A trip to the Norton Simon

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Norton Simon 

The focus of this blog is to help analyze and explore shifting views and perspectives that were taking place in western art from the late 1800’s, into the early 20^th-century. I will look at three movements of artistic expression that reflect these changes. With the birth of Industrialization, and with the help of modern perspectives in thinking, artistic expression took a radical turn in breaking the norms of artistic conventions at the turn of the 19^th-century. In the late 1800’s, the Impressionist movement wanted to depict reality in actual time so they were strongly influenced by such things as natural light and everyday events. Post Impressionism and Cubism continued this tradition and dislodged realties and conventions even further by expanding or distorting color and geometric shapes. The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena has a well defined collection that offers excellent examples from these three distinct movements in art history. The museums website boasts there are “approximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects on view” at any given moment.  I would strongly suggest that one endeavors to take their own exploration of the Norton Simon museum but hopefully this blog will demonstrate what this artistic oasis has to offer.