Cultural Revolution

Examples of Cultural Revolution in the following topics:

• Modern Chinese Painting

  • The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 until 1976.
  • One of the stated goals of the Cultural Revolution was to bring an end to the Four Olds—Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas.
  • Some of the most enduring images of Cultural Revolution come from the poster art.
  • Following the Cultural Revolution, many art schools and professional organizations were reinstated.
  • Describe the adoption of Western techniques in the New Culture Movement, the subsequent revival of traditional Chinese painting, and the closing of art schools during the Cultural Revolution

• German Bauhaus Art

  • The most important influence on Bauhaus was Modernism, a cultural movement with origins as far back as the 1880s and which had already made its presence felt in Germany before the World War.
  • Many Germans of left-wing views were influenced by the cultural radicalization that followed the Russian Revolution.

• Mexican Muralism

  • In 1921, after the end of the Mexican Revolution, José Vasconcelos was appointed to head the Secretaría de Educación Pública.
  • They are known to have believed that art was the highest form of human expression and a key force in social revolution.
  • The differences among the three have much to do with how each experienced the Mexican Revolution.
  • His masterpiece is considered to be the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, located in Mexico City .
  • The Polyform Cultural Siqueiros is considered his masterpiece.

• Intended Context of Reception

  • Motivated purposes usually arise from the artwork's historical context, which consists of a multitude of different factors, including the social, political, economic, and cultural settings of the period; the artist's patrons; and the artist's intended audience.
  • Patronage of the arts was typically used as a means of expressing and endorsing political, social, and cultural agendas and of displaying personal prestige.
  • This painting reflects contemporary events, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X of France.
  • A woman personifying liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution in one hand and brandishing a musket with the other.

• Surrealism

  • The cultural movement of Surrealism began in the 1920s, and features the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions, and non sequiturs.
  • Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for writing and visual art.
  • The group aimed to revolutionize human experience, in terms of the personal, cultural, social, and political aspects.
  • Breton proclaimed that the true aim of Surrealism was "long live the social revolution, and it alone!
  • In 1924 they declared their philosophy in the first "Surrealist Manifesto. " That same year they established the Bureau of Surrealist Research, and began publishing the journal La Révolution surréaliste.

• Modern Architecture: Form Follows Function

  • "Function" came to be seen as encompassing all criteria of the use, perception, and enjoyment of a building, not only practical but also aesthetic, psychological and cultural.
  • The Industrial Revolution introduced and popularized the use of steel, plate glass, as well as mass-produced components in architecture.

• The Enlightenment

  • Neoclassicism was the dominant artistic style of the Enlightenment period and drew inspiration from the classical art and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome.
  • The Enlightenment has long been hailed as the foundation of modern Western political and intellectual culture.
  • The Enlightenment encouraged criticism of the corruption of Louis XVI and the aristocracy in France, leading to the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789.
  • Artists like David supported the rebels in the French Revolution through an art that asked for clear-headed thinking, self-sacrifice to the State (as in Oath of the Horatii), and an austerity reminiscent of Republican Rome .

• The Role of the Artist

  • ., drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and some new media), popular culture (e.g., advertising, graffiti, product design, television, and movies), and the decorative arts (e.g., utilitarian objects such as furniture, glassware, ceramics, and all the crafts).
  • These movements no longer emphasized the importance of realistic depictions and moralistic themes, but were instead based on conceptual and cerebral ideals, ushering in numerous revolutions in the Western art world.

• Dada and Surrealism

  • Dada and Surrealism were multidisciplinary cultural movements of the European avant-garde that emerged in Zurich and Paris respectively during the time of WWI.
  • Dada was a multi-disciplinary art movement that rejected the prevailing artistic standards by producing "anti-art" cultural works.
  • Surrealism was a cultural movement beginning in the 1920s that sprang directly out of Dadism and overlapped in many senses.
  • Like Dada, Surrealism aimed to revolutionize human experience, in terms of the personal, cultural, social, and political aspects.
  • Breton proclaimed that the true aim of Surrealism was "long live the social revolution, and it alone!

• South America

  • These tensions were channeled into the revolution for independence in the region during the 19th century, resulting in major social and political changes.
  • Artistic traditions in South America date back to the elaborate pottery, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture of pre-Inca cultures .
  • Quick to purge any indigenous cultural practices that hindered their missionary intentions, many native artworks that were considered pagan were destroyed by Spanish explorers.