Showing posts with label XX century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label XX century. Show all posts

Monday, April 7, 2025

Futurism.

Futurism was an artistic movement at the beginning of the XX century.

This type of art was in different aspects, such as: architecture, literature, paints, and etc.

Futurism has common features with Art Deco, Surrealism, and Constructivism.

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Monday, May 6, 2024

Modern architecture.

Modern architecture or modernist architecture was a style between Art Deco and postmodern architectural movements.

Modern was popular in XX century.

In many different cities and towns there are buildings in this style.

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Saturday, May 13, 2023

Abstract art.

Abstract art is a type of art. In it used many different figures, such as: oval, line, spots, and flatness.

Abstract art can be seen in drawings, sculptures, and architectures.

This is an art of XX century.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Literature. Part fifty six.

                                                    White Fang by Jack London.

This novel was written at the beginning of XX century. Animals and people are main characters in this book. White Fang is the wolf-dog hybrid. His father and siblings died. But he survived.

White Fang had a lot of adventures during this story. The animal had masters Grey Beaver and Beauty Smith.

Also, White Fang had conflicts with other characters. But he found a female dog named Collie. They had puppies.

Main characters experienced many difficult moments. The animal was involved in dog fighting. Some people were cruel to him. Other saved the White Fang.

In the novel there are many descriptions of nature and landscapes.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Naive art.

This type art is a part of primitivism. Naive art includes a lot of crafts, such as: architecture, sculptures, painting.

Primitivism appeared in XVIII century. There are graphics, applied arts, amateur performances in it.

Also, many works in naive art were created by self-taught artists.

In France this type of art appeared at the beginning of XX century. The Repast of the Lion (1907) by Henri Rousseau, is a painting of naive art.

This art exists in many countries.

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Naive art or cartoon illustration of people standing and sitting in the train, commuter line theme

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Original naive art acrylic painting of colorful rural village lifestyle in harmony with nature.

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Primitive cubism. The minimalist story in vivid colours. Modern pop art Made in oil on canvas in the style of Piet Mondrian. Suitable for the concept of interior design or wall poster.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Literature. Part thirty.

                                  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Mary Lennox was a ten-year-old girl. She was alone and selfish. Mary's parents died, but she didn't worry about it.

Girl met with maid martha and her brother Dickon. Also, Mary met her cousin named Colin. He had serious health problems.

Children found a garden. So, together they care for it. Mary and her friends became better, as did the garden.

The novel describes a life in England at the end of XIX and beginning XX centuries.

There are many movies, cartoons, and plays based on this story.

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small girl holding the field flower wreath, black and white, childhood memory, vector

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Literature. Part twenty seven.

                                     The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.

This novel is about memories of sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield. He lays in the hospital and remember his old school.

There are many people appear in Holden's thoughts. You can find teenage hardships in this book.

Holden Caulfield speaks about his classmates, friends, sister, and neighbor.

Also, The Catcher in the Rye is one of the best English-language novels of the XX century.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Surrealism.

Surrealism appeared in Europe in the beginning of 1920s. This epoch of art has a lot of strange works.

In XX century, when there were many technological discoveries, art changed too. Artists drew fantastic pictures with strange creatures. For example, The Elephant Celebes by Max Ernst.

Despite the fact that pictures were unusual at the time, they were very nice. Pepresentatives of surrealism were: Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miro.

Technical progress has given people new views at old things. Pictures became brighter. Many of them are considered classics. In the beginning of XX century, cinema appeared. Surrealism is one many parts of art where films were included.

P.S. Surrealism is a modern type of art and its history continues now. Soon, there will be next.

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