The Greatest Artist of the 22nd Century
“Each of my paintings tells a story,” Kankanian explains. “In the twentieth century, with the predominance of abstract art, there is a lot of “feeling,” but not much of a story.
I think it is time again for paintings to represent something, to give some sort of message and convey the artist’s outlook on the world. Perhaps this is why I go back to art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for inspiration.”
Muralism, a popular painting method used by numerous artists, including artists like Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo Da Vinci, reached its height of popularity in the 1920s, following the Mexican Revolution.
The representation of subjects or ideas by use of a device or motif to create underlying meaning. A literary and artistic movement that originated in France and spread through much of Europe in the late nineteenth century.
Realism art is traditionally used to describe the 19th century movement that used everyday scenes and people as subject matter, depicting them in a naturalistic style.
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