Decorative Fine Art on Canvas
Posted by admin in Decorative Art on June 2, 2011
Historically, much of fine art has been decorative. Most artists have needed to create art that decorates buildings and their interiors. The idea that art is purely aesthetic, and meant to simply look at, is really a relatively modern Western notion. Most art in other nations, especially in Asia and the Near East, has been created to adorn homes and places of worship.
Some of the most beautiful art created throughout history has been decorative. For most cultures, the purpose of art has been to uplift its viewer, which is why art in places of worship has been so important. Much of art has been based on religious themes, whether it’s the great cathedrals of Europe or the beautiful Islamic art adorning mosques.
Possibly one of the most beautiful of the decorative fine arts is the use of mosaics, which is the art of creating images by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. Mosaics have had great cultural and spiritual significance because they have been used extensively to decorate churches and cathedrals, especially in medieval times. Read the rest of this entry »
Fashion and Contemporary Art
Posted by admin in Contemporary Art on June 2, 2011
If Botticelli were alive today he’d be working for Vogue
~ Sir Peter Ustinov
Fashion and art always are in close relationship, and contemporary art is not an exception. What is more, with the popularization of contemporary art, the world of fashion became an art too. Luis Casablanca Migueles, a lecturer from the department of Drawing at the University of Granada in Spain, a country which is one of the fashion capitals of the world, has carried out a research project that analyses fashion as an artistic discipline; he considers fashion as “a plural phenomenon, one of the most important contemporary artistic disciplines.”
Now almost all popular and even famous luxury fashion brands collaborate with painters, illustrators, photographers and other artists from any movement in order to create new collections, make staggering and catchy adverts, update their catwalks or develop the concept of a fashion show to make it all unforgettable.
Fashion has always been influenced by art. Thus French fashion designer, Paul Poiret, who was the Picasso of the twentieth-century`s fashion world, employed artists and purchased their works, which was reflected in his models. Under the impact of art Lucien Vogel, the publisher of Jardin des Modes and La Gazette du Bon Ton, hired photographer Edward Steichen in 1911, in order to promote fashion as a fine art. And aren`t tubular dresses with square low necks and rounded cloche hats an echo of Cubism? In 1930, the late-futurist painter Lucio Venna drafted sketches for the advertisement of Ferragamo’ shoes. Gianni Versace used the works of Alighiero Boetti and Roy Liechtenstein in launching his collections. Read the rest of this entry »