Month October 2018
Lecture: Cubism and Corporate Identity (1905-1915) This timeframe no doubt has some interesting advancement! In this week’s lecture, we learnt about the development in worlds of architecture, graphic design and product design. The modern approach of “Forms follow function” is something… Continue Reading →
Wassily Kandinsky (Expressionism, Fauvism, & Early 20th Century) Wassily Kandinsky (1866 -1944) was a Russian painter regarded as the pioneer of abstract modern art (*though later on, critics believed that female artist, Hilma af Klint, should claim the title instead)…. Continue Reading →
Lecture: Dreams and Designers (1895 – 1905) The highlight of this week’s lecture is the transition from the Arts and Crafts movement to the Art Nouveau style. As a reaction to the poor quality of industrial production, the two movements borrowed… Continue Reading →
Camille Pissarro (Impressionism & Post Impressionism) Being the mentor of other remarkable Impressionist painters like Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, and Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro was a pivotal figure in Impressionism. In the majority of his career, he chose to… Continue Reading →
Our group was focusing on the scope of Science and Technology in the Renaissance period. With the abundance of creations and major developments we got in this timeframe, it was certainly an interesting topic to recreate. Nevertheless, it was no… Continue Reading →
Lecture: Painters And Posters (1850 – 1895) The highlight of this week’s lecture was the comeback of craftsmanship in art and design. As a reaction of mass production in Industrial Revolution, artists, designers and architects like William Morris and Charles Robert… Continue Reading →
John Constable (Realism, Pre-Impressionism, & Pre-Raphaelites) John Constable was an English oil and water landscape painter best known for his Pre-Impressionist style. In his early career, his abstract style was not particularly praised in the art community. Around the age… Continue Reading →
Lecture: Steam & The Speed of Light (1750 – 1850) Fun Fact (Throwback to 141 Survey 3!): Did you know that the book of hours by the Limbourg brothers cost the buyer an entire farm to trade in the 15th century? Crazy,… Continue Reading →
Lecture: Block books and Baroque (1450 – 1750) In this week’s Survey, we travelled back to the time of scientific revolution. Covering the artistic movements from the Renaissance, Baroque to Rococo in 1450 – 1750, it was the period of… Continue Reading →
François Boucher (Neoclassicism, Romanticism, & Rococo) François Boucher (c. 1703 – 1770) was a Rococo French painter known for the cheerful and light-hearted atmosphere in his works. His famous works often featured a diverse range of classical themes including the… Continue Reading →