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Through studiesof art history and design, I have found artists and
movements that have inspired me. For quite a while I have been an admirer of the Bauhaus art movement of the past. The main motivation of ths school was to encorporate the community and design into a compatible relationship together; an idea which I consider to be practical and beneficial. Many accomplishments were brought on by these artists, such as the first obsrvance of pschological effects of color as well as much of the design style used today on many common appliances. The architectural area of the Bauhaus originated what later became the popular internation style of architecture in the U.S. The academic concepts of basic design today are also based on much of the academic set up of the Bauhaus schools. Piet Mondrian, an artist of the constructivist movement, has also been an entrigue and inspiration to me. He also believed in the functionality of art in an environment, as well as in spirituality. His early style was a rendering of images from nature, which late progressed into his more famous images of primary colored quadrilaterals on various black and white grids. To Mondrian, these images represented man standing vertically on horizontal land. He believed that if people filled their homes with this sort of imagery, they could gain peace. Although I realize that the environment and circumstances which I am in today are very different from these artists, I identify with many of the toughts and styles which they worked in. |
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