Question

Find an example of naturalism in a contemporary art and an humanism in contemporary art. Post an image of each and explain why?

Answer 1

Naturalism was a movement in Art where the painters focussed and paid attention to details and painted things as they were, instead of modifying it. The following picture is an example of Naturalism in art as it depicts a unselective and untouched picture of reality.The picture is free from any moral judgements and obligation. it simple shows a man holding his children hand and walking through the paths of a construction site , which reflects him as a helpless product of heredity and enviroment (Nature and Nurture ) ,while getting harassed by the mandatory social and economic obligation to work and be productive. One can also interpret this picture as a man walking with his children through the construction site, which reflects society as a constant choatic flux of economic pressure to survive and an inevitable chain of interdependency on social and economic enviroment to live through the life.

Picture(naturalism ) - Jules Bastien-Lepage(Artist).

Humanism in contemporary art was a search to find the artistic apex of Humanism . It was guided by philosophy of Humanism and body aesthetics. It found its essence in painting the heroic curvature of the human body , along with its unfiltered exhibitions of primal emotions. The paintings are optismtic in nature as it celebrates the aesthetic beauty of being a human . The picture depicts the human interaction in the hallway, away from modern technology , asserting his freedom to be '.

edom 'to be'

Picture -'The School of Athens' (1509-1510) by Raphael Sanzio.