How has modern Western art developed?

There are three differences between Western traditional art and Western modern artThe details are as follows:

First, the characteristics of the two are different:

1. Characteristics of Western traditional art: Another characteristic of Western traditional painting is its emphasis on description. For a long time, painters have made it their task to effectively represent stories and legends, and to depict specific plots to express some kind of allegory or symbolism.

2. Characteristics of Western modern art: Western modernist art is not only different from traditional art in the past, nor does it include various modern schools of realism, it is not the same concept as modern Western art, it only occupies a place in it.

Second, the focus of the two is different:

1. The focus of traditional Western art: The taste of traditional Western art is more rational, and its characteristics in form are especially manifested in the emphasis on sketching and the neglect of color.

2. The focus of Western modern art: Western modern art is keen and emotional, it does not pursue solemn, quiet, simple and harmonious classical connotations like classicism, but emphasizes the spirit of freedom and indulgence and the magnificent, spectacular momentum, and turbulent and agitated spirit, which is fully manifested in Baroque and Romantic art, the former shows the reaction to the classical taste of the Renaissance, and the latter reflects the incompatibility with neoclassicism.

Third, the pursuit of the two is different:

1. The pursuit of Western tradition for art: For traditional Western art, reproduction is the foundation of traditional Western painting, and it can also be said to be the basic goal of traditional Western painting.

2. The pursuit of Western modern art: It is not difficult to see the common characteristics of Western modern art, that is, the indifference to objective representation and the emphasis on subjective expression.

Summary. Western modern art refers to the general term for the art of Western modern painting, sculpture and architecture presented by various schools that began to develop from the Impressionists in the second half of the 19th century, such as Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstractionism, Pop Art and other schools.

Western modern art refers to the general term for the art of Western modern painting, sculpture and architecture presented by various schools that began to develop from the Impressionists in the second half of the 19th century, such as Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstractionism, Pop Art and other schools.

"Primitive art" itself is a concept with rich meanings and constant changes, coupled with the similar connotations of "pre-art art" and "prehistoric art" to control our eyes, making "primitive art" full of mystery and distance for us. This distance has to do with our understanding as much as it has to do with history. Generally speaking, the upper limit of "primitive art" can be defined as 3 million years ago, that is, synchronized with the origin of mankind, and the lower limit can be defined 40,000 years ago, that is, in the late Paleolithic period.

Limited to the idea, the "primitive art" referred to in this article refers to the latter, which is mainly represented by primitive cave paintings found in Europe. These "primitive arts" not only have the formal characteristics of symmetry, geometric form, smoothness, etc., but on the other hand, we have to admit that primitive art is not completely art in the modern sense, it has its own characteristics.

So we don't think they're simultaneous.