Visual Language and Emotion: The Eighteenth Century Fantasy 1715 - 1760 4 November 2014
After Baroque came the Rococo style which emerged from France this spread to other European courts. The opening of trade links with China and India had some influence and the period became less academic and more interested in nature and fantasy. This gave artists more freedom to express their creativity as the wealthy wanted items made especially for them which expressed nature love and beauty, especially in Britain as the 'middling ranks' became more influential and wealthy. The Rocaille was used as a unifying theme which decorated an overall theme to a room. It was a stylised motif which symbolised water flowing over rocks and used in furniture, wall decoration etc. Chinoiserie also expressed emotions and fanciful imaginings and was in response to the influences of trading with China. Both styles were soon to be replaced.
We looked at art from the 1920 to 1935 in Europe and Russia this afternoon. This was a period influenced by the First World War which took in the Dada Movement and Surrealism - pointless art. Rene Magritte was born in Belgium and became a surrealist painter. He may have been influenced at the time by the new idea of psychoanalysis muted by Sigmund Freud.
We looked at art from the 1920 to 1935 in Europe and Russia this afternoon. This was a period influenced by the First World War which took in the Dada Movement and Surrealism - pointless art. Rene Magritte was born in Belgium and became a surrealist painter. He may have been influenced at the time by the new idea of psychoanalysis muted by Sigmund Freud.
The Conqueror 1926 by Rene Magritte
The Lovers 1928 by Rene Magritte
fig 2 http://www.lewisu.edu/experts/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Magritte-The-Lovers.jpg 25/11/2014
This work is full of questions. He may have been influenced by the tragedy of his mothers suicide, by shrouding the heads of the models.
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