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FUTURISM " Futurism began Its transformation of Italian culture on February 20th, 1909, with the publication of the Futurist Manifesto, authored by writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti " (The Art Story. 2017). Giacomo Bella, Dynamism of dog on a leash, 1912. A pro-industrialisation art movement that celebrated advanced technology and urban modernity ( The Art Story. (2017) . The futurists like all the other modernism art movements was against what was considered the traditional way of doing art. But unlike all the other art movements the futurists didn't want anything to do with the past, this was a bit complex because it meant they would neglect what they said and believed in 5-10 years ago because its in the past. The above painting illustrate their love for speed, the dog and the human legs are shown still but also have sense of movement, this is because of the multiple frames that are shown in one picture they give a sense of movement. ...

CUBISM Cubism began in Paris around 1907. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are considered the fathers of this movement, other artists of this movement who are not that recognised are: Fernand Leger Piet Mondrian Sir Jacob Epstein Juan Fris.   (Cubism. 2017) .   Pablo Picasso,  Femme au chapeau. 1962. Cubism rejected portraying figures or objects from only one point of view, Cubist artists wanted to capture multiple viewpoints in one picture plan (Cubism. 2017). Cubism as a form of abtsract art, the figures and objects are represented geometrical shapes. "Cubism made it possible for us to be designers today" (Daandrey S. 2017), in other words if it wasn't for cubism we would probably would not have what we know today as: logos, and different kinds of signs. Kadi Sabi, Jean, 2017. In the above image similar to cubism Sabi also represents his figure in an abstract way, He also utilizes geometric shapes, but Sabi's work is ...

The Glasgow Four and Viennese Secession Glasgow Four comprised of:  Charles Rennie Mackintosh James Herbert Margaret Macdonald Frances Macdonald  Glasgow Four Viennese Secessions comprised of:  Gustav Klimt Koloman Moser Josef Hoffmann Joseph Olbrich Max Kurzweil Wilhelm Bernatzik and others.. The Glasgow Four Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Glasgow Four. The Scottish Musical Review,   1896. (Process & Skills. 2017) Looking at the above artworks its safe to say that Art Nouveau and Beggarstaff gave birth to the type of style the Glasgow Four did, basically Art Nouveau and Beggarstaff are the main influences of the Glasgow-4's style of art. Like Art Nouveau artists The Glasgow Four used a lot of flowy lines, floral-organic and geometric forms, they also used flat solid colours (Process & Skills. 2017).   Derrick Strawcastle, Untitled 2016, (Derrick Strawcastle. 2017) ...

 IMPRESSIONISM & POST IMPRESSIONISM   This movement began late 20th century (1979) and got its name from  Jean-François Lyotard, a philosopher (Reference, 2017) . This movement can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting (The Art Story 2017). Edouard Manet, Le dejeuner sur l'herbe, 1863. Impressionism artists wanted to shift from the traditional way of painting (Realism). Impressionists aimed to capture objects made on the eye in an instant, in order to do so they had to move out of studios and be where the action is. Impressionist paint brush strokes were defined and in some paintings clearly visible and thier choice of colour was colourful and in a way the colours complemented each other  (The Art Story 2017) . Paul Ferney, Untitled, 2015. (PAUL FERNEY. 2017) Similar to impressionist artists in the above painting Paul seems to be capturing a moment " made on the eye in an instant", his colour selec...

ART NOUVEAU Art Nouveau began around 1880 in London but later spread to different countries around Europe. Some of these Europe countries gave this movement a name using their own languages, eg: Austria - Secessionsstil, Spain - Modernismo, Catalan - Mordernisme etc. Art Nouveau then lost popularity before the first World War making way for what we now know as Art Deco (The Art Story. 2017). Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,  La Goule at the Moulin Rouge, 1891. (Art Nouveau Movement, Artist And Major Works) Art Nouveau artists aimed at modernizing their work during their time. Art Nouveau artists utilized flat forms and outlines with a flat infil colour (as shown on the above image). Art Nouveau's debt to Japanese prints as well as the lighting in such nightclubs that naturally would render the surface details of figures and other objects not sharply defined  (The Art Story. 2017) Chong Lock Sin, Untitled 2009. (Lock Sin 2009) Just like A...