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Gothic art

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Gothic art was a art style that originated during the middilvil period and originated from Northern France out of romanesque art. The art style took the form of paintings, sculpture and architecture. Gothic art took more realistic depictions of the human form with it adding a more complex sense of perspective with its use of chiaroscuro in light and shading.

Renaissance

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:19:00 UTC

The Renaissance meaning rebirth can be characterized as a period of history where there was a reemergence for classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome. The art movement being pioneered by such people like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael sought to capture the experience of the individual and the beauty and mystery of the nature world.

Mannerism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:20:32 UTC

Emerging out of the Renaissance, Mannerism was a art style that ignored proportion and focus on intentionally unbalanced composition. Mannerism contained elongated proportions with exaggerated and contorted poses with a meticulous attention to intricate patterns and small details.

Romanticism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:30:11 UTC

Romanticism being born from the disillusionment of enlightenment values especially coming out of the french revolution sought to push the boundaries of artist expression by emphasizing emotion, individualism, imagination and nature.

American war of independence

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:37:11 UTC

The American war of independence started as a result of greater taxes being imposed on Britain's colonies by the crown due to the having to generate income to station the British army and Navy to protect its colonies as well as the British government trying to impose greater control onto its colonies. The small amount of British forces who were sent to suppress what was at first an insurrection and then became a civil war within the Empire. The British forces performed well against the rebels however with Spain and France entering the war the situation became an international war. At this time Britain was also facing the Anglo Dutch war. With the British surrender at Yorktown by both the French army and the American colonial army resulting in a peace treaty and the end to the war.

War of the Roses

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:39:28 UTC

The war of the roses was a series of civil wars over the English throne.

The first transatlantic cable

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:53:45 UTC

The first transatlantic was constructed and led by Cyrus west field. With the first cable seeing little success in communication with the first communication being between queen Victoria and James Buchanan being meet by extremely slow communication speeds and the project being scraped after the cable was destroyed after the Whitehouse increased voltage in an attempt to increase communication speed. The second cable was laid in 1865 however it was abandoned after it broke. Then finally in 1866 the third cable was laid and was successful with the cable from 1865 being spliced and was also in service.

impressionism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:57:21 UTC

Impressionism was developed and led by a group of French artist called the Anonymous Society of painters, sculptors, printmakers (other art formats) set up an exhibition. The more prominent member being Claude Monet. The art was aimed at not trying to paint reflection of real life but the impression of what the person, light, atmosphere, object or landscape looked like to them.

Modern art

50062415 — 2024-09-25 09:58:38 UTC

Modern art started as a revolt against academic artistic conventions. Overall this art movement aimed to reject traditional aesthetic values through reimagining/reinterpretation.

Realism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:01:18 UTC

Realism art and artist came about in the 1840s and rejected romanticism that was dominate at this point. The art style was an attempt to represent a subject truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative and supernatural elements. The style also promoted accurate, detailed, unembellished depictions of nature or contemporary life

Cubism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:03:09 UTC

Cubism focused on the emphasis of flat and two dimensional, fragmented surface of the picture plane rejecting perspective, foreshortening, modelling, and chiaroscuro in favour of geometric forms.

Contemporary

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:03:25 UTC

Contemporary art emerged after WW2 and was meant to be a reflection of modern society which included social, political and technological changes.

Dada

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:03:34 UTC

The Dada art movement can be summarized as anti establishment art and was a reaction to the horrors of ww1. It took many styles such as performance art, sculpture etc

Pop art

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:03:44 UTC

Pop art emerged primarily in the UK and in the USA and can be characterised by its focus on pop culture and its incorporation of imagery from advertising, comic books and everyday consumer items.

Surrealism

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Surrealism art is focused on illustrating the artist thoughts and dreams.

Expressionism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:04:12 UTC

This art movement focused on display the emotions of the subject and was accomplished through distortion and exaggeration of shape and the vivd or violent application of colour.

Minimalism

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:04:36 UTC

Minimalism art can be characterised by its focus on simplicity, clarity and the use of minimal elements. The art often reduces forms into their fundamental aspects such as basic shapes.

Street art

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:04:57 UTC

Street art is a form of visual art that is created in public locations and is often accessible. The art encompasses a wide range of styles and techniques such as graffiti, murals, stickers and installations.

Op art

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:05:08 UTC

Op art (optical art) can be characterised through its use of geometric patterns, vibrant colours and optical illusions to create a sense of movement or dynamic visual effects. The art overall explores the way people perceive visual stimuli.

American civil war

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:26:44 UTC

Fought between the United States of America and the Confederate states of America consisting of 11 states that left the American union. The war began due to the long standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.

WW1

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:29:28 UTC

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand it sparked a global war that lasted 4 years and resulted in around 40 million deaths.

WW2

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:32:09 UTC

WW2 started after the invasion of Poland by Germany where France and Britain declared war. The war ended after Hitlers death in 1945 and the victory by the red army in Berlin and the victory over Japan by the USA after the 2 atomic bombs were dropped. The war resulted in between 35000,000 to 60,000,000 deaths.

Vietnam war

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:34:43 UTC

The first functioning laser was invented

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Romanesque art

50062415 — 2024-09-25 10:46:38 UTC

Romanesque art originated from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century. The style followed religious themes and scenes with the art work being mostly applied to thick walls. The paintings were usually large. The figures painted in this style were usually abstract and lacked depth.

Spanish civil war

50062415 — 2024-10-08 09:22:42 UTC

The Spanish civil war kicked off due to a group of conservative military officers who tried to overthrow the progressive government at the time. which was met by great resistance by government supports. The country became split in two with one side consisting of supporters of the popular front government (the supporters were referred as republicans, reds or loyalists) which was backed by Britain, France and the soviet union. The military coup (known as Nationalists, fascists or whites) being backed by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy

Printing press

50062415 — 2024-10-08 09:29:14 UTC

The printing press revolutionised the way in which information and learning was shared in the mid 1400s

The camera

50062415 — 2024-10-08 09:38:40 UTC

Joseph Nicepce invented the first photographic camera.