Showing posts with label Unit 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unit 5. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 March 2016
1950s design
the comparison between the abstract expressionism in america and the communist looking russian art.
the housing is very retro so to speak had hints of jazz and was very colourful.
americas association with britain
-cottages
-tea
-fields
-floral patterns
we sold america the look of being british.
britain was on a rationed diet at the time and not only that the supplies were rationed as well. thus not allowing us to print the floral look of britain at the time. so what ever materials we got hold of we printed floral and gave it that british look to export for cash during the war. so after the war we threw all that out because it reminded people of the war and of worse times, plus people got bored of it because they weren't doing it for fun during the war they were doing it to survive.
after the war there was major technological advances in everything art, machinery etc.
the housing is very retro so to speak had hints of jazz and was very colourful.
americas association with britain
-cottages
-tea
-fields
-floral patterns
we sold america the look of being british.
britain was on a rationed diet at the time and not only that the supplies were rationed as well. thus not allowing us to print the floral look of britain at the time. so what ever materials we got hold of we printed floral and gave it that british look to export for cash during the war. so after the war we threw all that out because it reminded people of the war and of worse times, plus people got bored of it because they weren't doing it for fun during the war they were doing it to survive.
after the war there was major technological advances in everything art, machinery etc.
Thursday, 22 October 2015
William Morris topsy
Died in London
Last years of his life he was an atheist
Wrote over 90 books
Set up his own printing press
Most popular poet in his day
His aim was to make the world more beautiful
Was extremely against industrialisation
His father died at age 50
So William Morris gain a slice of his fathers wealth
Passed his exams at 18 and went to Oxford
He in his first week of uni met Edward burne-Jones
Passionate about many things but especially poetry
Ruskin taught Morris to love gothic buildings as they promoted creativity
*i need to research socialist -A person who spouts socialist views but sits basically on his high horse looking down on all the less welthy.
Him and Edward decided to give up the church and set out on a life time of art.
He wanted to become a architect
Rossetti, the dark star entered mortises life
He was one of the founders of the preraphilites.
Morris gave up the architecture dream and began painting.
Morris created his own furniture for his flat because he didn't agree with mass produced furnishing
The death of Arthur was seen as their bible. This came from a midevil setting.
Morris had a anger issue.
Morris spotted a stunner at trip to the theatre.
Her name was Jane burtton
He didn't know much about women
She after many year told Morris that she didn't love him
However, he bribed her to stay with him
He painted all his walls white just like the survants quarters
Morris tried publishing his poem but didn't get very good exposure.
He then began on his next big plan.
He planned 500 illustrations and a epic cycle of poems
The public loved it
Morris became a celebrity
His friends weren't to happy, Rossetti became his bully
Morris's wife was seen differently by many people however, they all said that she spoke very little
Morris took her to be cured at the spa
Rossetti again took the piss out of him
Jenny(Morris's daughter) was an artist and born 18 months after his marriage
She isn't mentioned in any of the family's bio's probably because she was epileptic and in that day and age no one knew what to do with her. She died in her 70s.
Morris was hopelessly addicted to chloral, a colourless christaline solvent abuse. Rossetti died in Kent, London
Morris was empathetic of his death even after the abuse he had to take
When Morris went to work away, Janey 2 years later had an affair with a man called Wilfred. Morris never really loved his wife but it was the fact he love Rossetti that he stayed with her
He used to imagine his ghost hives above them making love
After his hate-rid of industrialisation he gained a understanding of politics and how industry ruined personality and creativity
He became a socialist and Marxist
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Art history William Morris
Industrialisation!
Ruskin was keen in preserving the environment.
Williams Morris's most famous quote, have nothing in your house that you do not believe to be known to be useful and beautiful.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
pre-Raphaelites initial research and development
key names-
william holman hunt
john everett millais
dante gabriel rossetti
Ophelia, was a potential wife from the Shakespeare play Hamlet.
in the pre-Raphaelites composition each flower portrays a specific meaning for example: the weeping willow which is leaning represents forsaken love, the crow flower means childishness, the nettles that are growing around the willow tree branches mean pain, the daisies floating near aphelia's right hand represent innocence. Ophelia also mentions 'theres a daisy' in act IV, scene. the pansies represent thought and love in vain.
the model for the painting was lizzy sidle
lizzy sidle was considered a witch at the time due to her ginger hair and green eyes, much like elizibeth the first.
lizzy in later life committed suicide but was a conspiracy in whether in fact she was actually killed. to many peoples belief she intact over dosed on laudanum which was essentially opium. up until the 20th century this drug was sold on shelves but now is considered as addictive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum
Rossetti-
known as the flamboyant, good looking, almost playboy essc figure in the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Rossetti and Sidle almost married many times in her life
Ruskin-
was a pre-raphaelite supporter. he was painted by Millais first in his house with one of his feet on the bottom of his step and then the background was then painted after.
Millais-
mid way through painting Ruskin, Millais basically had a affair with Ruskins wife. So it was said that at the start of the painting Millais was painting Ruskin at the bottom of the stairs and by the end he was painting from the top of the stairs.
Turner-
a famous landscape artist who's got a award named after him. who hated the thoughts and work of the pre-Raphaelites. a art critic and writer who shared this opinion was charles dickens.
Ruskin was also a key advertiser almost and supporter of turners work even though he avidly supported the brotherhood.
William Morris-
a very famous interior designer from the 18th century. his work is still used a key influence even now. very was is now known as traditional british designs, examples are prints flowers, plants Rossetti also had an affair with his wife but due to Rosseti's significance and almost VIP essc personality Morris drew a blind eye to it. he was also a member of the arts and crafts movement.
william holman hunt
john everett millais
dante gabriel rossetti
Ophelia, was a potential wife from the Shakespeare play Hamlet.
in the pre-Raphaelites composition each flower portrays a specific meaning for example: the weeping willow which is leaning represents forsaken love, the crow flower means childishness, the nettles that are growing around the willow tree branches mean pain, the daisies floating near aphelia's right hand represent innocence. Ophelia also mentions 'theres a daisy' in act IV, scene. the pansies represent thought and love in vain.
the model for the painting was lizzy sidle
lizzy sidle was considered a witch at the time due to her ginger hair and green eyes, much like elizibeth the first.
lizzy in later life committed suicide but was a conspiracy in whether in fact she was actually killed. to many peoples belief she intact over dosed on laudanum which was essentially opium. up until the 20th century this drug was sold on shelves but now is considered as addictive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum
Rossetti-
known as the flamboyant, good looking, almost playboy essc figure in the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Rossetti and Sidle almost married many times in her life
Ruskin-
was a pre-raphaelite supporter. he was painted by Millais first in his house with one of his feet on the bottom of his step and then the background was then painted after.
Millais-
mid way through painting Ruskin, Millais basically had a affair with Ruskins wife. So it was said that at the start of the painting Millais was painting Ruskin at the bottom of the stairs and by the end he was painting from the top of the stairs.
Turner-
a famous landscape artist who's got a award named after him. who hated the thoughts and work of the pre-Raphaelites. a art critic and writer who shared this opinion was charles dickens.
Ruskin was also a key advertiser almost and supporter of turners work even though he avidly supported the brotherhood.
William Morris-
a very famous interior designer from the 18th century. his work is still used a key influence even now. very was is now known as traditional british designs, examples are prints flowers, plants Rossetti also had an affair with his wife but due to Rosseti's significance and almost VIP essc personality Morris drew a blind eye to it. he was also a member of the arts and crafts movement.
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Dada beginning and meaning
Dada started in the mid 19 teens during the 2nd world war. It began in zurich, Switzerland with Hugo ball and Emmy henning. There were a duo of performers Ball played piano and Henning was a singer and dancer. In the unitentional movement there weren't just Hugo and Emmy who were expressing there beliefs through dada. Artists such as, Alfred jarry and Erik Satie.
The roots of dada lay in the pre-war avant-grande. The use combination of cubism, collage, Wassily Kandinsky's theoretical writings and abstractions, detach the movement from the constraints of reality and convention which is what they believed created the war in the first place. The influence Of French poets and the writings of German expressionists liberated dada from the tight correlation between words and meaning. Avant-grande circles outside of France knew of pre-war Parisian development.
Dada aimed to be a anti-art movement almost because the art and mindset that created what was modern art at the time also created the war to what they believe. To give a contextual parallel punk music took the same characteristics as dada and came about the same way. They both began very aggressively wanting to change the norm and then later on became the norm thus becoming pointless because if you are the norm what are you fighting against, you've already won.
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