The Birth of Folk Music

Video: The Birth Of Folk Music From its origins, folk music has been the music of the working class. It is community-focused and has rarely enjoyed commercial success. By definition, it’s something that can be enjoyed by everyone, something that everyone can understand. Folk subjects include war, work, and civil …

Dada – An Art Movement of the Early 20th Century

See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) Video: Dada An art movement coming from the avant-garde European art scene in the early ’20s, Dadaism was developed as a reaction to WWI, and during this time the gap between the wealthy and the poor in the word was becoming more and …

Surrealism – An Unusual Type of Art

The Persistence of Memory by Lluís Ribes Mateu, (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr Video: Surrealism Best known for its comparison of uncommon things, Surrealism consisted of uncomfortable, illogical scenes and creatures made from everyday objects, painted in photo-like detail, with the main idea being the merging of the awake and the dream world, …

Futurism – An Art Form of Tomorrow

Umberto Boccioni, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: Futurism Originating in Italy, Futurism emphasized speed, technology, youth, and objects like the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. Futurism is best known for creating feelings of being young and active while including the new technologies of their time.     Using the handout, you will …

Cubism – A Pablo Picasso Specialty

Pablo Picasso, 1910, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), Public Domain (CC0), via Wikipedia Video: Cubism In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up, and put back together in an abstracted (not realistic)  form—instead of showing objects from one view, the artist presents the subject from a bunch of different viewpoints to …

Expressionism – An Art Form That Provides Perspective

Multiple Authors, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: Expressionism Coming from Germany in the early 1900’s, Expressionism was best known for drawing or painting something with a single perspective or view. These paintings would be very distorted (not normal, strange) to show whatever emotion the artist wanted   At home, you are going to …