Then, between the 60s and 70s the advent of Photorealism, a form of meticulous photo-like realism came into play” (History of Art Timeline). Obviously if we look at the painting of Lichtenstein, Pop Art was the theme. The first painting is painted on an oil canvas. When looking at an original picture of George Washington you can see that Stuart imitates the fleshy bridge of Washington’s nose with a creamy swirl of paint. There are red shadows in the upper area of his eyelids.
Painting Styles Ashley Means Art 101 3/31/13 University of Phoenix Painting Styles Neoclassicism, Impressionism, and Abstract expressionism art vastly contrast each other and signify three very important art eras. In my essay I will describe, compare, and contrast these three important art eras. I will also discuss the painting techniques used. First off Neoclassicism is a painting of the early 1800’s. It classifies a different approach to painting.
Bricolage is the method of taking whatever is at hand, and creating something new with it. Braconnage is poaching, or as Jo Applin uses the word, taking your own interpretation of art. “The significance of Friedman’s work lies in the conceptual strategies of assemblage and bricolage that he shows”, Applin believes. Recycling is the core of many of Friedman’s artworks. For example, in 1990, he made a monochrome from a Playboy centerfold by erasing the ink to leave the worn down piece of paper underneath.
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and the Pop-Art Movement Andy Warhol a significant artist in the Pop-Art movement, often referred to as the “artist who personified Pop Art”. The Pop-Art movement emerged during the mid-1950s and was characterised by bold, simple everyday imagery and vibrant colours of consumerism and popular culture. Many Pop-Artworks challenged the traditional beliefs of those engaging in fine art, being the first Post-Modernist movement to reflect the power of film and television which were significant influences for Pop iconography. The bright colour schemes used in modern Pop-artworks emphasised elements of contemporary culture, allowing distinct differentiation between the commercial and the fine arts. Creating a form of art portraying instant meaning was the motif behind Pop-art, directly contrasting with the super-intellectualism required of Abstract Expressionism.
RIWT Task One By Katie Ziegler Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Impressionism developed in the mid to late 19th century in France, and lasted until the early 20th century (Pioch, 2006). Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Pierre Auguste Renoir wanted to focus more on painting the “fleeting effects of nature” through quickly painted works ("Movements > impressionism," ). Instead of being inspired by historical times, Impressionists painted contemporary landscapes and scenes of modern life ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They “rejected the system of state-controlled academics and salons in favor of independent exhibitions” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,").
Humanities Handout Minimalism - The idea that there is virtue in stripping away, that simplicity can be beautiful, and give rise to its own special kind of complexity, is one that feels as old as the world itself – but it’s relatively new. Art forms: * Sculpture * Painting * Photography Famous Minimalist: * Carl Andre – known for sculpting * Josephine Gail "Jo" Baer – known for painting * Steve Johnson – known for photography Minimalism Title of the work: * Horizontals Flanking, Large, Green LineName of Artist: * Josephine "Jo" Baer Medium: * Oil and acrylic on canvas, two panelsDimension: * 60 x 84 inches (each)Artwork Type: * Painting | Title of the work: * PivotName of Artist: * Carl AndreMedia: * SteelDimension: * 10 cm x 1.05 m x 10 cmArtwork Type: * Scupture
Citing Watchmen as the point where the comic book medium "came of age", Iain Thomson wrote in his essay "Deconstructing the Hero" that the story accomplished this by "developing its heroes precisely in order to deconstruct the very idea of the hero and so encouraging us to reflect upon its significance from the many different angles of the shards left lying on the ground". [38] Thomson stated that the heroes in Watchmen almost all share a nihilistic outlook, and that Moore presents this outlook "as the simple, unvarnished truth" to "deconstruct the would-be hero's ultimate motivation, namely, to provide a secular salvation and so attain a mortal immortality". [39] He wrote that the story "develops its heroes precisely in order to ask us if we would not in fact be better off without heroes". [40] Thomson added that the story's deconstruction of the hero concept "suggests that perhaps the time for heroes has passed", which he feels distinguishes "this postmodern work" from the deconstructions of the hero in the existentialism movement. [41] Richard Reynolds states that without any supervillains in the story, the superheroes of Watchmen are forced to confront "more intangible social and moral concerns", adding that this removes the superhero concept from the normal narrative expectations of the genre.
Using the knowledge and scientific dreams of the Edwardian and Victorian eras, modern day technology goes under the microscope to be changed and “Steampunkified”. Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, pioneers in this genre leave a trail of imagination and science to a unknown world. The “steam” in steampunk correlates to body of work steam technology is in the eyes of the steampunk community as an aesthetic. Rick Klaw clearly describes the essence of steampunk in “nerdy” pop culture today.
R. G. Collingwood, once called ‘one of the twentieth century's best-known "neglected" thinkers’ portrayed art as a "necessary function of the human mind, and considered it collaborative, i.e., a collective and social activity." However, there is a thin line between collaborative and plagiarizing another artist. At the center of such discussions will always be one particular artist. Heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style, Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist. I will establish the true definition of plagiarism as the overall basis to warrant the claim for either side of the argument, as well as present qualifiers for both sides of the argument.
The Modern Turn of Art: An Analysis of Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproduction” The study to which Benjamin called attention to in letters to Gretel Adorno and Max Horkerheimer in October 1935 emphasized great importance to one of his most controversial, if not the most significant, piece of writing: “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproduction”. Its issue, he wrote to Horkerheimer, was to locate the precise place in the present to which his construction of history in the work the Parisian arcades will refer to as its vanishing point: If the pretext for the book is the fate of art in the nineteenth century, this fate has something to say to us only because it is contained in the ticking of a clock whose striking of the hour has just reached our ears. What I mean by that is that art’s fateful hour has struck and I have captured its signature in a series of preliminary reflections titled “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproduction.”[1] The theme of the writing is the fate of art in the age of technological reproduction. But why does Benjamin think that “art’s fateful hour has struck”? What exactly does ‘the age of technological reproducibility’ mean to art?