20th/21st century graffitiCaves at Lascaux, France-Drawings and paintings on a cave walls from the Paleothilic peliod-Everyday things, hunting, livestock etc-Wasn't an act of "rebellion", more sort of communal-Scratched with animal bones, natural pigmentsAncient Rome Graffiti- From Pompeii graffiti on wall- Was destroyed in 79AD by Mount Vesuvius, "vandal graffiti" like how nowadays they do woz ereCaricature of a politicianKilroy Was here -> WWII...
-Mixes serious with jokey. Sort of satirical look.MODERNISM-Born out of optimism, aftermath of WWINew technology e.g. steel, photography etc.View to harnessing tech to improve peoples livesLe Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1928-9FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTIONAssociated with:experimentationinnovationindividualismprogressedpurity - lack of narattive. e.g. Pollocks paintingsoriginalityseriousness...Post modernism is generally the opposite of this.Post modernism...
MODERNITY1. Terms - 'modern','modernity'2. Modernity - Industrialisation, urbanisation - the city3. Modern artists - response to the city4. Psychology and subjective experience5. Modern art and photography ->didn't exist before modernity6. Modernism in design ->architecture, graphic design, modernist artJohn Ruskin 1819-1900 - Wrote a book called Modern PaintersWilliam Holman Hunt - The Hireling Shepherd (1852)Moral Lessonis keep your eye on the job, don't be so randy. Kind of art was described as modern. At the time quite shocking, new....
I think If I don't go down the photograph/stock photo route, I'll definitely use icons/pictograms. This is sill very new to me, I have little practise and looking at existing work always help for creativity and helping with the technical stuff.The pictograms need to work on their own too, on the image only poster. They need to be simple and concise. In my mind I like the idea of having an off lightbulb>brain>on lightbulb. It shows a hard situation,...