Modern Art
Nua Ealain
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Dè a th' ann an Nua‑Ealain (Modern Art)?
Thòisich gluasad na nua‑ealain anns na seasgadan san naoidheamh linn deug (1860an) agus chaidh e air adhart suas dha na seachdadan anns an fhicheadamh linn (1970an).
'S ann le luchd‑ealain mar Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, agus Henri de Toulouse‑Lautrec a thòisich gluasad na nua‑ealain agus chùm dealbhadairean mar Henri Matisse agus Pablo Picasso an gluasad a' dol.
Ghluais an luchd‑ealain seo air falbh bho na seann dòighean peantaidh agus thòisich iad a' cluiche le stuthan‑ealain agus cruthan ùra.
A bharrachd air seo, chleachd iad na goireasan teicneòlais ùra bhon àm sin, coltach ris a' chamara.
Chithear gluasadan beaga cudromach eile taobh a‑staigh nua‑ealain cuideachd, coltach ri Ciùbachas , Eas‑chruthachd agus Minimeileachas .
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What is Nua‑Ealain (Modern Art)?
The Modern Art movement started in the 1860s and it carried forward on until the 1970s.
It was artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, and Henri de Toulouse‑Lautrec who started gluasad na nua‑ealain (the Modern Art movement) and painters such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso kept the movement going.
These artists moved away from the old ways of painting and they started to play with new materials and forms.
In addition to this, they used new technical resources from that time, like the camera.
Other, small important movements can be seen in modern art as well, such as Ciùbachas (Cubism), Eas‑chruthachd (Abstract Art) and Minimeileachas (Minimalism).
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