15th century art: Early Renaissance and the rebirth of art

Thursday February 14th, 2019 , Schools & Periods

15TH CENTURY ART: EARLY RENAISSANCE

Studying the evolution of the 15th century art is amazing.
Then, if you think that it’s at the end of the 15^th century, precisely in 1492, that the most significant event of this wonderful century occurred, that is the Discovery of America, then you’ll understand that creativity and ingenuity are the keywords of this period.

In this post I’ll tell you how and why the art in the 15th century has changed the destiny of Western art.

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Pop Art artists: 5 artists you must know

Thursday July 26th, 2018 , Artists, Schools & Periods

POP ART ARTISTS: 5 ARTISTS YOU MUST KNOW

Pop Art artists, that is to say which artists you must know to affirm that you know almost everything about one of the most beloved artistic movements.
Developed in the second half of the 20^thcentury as “popular art”, Pop Art is “popular art” by definition, because it refers to mass-produced objects. Hence Pop Art has a close connection with the consumer culture and transforms ordinary objects and elements into art.

Pop Art describes an essential part of the society which developed after XXII, therefore the consumer culture takes advertisements or the most famous products to transform them into artworks for collecting or reproduction of the artwork itself as a mass-produced object through design objects, prints and different kinds of reproductions.

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Romanticism: artists and works

Thursday July 12th, 2018 , Schools & Periods

Caspar David Friedrich | Viandante sul mare di nebbia

Caspar David Friedrich, Il Viandante sul mare di nebbia.

ROMANTICISM: ARTISTS AND WORKS

Romanticism is that phase in which artist begins looking towards himself to project his own feelings and aspirations onto his works.
Artists who joined this movement underlined the importance of feelings and imagination rather than rationality.

More than an artistic movement Romanticism was a life style and artists, poets and musicians of the Romantic period had the same wish to make art to convey feelings and communicate them to the public.
In this post you’ll find the features and the protagonists of Romanticism.

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Art lithograph: what it is and an online platform for artists

Saturday June 23rd, 2018 , Schools & Periods

ART LITHOGRAPH: WHAT IT IS AND AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS

Greatest artists have always loved experimenting with new techniques and many of them, starting from the early 19^thcentury, have created works using the technique of lithography.
But what is exactly lithography and which are the available instruments that today an artist can use to create a lithographic art printing?

In this post I’ll explain what lithography is, but especially I’ll give you the details to discover where today you can create high-quality lithographs.

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Mannerism: works and artists

Thursday October 26th, 2017 , Schools & Periods

MANNERISM: DEFINITION, WORKS AND ARTISTS

Mannerism marks the end of Renaissance.
It’s a very long period, covering almost all the 16^th century and which was theorized for the first time by Giorgio Vasari, who indicated as masters of Renaissance absolute perfection Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo, whereas all the following artists would only imitate the greatest artists with no hope of creating something more beautiful and perfect.

That’s how you get to Mannerism, that is a style imitating the style of the greatest Renaissance masters.

Here are the major mannerist artists and their works.