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IntroductiontotheArtisticStyleofFantasyArtByArtHistory.net

Understandingcontemporaryfantasyartinvolvesmorethanappreciatingillustrationsformovies,books,magazines,andvideogamesofthefantasygenre.Fantasyartconcernsmythological,magical,andsupernaturalthemes.Thehistoryoffantasyartcanbetracedbacktoantiquitywhenartiststreatedmythologicalcharactersintheirstories,poems,andimages.BytheItalianRenaissance,artistsconcernedwithGreekandRomanmythologicalcharacterswereactuallycreatingfantasyart.Asagenre,fantasyartdoesnotreceiveformalrecognitionandlegitimacylikeotherartmovements.

Inthe21stcentury,inpartduetotheglobalpopularityoffantasyfiction,anime,andotherfantasymedia,fantasyartcanclaimabroadappealasaformofcreativeexpression.Thisgenre,however,isoftenexcludedfromtodaysarthistorybooksandrarelydisplayedinhighartgalleries.Itisnottypicallystudiedintodaysartschools.

PopularfiguresthatmightbefoundinfantasyartarefoundinastorylikeJ.R.Tolkienstrilogy,TheLordoftheRings.Tounderstandfantasyart,youcanpictureelves,demons,wizards,centaurs,dwarves,goblins,andfairies.Fantasyartalsoextendstoothercharacters,fromsuperheroestospacealiensandfromsaintstoanimalswithhumanfeatures.

TheSurrealistworkofSalvadorDali(19041989)offersoneexampleofModernartwithfantasticelements.Hisworkwasacceptedashighartbytheartestablishment.PerhapsDalistretchedthelimitoftraditionalartwithhischoiceofsubjects.InThePersistenceofMemory(1931),Daligivesanalmosthumanlikequalitytothedepressedtimepieces.Thesescaryfiguresarecollapsedintosadversionsthatmaycausetheobservertodescendintoanegativereflectiononthemeaningoftime.Timeistheparadigmthatshapesourlivesandmakesusquestionourownexistence.

OtherfantasyartcanbefoundandstudiedontheInternet.Ifyouwanttoexploreagreatportfoliooffantasyartbyachildprodigy,searchfortheartistAkiane(Kramarik).BornonJuly9,1994,Akianeisinternationallyrecognizedasachildprodigy.Whileshemainlypaintsreligioussubjects,includingJesusChrist,herpiecescanbedescribedasfantastic.Thereisanalmostcartoonlikequalitytoherbrilliantfaces,especiallyhumaneyes.OnecouldarguethattheyaredreamlikejustlikeDaliswork.Inreality,herworkisbasedonmysticalexperiences.Throughherpoetryandherart,AkianespreadsthemessageofChristianity.

Fantasyartcontinuestocapturethemodernimagination.Inthefuture,perhapsfantasticartwillberecognizedasaformofhighartbytheartestablishment.

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