Contemporary Art
ART ENHANCED BY TECHNOLOGY
TRADITIONAL SKILLS/ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGED
ARTISTS APPROPRIATE WORKS FROM THE PAST
ARTISTS CAME FROM A MULTITUDE OF BACKGROUNDS, NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL WHITE HETEROSEXUAL MALE
MORE VENUES FOR DISPLAYING ART; GALLERIES, EXHIBITS
INVENTION OF TELEVISION; GLOBAL ISSUES MORE KNOWN
ISSUES: RACISM, THE ENVIRONMENT, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; RESULTS IN TENSE ATMOSPHERE
ARTISTS QUICK TO PICK UP SOCIAL/POLITICAL ISSUES
ARTISTS EXPLOIT MATERIALS
VIDEO PROJECTIONS, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, SOUND INSTALLATIONS, FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS, LASERS
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTERS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PROCESS; DIFFICULT CONCEPTS BECAME EASIER TO ACHIEVE
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; PREVIOUS ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS/CONVENTIONS NEGLECTED
DARK INTERIORS NO LONGER POPULAR; NATURAL LIGHT SUPPLEMENTED BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT BECAME THE STANDARD
MODERN FASCINATION WITH GLASS
MODERN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
OIL ON CANVAS PREFERRED MEDIUM
ACRYLIC PAINT DEVELOPED
TAKE LITTLE TIME TO DRY, DON'T CHANGE COLOR, EASIER TO USE THAN OILS/WATERCOLORS
ACRYLICS CRACK WITH TIME; CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRESERVE OILS
ABANDONED CANVAS FOR COMPUTER SCREEN; MARBLE CARVING IS DEAD
PORCELAINS POPULARIZED, MARBLE/BRONZE NO MORE
ASSEMBLAGES (COMBINED OBJECTS MADE INTO SCULPTURE)
KITSCH: LOW QUALITY BUT APPEALS TO POPULAR TASTE
MOVEMENTS INTENSE BUT FLEETING, INFLUENCED BY CURRENT POLITICS/CULTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TRADITIONAL SKILLS/ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGED
ARTISTS APPROPRIATE WORKS FROM THE PAST
ARTISTS CAME FROM A MULTITUDE OF BACKGROUNDS, NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL WHITE HETEROSEXUAL MALE
MORE VENUES FOR DISPLAYING ART; GALLERIES, EXHIBITS
INVENTION OF TELEVISION; GLOBAL ISSUES MORE KNOWN
ISSUES: RACISM, THE ENVIRONMENT, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; RESULTS IN TENSE ATMOSPHERE
ARTISTS QUICK TO PICK UP SOCIAL/POLITICAL ISSUES
ARTISTS EXPLOIT MATERIALS
VIDEO PROJECTIONS, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, SOUND INSTALLATIONS, FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS, LASERS
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTERS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PROCESS; DIFFICULT CONCEPTS BECAME EASIER TO ACHIEVE
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; PREVIOUS ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS/CONVENTIONS NEGLECTED
DARK INTERIORS NO LONGER POPULAR; NATURAL LIGHT SUPPLEMENTED BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT BECAME THE STANDARD
MODERN FASCINATION WITH GLASS
MODERN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
OIL ON CANVAS PREFERRED MEDIUM
ACRYLIC PAINT DEVELOPED
TAKE LITTLE TIME TO DRY, DON'T CHANGE COLOR, EASIER TO USE THAN OILS/WATERCOLORS
ACRYLICS CRACK WITH TIME; CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRESERVE OILS
ABANDONED CANVAS FOR COMPUTER SCREEN; MARBLE CARVING IS DEAD
PORCELAINS POPULARIZED, MARBLE/BRONZE NO MORE
ASSEMBLAGES (COMBINED OBJECTS MADE INTO SCULPTURE)
KITSCH: LOW QUALITY BUT APPEALS TO POPULAR TASTE
MOVEMENTS INTENSE BUT FLEETING, INFLUENCED BY CURRENT POLITICS/CULTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES