Thursday, April 26, 2012

3. Art progresses with technology


Art has progressed with technology and the tools available to the artist. 

The first examples of art were coloured clays used to draw on cave walls 30, 000 years ago, but since artists have moved from pictograms on pyramid walls to woven canvases and now onto a digital frontier.

Art exists in many forms, all over the world. It will evolve and change, but never cease.

Prehistoric people often represented their world- and perhaps their beliefs- through
visual images. Paintings, sculptures, engravings, and, later, pottery reveal not only a quest for beauty but also complex social systems and spiritual concepts.



For the Egyptians, art was associated with the creative process of the universe. Testimony to the intense cultural activity that characterized the predynastic period (с.5000-З00вс) exists in the form of "palettes".



And in their pyramids and sculptures.



Russian Architecture



The first manifestation of Celtic art appears on the objects found in more than a thousand graves excavated in Austria. In this Bronze Age phase the "art" consisted largely of functional but highly sophisticated metalwork designed for personal adornment and to embellish weapons, and horse and chariot fittings. 




The dominance of the church insisted on the expression of biblical truths, during the middle age.

Art progressed through periods known as Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Mannerism, Baroque and Rococo, all the way to Modern art. 

There are many facets of ‘modern’ art as a result of the progression of art through history and culture. Even in traditional painting, different mediums can be used, like oils or watercolor. And different styles, such as:

Art Nouveau:



Cubism:



Art has and will continue to progress, develop and push boundaries as humans do with the subjects that inspire them and the mediums and tools available to them.

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