Studying Variety of Art Paintings

Studying Variety
of
Art Paintings

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Introduction
Art exists in this world since the time civilization does. It
has led to development of varied art styles. Art still
continues to be explored.
Indian art paintings can be classified into traditional,
modern and contemporary paintings on the basis of its
origination and styles employed in.

What is Traditional Art?
Indian art is known for its traditional painting styles.
Earlier paintings which indulge in themes revolving
around traditions of India are known as traditional
paintings.
They have evolved over years to portray a fusion of
variety of cultures and traditions.

Varieties of Traditional Art
Different troops have migrated to India from time to
time, leaving significant embankments and artifacts
behind. Thus, traditional art can be distinguished into:
Mughal paintings
Rajput paintings
Mysore paintings
Tanjore paintings
Madhubani pintings
Pattachitra paintings

What is Modern Art?
Artworks which were created in 1860s and proceeded
to be created till 1970s is known as modern art.
It was devoid of all conventional norms and included
fresh ideas and thoughts. They believed that it was time
to do some experimentation and bring out modern
styles.

What is Contemporary Art?
Paintings which were created in 1970s and still continue
to be created are called contemporary paintings.
Thus, the different styles which are evolving out with
time come under contemporary art.

What Led to Emergence of Contemporary Art?
Majorly due to World War II artists felt a dire need to
produce artworks which could reflect the lack in
humanity and illustrate the destruction which occurred.
They wanted to portray social issues in their paintings
and thus, contemporary art emerged.

How Contemporary Art Begun?
A Contemporary Art Society was set up in London in
1910 and was founded by a critic, Roger Fry.
This society was focused on buying arts to display in
museums. Contemporary paintings still indulged in
traditional techniques in some paintings. Various art
movements began which were focused on bringing new
styles.

Abstract Expressionism Art Movement
It was a movement which erupted after World War II in
New York and quickly spread to other parts of the
world.
They wanted to express the destruction and society
issues which prevailed during that time. Abstract art
was though devoid of any natural attributes.

Bay Area Figurative Movement
It was a movement which originated in middle of 20th
century because artists wanted to return to figuration
the times when abstraction was dominant.
Thus, a group of artists in San Francisco created designs
of figurative art styles to return figuration.

Lyrical Abstraction Art Movement
It was an art movement in Paris, which opened door for
expression in Abstraction.
They represented an artist’s emotions by using diverse
colors.
They are believed to sustain imagery and thoughts of a
subconscious mind.

Photorealism Art Movement
Photorealism is an art movement where artists started
to paint and sketch images by directly looking at a
photograph.
These contemporary paintings aim to create realism in
paintings as much as possible by reproducing images in
photographs.

Major Artists involved in Contemporary Art Form
Numerous popular and talented
artists were behind development
of contemporary paintings.
Vincent Van Gogh, Jackson
Pollock, Pablo Picasso were
biggest names who evolved about
modern and contemporary art.
Pablo Picasso is also called father
of Cubism, a form of Abstract art.

Contemporary paintings during present days
Art sill continues to flourish and
is now considered as an
investment by current art
collectors. Various online
portals and museums have
been established to bring out
numerous young and talented
artists who create exceptional
designs by using modern and
advanced techniques.

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