Art needs exposure and survives on appreciation. Art has always appealed to a niche category and remained confined to the interests of a particular segment of society. For years, art galleries have been the only platform of exposure for artworks. Thanks to the global technological development, art has found a new platform to gain more exposure and popularity. The World Wide Web has given way to multiple internet art galleries that offer all kinds of information on art- art events, exhibitions, artists, auction, etc.
Online art galleries are a treasure house of paintings by renowned masters as well as new artists. Now you don’t have to go far and wide to visit an art gallery. Amazing masterpieces are just a click away! The best part of online art galleries is that it serves as a direct platform for artists to showcase their paintings for sale. Supported with modern technology, artworks by budding artists are displayed in an attractive fashion.
Online art galleries are the favorite hub of art connoisseurs who want to own highly prized masterpieces but cannot afford to buy them at exorbitant rates. Art reproductions are being enormously acclaimed worldwide and are highly demanded by art lovers. Modern day geniuses reproduce the masterpieces of veteran artists like Pablo Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Van Gogh, or Rossetti, that you hang in your living room and lose yourself in its magnanimous charm.
There is yet another avenue that has been opened up by online art galleries, i.e. exposing viewers to all possible genres of art and artistic movements. Today we know more about abstract art, fantasy art, gothic art, or modern art on account of internet art galleries. Web art galleries are oriented to reach a greater section of society and increase awareness of this aesthetic culture.
By: Suzanne
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Online Art Galleries: Bringing Creativity Within Easy Reach
December 11th, 2009Abstract Art: a Breakthrough in Artistic Expression
November 8th, 2009The origins of abstract art can rightly be attributed to the imagination of man. Abstract art is distinguishable from fantasy art, which makes imaginative characters and myths its subject. It is closer to reality as it reflects the real in figurative terms. In other words, abstract art depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way, keeping the original subject the same.
Abstract art did not originate all of a sudden nor is it the outcome of the 20th century thinkers. In the Jewish and Islamic religion, depiction of human beings was banned. As such, they took recourse to all forms of decorative and non-figurative arts or calligraphy.
Wassily Kandinsky is regarded as the inventor of non-figurative art in the 20th century. Gradually, his paintings moved out of figurative subjects. In 1910, he created the first figurative work of art- a watercolor sans any reference to reality. Kandinsky not only became the first abstract artist, he also took pains to promote it as a theorist. After Kandinsky, it was the Russian painter, Kasimir Malewich, who took abstract art to the next level. Melewich’s paintings mostly focused on simple geometrical forms.
The landmark events in the mid-twentieth century changed the course of abstract art. The World War II, persecution of Jewish people by Hitler, and denunciation of modern art by the Nazis led to the immigration of hundreds of avant-garde European artists into the United States of America, especially New York. This created a new wave in the American art scenario prompting the birth of Abstract Expressionism.
Abstract expressionism is more a concept of performing art than a style. This movement stresses the trend of pushing the conventional boundaries beyond all limits. Some of the famous artists of this movement are Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.
Currently, there are two primary segments of abstract art. One segment, known as Color Field Abstract Art, features unified blocks of color. Mark Rothko is one of the pioneers of this genre. The second segment includes multiple genres- Surrealism, Expressionism, Cubism, and Action painting. Regardless of all these influences, the core of abstract art paintings remains the capturing of the essence of the artist’s subconscious on canvas.
By: Suzanne
