The history of Australian photography is most interesting has paved the way for the ever growing form of art, that is photography. ... Australia then attempted to emulate the highlights of Australian impressionism. ... Appendix 2, Appendix 3 The world of photography was now looking at how to make photography an independent art medium. American Photo Secessionists, Sydney Camera Circle, American and European Modernist Art Styles were already under the influence of this task. The Art Deco and German Bauhaus movements, were a major influence on many photographers. ...

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Currently on exhibit at the Denver art museum is a show entitled, Retrospectacle. This exhibition is a large and vast assemblage of 20th century artists and art varying from minimalism, modernism, postmodernism, to contemporary pieces. ... This exhibition can be at best described as a jaw-dropping compilation of 20th century art. ... This concept functioned to jumble and mix up art from all different time periods, genres, and media. ... The fact that Matisse's somewhat classical exploration of impressionism was shown grouped together with Vince Kirkland's surreal Timberline Abst...

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Though their class was predominantly male-dominated, female South African artists still shone through the others – Maggie Laubscher, born in the Malmesbury region of Cape Town, and Irma Stern, born in Schweizer-Renecke, gave an alternate look for the new art approach that was being taken by the South African artists by utilizing their own techniques and visions of expressionism and of post-impressionism (Arnold 33). ... A new change and removal of certain limitations was to be taken place as the years of apartheid created more diversity in the art form. ... Therefore, their era of art wa...

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Auden seemed to try to uphold the idea that works of art can and should provide unity, coherence, and meaning. ... For Thomas, modern art moves away from plain objectivity and towards impressionism and subjectivity, often leaving the reader engrossed in confusion and disjoint. ... Successful art, indeed, often exists to address an aspect of human existence and help the reader to gain perspective - Auden does just that. He captures the emblematic story of human suffering in the tale of Icarus, and then parlays it into a work of art. ... Both Auden and Thomas make a statement on how art can ...

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