Arts blog F200X

 Traditional art  Traditional art is described as an art form that has been practiced by generations and passed down it is connected to a certain culture, even countries. In this post we will be taking a look at some art forms, that are synonimous with the countries they were created at, these art forms will be: The Lielvarde belt (Latvian art), Rock relief art (Persian/Iranian art) and samurai armor (Japanese art).  Lielvārde Belt Lielvārdes josta - folk created (Late 18th century) The Lielvarde belt (Latv: Lielvārdes josta), is a Latvian folk art expression, which is a belt, that has traditional symbols woven into it, the symbols and their meanings are to this day taught in school and are a part of the Latvian identity, which is a really important factor for the proud Latvian people. The belt is traditionally woven by professional weavers, it is around 3m long and 10 cm wide and made of linen. Even for these professionals it can take more than 2,5 weeks to finish it - weaving for ar

Overview of the art style. Installation art is one of the most intriguing art styles, with it being presented as the use of space in a creative way and usually making an attraction equally interesting for both art professionals and regular people, just because it is so impressive. The impressiveness of this art is also strengthened by the fact that these art pieces are not permanent, which means that people appreciate them so much more. The artist artist Ilya Kabakov described this art form as " The main actor in the total installation, the main center toward which everything is addressed, for which everything is intended, is the viewer." (Tate, 2021). The post-modern art style came into prominence at the beginning of the 20th century and the term Installation art was first documented in 1969 by the English Oxford dictionary, but it has been used long before, with the Gesamtkunstwerk , which from German means "total artwork" - it had the same concept as Installati

Introduction  Was it the first war in the world? No! But we call it that, because it was the first one during the industrialized period and people had access to certain types of mechanical weapons. During the WW1 there was a belief, that traditions started the war, which is why there is a quote by Hans Art "Repelled by the slaughter-house of the world war, we turned to art. We searched for an elementary art that would, we thought, save mankind from the furious madness of these times." People started to go out of the traditional way of painting and a new style, influenced both by the WW1 and Avant-garde, was born, called Dada style. We will be looking at 3 works from this iconic era, which will include both Dada and other related style works like - Marcel DuChamp's L.H.O.O.Q, Otto Dix's Card-Playing war cripples and Max Beckmann's The Night .  Analysis of the works Marcel Duchamp - L.H.O.O.Q      This is an iconic piece by an iconic artist, the L.H.O.O.Q or we c