One of my personal favorite art works of his is Starry Night 1889. This piece was produced in the nineteenth century and remains to be one of his most notable paintings today. Vincent van Gogh created this piece while he was in an asylum because he suffered from severe erratic behaviors and most likely depression. The amazing thing known about this paining was that he created it from his memory instead of while
Week 2 Assignment 2 Web Quest The Bhanjo Lesson (1893) by: Henry Ossawa Tanner Tanner, Henry Ossawa. Hampton University Museum, VA. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner based his painting, The Banjo Lesson (1893), on a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Convinced that his race would inhibit his career in the United States, Tanner moved to Paris in 1895, where he enjoyed a successful career as a painter, primarily of religious scenes. This is one of the most beautiful and simple paintings and most popular of Tanner. In this painting above, we can notice the simplistic color value and the rough texture that is concealed inside the shapes.
Kahlo was born on the 6thJuly 1907 and even though she was crippled, she was and is still one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Basquiat, born on 22nd December in 1960, was also considered one of the well-known artists of his generation as well as being of Hispanic-African-American background. These two artists were born far apart from each other, which gave them an opportunity to have different life styles, society values and life experiences. Both artists were influenced in different ways. Frida Kahlo and Jean-Michel Basquiat were raised in a similar society with alcohol and tragedy influencing their actions and artworks.
The piece of art I chose to analyze was the sculpture “Eve”. It was constructed in 1881 by Auguste Rodin. Rodin was a French artist who lived from 1840-1917. He was a very influential sculptor. His pieces of art are distinguished by their stunning strength and realism.
Berthold kika Art appreciation Museum visit paper I visited the Baltimore museum of art and upon my visit, two art pieces caught my attention. The first art piece was part of the workshop of the Paolo Veronese collection [Holy Family with Saint Barbara and Young Saint John the Baptist by Paolo caliari]. The second one was [physiological diagram by Andy Warhol]. This two pieces were the most intriguing because, their artistic contrast vary a lot from a renaissance master to the most revered pop artist of all time. Such contrasting styles yet very similar aesthetics behind their work.
Contrast & Compare: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Troy Theisen Western Governor’s University Abstract The purpose of this research is to bring to light some of the differences and likenesses of Impressionism and Post Impressionism as it pertains to visual art in the 19th century. This has been accomplished through reading texts and by viewing and considering the art myself. Interestingly, these types of art were initially abhorred for various reasons by the most prominent of art critics, and then developed into some of the most reveled masterpieces ever created. Keywords: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, masterpiece To begin the creation of a written assessment wrought with overused specifics where the history of art is concerned would be experientially farcical. Rather, we must first examine the roots of said specifics.
In some of his paintings from this period he adopted the Impressionists’ open brushstrokes, but Gauguin’s use of the bounding line was closer to his thoughts, as was the artist's ambition to go beyond the depiction of external nature and give form to an inner vision of the soul. His friend the Danish poet Emanuel Goldstein introduced him to French Decadent Symbolist poetry during this period, which helped him formulate a new philosophy of art, and a pantheistic conception of sexuality. Munch’s own deep original style came about around the year 1892. The flowing, winding use of line in his new paintings was similar to that of contemporary Art Nouveau, but
Jasper Johns False Start Aaron Zavala Art 03 False Start by Jasper Johns False Start uses interlocking, varied patches of colors, the usage of the triad colors, and false labeling, all in one painting. 1988, False Start brought $17 million at the auction at Sotheby’s. In year 2006, the painting was sold to the Kenneth C. Griffin, for $80 million, making it the most expensive painting to be sold by a living artist. The False Start is one of the popular oil paintings of Jasper Johns and was made on a canvas 170.8 centimeters long and 137.2 centimeters wide. The colorful painting has always impressed the people since the time it was released.
Chuck Close Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer born July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington. He became achieved success as a photorealist, through his massive scale portraits. Photorealism is a genre of painting purely based on using a camera and photos to collect information and from this creating a painting that appears photographic. The United States art movement began in the late 60s and early 70s. Close suffered a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 which left him paralysed, however he has continued to produce work that is bought by collectors and museums.
Jian Wu ESL 15/ Dr. Adams The art is all over the world, there are so many different type of art, such as painting, sculpture, and graffiti. People have different idea about the art; like different type of arts. Dorothy Allison in her essay “This Is Our World” shows how these types of art provokes. She points out about art were well made because of her stories. Allison proved the art is subjective.