... Romantics wanted a change after the horrible effects of the French revolution. Romantics had three basic beliefs: elevate emotion and intuition to equal status with reason, paint crucial experiences beyond rational mind, and the individual and subjectivity are vital. Romantics explored natural light in their paintings. One of the most famous Romantic paintings is Francisco Goya's The Third of May 1808: The ... the fauvists. Next came dadaism, a style of art that is essentially "goofy."" It appears to merely be a series of scribbles. Next came surrealism, a style of art that depicted wha...

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... of course...politics. This stuff all goes without saying, but at the same time, it isn't even that obvious. Political, climactic, and cultural (to use previous examples) influences have a total subconscious affect on any human being, let alone the artist. For all you know, the copy written on the back of the cereal box you opened this morning was written by ... basically eliminate the "less genuine" or dare I say less intelligent of the current crop of MTV-pushed artists. Imagine straight-edge bands dominating the Billboard charts! Woah! It boggles the mind. But hey, weirder things have...

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