Abstract art originally started in

1910 with artwork from Wassily
Kandinsky. Kandinsky believed that you
should portray the spiritual realm of art
instead of just the visual world. Abstract
art can be created in many ways. Some
artists apply paint rapidly, some throw
paint on the canvas, and some artists let
paint drip onto the canvas in an
unorganized pattern. Abstract art may
appear as accidental, but it is actually very
planned. One wrong line or color can
cause the painting to take on another
tone. A cheerful piece can become angry,
and vice versa. Here’s one example of
abstract art:
Pop art came about in the late
1900’s. Pop art is all about mass-producing
an image from pop culture and altering
one aspect of the artwork, such as color. It
“shattered the divide between the
commercial arts and the fine arts”
(wwar.com). Pop art challenges the artist’s
capability to reproduce images. The
images are usually created with a that the long, hard work of painting an
combination of humor, criticism, and
irony. Pop art mainly focuses on familiar
images such as celebrities or advertised
products. Product logos appear a lot in
pop art. For example, Andy Warhol was
famous for his Cambell’s Soup Cans,
Surrealism began in the early
1900’s and was highly popular in the Dada
movement. Surrealism focuses on the
images of the subconscious mind and the
fantasies one has while dreaming.
Surrealists were influenced by the dream
studies of Sigmund Freud and the political
ideas of Karl Marx. Surrealists believed
item takes away from the spontaneity that
they believed in. They also believed in
allowing the painter to paint random
images that are tied together in order to
strip away any planning, leaving the
artwork to be decided by chance. Some

“Sing It, Cambell’s Tomato Soup Box, and his Brilla famous surrealists are Alberto Giacometti,
Soap Box sculptures. Here’s one example: Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró. Here’s one
Dance It,
Marilyn example of surrealism:
Play It” by “The
Monroe
Taetzsch. Persistence of
by Andy
Memory” by
Warhol
Salvador Dali