History Painting
By Emma Strong.
History painting was regarded as the highest genre in the hierarchy of arts. It showcased narrative works on a monumental scale and sought to encourage an intellectual and didactic comprehension. The late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century was a time of immense social, philosophical, scientific and political change, which gave rise to a period of history art that encapsulated these significant developments and expanded the genre of history painting…
A Study Of Sandro Botticelli’s Venus And Mars
By Tyler Jerrom.
This essay will look at Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli, and its relationship to the contemporary context in which it was created. I will aim to describe the reasons behind the sexual nature of this image, which depicts Venus and Mars after having made love, as well as the contextual elements which allowed for sexual imagery and narrative in a period in which sexual acts were typically frowned upon…
Between The Wars: The Bauhaus And The Avant-Garde
By Anneka Scholtz.
Between two world wars, the Bauhaus school of art (1919-1933) emerged as a product of, and a reaction to, a chaotic period of political and social upheaval in Germany post-World War I. Signifying a break with traditional salon art, the utopian ideals of the Bauhaus aimed to address the problems of industrialisation in a rapidly changing social climate, and raise fine art and craft to equal status…
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