The artists of the late 1800's and early 1900's, in Europe, were
influenced by the Industrial revolution.
1. What and when was the Industrial Revolution?
1. What and when was the Industrial Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850. Europe
began to industrialize rapidly, but in England was at the head of this process.
Changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology
had huge effects on the social, economic and cultural conditions at the time,
just about every aspect of everyday life was altered in some way. It started
with the textile industries. With the transition from agricultural based
economy to a machine based economy, people were moving from the country into
the cities because there were less laboured jobs, as it had all turned to
machine powered work.
Both paintings featured on this blog, that are from the early 1900s were painted by Modernist painters from the group called 'Futurists'. The Futurists celebrated the machine, and objects in motion. Their primary objective was to depict movement, which they saw as symbolic of their commitment to the dynamic forward thrust of the 20th century.
2. Research both Modernist paintings in order to comment on the subject matter, form and style used to celebrate the machine and motion in each painting. Answer the question in 2 parts for each painting.
Both paintings featured on this blog, that are from the early 1900s were painted by Modernist painters from the group called 'Futurists'. The Futurists celebrated the machine, and objects in motion. Their primary objective was to depict movement, which they saw as symbolic of their commitment to the dynamic forward thrust of the 20th century.
2. Research both Modernist paintings in order to comment on the subject matter, form and style used to celebrate the machine and motion in each painting. Answer the question in 2 parts for each painting.
Dynamism of a dog on a
leash (1912) is painted in the same style as ‘ The city Rises’. The feet on
both the person walking the dog and the dog have blurred legs giving the effect
that they are moving briskly. The backgrounds lines suggest direction. The
painting gives a feeling of franticness and as if the subject matter is in a
rush. This relates to the industrialisation as it would have been a very hectic
time for people and this feeling of confusion is portrayed through the harsh
and bold brush strokes.
Cao Fei's RMB City (2007-9) refers to China's recent
rapid industialisation and urbanization.
(www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2009/cafeintopia.asp)
(www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2009/cafeintopia.asp)
3. Research Cao Fei's RMB 2007-9City () in order
to comment on this work in more depth.
i.e describe the images that has she used in her digital collage that refer to China's present and history, and explain why has she used these images.
i.e describe the images that has she used in her digital collage that refer to China's present and history, and explain why has she used these images.
Fei’s
RMB City shows an overall view of Beijing and the mix of communisim, socalisim
and capitalism. In her work she has used symbols such as the panda to represent
peace and make the connection to china, also she has used nuclear bombs in
reference to war,in relation to industrialism and urbanization, we can see a
lot of rapid movement from the forms of transportation, the expansion of
buildings, importation and exportation all this symbolising the beginning and
growth to come
4. RMB City is described as a utopia/dystopia. Comment
on what these terms mean, and how they can be applied to the work.
Utopia can be defined as a ‘perfect society’. A
dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often
under the guise of being utopian. Examples of dystopia in this image are the
use of flames and the destroyed tower as they show the destruction of a
destroyed society. .
The utopian society is portrayed in this image
through the use of the perfect wheel and the large towers underneath, these
show a utopian society because they are perfect and whole, the definition of
utopia is " An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political,
and moral aspects."
5. Although the Modernist paintings and the contemporary digital work
have emerged from different contexts, there are also many similarities. Comment
on the similarities that you can see in the work. Look at the moving digital
image at vimeo.com/4272260, if you have not already researched
it.
Both
paintings and contemporary digital work depict movement and show how the change
in modern society has affected the works of artists and have changed the
process and result of how their art is constructed. In these pictures themes in
society are addressed such as, industrialisation, urbanisation and the effects
on society and economy.
hey Brittney,
ReplyDeleteI like how you have lots of information and it shows that you've done alot of research on this topic, like for me I quite struggled researching for this topic. Reading your blog gave me more idea of the RMB city by cao fei's work.I agree with you on how the works themes are pointed out at the industrilisation, urbanisation and how it has polluted the enviroment by that.
And I like how your blogs all pink:)