Heather McAloon Art 200X

       Postmodernism was the relevant era from the 1980 to present. Post modern art rejects the use of abstraction. They were forward thinkers and had a lot of technological influences in this time as well. Installation art and performance art slowly began to be a popular form of art as well as Graffiti art and environmental art.                 Installation Art is an art that an artist has designed or created for a certain area or location. Typically, they are created for public enjoyment and put into public places, but not always. Sometimes, unfortunately it has happened, but artist have created masterpieces and they are actually not permitted in the area or they are not permanent.      This sculpture was created by Cai Guo-Qiang in 2006. It was called “head on”. This sculpture is a life size replica of 99 wolves in a glass wall. The wolves are to represent the historical issues that have been between West and East Germany. The wolves were created in Quanzhou touwn in Fujian Provin

       World War 1 was fought 1914-1918. Russia, France, and Britain fought against the Central Powers, which were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey (Ottoman Empire). Over 15 million people perished in this war. By the time the war was over there was 24 countries involved in this war, some of the countries included Australia, Japan, and South Africa.                 The war began when the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip in Bosnia. The assassination led to the beginning of the war. The was then developed due to a network of alliances countries had with each other. As the war continued, more and more countries ended up joining to help their allies, which is how the was ended up being fought with 24 countries involved. World War One was known or was thought to be the war to end all wars. “The Canadians at Ypres” By: William Barnes-Wollen (1915)      The war was also considered as the Modern War. This is because during the war, ne

  The art I found that I liked the most in the Romantic era was the Impressionist art. The last quarter of the 19 th century was when Impressionist became a new art form and became popular. In 1890, it was finally recognized as art and word spread and touched many people. One of my favorite things about Impressionism art was the most important part of it was the way the artist worked instead of only worrying about the outcome. The painting was important, but not as important as how the author got there and what they did to create it, for example, what brush stroke did they use? Why? I liked how the artist would use fleeting moments in time they have witnessed or been through or even an impression for inspiration. It would be open to interpretation not only from the Artist but from the people who are looking at the painting. It is not supposed to be one way because no one knows the true moment besides the author and anyone else who witnessed or partook in it. So, they are able to pai