FA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vincent Van Gogh, Helen Frankenthaler, Wassily Kandinsky
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In contrast to the abstract artwork of frankenthaler, during the renaissance in europe, painting became increasingly illusionistic in an attempt to imitate nature. An attempt to make the image believably real to the viewer. Thinking you"re looking into real texture, depth, space. By the late 19th century, the concept of the real moved away from illusionism as progressive painting, as well as other art forms blame more abstract or expressionistic. Whose musical sounds are more artistic and better qualitatively, ludwig van beethoven"s or art. Symphony has soft moments, frankenthaler"s art has a soft feeling. The 19th century artist james abbott mcneill whistler (1834-1903) titled his paintings with terms from music, drawing comparisons between the abstract qualities found in music as well as visual art. Nocturne in blue and silver, the lagoon, venice, 1879-1880. Nocturne in black and gold the falling rocket, 1875. Lead to harsh critique, whistler ended up suing over it and won.
