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Early Modern Era

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     The Early Modern Era of art was filled with many struggles. These struggles would affect the art world significantly, from the creation of many new art styles to the reworking of many old ones. Many famous artists became known for their work at this time. There are three of these artists that stand out significantly, and here they are.      Pablo Picasso is well known for his cuboid self-portraits, but he also made many other works of art that use the cuboid style to give off a free and creative feeling. One of these paintings is Pablo Picasso's The Three Musicians. Pablo Picasso,   The Three Musicians , 1921. Painted at Fontainebleau, France.      The Three Musicians  is one of the best examples of an abstract painting. You can make out three characters, each holding something used to make music. The person on the left seems to be playing a clarinet or some other woodwind instrument. The person in the middle is seen holding what can be interpreted as a classical guitar. The p
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Romantic Era

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      As many art styles come and go, two styles made up a great portion of the 1800s, those two styles are Impressionism and Romanticism.      Impressionism is a form of art that doesn't focus on how real the painting is, but on how the painting makes you feel, and how the painting is perceived by just a quick glance. Impressionist paintings consist of many individual brushstrokes that can be distinguished from one another. These small, individual brushstrokes are used not only to give a fantastic texture to an already wonderful masterpiece of art but also to give the painting emotion. The many flowing lines that make up an Impressionist painting provide a sense of direction, a sense of knowing where to go next with one fluid motion.      Romanticism on the other hand is a completely different story. Romanticism is a style of painting that focuses more on emotion and freedom than facts and reality. Emotion and individualism were the leading causes for the rise in popularity of the
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The Classical Era

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    The Classical era was a very interesting time. The introduction of Rococo art was widely received, but so was the decline. Not long after Rococo's downfall, Neoclassical art began to take its place. Neoclassical paintings and sculptures all portrayed clarity and idealism, meaning you could instantly tell what was happening in the painting with just a quick glance.      A great example of the intended idealism shown is in Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii  painting, which depicts a   scene from a Roman legend about a seventh-century BC dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa. Jacques-Louis David,  Oath of the Horatii ,  1784, painted in Rome. It is not known where specifically it was created.      Many pieces of art from this time were driven by stoic, political reasons. The Neoclassical style is shown here by depicting a serious, emotional scene relating to war. A dispute between two enemy cities is very political and shows the willingness and braver
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The Baroque Era and the Art and Science.

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 The Baroque era was a crazy time. We found out that the Earth isn't the center of the universe, that we have little blobs inside of us called cells, and most importantly, art. The Baroque era was a strange time, to say the least, but it bore much fruit for the labor that was put in. We discovered many ways to make paintings and other forms of art much more interesting, we learned how to make flat surfaces appear as if they had special lighting, depth, and minute details that no other art had before. Many of the most famous paintings in the world were made in the Baroque period, "Girl with a Pearl Earring," "The Night Watch," and "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" are all famous Baroque paintings. The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer. We made music unlike anything ever before such as Fuge by none other than Sebastian Bach himself, Hallejuiah by Frideric Handel, and The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. But the Baroque era not only brought new m
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The Renaissance

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   The Renaissance was one of the most important times in history. It contained scientific breakthroughs including the Scientific Method and the discovery that the Earth is not the center of everything. The Renaissance also introduced many fascinating paintings from a variety of famous artists. Although some are questionable on what they represent and how they represent it, they are all unique and extremely enjoyable to view.     Many paintings created in the Renaissance era still fascinate people to this day. As I wrote in a previous blog, some paintings trick the viewer into seeing something that isn't there or have the viewer see something from a different perspective. Paintings with Illusions ( The Ambassadors , Holbein), and paintings that use three-dimensional techniques, trick the viewer into thinking there is depth to a painting when in reality there is only elaborate shading, structuring, and execution. Evolving during the Renaissance, creating depth in paintings became a
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Art Elements.

     A great piece (or pieces) of art I like was made for a project by Leyland Kirby called  Everywhere at the End of Time . The project was made by a few friends, including Leyland Kirby a musical artist, whose stage name is The Caretaker, and Ivan Seal, a painter and artist.  Everywhere at the End of Time  was made to show what it is like to suffer from dementia and Alzheimer's. The project consists of 6 hours of sampled songs ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s. The songs have no vocals and there is light static and vinyl crackle for the first half of the project with increasing white noise as the songs go on to signify the brain eating itself away. There are 6 stages throughout the project, each with its own unique art piece. The first is the most recognizable,  Memories That Last a Lifetime.         Beaten Frowns After , Ivan Seal.               The Album covers for each stage differ greatly, the biggest recurring theme between them all is that they become less and less recog
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