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American Art

Celebrate America's rich artistic heritage with ARTinaClick. We feature over two centuries of artists and major art movements which influenced the history of art throughout the world, from the Hudson River School of Impressionism, Illustration and the decorative arts, American folk art, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School which adopted the English landscape painters emphasis on nature and infused it with local American color. Other artists in the movement include Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Church. The American Impressionists, which include, among others, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, were inspired by nature and light as were the French Impressionists, Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir.William Merritt Chase, an American painter and influential teacher, inspired generations of artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe. Louis Comfort Tiffany created an empire in the decorative arts with his famous studio that produced stained glass lamps, vases and windows in techniques that cannot be imitated. In the 1950's, a new generation of painters were giving birth to a new art, which shifted the emphasis of the art world from Paris to New York.
Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock's drip paintings liberated future generations of artists and encouraged the viewer to have a purely emotional response to an image. Pop Art of the 1960's was a direct reaction to Abstract Expressionism. Artist involved with this movement sought to create more concrete images and to respond to the social condition. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns produced images that bridged the gap between low art and high art with their paintings of commercial images such as soup cans, comic strips, flags and targets

Elements of Art

All pieces of art are constructed using several formal elements, or tools of creation, whether a painting, sculpture, or graphic medium. The following is a brief discussion on how these elements may be used in a particular piece with work examples sited.

Line: a drawn line is a creative device used to define a particular form in space. There are no lines in nature so they become expressive gestures in painting, drawing and sculpture, when describing line of movement, and in some cases, architecture- particularly Frank Lloyd Wright whose designs are characteristically linear. Twentieth Century artist Paul Klee described drawing as "taking a line for a walk". Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli illustrated form primarily by line in paintings such as La Primavera. In this instance, line is used to define form but also as a compositional device to carry the viewer's eyes fluidly across the canvas. In Dove of Peace by Picasso the artist uses virtually a single line to express the dove.