Unit 5 - Art History 19th Century

The Pre-Raphaelites.

The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of british painters, poets and Critics.

The main leaders and founders of this group where

- William Holman Hunt

- John Everett Millais

- Dante Gabrial Rosetti

          

This Rebellious gropu was formed in 1848 which included another 4 members and where known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Their Idea of art was to be classical and not the mechanistic style of that time, they preferred elegant poses. They had seen the new mode of art was corrupting art studies to people who are learning with the mechanistic culture.

They all used to sign their works with the initials of P.R.B Because they wanted to remain anonymous.

                            

The main themes of their work was romance of the past in the medieval times 

They wanted to show issues that were happening in that moment in time, Like prostituion & Emigration.

They show alot of classical religious aspects that they were inspired from by previous artists before them.

  

One of their largest critics was the world's Most known Charles Dickens, he stated that they made the art to realistic for that moment in time but john ruskin stood up for their defence against the art critics of that era in time.

In 1854 the group had split up but their works were widely known and popular between the 50's and 60's, But in the late 50's Dante Gabriel Rosetti was working with younger artists and were painting more in a mystical romanticsm style and this went through academic success.

                                          

Bibliography

- Brittanica Encyclopedia. (Unknown) The Pre-Raphaelites [Online]

Available From: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/474248/Pre-Raphaelite-Brotherhood
Date Accessed : 01/05/2014

- Googlw Images (Unknown) The Pre-Raphaelites Images [Online]
Available From: https://www.google.com.mt/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ei=pDZiU_rXOtCN4gT81oCQCg&ved=0CAQQqi4oAg
Date Accessed : 01/05/2014

First & Second Week

I have put the first 2 weeks together Due  to discussing of briefs.

Welcome To My Art History & Design Blog.

During The First 2 Weeks we had discussed 19th Century Design and History.

The Northern Renaissance Brief Youtube Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUR49zfBKI

Before The 19th Century we had discussed abit of Noeclasism, this was before the Romanticism era.

In The Neoclasism Era , Design had started changing to a more sophisticated era where everything was a rich and finer.

This was Because at that time ruins where being discovered of ancient rome and Greece. Thats when The british homes started Changing to more of a classical style.

 



The Fashion in the neoclasicsm era has been inspired by the greeks as seen in this picture.

 Even the Architecture. Pillars where quite popular in the neoclasism era as they showed as sign or dominance and the fact that you ahve money.




The Romanticism Era

The Romanticsm era was between 1750 to 1870.

The romanticsm era was a change from the neoclasism era as this gave more of a rich vibe. This was the era were alot of taughts were given off, because alot has changed due to the industrial revolution. There was a large nostalgia that went back to the neo Gothic era and the architecture went back to that style of housing.

This was the male romaticism style, it was less of a grand and rich look but it was still formal and smart.

Since the nostalgia of the neo gothic thae architecture was with the pointed tips but it still had its own style to it because the design was not fully neo gothic.





There were mixed feelings during this era , Idividualismn, Tragedy & even rebellion.

These are all examples of paintings that describe the mixed feelings of the romanticism era.

 The Oath Of Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

Liberty Leading The People by Eugène Delacroix

Tragedy by Theodore Gericault

Nightmare by Henri Fuseli







In This time , Paintings Were Painted with exageration on the human body , This shows the humans in the painting seem taller.

This is a video describing how they described their bodies in paintingd.







History Of Design Crafts.

20th Century Design had a bith of a change from the 19th century, Everything started changing to completely modern designs In these designs there was also a steampunk influence in most furniture and architecture.

Desk By Carlo Bugatti (1856- 1940)









The Painting had also more abstract and modern twist in it. It was the huge era of pop art and Andy warhol was one of the most popular artists of that time.

 Andy Warhol (Mashup of all his works)

Irene & her Sister by Tamara De Lempicka









The 21st century Revolves mainly around technology..

Most traditional art is being involved in the time of the 21st century ( basically clothing, Gaming, Architecture, Design)

Floral Dress by Lady V London

                                                                                                                                         

Ubisoft Games -
Assasins creed 3








Riot Games ( League of Legends)-

Mafia Jinx Skin &
Skakura Karma Skin.

Emilio de la Morena Skirt

Bibliography

- Met Museum. (2000) Neoclassicism [Online] Available from:  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm

(Accessed 20/02/2014)

- History Of Fashion. (2007) History Of Fashion (18th to 21st century) [Online] Available from: http://fashionhistory.zeesonlinespace.net/index.html

(Accessed 20/02/2014)

- Mtholyoke. (Unknown) Romanticism [Online] Available from: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/jkr/romanticism.html

(Accessed 20/02/2014)

-Met Museum. (2000)  20th century furniture [Online] Available from: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dsgn1/hd_dsgn1.htm#slideshow16

(Accessed 20/02/2014)

- Tamare de Lempicka (Unknown) Tamara de Lempicka Artworks [Online] Available from:

http://www.delempicka.org/bottom/home.html

(accessed 20/02/2014)

- Lady Vintage (Unknown) Garments Inspired From The PAst [Online] Available from: http://www.ladyvlondon.com/

(Accessed 20/02/2014)