Western Painting - Primitivism - The Raw Scale
Primitivism - The Concept 'Primitivism' is a term used to define the works of untrained artist.
In the early twentieth century, Primitivism as an art style, developed in reaction to the Enlightenment Era.
In the quest to achieve a sophisticated civilization, the importance and the pleasures of primitive living were forgotten.
Many artists felt that the progressive culture lacked natural passion and mysticism.
They were disappointed with imitative Academic Arts and had run out of ideas in their intolerant superficial western society.
They found the constricted norms of painting, suffocating for their art.
Primitivism was an effort to defy the conventional laws of painting, to rediscover a back to basics or traditional approach.
The Correlations Orientalism might have very well encouraged the idea of this Western Painting style.
Primitivism had an inclination to idealize the rawness, freedom, and the sensuality of non-western cultures.
Artists were fascinated with the world outside Europe and America.
In the face of modernization, artists set out to explore fresh perspective and unusual subjects.
Expressionism, Romanticism, and Exoticism can all be seen as the extensions of Primitivism.
The Details The artists would inculcate African, Oceanic, South American, Japanese, and Indian motifs in their works.
According to them, the biggest virtue of the traditional eastern cultures was that they were closer to nature unlike the west.
Primitive paintings were stimulating and suggested deep meaning even while depicting the obvious.
This art style had some common characteristics: -They demonstrated the trends and habitats (rituals, sexuality, spirituality) of Non American or Non European societies.
-They glorified the simple and primitive nature of non-western environments.
-They exhibited a distinct anti-naturalist approach, such as an abstract representation of figures.
-They displayed the use of plane geometric shapes.
-The paintwork was spontaneous and rough.
-They had an inherent quality of honesty and innocence that appeal to the inner sanctum.
The Artists Paul Gauguin was considered as one of the foremost Primitivists.
Most of his works, especially the ones he created during his stay at Tahiti, such as "The Spirit of the Dead Keeps Watch" (1892), "Te Tamari No Atua" (1896), and "Cruel Tales" (1902), are concrete examples of this Western Painting style.
Primitivism inspired other great artists too, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent Van Gogh.
Some great Primitivist examples are "The Sleeping Gypsy" by Henri Rousseau, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso, and "Odalisque with Raised Arms" by Henri Matisse.
According to art history, Primitivism was not essentially an art movement, but it signified a new way of thinking.
It created some awareness amongst the western societies on the simplistic living of the east.
In the early twentieth century, Primitivism as an art style, developed in reaction to the Enlightenment Era.
In the quest to achieve a sophisticated civilization, the importance and the pleasures of primitive living were forgotten.
Many artists felt that the progressive culture lacked natural passion and mysticism.
They were disappointed with imitative Academic Arts and had run out of ideas in their intolerant superficial western society.
They found the constricted norms of painting, suffocating for their art.
Primitivism was an effort to defy the conventional laws of painting, to rediscover a back to basics or traditional approach.
The Correlations Orientalism might have very well encouraged the idea of this Western Painting style.
Primitivism had an inclination to idealize the rawness, freedom, and the sensuality of non-western cultures.
Artists were fascinated with the world outside Europe and America.
In the face of modernization, artists set out to explore fresh perspective and unusual subjects.
Expressionism, Romanticism, and Exoticism can all be seen as the extensions of Primitivism.
The Details The artists would inculcate African, Oceanic, South American, Japanese, and Indian motifs in their works.
According to them, the biggest virtue of the traditional eastern cultures was that they were closer to nature unlike the west.
Primitive paintings were stimulating and suggested deep meaning even while depicting the obvious.
This art style had some common characteristics: -They demonstrated the trends and habitats (rituals, sexuality, spirituality) of Non American or Non European societies.
-They glorified the simple and primitive nature of non-western environments.
-They exhibited a distinct anti-naturalist approach, such as an abstract representation of figures.
-They displayed the use of plane geometric shapes.
-The paintwork was spontaneous and rough.
-They had an inherent quality of honesty and innocence that appeal to the inner sanctum.
The Artists Paul Gauguin was considered as one of the foremost Primitivists.
Most of his works, especially the ones he created during his stay at Tahiti, such as "The Spirit of the Dead Keeps Watch" (1892), "Te Tamari No Atua" (1896), and "Cruel Tales" (1902), are concrete examples of this Western Painting style.
Primitivism inspired other great artists too, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent Van Gogh.
Some great Primitivist examples are "The Sleeping Gypsy" by Henri Rousseau, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso, and "Odalisque with Raised Arms" by Henri Matisse.
According to art history, Primitivism was not essentially an art movement, but it signified a new way of thinking.
It created some awareness amongst the western societies on the simplistic living of the east.
