Tate
WEBTate is a family of art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall, known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool + RIBA North. Tate art museum houses the UK's collection of British art from 1500 and of international modern art
Modernism - Tate
WEBModernism. Modernism refers to a global movement in society and culture that from the early decades of the twentieth century sought a new alignment with the experience and values of modern industrial life. Building on late nineteenth-century precedents, artists around the world used new imagery, materials and techniques to create artworks that ...
Pop art - Tate
WEBIn the United States, pop style was a return to representational art (art that depicted the visual world in a recognisable way) and the use of hard edges and distinct forms after the painterly looseness of abstract expressionism.By using impersonal, mundane imagery, pop artists also wanted to move away from the emphasis on personal feelings and personal symbolism that characterised abstract ...
Expressionism - Tate
WEBTypical images of reality, such as a landscape painting or a portrait, become dramatic expressions of the artist’s inner feelings or emotions. Expressionist art often concerns itself with the inner necessity (or creative vision) of the artist, as well as themes of spirituality. While ‘expressionist’ can be used to describe artworks from ...
What's On - Tate
WEBRelaxed Hours: Anthony McCall. Immerse yourself in sculptures of light at a quieter time. Tate Modern. Third Tuesday of the month at 10.00–11.00. £14 / Free for Members. Explore exhibitions, events, tours and workshops at Tate's four galleries. These pages are …
‘Fountain‘, Marcel Duchamp, 1917, replica 1964 - Tate
WEBEmak Bakia. Man Ray. 1926, remade 1970. On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects. ‘Fountain‘, Marcel Duchamp, 1917, replica 1964 on display at Tate Modern.
Collage - Tate
WEBCollage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other ephemera are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface. The term collage derives from the French term papiers collés (or découpage), used to describe techniques of pasting paper cut-outs onto various surfaces.
Dada - Tate
WEBDada artists felt the war called into question every aspect of a society capable of starting and then prolonging it – including its art. Their aim was to destroy traditional values in art and to create a new art to replace the old. As the artist Hans Arp later wrote:
Portrait - Tate
WEBThe Cholmondeley Ladies (c.1600–10) Tate. Portraiture is a very old art form going back at least to ancient Egypt, where it flourished from about 5,000 years ago. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. But portraits have always been more than just a record.
The Story of Ophelia - Tate
WEBOphelia is one of the most popular Pre-Raphaelite works in the Tate collection. The painting was part of the original Henry Tate Gift in 1894. Millais’s image of the tragic death of Ophelia, as she falls into the stream and drowns, is one of the best-known illustrations from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.. The Pre-Raphaelites focused on serious and significant subjects and were best known for ...