Style (visual arts)
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| + | In the [[visual arts]], '''style''' refers to the aspects of the visual appearance of a work of art that relate it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period, training, location, "school" or [[art movement]]. This may involve all the [[elements of art|elements]] and [[principles of art]], and other factors, often very difficult to analyse precisely. | ||
| - | '''Thomas Theodor Heine''' (28 February 1867–26 January 1948) was a [[German people|German]] painter and illustrator. Born in [[Leipzig]], Heine established himself as a gifted [[caricature|caricaturist]] at an early age, which led to him studying art at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]] and, briefly, at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Munich|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Munich]]. In 1896 he became successful as an illustrator for the [[satire|satirical]] Munich magazine ''[[Simplicissimus]]'', for which he appropriated the [[style (visual arts)|stylistic]] idiom of [[Jugendstil]] and the [[graphic art|graphic]] qualities of [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], [[Aubrey Beardsley]] and [[Japonisme|Japanese]] [[woodcut]]s. The illustrated critiques of [[social order]]s, and the [[monarchy]] in particular, that he made for the magazine led to a six-month prison sentence in 1898. He also began work as a book illustrator in the 1890s. | + | By changing the way they paint, apply colour, texture, perspective, or the way they see shapes and ideas, the artist establishes a certain set of "rules". If other artists see the rules as valid for themselves they might also apply these characteristics. The works of art then take on that specific "style". An artist may give the style a name such as "[[Expressionism]]", or a name may be applied later, as in the case of "[[abstract art]]". |
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| + | 'Style' may be individual to the artist and his "followers", or shared by a wider group such as an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with or a category described and named by art historians. The word 'style' in the latter sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary art, though it continues to be used in popular contexts and discussing the art of earlier periods. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Photorealism]] | ||
| + | * [[Non-photorealistic rendering]] | ||
| + | * [[Hyperrealism]] | ||
| + | * [[Individualism]] | ||
| + | * [[Eccentricity (behavior)|Eccentric]] | ||
| - | He fled Germany in 1933, first to [[Prague]]. From 1938 until 1942 he lived in [[Oslo]], and from 1942 until his death in 1948 he lived in [[Stockholm]]. He published a highly-cynical [[autobiography]] in 1942 ''Ich warte auf Wunder'' (''I Wait for Miracles''). | ||
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In the visual arts, style refers to the aspects of the visual appearance of a work of art that relate it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period, training, location, "school" or art movement. This may involve all the elements and principles of art, and other factors, often very difficult to analyse precisely.
By changing the way they paint, apply colour, texture, perspective, or the way they see shapes and ideas, the artist establishes a certain set of "rules". If other artists see the rules as valid for themselves they might also apply these characteristics. The works of art then take on that specific "style". An artist may give the style a name such as "Expressionism", or a name may be applied later, as in the case of "abstract art".
'Style' may be individual to the artist and his "followers", or shared by a wider group such as an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with or a category described and named by art historians. The word 'style' in the latter sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary art, though it continues to be used in popular contexts and discussing the art of earlier periods.
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