It flourished in the 18th century when many notable Vietnamese writers and poets composed their works in chữ nôm and it briefly became the official written script. While the Vietnamese alphabet was created in the 17th century, it did not become popular outside of missionary groups until the early 20th century, when the French colonial administration mandated its use in French Indochina. By the mid-20th century, virtually all Vietnamese works of literature were composed in the Vietnamese alphabet. In 1962, the first international Exhibition of Fine Arts of Saigon was held with 21 countries participating it. Following up, a second exhibition was planned for 1966, but unfortunately cancelled due to the increase intensity of the war.
In 1874 they formed the Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, independent of the academy, and mounted the first of several impressionist exhibitions in Paris, through to 1886 when their eighth and final exhibition was held. Important figures in the movement included Frédéric Bazille, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Armand Guillaumin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Although impressionism was primarily a movement of painters, Degas and Renoir also produced sculptures and others like Auguste Rodin and Medardo Rosso are sometimes linked to impressionism. By 1885 impressionism had achieved some prominence, and yet a younger generation were already pushing the limits beyond impressionism. Artist from Russia, Australia, America and Latin America soon adopted impressionist styles. A few of the original impressionist continued producing significant work into the 1910s and 1920s.
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- The poet Stéphane Mallarmé wrote “depict not the thing but the effect it produces” and “To name an object is to suppress three quarters of the pleasure of the poem which is made to be understood little by little”.
- It often involves balancing variety to avoid chaos, while Unity can be achieved through proximity (grouping rеlatеd items together), repetition (using similar elements throughout a piеce), or continuation .
- The Pataliputra capital, an early example of Mauryan stone sculpture, displaying Persian and Hellenistic influences.
- Indeed, while portrait painting grew in popularity, artists who had previously found themselves employed by the church, brought with them the tranquil hieratic quality of religious painting.
- The paintings are often created in white on a background of red or ochre.
