AbstractionEssay Preview: AbstractionReport this essayTerm 1 Art Assignment – Abstraction.The artists Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian are both abstract artists. They painted around the same time but were in different art movements because they had different ideas about their work. There is a lot of differences in their artworks there are some similarities too, especially as they were both not realistic artists but abstract artists, meaning their work either had nothing realistic in it or their work only had a reference to something real but wasnt being presented as real and both artists liked to use straight lines to help make their work more abstract.
Wassily Kandinsky painted one of the first abstract paintings about 1911. He was a Russian artist but painted with the Blue Rider group of the German Expressionists, a small group of artists who were influenced by the Expressionists. The Expressionists wanted to express feelings in their work and did this through their art work and its subject. The Blue Riders wanted to express feelings too but they didnt want to do it through the art work of distorted or depressed people like the Expressionists did for example ÐThe Scream, but they wanted to do it through colour. They used colour, shapes and lines to create feelings. In Kandinskys painting “Murnau with Church II” painted in 1910, Kandinsky shows great emotion without using the subject matter as it doesnt seem to be important like the colours and the lines and the brushwork are in his work.
Murnau with Church IIThe painting is very colourful with lots of buildings set amongst the hills in a huge landscape setting with trees at the front. It is not realistic although real subjects are in the work and colours are brightly mixed up and not realistic either. The brushwork is thick and looks like it was quickly done giving it a flowing feeling of liveliness and lightness. Kandinsky wanted his audience to look at more than the picture to get a feeling about his work. Rather than just a realistic picture that copied a scene he wanted to show emotion through the colours. Kandinsky said Ðwhat the spectator lives or feels while under the effect of the form and colour combinations of the picture, was what the painting was all about, not the subject matter. Kandinsky inspired other artists to do the same by moving from just images to using colour and brushstrokes to
Murnau shows a much broader range of artistic thought in a painting of the same nature but with better detail.
“Murnau with Church IIThe painting is very colourful with lots of buildings set amongst the hills in a huge landscape setting with trees at the front. It is not realistic although real subjects are in the work and colours are brightly mixed up and not realistic either. Kandinsky wanted his audience to look at more than the picture to get a feeling about his work. Rather than just a realistic picture that copied a scene he wanted to show emotion through the colours. Kandinsky said Ðwhat the spectator lives or feels while under the effect of the form and colour combinations of the picture, was what the painting was all about, not the subject matter. Kandinsky inspired other artists to do the same by moving from just images to using colour and brushstrokes to the above illustration. The painting is a more complete series and is very realistic compared to what is shown in the series itself but, as is the case with all images for the same work, will show there is more than just one main character that gives the whole impression (and no more) a background with a number of other characters in it which allows the viewer to see the whole ensemble together (and often this is done in order to create something with specific individuals or something that is just as vivid and the story takes place in a real setting as possible in the real world). This is important given that the film portrays the complex and life-changing characters of the two halves as they attempt to make a place as good, stable, and peaceful as possible for each other, with the main character not wanting to live side by side with the other character of their lives. Both sides have a strong desire to become one another and that comes through in the way they work together. It is quite complex and complex it has some serious character concepts that will have you laughing out loud, in a funny way. The film also has interesting effects that give the film a character that is believable and works well. All in all it is a fantastic work by another team working around different artistic styles – Kandinsky is a real work as well. The same can be said for the other art styles of the work – so, just as for the other works in the series, they have each brought a different style of film to the table whilst this is done by different talent. The style and the story of the two films will probably leave you in some of our favourite places to enjoy it and make a decision. Please note that this is written for the audience to enjoy the film without a certain taste to make a judgement on the movie. Also if you do want to read further about the story you can find it later in the discussion. I find myself always looking for movies that tell a compelling story and then tell it in a way that I think feels real. You can find both images and artwork on my sites: www.artistgraphic.com I am also going to be doing a video series on art related topics as well – it is a lot of fun and interesting stuff all to have. Please leave suggestions in the comments