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  Vietnam War As we all know, the Vietnam War was a controversial war because some people believed that the United States didn't need to participate in the war. As the war raged on, there were journalists who recorded the Vietnam War which made it possible for Americans who were home to witness the war on screen. Hence the beginning of the Anti-war movement.  Family watching TV by H. Armstrong Roberts  (1948) The invention of television was huge during the time and it allowed people to watch the Vietnam War. This allowed people to voice their concerns about the war. This is an example of how it kind of looked like when watching TV around the time of the Vietnam War. Although the war began in 1955, this photo was taken by H. Armstrong Roberts in 1948. I like how classic and simple it looks. Two chairs but no couch. Two stands sandwiching the TV. Two parents and two children. I notice this uses symmetry which is kind of satisfying. Oh how our televisions have evolved. Horst Faas (1
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World War I Effects

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 World War I There are many people who think differently when we think of what caused World War I. But we know that World War I was triggered by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian national in Sarajevo. World War I is considered the first Modern War because of modern weaponry such as machine guns, airplanes, tanks, and poison gas. Alas, the arts were affected by World War I. Dada art and Surrealism are two types of art that formed after World War I. Dada Art Some artists believed that the war was created from tradition. Artists reacted to the war by rejecting tradition. This rejection of tradition was called Dada and was formed after the war started. Hence, the formation of Dada art.  Fountain  (1917) by Marcel Duchamp; location lost/destroyed   Despite the original sculpture being lost or destroyed, there were 16 replicas that were made with Duchamp's approval. This sculpture is very anti-art and anti-rational which makes it a Dada type of sculpture
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Romantic Era

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 Variety Era During the 19th century or the Romantic Era, there have been different art styles that developed. There was the Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Photography, and Art Nouveau styles of art. An art style that I really liked was the Post-Impressionism style. Post-Impressionism was more organized and structured than the Impressionism style. And Impressionism was known for sketchy lines, loose brush strokes, dabs of colors that blend together well (analogous colors). Impressionism didn't focus on the traditional subject matter. Colors and shapes were used and had a psychological effect in the Post-Impressionism style. A style of art that wasn't my favorite was the Romanticism style.  Post-Impressionism The Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh; location Museum of Modern Art This work of art by Vincent van Gogh is one that really like. Gogh was a unique artist that had some sort of mental illness. Gogh cut part of his ear off and voluntarily en
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The French Revolution

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  King Fails Economy, What Happens Next is History Imagine being an average middle-class person living in France under a King named Louis XVI in the late 1700s paying expensive taxes which probably came from war. Imagine being King and allowing the country you rule to have huge national debt and the bank not allowing you to take any more loans. Yes, that happened. France's economy was broke when King Louis XVI was in power.  Portrait of Louis XVI  (1779) by Antoine-Francois Callet; location Museo Nacional del Prado    Here is a portrait of King Louis XVI who became a King at a young age. Artist Antoine Callet was the official portraitist of King Louis XVI. I really like this work of art Callet created. King Louis XVI wears such bright fancy clothes that stand out to me. The gold background and the blue curtain mixed with gold also shows his wealth because of him being the King. White and fancy royal mantle. To the right side of him, I can see the beautiful gold and red-like crown.
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War and Religion Effects

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 Baroque Era The Baroque era was influenced by a couple events. One event that influenced the Baroque Era was the Thirty Year War where Spain lost power and the Dutch were free from Spanish rule, hence the growth of Dutch painters. Another event that influenced the Baroque Era was The Council of Trent. The Council of Trent was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformers. The Council of Trent allowed the Church to avoid the hard-to-understand Mannerist style of art and encouraged artists to be clear, real, and full of emotion that included classical antiquities.   After becoming free from Spanish Rule, the Dutch, including merchants and people who trade, became interested in arts, allowing merchants to rise in the economy and more Dutch paintings to spread. One Dutch painter I like in this Baroque Era is Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Rembrandt's work of art, Philosopher in Meditation is one that I really liked.  Philosopher in Meditation  (1632) by Rembrandt; l
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Mastery of Oil Painting

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 Christ-like poser? The Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance have some similarities and some differences. The similarities between the Italian and the Northern Renaissance were humanism, realism, and the importance of religion.  The Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance in a few ways. One difference was that the Northern Renaissance was more detailed in its visual arts because of the mastery of oil painting. The Northern Renaissance didn't really have much emphasis on classical antiquities also because they couldn't see them in real life. One of the artists that were part of the Northern Renaissance was Albrecht Dürer.  Albrecht Dürer was a German painter and theorist of the German Renaissance. One of Dürer's works of art that stood out to me was his Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight which was painted in 1500 during the Northern Renaissance period. This was one of several self-portrait paintings by Dürer. Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight   (1500)
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Sad or Beautiful?

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The Old Guitarist After the suicide death of his friend, Carlos Casagemas, Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is sadly affected and enters his " Blue Period " from 1901-1904. During Picasso's Blue Period, Picasso made several paintings that were mostly blue and gloomy, for example, Picasso's  The Old Guitarist , which was made in 1903, showing a slim and blind old man playing his guitar in Barcelona, Spain . The Old Guitarist  (1903) by Pablo Picasso; location Art Institute of Chicago When I first saw this painting, I felt sadness. Maybe that was Picasso's goal, to make the viewers feel the sadness through this work of art. Maybe Picasso made this blue emotional painting because of his friend passing away from suicide. But at the same time, when I really take the time to look at this, I see beautiful art. In this piece of art, Picasso makes great use of cool colors, shade, contrast, light and shadow, proportion and scale, and emphasis.  Cool colors and analogous color
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