Day6 As: Artistic Movements
Hello everyone~ This is the first of (hopefully) many posts I hope to make on this account. I had this idea while thinking of how to kick off my writing, and I feel in immediate and passionate love with it. I hope you enjoy!
Romanticism was a movement that started in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and took place across art, literature, music, and intellectual movements. It was characterized by its emphasis on individualism and emotion, glorification of nature and all the past, and preferring the medieval rather than the classical. It was partly a reaction to all components of modernity at the time (scientific rationalization of nature, Industrial Revolution, aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment, etc.), and had an impact on many fields outside of the arts, including politics.
I chose Romanticism for Sungjin because of its emphasis on emotion as a source of experience. Sungjin has the ability to express so many powerful emotions through the way he sings, and he pours everything he has into his music. He uses music as a catalyst for new emotional experiences, and seems to encourage sublimity through what he does and who he is. Heās sweet and expressive, and he seems to be the kind of person to experience anything and everything he can.
FAMOUS ARTISTS: William Blake, Francisco Goya
Caspar David Friedrich, 1818, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Impressionism is an art movement from the 19th-century, and one everyone is familiar with. Itās characterized by small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, as well as emphasis on accurate depiction of light and its changing qualities, open composition, unusual visual angles, etc etc. Point is, Impressionism has a lot of fine detail. It uses movement as a crucial element of human experience, and accentuates passage of time and its effects. The name of the movement comes from the title of a Claude Monet painting, titled Impression, soleil levant, which caused a critic by the name of Louis Leroy to coin the term in a (satirical) review published in a Parisian newspaper. So, why Jae?
While researching a bunch of art movements for this, I saw Impression, soleil levant and instantly thought of Jae. Impression, soleil levant means Impression, Sunrise (which is just a fun coincidence). Something about it just struck me as Jae. The whole Impressionist movement was characterized by tiny but visible brush strokes, and I think it suits Jae really well. Jae seems like the kind of person to project a certain image, but underneath itās a whole mix of colour and shape and style. Every aspect of him comes together to create this perfect, beautiful image that I canāt help but love.
FAMOUS ARTISTS: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet, 1872, Impression, soleil levant
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (āthe wild beastsā in French), a group of modern artists from the early twentieth-century. The works of Fauvism favoured painterly qualities and strong, bright colours over the realistic values of its predecessor, Impressionism. The Fauvist movement didnāt last long (1905-1908), but it produced some pretty cool paintings (Henri Matisse, anyone?).
Young K reminds me of Fauvism because of his very bright, colourful personality. As a person, Young K seems to view everything through an artistās eye. Heās grounded in reality, but when nothingās holding him back he makes beautiful, colourful expressions of himself and the world around him.Ā
FAMOUS ARTISTS: Henri Matisse, AndrƩ Derain
AndrƩ Derain, 1906, Charing Cross Bridge, London
For Wonpil, I focused less on the architectural side of Rococo and more on the paintings, but the architecture definitely reminds me of him. Rococo painting originated in early 18th century Paris, and is characterized by curvy lines and soft colours, usually depicting scenes of love, nature, amorous encounters (fancy talk for sex), youth, and light-hearted entertainment. The word ārococoā comes from French rocaille, which means rubble or rock. Rocaille refers to the mixture of rock, seashells, and plasters used to decorate the gardens of grottoes and is used for the patterns seen in the decorative arts of the Rococo period.
The soft lines and soft colours of Rococo art are what really reminded me of Wonpil, as well as the common scenes of love and light-hearted entertainment. Wonpil, to me, is a very soft and loving person whoās just here to have a good time. Itās so easy to smile when youāre around him, and Rococo art gives me the same light, friendly feeling Wonpil does. Itās soft and subtle in all the right places, but also very elaborate and decorative. The Swing by Jean-HonorĆ© Fragonard has a very distinct feeling to it, one I can only describe as beautiful and delicate and free, and oh so Wonpil.
FAMOUS ARTISTS: Jean-HonorƩ Fragonard, FranƧois Boucher
Jean-HonorĆ© Fragonard, 1767, Les Lasards heureux de lāescarpolette (The Happy Accidents of the Swing) aka The Swing
Expressionism was a modernist movement that originated in Germany in the beginning of the 20th century. It presented the world from a solely subjective perspective, radically distorting it for an emotional effect to provoke moods or ideas. Artists expressed the meaning of emotional experience rather than a physical reality. It was developed as an avant-garde style before WWI, and remained popular in the Weimar Republic. The style of Expressionism spread to a wide variety or artistic mediums, including architecture, literature, painting, film, music, and dance, and is sometimes suggestive on angst.
Oh, where to begin for our dear Dowoon. Truthfully, it was really hard to find an artistic movement for Dowoon. I kept going back and forth and erasing and restarting before I finally settled on Expressionism. Why did I choose Expressionism? Thatāsā¦ Ā hard to answer. I think, truthfully, itās because Expressionist artists sought to express emotional experience, not emotional reality. Dowoon may not seem like it, but I feel that heās always thinking of others. How are they feeling, what can I do for them? kind of thinking. He expresses himself in a particular way on the drums, and heās so incredibly passionate about what he does. To be able to capture and express that love and passion the way he does, to put it into music and taking care of himself and the people around himā¦ itās one incredibly emotional experience indeed. And itās something he evokes in me every day.
FAMOUS ARTISTS: Edvard Munch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Edvard Munch, 1893, The Scream
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