Amsterdam School

Examples of Amsterdam School in the following topics:

• Dutch Rationalist Architecture

  • The Amsterdam School is a style of architecture that lasted from 1910 to 1930, with the aim of creating a total architectural experience.
  • The Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School) is a style of architecture that arose in 1910 and lasted until about 1930 in The Netherlands.
  • Imbued with socialist ideals, the Amsterdam School style was often applied to working-class housing estates, local institutions and schools.
  • The Amsterdam School had its origins in the office of architect Eduard Cuypers in Amsterdam.
  • The most important architects and virtuoso artists of the Amsterdam School were Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer.

• Kano School Painting in the Edo Period

  • The Kanō school with its naturalistic style was the dominant style of the Edo period (1603 - 1868).
  • The Kanō school (狩) was the dominant style of painting during the Edo period.
  • Kanō Motonobu, a Japanese painter and member of the Kano School, is particularly known for expanding the school's repertoire through his bold artistic techniques and patronage.
  • Although the Kanō school was the most successful in Japan, the distinctions between its work and the work of other schools tended to diminish over time, as all schools worked in a range of styles and formats, making the attribution of unsigned works often unclear.
  • Tan'yū headed the Kajibashi branch of the Kanō school in Edo and painted in many castles, including the Imperial palace.

• Training Artists

  • In the current Western artistic tradition, artists typically train at an art school or institution.
  • In the current Western artistic tradition, artists typically train at an art school or institution.
  • Artists who did not attend art school are generally termed "self-taught," and go about their practice in the same manner as artists who attended art school, by aiming to exhibit and sell their work.
  • Goldsmiths' College in London is one example of an art school.
  • Compare and contrast traditional artists' aprenticeships with modern day art schools.

• Aquatint

  • The method was developed by painter and printmaker Jan van de Velde in Amsterdam, around 1650, and introduced to England in the 1770s.

• Still Life Painting

  • Painters from Leiden, The Hague, and Amsterdam particularly excelled in the genre.

• Chicago School of Architecture

  • Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School.
  • In the history of architecture, the Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.
  • Sometimes elements of neoclassical architecture are used in Chicago School skyscrapers.
  • Many Chicago School skyscrapers contain the three parts of a classical column.
  • The "Chicago window" originated in this school .

• Painting under the Ming Dynasty

  • In particular, the Zhe School and the Yuanti School were the dominant schools during the early Ming period.
  • The classical Zhe School and Yuanti School began to decline during the mid-Ming period.
  • Meanwhile, the Wu School (sometimes referred to as Wumen) became the most dominant school nationwide.
  • The Songjiang School and Huating School were born and developed toward the end of the Ming Dynasty.
  • The Songjiang School grew to rival the Wu School, particularly in generating new theories of painting.

• Art of Pure Land Buddhism

  • The art of the Kamakura period reflected the introduction of the Pure Land School of Buddhism, which depicted the Amida Buddha.
  • This period saw the introduction of the two schools that had perhaps the greatest impact on the country: the Amidist Pure Land schools and the more philosophical Zen schools.  
  • The Kamakura period favored a more realistic and naturalistic art that is exemplified by the sculpture of the Kei School.
  • Among sculptors of the Kei school, the sculptor Unkei is the most famous and is considered to be the most accomplished sculptor of the period.
  • Compare and contrast the art of the Pure Land, Zen, and Kei schools of the Kamakura period.

• American Painting: The Ashcan School

  • The Ashcan School was a movement within American Realism known for portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods.
  • The Ashcan School, also known as "The Eight," was central to the new American Modernism in the visual arts.
  • Five artists of The Eight, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, Everett Shinn, and John French Sloan became associated with the Ashcan School.
  • However, the Ashcan School was not an organized group.
  • The artists of the Ashcan School rebelled against American Impressionism, which was the vanguard of American art at the time.

• Identity

  • In the middle and late 20th century earlier architectural styles employed for art museums (such as the Beaux-Arts style of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City or the Gothic and Renaissance Revival architecture of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum) were increasingly replaced with more modern styles, such as Deconstructivism.