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[@susalkasarahi]

I've been watching a lot of your videos this morning and I just want to thank you. I'm an art history major but I never finished school for personal circumstances and I just want to thank you for reigniting the spark I had that initially drew me into the subject. You're doing an awesome job!

[@littlearttalks]

***** Thanks so much! :) I'm glad to hear that you'll continue to learn, wether in school or not!

[@conradbo1]

"People are constantly proposing and refining new ideas", that is very true. And I also believe that the classification of art is also intentionally blurred so that people can make up their own minds of what they like and dislike. Awesome video by the way :)

[@federicojones5506]

"Con" in Latin means "with", "tempo" means "time", so contemporary literally means "with the times". (In these times, of these times).

[@cardmeisterkiki3553]

Hi LAT Karin! It seems I’m late to your channel and maybe you’re not making content anymore. Just wanted to send a THANK YOU for the bite sized tasty content. I’m an adult artist/teacher studying for the Praxis 5134 to get my CE in art education and your videos are helping me review, clarify challenging concepts as well as discover fun new facts. Thanks much for your videos. Kiki, Meadow Arts NJ

[@mycharliequinn]

I love your videos. You're so good at explaining things.

[@littlearttalks]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad you like it :)

[@collegedough3600]

This was great! Thanks for making it easier to study for my Contemporary Issues in Art class ;D keep up the good work!

[@littlearttalks]

+College Dough Thank you! :) good luck with your studies

[@WizardClipAudio]

It is a personal pet peeve of mine when people use the term modernism as an umbrella term for recent art.

[@cultureandtheory5097]

Thank you so much for the video; your knowledge is greatly appreciated and has been incredibly helpful

[@robertmatthews6532]

Quite a good didactic explanation of how Art has evolved from the 19th, 20th, & 21st Centuries - thus far!

[@shannenvinent4988]

There are two audios, her talking / explaining each era but then there is, what I think is, a faint woman’s voice talking below her. It’s so freaky omg! Can anyone else hear it????

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful informative video. I learned quite a bit from this, having not taken an art history class.

[@littlearttalks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mgtowluau5651]

There's some EVP going on in the background. You hear those voices? Some seem to be talking about art. Did you use an old tape?

[@Bill-uo6cm]

Extremely well stated!

[@stephenjames2221]

Thank you for your well -informed and succinct talks.

[@danninguyen2443]

Thanks a bunch for the quick solid coverage of history in art through the ages. I liked your video! And very cute Channel name! :]

[@littlearttalks]

Danni Nguyen Thanks for watching Danni! :)

[@violet969]

Thanks so much for the video! Made things alot clearer and easier to follow (except contemp art which is forever confusing :P)

[@littlearttalks]

So happy to hear this helps! :)

[@celesteperia8760]

Nice one, it really help me in my lesson, thank you!!!

[@bodudas8346]

your explanations / tutorials are wonderfull

[@TheMadisonHang]

modern art is becoming classical. i'm sure at one point, classical paintings as we call them now were once revolutionary is some way shape or form that we probably don't understand looking at them now but at one point they were perhaps modern, post-modern, contemporary, and have become classic...

[@Tomas-ml9nv]

Post modern is shit and never become classic

[@giga.s.o.p]

@@Tomas-ml9nv modern is also shit

[@Robynartist]

For being so succinct, this is very informative!

[@dramalovesme]

That's such a great video, thank you, I definitely learned a lot about a subject I'm so passionate about.

[@littlearttalks]

I'm glad you like it! :D

[@maximme]

nicely done.

[@ElizaBeth-ys3qx]

Great video! Makes the distinction very clear. Just a tiny note of feedback: it was quite quick, couldn't always follow it, or had to pause. :)

[@FrisoTalks]

I really love cubism. Do you have any videos that go more in depth into that?

[@wayneinles]

definitely learnt something, Thank you so much

[@honeybeebeehk]

I'm revisiting your video and it's so good that I have to say again. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@littlearttalks]

+Elee Lee Aww, Thank you, Elee :)

[@twashcat360]

So good!!

[@mohandas1621]

Who gives these names and how do they identify different art movements? Are there paintings/painters that belong to more than one movement?

[@eldebtor6973]

love it, thanks

[@MsKaddelz]

Please show more sculpture and installation art

[@illiwhite250]

Love these vids

[@dgtlartbyjason]

Hi, as a photography student I haven't studied such things as "anti modernism" but wondered if you could give an explanation of the difference between modernism and post modernism?

[@gavinreid8351]

Jason Rogers agreed, Not actually a movement. Perhaps a reference to Dada.

[@1book1review]

Thanks for this easy to follow overview.

[@littlearttalks]

I'm glad you think so! :D

[@VanishedDecoy]

Giorgio de Chirico's art made me immediately think of Ico's box art. Maybe it's the colors and shadows.

[@EilonyLunar]

Thank you so much for this! I love doing Art myself but i've never had any Art history lesions or such and it's sometimes a little over helming :) I'm very interested to learn more about Art over time,so this was nice & simple very helpful :)

[@littlearttalks]

+Eilony Lunar Glad to hear that it was easy to follow! :) Thanks so much for watching, Eilony

[@KalkiSubramaniam]

Concisely told. Very useful indeed.

[@aewriter]

sorry for commenting on an old video. but do you think KAWS makes contemporary art or pop art?

[@toodlesmcphee7889]

I think it's called Neo-Pop, like the kind of work Jeff Koons is doing.

[@nadiam8678]

Really great and concise video :)

[@jonasbrothers3000]

This was very helpful! Thank you!

[@Yash-pi1yw]

I have presentation on modern and postmodern art tomorrow in front of my two friendly teachers and head of department as well-_- my friend told me to watch the differences on youtube and boom I got your video and I have wrote down all words you said lol it is very helpful.. thanks you very much hope they appreciate it and gives me my full marks lol..😂

[@Skeletor611]

Nice thank you

[@criticallit]

This was great! I wonder if in the future they will look back on our time and name our art movements something different and their work will continue to be contemporary. I wonder what name they will give us....

[@littlearttalks]

I'm so curious too! It would be really hilarious to have an "anti-contemporary" or "post-contemporary" XD that would be really confusing... :P

[@gavinreid8351]

20 th century Modernism.

[@w1ck3dz0d1ac]

I think we moved on from the contemporary period to what I call the temporary period since most art is now online and all it takes is a solar flare to destroy it all.

[@anunkash5185]

what happens after post modernism? do we have to redefine the word modern?

[@littlearttalks]

+Anun Kash Contemporary :)

[@anunkash5185]

and after that?

[@stephenal-hakim2477]

+Anun Kash Time will tell. There are little movements here and there that are trying to move away from postmodern concepts. New Sincerity, for instance, is a response to postmodern irony. But as far as defining the new, overarching epoch, if it even exists...the jury is still out on that one.

[@metatron5199]

+Stephen Al-Hakim we can see a clear move back towards a modern attitude and thankfully an abandonment of post-modernism in the contemporary world. Basically post modernism was no more than a fad conducted by people who did not have the intellectual prowess to actually create original art work....

[@petervonzurmuehlen]

+Anun Kash I have been actively pursuing the answer to the question of what Art movements are happening now, and the general why of them. My research is far from complete but I have found quite a bit of information so far. Essentially we have for some time now (or always perhaps) lived in a state of pluralism of styles and philosophies of art but the one that has dominated in many respects and still is a bit is Post-Modernism. This extends even beyond art into literate and the humanities a great deal and there are many things inherent to post modern ideas which many claim are eroding away the very notions of values and truth and meaning in our culture at large. And to a great extent there is a point there to be made. However, there have been a umber of other movements that exist lately as a reaction or response to post modernism, and also new movements that may in fact derive some of their starting place from post modernism but that are deriving their forms from new technology, like the internet and computer graphics and such. Some of these movements include: Stuckism, Intentism, Maximalism, Super Flat, and others. if one googles there is information to be found on current art trends and wikipedia has many articles and entries with lists of art movements. Post Modernism still dominates in many senses, but I think there are a variety of niche markets and ideas going on out there. the internet has also broadened and democratized the way Art gets out into the world a great deal. Post Modernism itself allows for plurality, at least in theory, because it states to believe in the relative-ness of worth of belief and culture, or to deny that anything has value or truth or beauty, although in practice there do seem to be cases of post modernists not actually following through with the logical implications of those ideas in all areas of thought. Though the other thing to consider is that many artists for the past 70 years or longer generally use words like contemporary and modern somewhat loosely and often interchangeably.

[@postponereality5432]

OMG you are so good at what your are doing, respect for that!! I didn't know there was a channel like this, when I started mine a while ago:D Tell me, how did you start and what did you make to make it grow like this? xoxo

[@wezger]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing!

[@littlearttalks]

Thanks Chengway!

[@sasanmehran]

Thank you so much ...

[@luismangiaterra1031]

Contemporary abstract is acrylic pouring technique. It's the most beautiful art ever, even looks better than picasso

[@niccuniccuniccu]

What where the most common instruments used by a) Modern artist, b) Postmodern artist, C) Contemporary Artists? And my follow up quesiton: What were the major differences and similarities of these instrument? Does anyone have an answer to these question?

[@craidoff]

Awesome video! You have a new subscriber!

[@jacekpokrak9258]

What is a difference between Compmaturism and Postmodern?

[@goVERBaNOUN]

YAY I LOVE IT! Thanks so much for making this :D

[@littlearttalks]

yay :D Thanks for the great question!

[@walkingphrase]

Hah! It's you again! But that was indeed a very good question. I guess the categorisations of art from 1860 to now will become clearer and more distinct with time.

[@littlearttalks]

walking phrase - linguistic shenanigans and more Mmm It'll be interesting to see how/if it does!

[@gavinreid8351]

The large auctions houses describe as Contemporary any thing after WW2 .

[@heyzzellie]

Do you guys know about the cultural overview of contemporary arts?

[@shawnstarr1]

she is adorable, but...some brains need a slight pause between sentences...otherwise its harder to retain information.

[@littlearttalks]

+Shawn Starr I'll keep that in mind for future videos. Thanks for the feedback, Shawn.

[@ZoeyZwee]

+Little Art Talks I strongly disagree. I think the pacing could be a little tighter and quicker. People finding it too fast have the luxury of watching again and frequent pausing. I really like the pacing and speed of PBS ideas channel, or if you want to move a little slower, Crash Course.

[@shawnstarr1]

***** yes maybe if she stopped breathing entirely the run on sentence that became a run on paragraph could continue on to be a run on short story some video players offer speed controls so you can listen 1.5 or 2x faster if youre into the alvin and chipmunks voices or youre in a hurry or simply reviewing the content for a 2nd time see how nasty it is to read things without punctuation to break sentences basic communication breaks down if the comprehension drops and general population never retains information this is great if you want to just amass click rates but can you even remember the fist sentence i typed by now doubtfully because there is no breaks....crash course in kissing a pretty girls butt;)

[@lirisdanslesveines8719]

why is 'le rappel a l'ordre ' a revival of classicism > ok , but to realistic art work ?? can someone explain me

[@mgtowluau5651]

2:19 I can distinctly hear a lady quietly saying "...taliano movement."

[@yyvaasd9654]

I learned I don't wanna write my essay on this topic anymore lol

[@pauloeuvreart5247]

I believe tgat Contemporary art can only be defined in reverse. It’s nowadays art; the term will remain the same in time to describe what’s created now. But as history unfolds, what’s known as contemporary now, if it’s united and coherent enough, will receive new defining terms. We can’t possibly know for sure what today’s trends will be called, but in 50 years, or a century, that will be clear. 😂

[@matosevaljevic7609]

So...romantism,impresionism,expresionism,modern,antimodern,postmodern,contemporary,is that in chronological order?

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

I miss your videos

[@blastixart6205]

was linked here by my school but still good vid

[@still451]

How about second modernism

[@popos22]

so exactly what is contemporary art?

[@luismangiaterra1031]

Acrylic pouring

[@johnryskamp7755]

Modernism is all about paradox, a discredited notion which nevertheless seemed attractive during the industrial revolution. See A. Garciadiego, Bertrand Russell and the Origins of the Set theoretic 'paradoxes.'

[@kasiasustaita9032]

is antimodernism the same as postmodernism?

[@oprahwinfrey878]

For the dream paintings, its noted as Surrealism

[@gavinreid8351]

Carl Kane and Symbolism.

[@sarahcterra]

How art artists like Boccioni, futurists, antimodernists? I need help understanding how they rejected the avant garde and referenced classicism.

[@peskysushi]

I'm not sure Boccioni was an antimoderinist, since cubism and other modernist elements remained prevalent in most of his work. Futurisists like Severini and Cara, however, were associated with Return to Order because they began to incorporate neoclassical techniques under the influence of artists like De Chirico. But Severini and Cara, like most artists of the Rappel a la'Ordre, represented a rejection of the extreme avant-grade art, rather than a complete embrace classical style/ subject matter. An example would be Severeni's work Maternity, which was depicted very realistically and would have represented stability through the traditional subject of motherhood.

[@littlearttalks]

Yes, thanks +peskysushi Sorry if I was unclear, Futurism itself is not antimodern - I brought it in as a comparison, as a number of Futurist artists took a complete turn from Futurists ideals to the Anitimodernist, classical inspired style & subjects.

[@kariklocke-salminen6239]

Seurat Please

[@adammarriott71]

thank you for this video it saved alot of time with my nose in books identifyingthe difference between these movements though i think you could speak slower lol twas all abit fast had to keep pausing then take notes and play again and again and again hahahhahha still saved time though there isnt enough information on postmodernism as it hasnt really ended yet people think its dead but tbh i dont see much evidence of that or if it has what its influenced and passed on to as a continuation of imagination in art doing a presentation tomorrow on postmodernism so wish me luck :)

[@littlearttalks]

Hope your presentation went well!! :D I will keep that in mind in the future :P

[@Divine_R]

Her face is art :)

[@violetuni7992]

Whos here on 2020?

[@Sandiile]

Thank you so much. This video was really informative. BTW...Your beautiful

[@renzo6490]

Let me begin by telling you that when my brother was just starting school, he rebelled at the rules of spelling. Why did words have to be spelled in a particular way? Why couldn't he spell them as he wanted to spell them? He resented the rules and he resisted the authority of those who made them ! Keep this in mind. I think that Conceptual art comes from people who could not and would not do the difficult work required to become a 'traditional' artist. Can't master the necessary skills ? Can't understand how to use color to create mood? Can't master composition? Can't draw or understand human anatomy? Can't figure out how to express your feelings with image? Can’t be bothered ? Well then, belittle the importance of those skills and debase the notion that they are a prerequisite to creating art. Instead, create an art genre that you CAN do. A new genre. And let's call it Conceptual art. Conceptual artists claim that IDEAS and CONCEPTS are the main feature of their art. They can slap anything together and call it ''conceptual art'' confident that viewers will find SOMETHING to think about it no matter how banal or trivial the artist's concept! There is no way conceptual art pieces can be judged. The promoters of this art have attacked the motives and credibility of authorities and critics who might disparage the work. They have rejected museums and galleries as defining authorities. They reject the idea that art can be judged or criticized . All of this results in a decline in standards. And when you jettison standards, quality suffers. There really IS such a thing as BAD art ! We know this only because we have standards and criteria by which such things can be evaluated. It seems that conceptual art comes down to a basic idea: No one has the right or authority to make any judgements about art ! Art is anything you can get away with ! A whole new language has been created to give the work an air of legitimacy and gravitas. Conceptual art is 'sold' to the unwary public with ....."ArtSpeak". ArtSpeak is a unique assemblage of English words and phrases that the International Art world uses but which are devoid of meaning! Have you ever found yourself confronted by an art gallery’s description of an exhibition which seems completely indecipherable? Or an artist’s statement about their work which left you more confused than enlightened? You’re not alone. Here are examples of ArtSpeak: ''..she manipulates architectural structures in order to deconstruct socially defined spaces and their uses and test novel and playful possibilities." Or ' 'Works that probe the dialectic between innovations that seem to have been forgotten, the ruinous present state of projects once created amid great euphoria, and the present as an era of transitions and new beginnings.'' Or ''The exhibition reactivates his career-long investigation into the social mutations of desire and repression. But his earlier concerns with repression production--in the adolescent or in the family as a whole--give way to the vertiginous retrieval and wayward reinvention of mythical community and sub-cultural traditions.'' This language is meant to convince me that there is real substance to this drivel which is being passed off as 'art'. But I don't buy it. Plenty of other people DO buy it. Not because they love the work. They are laying out enormous sums in the belief that their investment will bring them high returns in the future. One Jeff Koons conceptual piece is three basketballs suspended in a fish tank. Here is Koons' own ArtSpeak explanation of his floating basketball 'concept' verbatim: “ This is an ultimate state of being. I wanted to play with people’s desires. They desire this equilibrium. They desire pre-birth. I was giving a definition of life and death. This is the eternal. This is what life is like, also, after death. Aspects of the eternal” Rather lofty goals for 3 basketballs suspended in a fish tank!! It sold for $350,000. I wonder what it would have fetched without Koons' name attached to it. _______________________________________ Something radical has happened to the art scene in the past 50 years. Cubism slid into non-representational art....what is often called Abstract. Abstract or non-representational art is a legitimate and often profound genre. But to many people, it appeared as if this new style had no structure, principles or standards of evaluation. It’s markings seemed random and arbitrary. Something that anyone could do. Any composition of blotches or scribbles was “Abstract Art”. This was the slippery slope that led to the abandonment of standards in art. Art is what I say it is....and lots of people jumped on the art bandwagon. Anyone can be an artist. Anyone can mount a show. And who is to say if it has value? A tacit agreement forms among critics, galleries, publications and auction houses to promote and celebrate certain artists and styles. Objects with no artistic merit are touted and praised . Their value increases with every magazine article, every exhibition in a prestigious gallery. And when they come up for auction, sometimes the auction houses will lend vast sums to a bidder so that it appears as if the work of the particular artist is increasing in value. The upward spiral begins and fortunes are made. And many are reluctant to declare that the Emperor is, in fact, naked lest they appear boorish unsophisticated Philistines ! This is what dominates the art market today. The love of money is the root of all evil. It has corrupted politics. It has corrupted sport. It has corrupted healthcare. It has corrupted religion. And now it has corrupted art. But, there is reason to hope. As much of the wisdom of the Greeks and Romans was kept alive through the Middle Ages in small pockets of learning and culture, ateliers have sprung up around the world that are devoted to preserving and handing down the traditional visual arts: drawing, painting and sculpting to each new generation. And when this craze for conceptual art has burned itself out and when visual art is no longer looked on as mere decoration and when schools that have dissolved their art programs want to reestablish them again, the world will find these skills preserved through the atelier movement.

[@theoandolaf]

Wow you're really smart and cute. Great video.

[@Creassio]

Hi. Cool... so basically whatever I paint is contemporary art 😅

[@kingfillins4117]

Very hard to listen to because of the over dubs...

[@mollybolly680]

turn on the fucking subtitle

[@timothythomas7222]

I just saw this video about Modern Art being bad and would love to hear your thoughts and feelings about the statements made in it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/on-sYWqbnNSYnMU

[@teodoratofan]

If you don't know exactly how a name it's pronounced, I truly recommend forvo.com :)

[@LL-xl7hq]

you look like a gal i went to PCC with.. random I know. She studied speech pathology with me and became a SLPA...

[@nancywysemen7196]

hm..... next time what will it be-OK

[@molly9929]

Ignorants in art are destructive.

[@NikhilPathakindia]

the girl is beautiful... art...

[@gavinreid8351]

Instead of Post Modernism I prefer the term Post Avant-garde. As much of it was a rejection of the cul de sac that the avant-garde entered with minimalism and conceptualism of the 1970s.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Collage is DADA.

[@paulrxxxmann6718]

very unclear definitions of these schools. I am no wiser. Needs illustration by individual works.

[@funkyboodah]

interesting chat! and you are such a cutie ;)

[@littlearttalks]

Thanks for watching!

[@Daddy-R]

you're SOOOO cute

[@kingking-lr1rx]

You beautiful

[@archywillhe1379]

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

Didn't learn anything new here, though I do still think that "art" is a misnomer with respect to this rubbish.

[@wulf7463]

It wasn't made for you

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

Brett Rose Evidently. Thanks for letting me know, Brett. You've been a great help.

[@zeratulofaiur2589]

If a kindergarten kid can do it --> Modern/Postmodern/ Contemporary/ Fancy name art. If it takes years of dedication to do it --> Classical art. It is the same as the difference between coal and diamond, or between honey as bull crap.

[@truthart]

so basicly Modern art is shitty art, postmodern is trying hard to be expensive art and contemporary art is effortless trash infused with a pretentious meaning

[@molly9929]

Nope. You just an ignorant.

[@MosesHightower]

and on which examples are you basing your opinion of Contemporary Art?

[@orionandersen9333]

That comment physically hurt, mainly because it reminded me of my 14 year old self....

[@toodlesmcphee7889]

Actually all three of those descriptions fit Damien Hirst pretty well.

[@NorthEast81]

Her voice is unbearable....that horrible, lifting intonation at the end of every sentence is a terrible habit.

[@pranavsubramanian3242]

I didnt find a problem with it

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

She doesn't open her mouth properly so I wonder if there's not an issue of prognathism or surgically repaired cleft palate. I didn't find it unbearable, though. One gets used to these sorts of minor annoyances when so much is heard in dreadful American accent.

[@Rey-vi5nt]

I didn't find a problem with her voice. Apparently, women get the most beef about their voice than their male counterparts. I heard a podcast on this topic. The link is below for anyone interested. ✌️ www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps?act=2

[@hereandnow990]

All good but you should be showing artworks much longer than your pretty face. And please why do you have to try to look like smiling and positive all the time, with cheerful notes in your voice?....That's a media cliche and we dont need it in art world, its artificial and useless.

[@celestialpainter1356]

George G delete it fat - nothing wrong with being postive! ^_^

[@alalalala57]

Here here, thy speaker of the Art World. Speak on behalf of all of us, those who...don't actually want to say what you do?