FUTURISM

History

Futurism deals with events that are anticipated to come in the future.
This movement started in the early 20th century and it emphasized  speed, dynamism, energy, the strength of the machine and the vitality, and modernity. 
In this movement, visual arts and poetry were were the most significant (John James White, 2015).
This all started in Italy 1909 when Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published his first manifesto 'Futurist Manifesto.' Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Giacimo Balla and Carlo Carra were drawn by Marinetti's ideas because of belief of being translated into modern, figurative art which handled and explored features of movement and space(Wolf. J, 2017).


Characteristics
- Futurists had their paintings evoking all kinds of sensations that were not only visible to the   eye.
- Futurism borrowed various aspects of Post-Impressionism, which were Symbolism and         Divisionism adhering working in an eclectic manner hence making it not being identified
  with a distinctive style.
- They used the new visual technology which influenced them in their paintings hence 
  showing movement in painting, and use of abstract art with rhythmic palpitating qualities
  (Wolf. J, 2017).
- Most ideas from this movement where generated through writing  and several manifestos.

Sea Dancer, Gino Severini, 1913

The above painting is called the Sea Dancer, and as seen above it is broken light and colour into series of dots and also geometric forms using a style of divisionism.



Modern painting

Above is a painting of a woman or man sitted in the chair with his or right hand relaxed up the chair.
It is a futurist painting because of the  geometric shapes used the use of colour and the overall painting is more of abstract at first sight but as you look at it closer you get to see understand it.

In conclusion, futurism has helped us to think of the future which today is often seen in movies like Iron man where things shown in a futuristic way hence expressing futurism.



Sources consulted

John James White, 2015, Global Britannica. Online. Available at:

https://global.britannica.com/art/Futurism

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Wolf. J, 2017, The Art story: Futurism. Online. Available at:

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-futurism.htm

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Colluna, 2017, Design is History. Online. Available at:

http://www.designishistory.com/1850/futurism/
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CUBISM

History

In the early 20th century, this movement influenced most visual art styles. The major people who created this movement were Pablo Picasso a Spanish man (1881-1973) and a French man by the names of Georges Braque (1882-1963).

These artists broke the concept that art should copy nature for example they did not adopt or follow the the traditional techniques of perspective (Sabine Rewald, 2004).

Key ideas/ Characteristics.

-In this period, artists broke the traditions of art. These are the rules of perspective that depicted space  since renaissance. 

-The artists explored different types of form for example space would flow through sharp figures and  objects.

-These cubists used non-art materials. These were abstract structures that were produced in paintings.

-Cubism paved way for the non-object of school and sculpture (The Art Story, 2017).

Cubist example 

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907. (Pablo Picasso.org, 2009)

This painting was done by Pablo Picasso and is the most known example of cubism. Here Picasso broke the traditional representation of art with renaissance period. He portrayed the female bodies in form of distortion and geometric forms in a creative way, which challenged the beliefs of females representation of beauty. In this painting, African art influenced Picasso (Pablo Picasso.org, 2009).

Temporary Art

The boxer by Dylan Jones (Chris Spooner, 2007)

The image above is of a boxer as the title says, it breaks the tradition of art in a way there is no perspective and form especially for his adidas short, it is rectangular. In this image the artist used cool and warm colours to differentiate the front from the back for example, for the legs, red was given to the front one whereas dark green is given to the back one.

Conclusions

To me as a designer, cubism paved a way for me to be able to  do what I want today for example, when I can be able to create an abstract painting or picture and has a meaning or representation hence not following the art tradition.

An example is a logo.

Sources.

Sabine Rewald, 2004. Cubism. Online. Available at:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

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The Art Story, 2017. Cubism. Online. Available at:

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-cubism.htm

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Pablo Picasso.org, 2009. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso 1907. Online. Available at:

http://www.pablopicasso.org/avignon.jsp#prettyPhoto

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Chris Spooner, 2007. 30 Modern Examples of Cubism Style in Digital Art. Online. Available at:

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/30-modern-examples-of-the-cubism-style-in-digital-art

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