One of the most notable pioneers of the feminist art movement are Mary Beth Edelson. Two other artist that contributed to the feminist movement are Hannah Wilke and Ana Mendieta who both make art to commend femininity. 

The feminist movement consists of many different kinds of art. Most performance art and photography that is a part of this movement focuses on femininity and the female body. There are also many examples of graphic design in the femenist art movement. The graphics usually make statements regarding women’s power and emotions, or responding to how society treats females.
Ultimately, feminist art can be abstract, representational, composed with any colors, lines, shapes or textures, but must makes a statement regarding the female experience.  Feminist art gives womanhood recognition, challenges the patriarchy, and fights for equality. 

While women have been fighting for equality for decades, this movement was most significant during the “second-wave” feminist movement in the 1960s. This movement tackled societal issues in America rather than legal such as bodily rights, home life, and the workplace. Art played a large role in the movement from rejecting women’s societal roles to fighting to end oppression. All feminist art is aiming to make a staement regarding women in society and politics. 

Roy Lichtenstein made this piece in 1963.it’s made from offset lithograph on lightweight, off-white wove paper.  It really captures me not just because of the comic book style but also on how simple the design is and yet there’s so much emotion going on. https://www.guyhepner.com/roy-lichtensteins-crying-girl/

Date: ca. 1450

Geography: Made in Netherlands

 

In the United States, the most prominent figure of Art Nouveau was Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of the founder of Tiffany&Co the jewelers, he produced elaborate interiors, metalworks, lighting, and jewelry all in the Art Nouveau style. Antoni Gaudi is known for his architecture, his greatest works located in Spanish Catalonia was Casa Mila and Sagrada Familia, the latter still under construction to this very day. Art Nouveau came towards the end of the Victorian period, William Morris believed that functional design should be incorporated into everyday life and that there was no room for the excess of the Victorian period. William Morris’ designs aesthetics and ethics heavily reject the qualities of the Victorian period. 

2: The surrealism art movement started happening in around 1924 through the 1920s and continued in France through the 50s and on. 

3: France

4: Some of the top Surrealism artists were Dali, Breton, Ernst, and Magritte 

5:  The visual characteristics were more driven towards using creativity to understand the pieces of art involved, 

6: The Surrealisms main objective was the get people to liberate thought, language, and human experience from the oppressive boundaries of rationalism. 

7: The Surrealism art movement really began to kick off in the aftermath of WW1. I believe the artists were attempting to create a statement about the world and what it was coming to at the turn of the century. I think the artists really were attracting a crowd aimed at a social agenda, as well as political. 

2: The surrealism art movement started happening in around 1924 through the 1920s and continued in France through the 50s and on. 

3: France

4: Some of the top Surrealism artists were Dali, Breton, Ernst, and Magritte 

5:  The visual characteristics were more driven towards using creativity to understand the pieces of art involved, 

6: The Surrealisms main objective was the get people to liberate thought, language, and human experience from the oppressive boundaries of rationalism. 

7: The Surrealism art movement really began to kick off in the aftermath of WW1. I believe the artists were attempting to create a statement about the world and what it was coming to at the turn of the century. I think the artists really were attracting a crowd aimed at a social agenda, as well as political. 

Pic #1: 
The persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali
1931
Painting oil on canvas
24cmx33cm
Dali's work draws my attention to the surrealism movement the most, his work with the melting clocks has always fascinated me and really forces you to think outside the box to understand!

Socialist realism is ironic as it contains a utopian or optimistic version of communism. Visually, the art looks realistic but depicts a society that the Soviet Union idealized. Anatoly Lunacharsky, a Russian revolutionary, believed that “the sight of a healthy body, intelligent face or friendly smile was essentially life-enhancing” and that art had an immediate effect on the human organism. Lunacharsky was convinced that art could lead people to be the perfect Soviet.

Artists were not allowed to present the reality of life in their state or anything that represented Communism poorly. So, much of the art during this time in the Soviet Union was controlled by the government. As far as creativity, it was less prevalent as the styles used were those that created the most realistic results as this type of art usually involved people. The art is typically filled with happy strong workers and bustling industries.

Many events happened during the 1930s such as the Great Depression, inventions such as the first car radio, and later, World War II. WWII began in 1939 with numerous causes such as the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, the worldwide economic depression, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations. Much of the propaganda during this time represented patriotism and the power of either military alliance. 

Gender difference and sexuality were generally taboo and were viewed as a distraction from the duties people had to the creation of socialism. Stalin’s government banned abortion, made divorce difficult, and removed the women’s associations in government. The “New Soviet Woman” was then promoted and was shown working in traditionally male jobs. The idea was to encourage women to join the workforce and show off the Soviet Union’s progressiveness towards women compared to the United States.

1949
Oil on canvas
166 cm × 232 cm

This painting represents a glorified Stalin. Behind him is a plowed field with transmission towers and machinery. I think this piece conveys expansion for the Soviet people.

1939
Oil on canvas
200 cm × 300 cm

This is another painting of Stalin with members of his policymaking committee among children. This puts Stalin in a good light towards his people.

UNTITLED “#LetHerSpeak”- Sonia Kretschmar

Period: Between approximately 1902 and 1936

Origin of movement: France

Three Influential Art Deco artists: 

 Josef Hoffmann - designed the Stoclet Palace in Brussels (1911)

 Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann – French furniture designer

 Georges Augustin Barbier – book and fashion illustrator, theatrical costume designer

Primary characteristics - symmetry, simplicity, element organization; use of cone, cylinder, sphere 

 similar to Cubism; bright colors; motifs from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Asia, 

 and Mesoamerica with Machine Age elements

Reason for movement: To create a unique yet modern style that represented decorative artists at the 

 turn of the 20^th century. At the height of the movement’s popularity art deco pieces symbolized 

 luxury as well as social and technological progress.

Major events during the Art Deco period: Art Deco was created around 1902 as a result of social 

 movements to recognize decorative artists who were underrepresented as a profession. World 

 War I caused the postponement of the second international exposition. The Stock Market crash 

 of 1928 caused Art Deco to become less flashy with it’s use of less expensive materials. Pre-

 World War II years saw Art Deco replaced by Art Moderne, a more streamlined version of Art 

 Deco. World War II caused the Art Deco and Art Moderne movements to go dormant in favor 

 for more functional designs.

Dragonfly corsage ornament made of gold, enamel, chrysoprase, moonstones, and diamonds, designed by René Lalique, 1897–98; in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.

Small cabinet covered with sharkskin, by André Groult (about 1925) 

Hudson locomotive fitted with a streamlined Art Deco casing, called the “bullet” or “torpedo” style, designed by Henry Dreyfuss for the 20th Century Limited line, on display at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

This Art piece is colorful and very standing out with the different shades of gray and black.

Artist's Name: Judy Chicago 

Year Created:1970 

Media/Materials Used: glazed porcelain brick base

Dimensions of the Pieces:48x48x48 feet

 

The piece captured my attention due to the taboo imagery that Chicago uses. She created this peace to honor women who have made a positive difference in the feminist world but instead of using normal plates she uses glazed porcelain shaped like female genitalia. This is never seen because many people think it is too taboo and exposes women but Chicago uses it as a form of empowerment trying to normalize body parts. This is a great example of this movement because of its boldness, and uniqueness of this piece, she uses different shapes and sizes to show how different yet beautiful we all are. 

Artist's Name:Carolee Schneemann

Year Created:1963

Media/Materials Used: nude body, plastic tarps, broken mirrors, black paint

Dimensions of the Pieces: 34.3 x 26.7 (cm), 13.5 x 10.5 (inch)

 

The Eye body piece is so beautiful and eye capturing, the contrast Schneemann uses creates a beautiful solutee. I have seen many pieces similar to this but non of them uses such high contrast yet still maintained the image of the womens body. The lines she make with her body accentuate the realness of womens perfectly imperfect bodies. This is a good example overall because she did not edit it, the body and flaws are real, she was able to perfectly cputre a women mid thought. This piece impowers women to be real to allow thmeslves to see their imperfections as beautiful. 

Artist's Name: Barbara Kruger

Year Created:1989

Media/Materials Used: Photo media

Dimensions of the Pieces: H:112 x W: 112 in.

Barbara did a great job using the contrast and the staticky look on the right side which is what captured my attention. This piece is very unlike all the other feminist peices simply because of the type of image it is. During my search for feminsit art this was the only one of it's kind. I was captured by the left side looking determined yet still femine and dainty while the right side looks mad and ready to fight. This just shows that although women on the outside might look pretty on the inside they have their own issues, yet they still get their repsosnilties done. 

Artist's Name: Fabieke 

Year Created: 2014

Media/Materials Used: graffiti art materials (airbrush, oil-based chalk, paint)

Dimensions of the Pieces: Unknown

This beautiful graffiti art is shocking but so raw. There are so many women that are abused on a daily bases yet they hide it with makeup, something that is supposed to accentuate their beauty not hide the truh. I love that this piece shows a women standing up for herself, the hand towards the audience can be connected to her holding her hand up in a stop formation. Fabieke did an amazing job capturing the strength abused women have after putting up and standing up to their abuser. It is a good example of the movement because femeinist art is supposed to show women empowerment through their struggles. 

Artist's Name: Laura Dumm

Year Created: 2018

Media/Materials Used: Acrylic on canvas 

Dimensions of the Pieces: 25x25 

 This is my absolute favorite piece a prisoner no more is absolutely full of emotion and realness. Often after a women is abused she feels trapped like a prisioner, she feels worthless. Laura Dumm captured the moment of self confident and strength of this women when most of the time she is blamed for her own abuse. The finger pointing shows how scoeity, mainly men see women who have been abused wiether it be sexual assualt or domestic violence, most ment victim blame which is clearly shown here. But the women in this paintings doesnt seem scared or sad, she looks like she relaized her value, she looks unbothered by the judgy comments. This piece is simple stunning. 

4.    Who are at least three of the main artists associated with this movement?Three important artists during this period are William Morris, Gustav Klimt, and Louis Comfort Tiffany. 

2.    Artist's Name: Gustav Klimt

3.    Year Created: 1907-1908

4.    Media/Materials Used: oil on canvas painting with gold leaf and silver and platinum. 

5.    Dimensions of the Pieces: 180 cm x 180 cm
6. I loved the colors of this painting and I enjoyed the image of the couple in an embrace.  It is hard to tell from the picture of the painting but the gold leaf would have given the painting a magical feel. I think the artist illustrates the beauty loving someone and being wrapped in the moment.

2.    Artist’s Name: Alphonse Mucha

3.    Year Created: 1897

4.    Media/Materials Used: Poster

5.    Dimensions of the Pieces: 1621 x 2171

6.    The poster from the Art Nouveau is intricately designed with flowers and many colors.  I simply enjoy the posters and I have purchased cards in the past with similar designs. 

Unlike most art that tries to tell a story or copy a beautiful landscape or even give off an emotion or feeling, minimalism does not try to give you emotion or a reality.  

This type of art is what you see is what you get. Minimalist painter Frank Stella said about his painting, “ What you see is what you see.” That's the perfect description of Minimalism. You're not expected to read much into the art; that's the beauty of it. 

Some of the leading artists associated with this movement are Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Robert Morris, and many more, but these are the ones that caught my eye the most.  

Minimalism Art is more of an aesthetic it's a kind of art that only a few people appreciate. I say that because people always try to read into art, and minimalism is not about that. It's about the simplicity of the image. The goal or the meaning of minimalism is about just living and not expecting much, I would say. It about appreciates what is in front of you is, as a whole, the literal presence. “Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s among artists who were self-consciously renouncing recent art they thought had become stale and academic. A wave of new influences and rediscovered styles led younger artists to question conventional boundaries between various media.”(The Art Story)   

Minimalism is a way of exertion but not in an emotional way but in viewing things. I believe what the artists are trying to give us is a way to have us look at things the way they are, instead of having us trying to find a meaning to it. They are telling us that life is not complicated unless you make it complex, just like art.