Contemporary African Art

In Africa we don’t see only the antique but we also can see some contemporary art. We can also see that the artists used several of mediums which we can see that they used from the oils to the silk screening. We also can see that the methods varying from brass casting by the ancient which lost wax process to welding tin cans and other metals into the sculpture. Some of the traditionalists like Lamidi Fakeye have produced some sculptures and also wood carving which is based more on the classical African design.  We also can see some large groups that work most on the modern style of the cubism, expressionism and also surrealism while we see other seek a purely personal style. We can also see that the artist lots of them used to be trained in the European and also in the American schools. Although we see then some artist were trained some of them still felt that they can achieve that African expressions only in their native surroundings.

Ben Osawe,

African woman, bronze

Contemporary African Art. 2013. Contemporary African Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.archives.gov/research/african-art/.[Accessed 19 May 2013].

African sculpture. 2013. African sculpture. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.contemporary-african-art.com/african-sculpture.html#sthash.ITArc1l9.dpbs.[Accessed 19 May 2013].

African art Interior design/ Décor

We can even see some African art in the interior design which also is seen in textiles. We can see it on the Bakuba cloths which come from the Kuba people in Congo. The African textiles shapes look all great on the sofas, armchairs and also on cushions. You can also vary the material like you can use them as table mats, curtain tiebacks also you can make up bags.

We also can see that there are two forms that are traditionally and also antique African décor also furniture and accessories. The tribal decor was most used in the antique furniture where these were used from the indigenous people of Africa. Nowadays the designers and also homemakers are also being able to mix them up in an electric style which also combines this element into the traditional and also in the modern furnishing and lends itself to stunning dynamic space.

This interior shot opposite uses classic furniture fashioned in a kuba-inspired printed fabric and a dark wooden coffee table displaying a mix of accessories including a contemporary glass bottle holder and a sincere African decorative artifact to provide a certain level of authenticity to the pattern.

A Bakuba lampshade lighting up a female Maasai bronze bust sitting on a carved wooden caryatid stool from the Luba in the Congo.

Using a pair of wooden Marrionette dolls from the Nyamwezi tribe in the Tabora region of Tanzania as curtain tie-backs . Behind the curtains to the left is an original painting of zebras running.

Home Gallery - African Interior Design. 2013. Home Gallery - African Interior Design. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.african-tribal-arts.com/intdesign.htm.[Accessed 16 May 2013].

African decor. 2013. African decor. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.contemporary-african-art.com/african-decor.html#sthash.804sPtA1.dpbs.[Accessed 18 May 2013].

Arts and crafts

The arts and crafts movement was between 1850-1914 which was oriented in Britain during the late ninetieth century. It was also characterized by the style of the medieval times. We also can see that in this movement we can see that the primary artist associated it with William Morris where his work was reinforce but also it was with writings such as John Ruskin. This movement was also placed in the higher importance it is because of the craftsmanship while it was emphasized the importance of the art to contribute the economic reform.

We also can see in this movement that Morris was the founder of these artist, himself Morris, Marshall,Faulker and co which later they evolved into just the Morris and Co. the Morris and Co then they put their publishing division Kelmscott which the work was associated with the arts and crafts . This style is in several types of styles such as in the design including the architecture also in the typography and books, printing and also textiles and interior design. 

Cowper Rose, Sydney, Australia            

Standen House, Designed by Phillip Roth, 1891

William Morris, Tulip and Willow, 1873        

 The Nature of the Gothic, Printed    by William Morris, 1892

Arts & Crafts : Design Is History. 2013. Arts & Crafts : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1850/arts--crafts/.[Accessed 18 May 2013].

The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus was a school which was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in Germany in the year of the 1919. In this school it was being approached the design and also the combination of the fine arts and also arts and crafts which were major by the major of the influence on the development of the graphic design even in the twentieth century as the modern art. The school was also moved to Dessau in the 1924 but it was forced to close the doors from the Nazi political party in the 1933.

Along with the artist who his name is Gropius and many other artist and also teachers which are Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer which made significant contributes on the development of the graphic design. The Bauhaus thought that the typography is a part of the curriculum and also was an instrumental in the development of sans-serif typography. These were the favoured from all the simplified geometric forma and also alternative to the heavily ornate in German standard of the black letter typography. 

The Bauhaus Dessau  

Typography by Herbert Bayer

A stage in the Festsaal 

 The Mensa (dining room) 

 

Mechanically Operated Windows

The Bauhaus : Design Is History. 2013. The Bauhaus : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/the-bauhaus/.[Accessed 18 May 2013].

The Bauhaus, 1919–1933 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. The Bauhaus, 1919–1933 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm.[Accessed 18 May 2013].

De stijl

The De stijl was founded in the 1917 from the Dutch. The most artist that were recognized in this movement are Theo van Doesburg, this artist was also a critic and also a writer. We also can see another artist who is Piet Mondrain along with the architect Gerrit Reitveld.

We also can see that they were established through the reduction of the elements and also to the pure geometric forms and also the primary colors. The de stijl name was discussed by the group’s theories which were published by Van Doesburg. The de stijl publication represents the significant works such as the graphic design which was from the movement but we can see that the ideas and the form and colors are all influenced on the development of the graphic design.

 Piet Mondrian, Composition  with Yellow,

 Blue, and Red, 1937-42

 Gerrit Rietveld, Red and Blue Chair, 1917

The Rietveld Schröder House

De Stijl, Number 1, 1917

De Stijl : Design Is History. 2013. De Stijl : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/de-stijl/.[Accessed 18 May 2013].

Dada

The Dada movement was started in Zurich, Swaziland but also it was spread to these countries as well to France, Germany, Spain and also to the U.S. The Dada movement was started in around 1916 and continues until about the 1920. The artists of this movement were known through the World War I which it was a terrible thing. The Dadaists made also a protest through their art and the war and also the current culture. We also  can see that Raoul Hausmann’s the medical head shows a man who cannot think for himself but the thing is that  he can accepts everything he is told. We can see that he don’t have an expression which he has a wooden head with the tight lips and also eyes. This medical man will not argue and will also not share his opinion. According what the Dadaists said is that if the culture is stripped down it could be rebuilt.

 The Dadaist made a chaos because of the WWI culture by the instance of calling a urinal a fountain and putting it in the display which was shown by Marcel Duchamp. Also the Dadaist artists took the common objects and also created art with all these objects, they also brought out the beauty of the everyday world but they also ignored it. Marcel Duchamp was also poked fun at the masters which was by “reworking” Mona Lisa. The Dadaists also paved away from the other art movements which are as the Surrealism. Also the movements of the Dadaists were also changed with the responsibility of the rebuilding it is because the Dadaists stripped it away.

We also can see that the abstraction and the expressionism were the influence of the Dadaism which was followed by the cubism and also by futurism. 

Raoul Haussmann Mechanical Head, 1920 Wood, leather and aluminum, DADA

Fountain, photograph of sculpture by Marcel Duchamp, 1917

Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919,

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Alfred Stieglitz - Fountain - photograph of sculpture by Marcel Duchamp - 1917. 2013. Alfred Stieglitz - Fountain - photograph of sculpture by Marcel Duchamp - 1917. [ONLINE] Available at: http://arthistory.about.com/od/dada/ig/DadaatMoMANewYork/dada_newyork_07.htm. [Accessed 18 May 2013].

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The rose period of Pablo Picasso

Picasso we can see that  he didn’t  only had the  blue  period  even though  it was the  most  popular  but he also  had the period of the rose period. The rose period is the most period that it is greater art-historical importance. For the first time Picasso developed the stylistic means that it would become the part of his style which this made him the most important artist of the twentieth century. The rose period started during the 1904 this was a year where Picasso changed the style from the blue period where he used the dark  colors which  were  bluish and also downbeat the paintings that  he made  during the  rose period Picasso  used somewhat optimistic in the mood and also brighter colors where he used  a lot the color pink. The 1904 yeas  was  not  the year for the  blue  period and  also  it wasn’t the  year  for the rose  period. 

Garçon à la pipe, (Boy with a Pipe), 1905

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