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- Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Art - History of Art, grade: 1,7, University of Essex (Art History), course: Art in the USA, language: English, abstract: The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast Alfred Stieglitz’s engagement with modernism with that of the Ashcan artists. The first part concentrates on the personal background of the artists and introduces to their motivations and aims. The second part deals with the subjects of their works and the different technical approaches. The last part of the essay examines the differences between the two art forms, photography and painting. Of course, the question arises whether or not such a comparison is reasonable: photography and painting are two entirely different art forms. The essay will face this basic difficulty and will conclude in an answer on it.
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University of Essex,
Academic Year: 2011/12, Autumn Term,
Module: Art in the USA,
Essay by Sandra Kuberski
Alfred Stieglitz, the Ashcan artists and their engagement with modernism
The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast Alfred Stieglitz’s engagement with modernism with that of the Ashcan artists. The first part concentrates on the personal background of the artists and introduces to their motivations and aims. The second part deals with the subjects of their works and the different technical approaches. The last part of the essay examines the differences between the two art forms, photography and painting.
Of course, the question arises whether or not such a comparison is reasonable: photography and painting are two entirely different art forms. The essay will face this basic difficulty and will conclude in an answer on it.
To compare the work of on one side Alfred Stieglitz and on the other side the Ashcan artists, it is important to understand the historical background that opened the way for modernism as a new era of arts. The term “modern” derives from the Latin “modernus” which means new and contemporary. In relation to art history it describes a movement that involves a break with what went before. It is not unanimous when this process started, but in this context it implies the time around the turn of the century. New York already back then was a big, heterogenic city in which an entertainment industry of theatres, cinemas and amusement parks emerged. In addition to that, new immigrants populated the city and enriched it with their own cultures and languages. At this time, New York evolved into the culture capital of the United States.[1] More and more painters, poets and photographers moved to the city and over time “the city itself became a primary subject of their work.”[2] This development can be seen as first step towards realism, a movement that raised the claim of showing nothing but the unadorned truth, based on everyday people and their lives.
Both, Alfred Stieglitz and the Ashcan artists, at the beginning were strangers to New York City. It is necessary to acknowledge the impact the city had upon the artists and their work. It was within the context of their new hometown that they got the motivation and inspiration to form their own aims in their particular art form.
