Modern Synthesis

Danny Shapiro

Helena Cassilly

Claire West

Ivy Arbolado

Edward Tyler

Modern Synthesis

As many examine the prosper and innovation the modern era brought, one may also notice it’s natural similarities to past artists in their respective eras. Rembrandt visualized his image of society and projected it into an emotionally charged painting. Rembrandt knew his capability to manipulate very crafty portraits in particular to subliminally transfer his articulated thoughts into the prospective reader. Rembrandt didn’t necessarily inspire an artistic aesthetic, but more so of an philosophical aesthetic. His ability to convey psychological aspects of his own images of his surroundings validates him as a figure, not just an artist. Picasso also fits himself in the category of artists who evoke thought, appreciation, and criticism. His emergence became inevitable when he became the pioneer to cubism. His work not only showed an emotional image, but also a style of art that required great detail and precision. Picasso’s art unlike Rembrandt’s art was much more abstract. Picasso’s obsession with cubic art was actually very helpful for his portrayals because cubic art had many forms. Some of the most popular ways to utilize cubic art was synthetically and analytically. The reason these two become very important in drawing similarities to the modern era is the social statements they both evoke by contrasting one another’s styles. Some of picasso’s collages actually were made of trash. This represented the need for radical improvements in the era. Specifically Guernica, one of picasso’s paintings, expressed a need for justification of killing innocent civilians. Not to mention americans at the time were recovering from WWII and needed a different approach to things.