how has artwork changed over time?

Answer 1

I don't use crayons anymore.

Answer 2

All artist that produce a lot and live long! Picasso is such a great example due to the fact he was constantly producing and lived a LONG life. Off the top of my head, Monet is a good example. Once he became OBSESSED with light he painted the same paintings over and over to capture different light. Also, his eyesight became poor when he was older and the colors in his art became brighter. Salvador Dali is a tremendous example. In High School he was painting unbelievable realistic portraits.. his painting not only went through changes, but his product did too. (like Picasso) Using film, sculpture, etc. Picasso even did plates and stuff in one period.

Answer 3

I think art has changes as humanity has evolved both emotionally and socially. economis has much to do with it as well. Before only the very wealthy or the lucky few that were sponsored by the wealthy did art, now it's available to almost anyone willing to dedicate their lives to art.

No matter what art has evolved through many forms but one thing remains constant art tells a story. Whether its through dots or brush strokes or blocks, it's a story for all of us to view.

Answer 4

Do you mean "what is the history of art?"
Try Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I (Chapters 1-18 with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Paperback)
by Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya
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Google Art History Books 1 - 100 with 1930000 pages on art history. (0.00 seconds)
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What was new is now old
What was news is now history

Answer 5

This is a very complex question in reality. I'll attempt to give you an abridged and very simple version to start you off and give you a few pointers.

Medieval art - very flat and lacking perspective mostly church comissions.

Renaissance art - linear perspective rediscovered, birth of Humanism rediscovery of classical values. Comissions from the church and the wealthy. Artists go up in the social strata.

Baroque - The art style or art movement of the Counter-Reformation in the seventeenth century. Although some features appear in Dutch art, the Baroque style was limited mainly to Catholic countries. It is a style in which painters, sculptors, and architects sought emotion, movement, and variety in their works. (pr. broke)

Neo-classicism - A French art style and movement that originated as a reaction to the Baroque in the mid-eighteenth century, and continued into the middle of the nineteenth century. It sought to revive the ideals of ancient Greek and Roman art. Neoclassic artists used classical forms to express their ideas about courage, sacrifice, and love of country.


Romantic school - An art movement and style that flourished in the early nineteenth century. It emphasized the emotions painted in a bold, dramatic manner. Romantic artists rejected the cool reasoning of classicism -- the established art of the times -- to paint pictures of nature in its untamed state, or other exotic settings filled with dramatic action, often with an emphasis on the past. Classicism was nostalgic too, but Romantics were more emotional, usually melancholic, even melodramatically tragic.

EImpressionism - An art movement and style of painting that started in France during the 1860s. Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses of their subjects showing the effects of sunlight on things at different times of day. The leaders of this movement were: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903), Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), and Pierre Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Some of the early work of Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906) fits into this style, though his later work so transcends it that it belongs to another movement known as Post-Impressionism

Modernism or modernism - An art movement characterized by the deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modernism refers to this period's interest in:

new types of paints and other materials
expressing feelings, ideas, fantasies, and dreams instead of the visual world we otherwise see
creating abstractions, rather than representing what is real
a rejection of naturalistic color
a use of choppy, clearly visible brushstrokes
the acceptance of line, form, color, and process as valid subject matter by themselves
a requirement that the audience take a more active role as interpreter. Each viewer must observe carefully, and get information about the artist's intentions and environment, before forming judgments about the work.


This is a very brief rundown of some of the major genres in art history. It's very roughly chronological and there are many more genres which could be included. It will give you an idea of how art evolved through the ages.

Hope it helps a little.

Answer 6

It has evolved from being reality based to accepting abstract or modern art. From being a graphic representation of a scene with paint or chalk, it has become multimedia and all inclusive to reflect new ways of looking at images. My preference is Italian Renaissance art, but I look at Modern art, and wonder what I am seeing!

Answer 7

Modern art is more about "concept" than the finished piece.
Art used to be made as a craft, and more for decoration.

Art theory changed over time- as people started asking "why are we doing this and what is important about it? what do we want to communicate", styles and theories changed and so did the visual product.

Answer 8

In the beginning there were cave paintings. Then they did oil paintings. Then they took photographs. Now it's all digital and done with computers... That's pretty much how it's changed in a nutshell. ;)

Answer 9

A long time ago they only did like fine arts or sculptures today we have modern art where they use anything that looks like art kind of hard to explain like old art they used oil and bburushes but today they mix it all up. and they have photography now.

Answer 10

Yes, we have gone from cave paintings to realistic paintings to surrealism. We have digital photography and Photoshop that can make photographs into paintings.

Answer 11

It's matured, gotten more prevalent and less valued and only a few bring riches.