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Buddhist art is based on the representation of Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, the spiritual leader who founded the Buddhist faith in the 5th or 6th century B.C.E. Buddhist art was transformed numerous times as Buddhism flourished and spread throughout the world and was influenced by other cultures and artistic genres. However, Buddhist art nearly disappeared from the world scene in the 10th century because of the growth of competing religions: Hinduism and Islam, which had previously played an important role in Buddhist art's evolution.
The life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, have been interpreted through art for more than 2,500 years. Buddhist art depicts Buddha's teachings, scenes from his life and mythological beings. Buddhist artists combine Buddhist principles with their local traditions and artistic techniques to create paintings, sculptures, sand paintings and even buildings.
Dada was an early 20th century art movement that rejected the idea of art movements. It began in Zurich during the first World War as a collaborative effort among painters, writers and dramatists as well as other types of artists. It was motivated by the need to come to terms with the horrors of the war. Dada challenged the prevailing attitudes about art, culture and the legacy of Western rationalism. The Dadaists wanted to subvert the traditional concept of art. In doing so, they saw themselves as liberating human beings from the trappings of an oppressive bourgeois culture.
According to artinthepicture.com, a website devoted to art history, "Dadaism or Dada is a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design. The movement was, among other things, a protest against the barbarism of the War and what Dadaists believed was an oppressive intellectual rigidity in both art and everyday society; its works were characterized by a deliberate irrationality and the rejection of the prevailing standards of art. It influenced later movements including Surrealism." The diverse and challenging art world of today owes a great deal to Dada.
Dada was an extreme art movement driven by anarchy. The artist Breton said, "Dada is a state of mind" and the art historian Dawn Ades observes that "there is no such thing as a Dada style." Therefore, it doesn't take much to recreate Dada art. An artist need only oppose past aesthetics, break boundaries, explore chance and re-define the parameters of art. For instance, the leader of the Dadaists, Marchel Duchamp decided to exhibit a ready-made urinal--"Fountain"--and called it art.
Neo-Dada is a term that refers to mid-20th century art that challenged the traditional definitions of art, pushed the boundaries of the art world and birthed important performance and conceptual art. Experience neo-Dadaism with information from an art historian, critic and curator in this free video on art.
Dada art was a movement that took place during the First World War, when artists in New York, Zurich and Munich questioned the very meaning of art by displaying crude or simple objects as fine art. Explore the world of Dadaism with information from an art historian, critic and curator in this free video on art.
