an implication towards the wild nature of even the most proper of women.
“Napoleon I had smashed through the German states with ease during the Napoleonic wars. Now a generation later, the roles would be reversed. Even though the war was a short duration, it dramatically changed European history.” The year of 1870 marked as the start of a war that changed the outlook of history as we know it today. This time period from 1870-1871 was known as the Franco-Prussian War, and there were many leading causes and events that took place for a bizarre and wild finish to what would be the beginning of an era for World War I.
World War II has often viewed as the good war, which was fought for a clear purpose. The purpose to crush Nazism and fascism and all the horrible things for which they stood. But the consequences of World War II are much more complex than that. This has indicated that even a war, which has a good cause, can have bad consequences.