For example impressionist, etc. I mean, I can tell a difference between Van Gogh and a cat like Salvador Dali or Giger, I'm just curious about the different schools of thought, any help will be appreciated.
2007-11-21 19:38:04 · 4 answers · asked by great southern trendkiller 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You are asking what people have written libraries full of. This is THE question behind art history.
Suggested reading:
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Very nice comprehensive site that has all the 'schools', styles, countries and periods in a nice overview.
2007-11-21 20:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of things in the differences: time period, subject, the way it's painted, etc. Time period has a lot to do with it. Most people in the 15th or 16th centuries painted what we call "Classical" paintings. Most of them had natural tones and a lot of them were portraits or still-lifes of kings, queens, or completely made up people. Basically it's painting in the most traditional sense, in my opinion. Like when I think "painting", I immediately think of classical. Then there was Romanticism, which came about around the 18th century, they used darker colors, and were often more vibrant. Many paintings represented nationalism or wars. I could go on forever, and there are actually so many different styles of painting. But I'll skip to a few significant ones... Impressionism came about in the 19th century and were mostly landscapes and used "pastel" colors..softer, brighter colors. Also, it was intentional for the artists to allow the viewers to actually see the brush strokes. Texture plays a big part in this era. Van Gogh, I believe was mainly an Impressionist. Surrealism started in the early 20th century, and is my particular favorite, and the best way to describe it is that the pictures make no sense. They're all of something that you can never see in real life, hence the name surrealism. Dali is a surrealist. Abstract Art is another popular art form, made famous by Pablo Picasso, and is similar to surrealism, however the difference is that Abstractism features paintings that are of something, but the way they portrayed it is distorted. Surrealism is a lot closer to a dream. I really could go on forever...it would take almost that long to know everything there is to know about them all I'm sure. I love art, as you may be able to tell. Lol. Hope this helps!
2007-11-21 19:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by cactuswolf1983 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The services provided, the output of each place is never the same, its like different shops which sell chicken, they all sell chicken but it doesnt taste the same.
2007-11-21 19:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by Shi M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude. That's an essay question if ever there was one. Try going though this list one by one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_movements
2007-11-21 21:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by †®€Åç∫€ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋