Graphic Design History Types
Art and design has been around for millions of years, passed on through words and even messages in caves. Still today art is transforming and messages are changing and perceiving is changing in all of us. With the help of social media its even crazier to image how much design is around us everyday. Everyday art is changing and more design types are being created, it’s just one of those things that will never stop evolving into something new. These next four types are just a few types that have changed the art and design history.
Bauhaus (1919-1933)
Bauhaus or “House of Construction” was founded in Weimar, Germany in 1919 by Walter Gropius. This type of art was popular in education and taught students the basic of composition, color theory, and material characteristics. I like this style of art because it was used in the creation of layers and hidden messages that we now use in cash and IDs. Also the use of many colors and shapes show real good contrast and very perceiving from the human eye. The use of colors and shapes make these images very busy and can take a long time to understand what exactly is gong on.
De Stijl (1917-1931)
De Stijl or “The Style” is known for its straight lines, right angles, and primary colors. To me this style of art even though it’s very simple I feel it’s much more harder to convey because no information is given its only colors and right angles. I feel a message would be very hard to find in this type of art. Reminds me more of like a rug or graffiti than actual art with a message.
Dada (1916-1923)
Dada was based off World War I, the art was made by artists reaction to the war, this style of art formed from 1916-1923. This Artis very interesting and powerful, the artwork is very busy and might take long to interpret. But this art has so much detail and message within the art. This art must’ve got more people involved in the war and probably affected the media at the beginning of World War II as well.
Suprematism (1915-1934)
Suprematism or “the supremacy of pure feeling in creative art”. This style of art was very different because it completely eliminated objects and representation. This art to me is very boring and way too simple. The only art I see similar to this may be flags but that’s all. I feel this just doesn’t show enough information or enough artwork to be used. Too much space not being used and without other shapes its just very bland.
These four types of art have really become used in modern day, the use of shapes and bold colors and the detail of all the work has changed the way art is today. Even since the early 1900s we today are still using these same templates to make our own art. But change is coming everyday and we never know what will come next to the world of art.
