Gothic and Flemish Primitives: Art History
Gothic Art
Gothic architecture replaced walls with large windows, reducing the space for fresco painting. Therefore, glass, books illustrated with miniatures, and board, used in the Romanesque, became the media of painting. The altarpiece underwent a comprehensive development, evolving over time and showing a great variety. The number of tables could be leaflets, brochures, or polyptychs if there were more, and they could be fixed or have folding doors.
Gothic art began in the 13th century. Linear
Read MoreJournalistic Genres, Advertising, and Specialized Texts
Journalistic Genres
They are expressive modes that result from information processing. Although linked to the press, they appear in all media and depend on the intention of the issuer.
Reporting
Reports provide data or relevant new facts, not including value judgments. They are dominated by the representational function of language and are shown in the following ways:
- News: This is the epitome of a contemporary event. In developing the news, one must collect six circumstances: the subject, the event,
Cultural Economics: Art, Heritage, and Creative Industries
The economics of the arts and literature, or cultural economics, is a branch of economics that studies the creation, distribution, and consumption of works of art, literature, and similar creative and/or cultural products. For a long time, the concept of the “arts” was confined to visual arts (e.g., painting) and performing arts (music, theatre, dance) in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. Usage has widened since the beginning of the 1980s with the study of the cultural industry (cinema, television programs,
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Realism and Naturalism (1850-1900): Historical and Cultural Framework in Europe
Realism
Genesis
By mid-century, in France, certain artists were called realistic because they intended to reflect the society of that time, as opposed to romantic fantasies and dreams. Since then, Realism is often presented as the antithesis of Romanticism. This is not quite accurate. In some romantic writers, along with the features of the movement, realistic pictures were admirable (as in novels such as Les Misérables
Read MoreAnnibale Carracci: Baroque Art and Landscape Evolution
_Full appearing. In the foreground, we see children playing with different objects. This is still a kind of red quilt on which stresses the body of the goddess, which is completely naked, without fabric (figure sculpture, direct light, and shades AGRIS). It also introduces the curtain on the goddess, closing the composition, calling attention to this image. The curtains have blue and silver tones, hard too. Hue is derived from Veronese and continues within the memory of the Venetian. The rest of
Read MoreBengal School of Art: Impact on Modern Indian Painting
The Bengal School of Art
The Bengal School of Art, commonly referred to as the Bengal School, was an art movement and a style of Indian painting that originated in Bengal, primarily Calcutta and Shantiniketan. It flourished throughout the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj in the early 20th century.
Also known as the ‘Indian style of painting’ in its early days, it was associated with Indian nationalism (swadeshi) and led by Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951). It was also promoted and supported
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