... certain characteristics considered unorthodox realism by the church. Pre-Manet paintings had flat and static qualities. He created a new type of painting that made people think, and made art reviewers and members of society angry and confused. 1 2 Manet painted what he saw as ... make this picture notable to the development of the artistic style of the impressionist period. This painting, a pillar of change, hangs in the Bayerische National Gallery in Munich. 3 Manet's works inspired the impressionist style, influenced French panting and the general development of modern art. Hailed ... ...

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... in residence at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1942. While abroad, Grant Wood was exposed to current trends in European painting butconcentrated on the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles. In this, he was severaldecades behind European painters but current with most American artists. Wood is best known for his ... strongly influenced by the subject matter and technique of various German and Flemish painters of the Renaissance (14th century to 17th century). (Grant Wood Painting 1) In translating their stylized formality to the American scene, however, he added his own distinc...

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... argument goes on as to whether the most amazing innovation of the 20th century is pop art, or cubism. Both arose from a rebellion against an accepted style: the Cubists thought Post-Impressionist artists were too tame and limited, while Pop Artists thought the Abstract Expressionists pretentious and over-intense. Obviously, possibly the most famous pop artists of all time is Andy Warhol ... work clearly remains completely original and unlike any other. His professional work has turned him from an ex-graffiti artist, to now painting on canvases. Far from what he or anyone would expect, h...

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