Historic art is the study of objects of art considered within their time period. Art historians analyse visual arts' meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they were created and by looking at art from the past contributes to who we are as people. By looking at what has been done before, we gather knowledge and inspiration that contribute to how we speak, feel, and view the world around us. We also can compare artwork, which provides different perspectives, and gives us a well-rounded way of looking at events, situations, and people. By analysing artworks from the past and looking at their details, we can rewind time and experience what a time period different from our own was like.
Whereas art depiction is a reference that is conveyed through pictures. A picture that refers to its object through a non-linguistic two-dimensional scheme and is distinct from writing or notation. A depictive is called a ‘picture plane.’
Pictures would be made with various materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, or prints (including photography and movies) mosaics, tapestries, stained glass, and collages of unusual and disparate elements. Occasionally, picture-like features may be recognised in simple inkblots, accidental stains, peculiar clouds or a glimpse of the moon, but these are special cases, and it is controversial whether they count as genuine instances of depiction.
An artist example of this is French painter Georges Seurat, and his most famous painting, ‘A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Bathers at Asniéres.’ Seurat devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface. His artistic personality combined qualities that are usually thought of as opposed and incompatible: on the one hand, his extreme and delicate sensibility, on the other, a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind. The large scale of the famous work (1884 – 1886) altered the direction of modern art by initialising Neo-Impressionism and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.
Another artist for example is Christo and Jeanne-Claude, they were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
Their work was typically large, visually impressive, and controversial, often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation, which includes technical solutions, political negotiation, permitting and environmental approval, hearings and public persuasion. The pair refused grants, scholarships, donations or public money, instead financing the work via the sale of their own artwork.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude described the elements that brought the projects to fruition as integral to the artwork itself, and said their projects contained no deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact; their purpose being simply for joy, beauty, and new ways of seeing the familiar.
One of their most famous works is 'Wrapped Reichstag.' Rita Süssmuth, the newly-elected President of the Bundestag, expressed interest in the project in 1989, precipitating its approval. The project had been rejected three times across six Bundestag presidents and 24 years before its 1994 vote for approval. Wrapped Reichstag mounted in 1995 for two weeks as 100,000 square meters of silver fabric draped the building and fastened with blue rope. The Reichstag, which had not been in use, was later reconstructed for parliamentary use in 1999. Christo described the Reichstag wrapping as autobiographical. It became symbolic of unified Germany and marked Berlin's return as a world city.
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