Finally, the most recent of the artworks, Jackson Pollock’s Full Fathom Five, 1947. This painting is definitely abstract and is very spontaneous when it comes to the mark making. Like the other paintings I’ve discussed, this hone also uses minimal color with black, white, blue and some orange. Unlike the other works of art, this one has objects on the canvas such as buttons, coins and cigarettes. These items do not seem to draw attention to themselves but rather just blend right in with the painting.
White and Greens in Blue painted by Mark Rothko is a very revolutionary painting. It is nonobjective and looks very different from the nonobjective paintings painted before it. Kandinsky’s First Abstract Watercolor is composed of random brushstrokes and lines. Mondrain’s Composition No.8, with Red, Blue, and Yellow, is organized by straight lines. However, White and Greens in Blue is a painting of large scale, displaying two huge green rectangles and one white rectangle on the blue background.
The background color ranges from a smudgy yellow to a light green. The shape of the painting is asymmetrical, and the texture of the flowers, foreground, and background is rough. In Angelozi's painting, there is a bunch of pink carnations with green stems. The landscape of the painting is indoors because there is no source of light, and the bunch has been suspended in the air. The color of the background is light green with some elements of yellow, and it creates an illusion of a light-source.
The phrase “La Trahison des Image” translated to English means “The treason of Images”. The medium of this artwork is a painting known as a oil on canvas. This painting is neither a interior or exterior setting due to it simply being a picture on a black background. The space is simply organized. The painting consists of a picture of a brown pipe in the center with the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” under the pipe.
Previously, still lifes and portraits and landscapes were usually painted in a studio. The Impressionists found that they could capture the moment and transient effects of sunlight by painting quickly and efficiently. They portrayed overall visual effects instead of details, and used short "broken" brush strokes of mixed and pure unmixed colour—not blended smoothly or shaded, as was customary to achieve an effect of intense colour and light. Impressionism emerged in France at the same time that a number of other painters, including the Italian artists known as the Macchiaioli, and Winslow Homer in the United States, were also exploring outdoor painting. The Impressionists, however, developed new techniques specific to the style.
The small description beside the painting stated that the painting may have been made sometime between 1447-1449. Unlike the previous painting the wooden frame that holds the portrait of Virgin and Child is very plain and basic. The painting is Tempera on Panel, the artist has used a lot of bold colors. The focus of the painting is Virgin in black dress with some gold and the Christ with a red wrap around his chest. The image does not show the same warmth and initmacy we see in the first painting.
Noh Theatre possesses a myriad of distinctive characteristics that were evident from the Noh prints we were to analyze from the Study Gallery at the Ackland Art Museum. These prints were made from taking a specifically carved woodblock, or woodcut, and painting the raised areas to press down onto paper. This technique, created by Tsukioka Kogyo, reminds me of a how a stamp works. In these beautiful prints, I noticed that there wasn’t such a broad spectrum of colors used; the artist used mostly “earth” colors, including blue, red, green, brown, black, and yellow. Immediately, I remembered the five-colored curtain that is a part of a typical Noh stage.
Everything from floors to paint was all matte, they use no gloss to add shine to anything. Though this has changed over time and the color palate has expanded and there are different finishes people use, the shaker style is still quite simple. The shaker style simple with no need for unnecessary ornamentation or accessories Some notable architects
Over the course of learning about the different modernist movements, I have found that I connect in an immense way with impressionism. The movement exemplifies the way I would like to believe the world is. In impressionistic paintings, artists hardly ever use black coloring. I suppose that this draws me to impressionism because I want to be able to see the world as full of light; see it optimistically. I think the idea that you can use colors to describe shadow versus using black or gray is a metaphor people should live by.
Another great example of this is Juan Gris,’ “Guitar and Flowers.” This painting is similar in that it is made up of many different fragments that represent our constantly changing perception. However, Bergson says that these different perceptions of reality go on in our subconscious and that we are only aware of the very few perceptions that interest us or stand out more than others. Perhaps these painters abstracted their subjects in such a way to try to capture this idea of unconscious perception. While looking at these paintings I noticed that there are only one or two fragments among the rest that give away what the subject is. For example the neck of the guitar in,”Guitar and Flowers,” and the scroll of the violin in, “Still Life with Harp and Violin.” To me these