Now What???

So after the enlightenment Era art started to move allot more freely and develop into Romanticisium and further art movements which began in France after Louis XIV's death in 1715. More freedom was allowed, permitting creativity and self-indulgence with in the contence of the art. Utopia had been written by Thomas Moore by now and even though he, himself was a religious man, as was beheaded for his believes, his book was open to any one from different backgrounds. Painting of a Utopian view in these day where still peaceful and romantic but the present of a godly figure was no longer in every utopian image. An example of this is with J. M. W. Turner and his painting, Chichester Canal, Image below. Some artist where producing these beautiful panoramic landscapes of a peaceful, calming nature.

Now because of the enlightenment era the idea of a heavenly or Utopian place was seen as a possible place on earth. But because of the french revolution and the war which followed the idea of a Dystopia or hellish place was also seen as on earth, For example with Théodore Géricault’s painting The Raft Of The Medusa, hanging at the louvre, France.(Image below)

So it appears that war had become a new topic in a way and that from this point things appeared to get worse for the human race as we started to become more and more wanting of this utopia or our heaven to exist now on earth. One prime example of a dictator ship that wanted a Utopian world run by himself was Adolf Hitler. This war had once again changed peoples perception of what is or is not utopia. A favouret artist of mine, Henry Moore, was influenced by this war and of human nature its self. His underground tube station drawing i find beautiful. (image below)

As you can see that as time has moved on so to has the freedom to express your self through art and no longer was art about trying to write a biblical story in images but has now moved on to tell a story with the artist own perceptions and emotions.