Monday, 1 October 2012

Music Video Inspired by Art Movements

Pop Art
Pop art emerged in the 1950s in Britian. Pop art presented a challenge to stereotypical traditons of art and classical subjects. This is due to material being visually removed from its known context and combined with un-relevant material. Pop art includes most its subjects from comtempory culture and presents them in a gimiky comic book style. This movement was made famous thanks to Andy Warhol who produced art works that really repesented the society--the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe, a figure that was popular globally and recognised to some up that period of time.
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Expressionism:
Expressionism was a modernist movement which origintaed in Weimar Germany (post WW1). This period was when Germany had no money and no nothing due to inflation going of the scale.
The artists next paintings during this period, focused on sharp angles and shadows highlighting the darker side. Some say these reflect the depressed phsychological nature of each and every member of the country during this hard finanical breakdown and turmoil.
An Example of this type of at work by expressionists is "scream" by edvard munch

Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.
Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact. Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.
Lady Gaga's new single 'Born This Way' music video is inspired by surrealist painters Salvador Dali and Francis Bacon. The promo sees the  singer give birth while sitting above the earth, and she confesses the idea was inspired by the 20th century painters and the idea of creating a new type of human, reported a website."It's very inspired by, especially in the beginning, Salvador Dali and Francis Bacon. The surrealist painters. It's this story about the birth of this new race, a race that bears no prejudice and a race that's primary ambition in life is to inspire unity and togetherness.

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