What are characteristics of russian art?
Ufff, I even don't know what to start with. You should have specified your question. What are you mostly interested in - folk art or fine art? Old or contemporary? Visual arts and architecture or also theater, ballet, literature, cinema? Or just all this taken together? If you specify your question I'll try to elaborate on this:) Upd: ok, so you're speaking mainly about fine art... Well, Russian fine art is part of European art. As Nikolay has noted, since the XVII cent. it started developing within the same trends as in Europe. Before that painting was exclusively religious (see Russian icons) and was initially influenced by Byzantine icon painting. But if to compare it to Greek painting, our icons were more lyrical, bright and lighter-colored (see Andrey Rublev). With Peter the Great, Russian art started getting secularized, the portrait genre appeared the first. Many of the Russian artists and architects went to Europe for training, and many European artists were hired to work in Russia. Since then, Russian art became very European so it's hard to outline any comparisons. If to compare European / Russian art school to Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, so on), you can see that it has developed more realistic forms, Asian art is more symbolic and decorative. To compare Russian art to West European is a hard task... Well, I would say that in Russia realistic traditions were stronger (see: Peredvizhniki), even now when in Europe you can see lots of 'avant-guard' experiments, in Russia academical (realistic) painting is still very alive. Another thing is that Russian art was very socially-oriented, critical, didactic, propagandistic (so-called 'critical realism' in 19th cent, socialistic realism in 20th, so on). Maybe, the best period of Russian art was the early 20th century - Russian painting, theater, ballet got extremely popular in Europe. Soviet avant-guard (Kandinsky, Malevich, Tatlin, etc) was the one of the brightest art phenomena in Europe in 1920s. In Soviet Union Russian art mostly served the ideological needs ("socialistic realism") - it's task was to record the successful building of socialism. Soviet painting shows optimistic people - simple laborers- working at factories, building sites, fields, etc. Now Russian art is developing within the same postmodernist trends as worldwide.
How come only Asia came up with Martial Arts?
There have been martial arts as far back as mans earliest times on earth. Asia has a longer history than western countries.So it is logical that their martial arts would be more known. But eastern countries have had martial arts that were indigenous to their area too. They are just not as publicized or have as many instructors. The Apache Indians for instance had a very effective fighting system. Their knife fighting methods were very good and efficient. While knife fighting brings many people to a movie type of idea, the Apache would slash at an enemy above their eyes. The forehead bleeds easily. Even a small cut would cause blind a person as their blood flowed down into their eyes. The Apache also had many techniques to fight if they had no weapon. The Apache are only one example of western martial arts. There are many others that are just as valid and just as unknown. ...
Is Pankration the root of asian martial arts?
My brother and soon-to-be sweet angel of a husband are debating over martial arts. They both won't stop until they have an answer. Both believe in hard-driven facts. So, if they don't have facts they won't stop. They're out for blood. Please, someone help my poor ears. :)
Which is the oldest martial art in the world?
Worlds oldest deadliest and mother of all martial arts is Varmakkalai, which makes an person to kill any enemy with bare fingers, if you have doubt watch indian 1996 kamalhasan movie and 7am arivu movie if you train good you can beat 10 persons if you learned compleatly no one in the world is equal for you, this art is taught to human being by lord shiva to parvathi - murugan- vinayagar- nandhidevar - Agasthiyar from him it came to 18 siddhas to human beings, it has 3 stages fighting with hand, just killing any one with with your eyes third stage you dont have to see him from any corner in the world you can kill or take any person without seeing him its not blackmagic its called meithenda kalam i am not saying just in mouth just given proof hear i know about this because i am learning it since from my childhood
In all the fighting arts in the world, do you think ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS IS THE SUPREME ONE, DOMINATE 1?
dude, show a little respect for the westreners. ok? it is true that asian arts have influenced the westren world a great deal. there is no denying that at all. asian masters, the shaolin, etc are all legends and worthy of respect and praise when it comes to martial arts. and as a martial artist, i'm grateful to them and the things they developed. i'm not a evolutionist when it comes to the creation or anything, but i do know that things evolve and progress with time. with the influence of the martial arts, i belive that the westreners, like the US and other countries in the western hemisphere, have taken the asian martial arts and have adapted them to what they know and now we have new and very effective martial arts that are every bit as good as the asian martial arts. i give you the MMA. i'll give credit where credit is due. like i said, we wouldn't be where we are with out the asian influence, but even Bruce Lee himself held the belief that no style was supreme. i took this from an article on UFC.com about bruce lee "It would be interesting to see what Lee would have thought of mixed martial arts had he lived to see its birth in 1993. Most likely, he would have loved it, seeing how athletes studied various styles of fighting and then developed their own unique fighting style, just as he took his base of Wing Chun and analyzed hosts of different styles before coming up with JKD. And if MMA was around while he was alive, you can bet he would have taken a shot at it. “He was always a guy who was up on the latest things,” said Serra. “He already was well rounded back then. So I’m sure that if he was alive, once the Jiu-Jitsu boom came into play, he would have been a black belt by now I’m sure. Because that’s a guy who was a fanatic. I’m sure he would have been fantastic. He was a great athlete.” And a true legend. oh yeah, that's ong-bak, not ung-buk, the martial artist's name is tony jaa
I Stopped Using Asian Martial Arts Because of Cultural Appropriation?
I'm half Peruvian and half afro-brazillian. In my college many asian students seem to hate the idea when a non-asian person uses asian martial art (kung fu, taekwondo, karate etc) especially they do this to white people. There was recently a martial arts club started in my university sponsored by a local mma gym and many asian students are doing the whole "non-asians especially white people using our martial arts they are appropriating something that was meant for us" Many of these Asian students actually follow the teachings of people who hated bruce lee for teaching the white man secrets of the Chinese fighting system. I don't buy into any sjw cultural appropriation ideas. The martial arts I grew up with was taekwondo (korean martial arts) from my mom and capoeira (afro brazillian martial arts) from my dad. But I have come to resent many of these asian students for being this way that I actually don't want to use any asian martial arts anymore. So now the only martial arts I use and learn from are non asian amrtial arts like Rumi-Kami (Peruvian martial arts) and Capoeira. Many times these asian students like to claim stuff like "if it wasn't for us asians connoc mcgregor wound't be a good fighter" I don't buy into cultural appropriation but when many asians in my college act this way I don't wanna touch any east asian thing with a stick, I grow to resent them. Thoughts?
Asian Art Museum: Is there a market for early 20th Century original Japanese block prints?
Yes. One of the more sought-after printmakers of the period is Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). I have owned a number of his prints, which can sell for up to a few thousand dollars each. Here is his 1924 print View from Takatsu in Osaka.
What is the most prevailing theme of asian art?
I think anything to do with nature... birds, koi, dragons, bamboo... I have a degree in art history, but unfortunately that degree is in Western art, not Asian, so I can only guess. Oh--and anything ephemeral... anything that is fleeting. The moon, cherry blossoms, water, wind... this is perhaps only limited to Japanese culture, but they seem to find beauty in things that are ever-changing or things that do not last.
Asia Art Crossword??
Help me with these clues to an Asian Art crossword puzzle. Just tell me any that you can.Thanks You! 1.Delicate Window Decoration 2.Was used as a "Child- Minder" in India 3.Distinctive shaped building found in Japan 4. Name of the Chinese dynasty (1368-1644) 5.Beautiful burial building in India