Materialist Art History And Marxist Analysis

The social issues of the time are highlighted in the artist’s work. This was done to show that the working class is standing united in the face of oppression or opposition.

While reading “The Trouble with (the Term) Art,” written by Carolyn Dean in the summer of 2006, we are taken through an array of different scenarios that lead us to questions what art really is. Dean explores the idea that the word “art” is used far too often and too habitually, and that as we study the non-Western cultures we need to use much more discretion regarding what we call the different pieces of their culture. Throughout the essay, Dean supports her thesis that we too often categorize non-Western pieces as art by using different examples of how certain non-art pieces were deemed as art throughout the course of their history. Dean does this by using four key examples of how these ancient pieces are inappropriately called art to successfully support her thesis and avoid biases.

The artist’s message is promoting Marx and Engels theories and sends the message that the “Marxist stage-theory six-step process” should be followed precisely to ensure success. Castro was a Marxist-Leninist which was a form of communism the Soviet Union, more specifically Vladimir Lenin had created as a twist on Marxism. However, some elements of this new form of Marxist-Leninism opposed Karl Marx’s own beliefs and theories which is assumed to be

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican self-portrait artist who was also a feminist artist through art. Frida didn’t care to fit in with the ‘norm’, she kept her masculine features untouched- she didn’t pluck her eyebrows, her moustaches or shave her armpit hair. It was also said that Kahlo darkened her eyebrows with pencil. She created her individual style especially through her clothing, at the time when women were eager on wearing tight dresses, Kahlo wore long skirts and loose shirts with vivid patterns and she braided fabrics into her hair and wore accessories that created a fashion frenzy across the world!

Through the creative and individual process of making true art, one can use the self-expression to find personal truth and become at peace with oneself. Before discussing its role in peace, it is important to define true art, or more specifically the Transcendentalist perception of it. True art can take many forms, however what is most important is process behind it. Creativity is key; true art is an individual and original creation that is worked for through development and exploration of self. Art, when derived through a creative and original process, shows purity, and is not only a creation by, but a reflection of the artist.

Despite both being from the same school of thought, the Frankfurt School, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno found themselves debating the value of art in a world on the brink of war. The basis of Benjamin’s and Adorno’s argument was not a critique of the art itself, but rather ever-growing trend of the reproduction of art. For Benjamin, as described in, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, the reproduction of art and the novelty of film, which stemmed from technological marvels, was a natural progression and a detractor to the growing fascist presence. However, for Adorno, as discussed in “The Fetish Character of Music and the Regression in Listening”, the simplification of art, specifically music, to a mass producible

The difference in social classes shows how the Marxist analysis approach can be applied to Life in the Iron Mills. Social structure wasn’t always present in society, in fact towards the start of the human race, everyone was actually equal. Sure, there were the hunters and there were the gathers, but they realized they

Our history, as well as the memories and experiences that come with those who came before us are what creates who we are now. The renaissance period that occurred throughout the 14th century and ended towards the 16th century brought about a lot of change that may not seem so apparent in the current day. However, the renaissance period provided an outlet for art in which famous artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci created a name for themselves as well as creating masterpieces that cannot be recreated. By discussing some artistic and historical pieces from the renaissance period this paper will prove that experiencing art is not limited to just the viewer but also the creator, there are experiences we undergo both before and after

Some of the contributing factors are the rising of the middle class, urbanization and the arrival of peasant populations to the town, the decline of aristocracy, the disintegration of folk art and folk culture, increased literacy among the commoners, more time for leisure, mass production and technological progress. In comparison, to recent years dated as far as the nineteenth century, where the industrial revolution has a heavy influence in the development of kitsch, the fact that art back then was connected to religious, ethical or political subject matter, which made it in a way ‘absolute’, unchanging, eternal proves that there classical artist were not concerned about the aesthetic but rather the purpose it has. It is also the time of evolution and experimentation; art was a form of personal

In order to identify the disparity between an “outsider” art and the works of a professional artist, we should establish the meaning for each craftsmanship. An “outsider” art is executed by those with minimal or no formal training in art. Not to mention, having no engagements regarding to the mainstream art world’s atmosphere. Moreover, these artists’ will make their art due to their own beliefs. Whereas for professional artist, they have had experience with formal training in order to reach the required postgraduate standards, revolves around the mainstream outlet, and is someone who is employed and sell their artwork for a living.

The collecting and displaying process of institutions is motivated by politics, art market and dominant social classes. According to Karl Marx,the rise of industrialism and

The word social refers to society and the word realism refers to accepting a situation and dealing with it accordingly. Social realism seeks to identify current issues that happen to ordinary people in society. Social realism films

conditions after the industrial revolution. The third part will discuss the technology in industry through the case study in German. The last part will discuss the workers conditions in capitalist society and the child labor . this paper will use a part of Marx 's theory about capitalism . Modernity is a

This research was carried out not to only show awareness toward the society but also why people should take art seriously. Often times, we can see lots of people debating whether art is important or not. This happened because the lack of exposure and knowledge that has been taught to them. Art can help to shape the society and affect the society to broaden their view of perspective in life by referring on the artworks because each work of art can give different meanings to life.

These years he writes the principal works about Marx. But along with them, in 1966th Althusser writes also the primary text about art – "Cremonini, the Painter of the Abstract", where he raises, in fact, the same questions, but with the certain balance caused by transition from the field of philosophy and science to the field of art. Contrary to basic principles of socialist realism with its criticism of the abstract art Althusser, regarding to Marx's thesis about the person as "sets of all public relations", speaks about impossibility of the natural image of these relations. The understanding of the person which opens for us Marx's thought, assumes that we already are in space of the abstract – the relations. Art if it is something other than just ideology, cannot represent the person and the world in the recognizable, ideological form.