...in 1945 (ArtForms 397). Devastated and scarred by the aftermath of war the artists settled in New York and joined “The New York School” and became a huge influence to other artist’s in a new art movement called Abstract Expressionism (“ArtForms 397”). There was no certain rules or characterisitics in Abstract Expressionism however, the artist’s shared an interest in painting as a way to express their subconscious. Abstract Expressionism was a movement strongly influenced by Surrealism which was started by Andre Breton in 1924. Andre Breton (1896-1966), was originally a Dadaist, which was a group of artist that painted silly, distorted, non conformed paintings to depict their rage and rebellion against the war. In 1924, Breton founded the Surrealism Art Movement, which were artist’s who based their art on feelings, dreams and memories. In his online article “In Search for Nothingness”, Charles Moffat tells us that the Abstract Expressionist’s like the Surrealist wanted to express their subconscious mind with their art. Brooks 2 Some of the most important figures in Abstract Expressionism was Mark Rothko, and William De Kooning however, the most powerful influence was Jackson Pollock. According to Patrick Frank, in the late 1940’s Jackson Pollock introduced a new technique called action painting (ArtForms 397). In 1950 he created a large drip painting called, Autumn Rhythm. The painting was an oil on canvas painting and was 105”x 207” in size. (ArtForms 397)....
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...Tailgate (OTA). 2006. This piece can be found in Artforms on page 193. I dislike this piece because I feel the artist isn’t giving me anything to work with here. I look at the trucks tailgate and struggle to see how is this art and what is it that Oshiro is trying to give the viewer. There is nothing about this tailgate that shows meaning or understanding to the piece. I see that it was a Toyota truck and the first three letters TOY are smudged off, but other than that all there is to see is home depot my toy store and a sticker that says how’s my driving and it provides the phone number. Opposite View for Artwork I Like My opposite view on what I liked is that as for the mural I don’t have an opposing opinion on. However, reading the article I can see that the mural could come off a bit bias...
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...Baroque Period Unit 4 IP Art Appreciation Nicole Woodford American Intercontinental University May 6, 2012 Abstract “Baroque was born in Italy, and later adopted in France, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain. The word "baroque" was first applied to the art of period from the late 1500s to the late 1700s, by critics in the late nineteen century. Baroque covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture we recognize three main forms of Baroque: Baroque that was primarily associated with the religious tensions within Western Christianity: division on Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. In response to the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteen century, the Roman Catholic Church had embarked in the 1550s on a program of renewal known as the Counter - Reformation.” (htt2) http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/figures/st-paul.jpg The Conversion of Saint Paul by: Caravaggio “This painting represents the moment when Saul (later to be renamed Paul) is on the road to Damascus to carry out a persecution of the young Christian community. He has a vision as Christ calls out to him, "Why are you persecuting me?" In the position of the St Paul and of the Christ, and in the movement of the horse into the depth of the picture, this work is still related to the tradition of Michelangelo, but there are decidedly Caravaggesque elements in the work, such as the face of the angel supporting Christ. and in the play of light upon Paul's fallen form.” (Caravaggio:) It...
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...the Jim Crow Era, the white community used an artform to express their feelings towards the current society; artists today also use art to express their perception on the actions and the society of the years between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Toni Morrison, a well acclaimed author, uses the Jim Crow Era as the backdrop for most of her novels; however, instead of focusing on the tension between the two races, she highlights the disputes in the black community with both genders. She emphasizes how relevant and influential black women and children are, because they had a loss of voice during this time period. Morrison quotes in one of her works, that she “wanted to explore the consequences of what that escape might be, on not only a conventional black society, but on female friendship”(Sula). Toni Morrison does not only write about female friendships within the black community, but also topics like racial beauty and horizontal aggression and their role in this time period. Instead of the traditional novels, that focus on the dispute between Whites and Black, that are set during this time period, an author asserts “Morrison effectively ‘writes both from and about a zone that is ‘outside’ of literacy conventions, that disrupts traditional Western ideology that confirms and modifies patriarchal inscriptions” (Toni Morrison Chapter IV Collective Voices 1). Morrison was not the only artist motivated to describe this era using their own artform. Many others wrote, painted, composed music...
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...Comparison of Three Sculptures The sculptures of David, the slayer of Goliath, are all highly revered sculptures. The three sculptures from Michelangelo, Bernini, and Donatello all carry the same meaning, which is that David was an important symbol for freedom from tyranny. The way that each artist conveyed their message was very different from the others. Michelangelo’s David is based on the time just prior to battle with Goliath, and Donatello’s was just after the battle. There are similarities these two some of it may be that they are both from the Renaissance era. Both positioned in a manner that they have a curved form to them, and they are both nude. These are a common style in this period of art and relates to the way that the human body was perceived at the time. Michelangelo depicted David larger than life and gave him the sculptured look of the Greek gods. The way he is sculptured gives him a muscular and mature look. Donatello showed David as an adolescent that was still developing into his role. Bernini takes a different approach to the same idea, but he puts David in battle, in the midst of the swing that takes Goliath down. He is taking action there is not any thought of what is coming, nor is he standing confident of from his accomplishment that he has already done. The pose that Bernini has David in shows how David is preparing to throw the stone at Goliath, showing the force that the stone has and the amount of energy that David had. In this period of art...
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...expression. “The struggle for freedom of expression is as ancient as the history of censorship” (Newth). Everywhere free expression has been achieved, censorship follows, never too far behind. One of the more famous acts of censorship occurred when Socrates, a most influential philosopher of history was sentenced to drink poison for “corrupting” the youth with his ideals that varied from the current political and moral codes of his time. This happened in 399 BC. Gives you an idea of how long censorship has effected expression, and this is by no means the first time censorship took place in history. I personally never put too much thought into censorship and the severity of its faults until I read about the Byzantine Empire in chapter six of ArtForms. In the years of 726 to 843 a serious controversy took place among the empire, known as the Iconoclastic Controversy. During this time current Emperor Leo III ordered all images of Christ, Mary, the saints, and the angels to be destroyed upon discovery. Apparently Leo strongly believed these images prompted his people to commit...
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...Richard L. W. Clarke LITS2002 Notes 09 supplement 1 SUMMARY OF SHELLEY’S “DEFENCE OF POETRY” 1.A wonderful explication of many of the philosophical assumptions informing the poetry of the first wave Romantics, not least Wordsworth. Precisely because it is at odds with his views elsewhere, some believe that Shelley may not have written the “Defence.” 2.Thesis: Shelley’s ultimate goal is to stress the beneficial impact of poetry. To this end, he feels it is necessary to define the nature of poetry. To do this, he feels he must first address the nature of the poet, to which end, he must first address the nature of man. “What are Poets?” 3.The Mind: the minds of humans are comparable to an aeolian harp. There are two main “classes of mental action” (516) or faculties: conscious thoughts, produced by the ‘reason’ (what Locke terms the ‘understanding’?), are comparable to a melody or sequence or combination of notes: man is an “instrument over which a series of external and internal impressions are driven, like the alternation of an ever-changing wind over an Aeolian lyre, which move it by their motion to ever changing melody” (516). The reason is the “mind contemplating the relations borne by one thought to another, however produced” (516) and is expressed in logical discourse (e.g. scientific treatises). The reason “respects . . . differences” (516) and is thus particularly given to “analysis” (516). Another part of the mind, the ‘Imagination,’ has the capacity...
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...Drama Makes Meaning Drama Australia – The National Association for Drama Education What is Drama? Drama is an artform highly accessible to young people. In education, it is a mode of learning that challenges and supports students to make meaning of their world and enables them to express and communicate ideas in the artform. ΅΅ Drama is the enactment of real and imagined events through roles and situations. ΅΅ Drama enables individuals and groups to explore, shape and symbolically represent ideas and feelings and their consequences. ΅΅ Drama has the capacity to move and transform participants and audiences. It can affirm and challenge values, cultures and identities. ΅΅ Drama includes a wide range of experiences, such as dramatic play, improvisation, role-play, text interpretation, theatrical performance and multi-modal/hybrid texts. It includes the processes of making, presenting and responding. ΅΅ Drama draws on many different contexts, from past and present societies and cultures. Drama is one of the five arts subjects that make up the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. View website » Drama Australia uses the term drama broadly to represent related fields of artistic activity including theatre and performance. Drama encompasses a range of activities that both share conceptual similarities as well as specific differences relating to form and purpose. Drama is recognised and celebrated as a relevant and significant art form that both reflects and contributes to culture. An...
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...Sakko Unknown™ HUMA205 Violence & Coffee Beans Graffiti (Stencil) Art Graffiti stencil street art has definitely come a long way as far as acceptance in recent but still has an unconventional niche – mostly due to the fact that it is illegal. This art form can take on many purposes usually that of personal expression, social cause, or visual delight. One of the most notable artists of this genre is a man who goes simply by the name of Banksy. In this piece of his, he combines his passion of street fighting with his pacifist ardor in the depiction of a protester whose Molotov cocktail transforms into a bouquet of flowers. It is a two dimensional piece done with mainly spray paint and stencil created by the artist using a material such as cardboard. The artist draws the image on to the card board and using an exacto knife he carves out the image. He then locates a good spot on a wall or building and proceeds to set the stencil in place and go over the needed areas with spray-paint. In this image is monochromatic the only color that is used is black; using implied motion, the artist finds a way to give a lifelike feeling. This is an example of figurative art that uses emphasis to draw attention to the bouquet of flowers. The flowers contrast the assumed intention of the protester. The message and symbolism I feel the artist was trying to send was that of nonviolence and love. Retrieved from: http://www.mylittleempire.ie/index.php/visual-artists/street-art/banksy/ Latte...
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...The form, size and material of art would need to be adjusted to the different income levels as well. Big art pieces were expensive and artists started to paint smaller and cheaper. Painted on cloth, canvas, carved on wood or printmaking. A good example is the artform ‘Tüchlein’, which is painted linen cloth with hide-glue. Here you can see a painting called: “Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine” (Virgin, n.d.). 2fkvtJtnvLqWFwkCy0x22jrQaSOj8MV-AiGcJRoH Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine, by Quentin Matsys (Virgin, n.d.). Donor portraits. A patron often times had to include his benefactor into his art, for example, by adding him as an extra into the paintings. It is called a donor portrait or votive portrait (Donor, n.d.). This compares with modern day sponsors, who often get their brand exposed (with logos on t-shirts for example) in the supported work. One example of this practice is this “Braque Family Triptych Center Panel”, which includes the donor, dressed in red...
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...and get in touch with your feelings everyone could learn to appreciate things a lot more. Art can be a very therapeutic way to deal with emotions people may not be able to express any other way. In the sculpture The Kiss by Auguste Rodin it is a true example of expressing a feeling of love. In the sculpture they look so passionate and in love it just makes you feel good. I think any work that touches us on an emotional level – brings us joy or anger, tears or laughter – is art. But there is a cultural aspect to it as well, particularly in how we interpret art. Georgia O’Keeffe says, “I found that I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way-things I had no words for.” I really think our book Prebles’ Artforms by Patrick Frank says it good when he says, “Not all of us regularly create works of art, but we are all creative in some way. We create a home life. We create relationships. We create events, goals, projects, and accomplishments. Even the common acts of arranging furniture in a room or pictures on the wall can be creative.” In this sense I don’t believe the content is the most important. I believe if you’re the artist and you can make other people feel a certain way whether...
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...Greek and Roman Art: Compare and Contrast Sylvia Williams HUMA/205 March 31, 2012 William Figueroa/instructor Greek and Roman Art: Compare and Contrast The Doryphoros also known as the Spear Bearer was created by Greek sculptor Polykleitos. He created this statue depicting an athlete or the ideal man of equal proportions, combining observations with mathematical calculations (Frank, 2002-2011). The materials used were marble and the process or technique used to create such a masterpiece was to show the human at its finest, at rest (Frank, 2002-2011). The colors used vary; from the beginning it was marble and also bronze as well as terra cotta was used (Lapatin). The subject matter is the human form and I think it can be representational and abstract art. Representational because it does represent the human form and it is a form we can recognize from the everyday world and abstract because although it is of the human form, no subject was used, it was a vision; therefore meaning it was the essence or an object or idea (Frank, 2002-2011). She-Wolf is the topic chosen for the Roman Art. She-wolf is a bronze sculptor of two infants suckled by a she-wolf. The infants, found by a shepherd were raised by him and his wife; whom named the twins Romulus and Remus (Joe, 2008). It was said to be constructed around 500 BCE, with the twins added in the late 15th century (Sullivan, 2006). The materials used were bronze. Just like the Doryphoros, the material used was bronze and it would...
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...Both The Pantheon and Hagia Sophia feature large domes, but they were built in different ways. They use different support systems to bear the immense weight of their domes. The Pantheon’s massive dome is supported by a large cylindrical base. Hagia Sophia’s huge dome rests on pendentives which are supported by four piers. The careful design of these two domes and their support systems have allowed them to stand for many, many centuries. The Pantheon’s dome is supported by a large drum. Anderson and Carson write in our textbook that the drum is a cylindrical base with twenty foot thick brick and concrete walls (169). The dome is a massive 142 feet in diameter, so the circular shape of the drum allows it to bear the weight equally in all directions...
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...Gothic Cathedrals The Gothic style has been the root for some of mankind’s most beautiful works of art. It was introduced by the Romanesque style of building. Romanesque style only lasted for nearly one hundred years before the Gothic style replaced it entirely. Abbot Suger was the founder of the Gothic style. One great form of Gothic architecture was the Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral that was built in France between 1145 and 1513. Another form is the Bourges cathedral, located in Bourges, France. Both works of art show extraordinary style and detail. Although similar in many ways, they both have different features. The Gothic style architecture began around 1145. Cathedrals styles were changing from round arches to pointed arches. Gothic cathedrals were expressions of a new age of faith that grew out of medieval Christian theology and mysticism, (Frank, Patrick). Abbot Suger was the first to create the Gothic style. He wanted to create a church to honor God by illuminating light using the stained glass. Suger believed beauty could help transform one to a heavenly world, and colored or stained glass was considered a surrogate for precious gems, (AIU Multimedia). Two cathedrals that portray Suger’s idea are the Bourges cathedral and the Notre Dame de Chartres. The Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was constructed between 1145 and 1513 in France by architect Guy Nicot. Because it is architecture it is considered three-dimensional. The Notre Dame de Chartres...
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...T. McDonald HUMA205 –Art Appreciation October 23, 2011 Comparison of Renaissance Art Website selection - Judtih (Giorgio da Castelfranco) circa 1504 The painting, ‘Judith’ by Giorgio da Castelfranco done around 1504, is one of many portraits depicting the scene of Judith and Holofernes from the Biblical Book of Judith. The legend states that the widow Judith endears herself to an enemy general, Holofernes, and subsequently beheads him as he lies drunk in his bed (Artlex, 2010). The death of their leader overwhelms the Assyrians and they disband leading many to the conclusion that the widow’s actions save Israel (Artlex, 2010). This representational piece is a two dimensional oil on canvas painting that exhibits soft tones in most of the image. The deeper or more vibrant shades of red near the bottom of the dress worn by the heroin stand out against the earthy browns and greens of the landscape of the scene. The pale pink of the skin of her bare foot which she has propped atop decapitated head of the general emphasizes the grayed and dying body part. The minimum contrast, or gray of the general’s head devalues it and makes it a part of the background while the viewer’s eye is drawn more to Judith and the light to dark shading of red or chiaroscuro of her dress. The landscape behind the courtyard is soft and almost appears monochromatic; it nearly blends into the horizon. There are natural shapes that are prominent in the painting but the sword at Judith’s side...
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