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Modern art is a term used to describe the artworks produced in the period from around the 1860s to the 1970s. Art after the 1970s is often called contemporary art or postmodern art. Primarily, modern artists broke away from the traditions of the past to create artworks which kept challenging the existing notion of … Read more
Love has been a dominant theme in poetry through the ages. One of the early poets whose love poems continue to be popular is John Donne, who was active around early 17th century. Categorized as a metaphysical poet, Donne wrote some of the best known poems on the theme of love including The Good-Morrow … Read more
Spain has contributed immensely to European art and some of the most renowned masterpieces of western art have been created by Spanish artists. Spanish Golden Age was a period from the early 16th century to the late 17th century which saw the nation flourishing in arts and literature; and, among other things, becoming an … Read more
Early American paintings were primarily portraits, landscapes and depictions of historical events. The first prominent art movement in the United States was Realism, which originated in France in the 1850s and became important in America by early 20th century. American Realists depicted contemporary social realities and the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people. … Read more
Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), also known as the Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He is the most widely read Scottish poet and is celebrated not only in his country but around the world. Burns was one of the leaders of Romanticism and … Read more
Graffiti are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. The word graffiti, or its singular form “graffito”, come from the Italian word graffiato which means “scratched”. While the practice of creating graffiti has existed since ancient times, it come to … Read more
Romanticism was an artistic and literary movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and peaked in the first half of the 19th century. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and of nature. In English literature, the key … Read more
Religious art uses religious themes and motifs usually having some recognizable moral narrative or attempting to induce strong spiritual emotions in the viewer. In the west, religious art may be defined as any artwork which has a Christian theme. Western religious painting is dominated by scenes from the Old Testament and from the life … Read more
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. Romanticism was a cultural movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and lasted for around 50 years. It focussed on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of the … Read more
Realism was an art movement that began in France in the 1850s and later spread to other nations with the most prominent equivalent movements arising in Russia and the U.S. The Realists rejected the then dominant movement of Romanticism, which focused on glorification of the past and of nature. They instead decided to portray, … Read more