...Self-Portraits Understanding the reason behind self-portraits can be as complicated as understanding ones self. Self-portraits can be the complete embodiment of an artist or his or her own reflection of self. Does anyone’s self-portrait really represent a true reflection of that individual? I would have to say no. A famous painter that I have chosen to discuss the concept of self-portraits is Rembrandt. Rembrandt was- Often more concerned with character and expression than likens and public image, he scrutinized his features in the mirror, made faces at himself and cast his eyes in evocative shadow, paying scant attention to the conventional formalities of portraiture. (Chapman, 1989, pg. 158). While Rembrandt appears to be studying self-portraits to study painting and expressions, I would consider my primary reason for painting a self-portrait is to identify my own self. How do I define myself? What are my outward thoughts of myself? Do I paint myself as overweight or underweight? Do I choose to use expressions or facial appearances of people I admire or do I choose to be overly judgmental of myself? Self-portraits evolved in the 15th century when artists really wanted to improve their social status and make a name for them. (Hall, 1999). Historical evidence strongly supports the idea that a fundamental shift away from a God-centered world-view towards a man-centered one took hold in the Renaissance and gained greater strength in the seventeenth century, and that this radical...
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...Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh 1889 Oil on Canvas a. Describe the subject matter of each of these two paintings [10] The subject matter of both paintings is self portrait, in which case would be Affandi and van Gogh respectively. In Affandi’s Self Portrait, the subject matter depicted is like the title aptly puts, himself, albeit in a more unconventional and abstracted manner. This is as opposed to the more realistic manner in which van Gogh has depicted himself in Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear. In Self Portrait, Affandi has characterised himself as a semi-abstracted figure against a plain background, with the highly detailed face in stark contrast with his torso, which as suggested by its dark green contour only (without any colouring within), appears to only be vaguely apparent. Affandi also seems to be placing extreme focus on the human emotions or mood, presumably meant to be conveyed by the extremely detailed expression on the face that he has painted. In fact,everything is lumped together (in fact, most of the colours used) on the face in his painting. Upon closer examination, one would find that Affandi’s face as depicted in this work is actually more of a mass of red rather than anything else, and lined with blobs of different colours (namely yellow and green) presumably to represent the hair. Details on the face are not clearly made out, rather only a faint outline of the eyebrows, eyes and nose is apparent. This is as opposed to Self Portrait...
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...Affandi’s “Self Portrait” depicts himself as an elderly man with unkempt hair and thick features. His signature whipping is used throughout the work; convoluted strokes of paint that imbibe a sense of vitality and dynamism into the portrait. These dramatic finger-painted streaks possess an almost physical energy, bringing to mind a passionate, confident artist who is unafraid of wild, unrestrained expression and exploration, both aesthetically and spiritually. Also, with a strong, vivid palette of primary and secondary colours—red,yellow and green with a hint of brown and flesh undertones—a sense of the artist's emotional depth is evoked. Hence, the self-portrait suggests a robust man whose forceful presence is asserted formally through his unorthodox, expressive painting style and palette choice. Affandi’s expression reveals physical flaws, including his broken teeth and thinning hair. However, the expression captured on Affandi’s face is one of benign good humor as he grins widely out from the picture to return the viewer’s gaze, which brings across a dynamic side of his personality despite his old age. In conclusion, Affandi’s self-portraits reveals an aging artist who realizes his frailty and, despite this, still exudes confidence and passion. Van Gogh’s self-portrait is one of a man with a chiseled face and penetrating eyes, fringed by red and ocher wisps of hair, which all but glows against a field of cool, moody blue-green, set down in fervent, agile brush strokes...
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...My Self Portrait My personality represents approximately 2 percent of all people; people with my personality type tend to be very influential, often without making any conscious efforts to increase their influence. I am genuinely interested in other people and radiate authenticity, concern and altruism. I have been told I can be very charismatic and eloquent and finding it natural and easy to communicate others ideas and opinions, especially in person. It does not really matter whether I am presenting cold facts or expressing raging emotions. I have never been afraid to stand up and speak, regardless of the audience. I have found that I can be very convincing and mesmerizing when I speak to groups or individuals, I have always instinctively know how to combine passion and rational arguments, drawing the audience’s attention and reaching every mind which was a trait that I learned from my father. People with my personality type can be great leaders which would explain on why and how even when not wanting it I find myself in a leadership role no matter what my job may be. I find that I can be very intuitive. And find it rather easy to sense other people’s motives and find connections between seemingly unrelated events. I also tend to be quite good at analyzing my own feelings and questioning them when necessary. On the other hand, such intuitiveness and sensitivity can also cause significant difficulties for myself. I can be at times...
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...SELF PORTRAIT I would like to introduce myself Edward David Boothman. The Jungian personality test was very interesting because I never took this before. I answered the questions correctly and honestly. The ISTJ score is really me “The Duty Fulfiller”. I am loyal, faithful, and dependable person and take that very seriously. I needed to learn that every person is not like that and usually became very upset because I would expect the same back when I give that to another person. I am a quiet person all my life and like to listen most of the time. I do believe in security and a relaxed peaceful living. My problem is that I always worried my life will not turn out that way. I also had so many people turn their back on me after I gave so much but I will not change my personality or character because of that. I wish I had a better sense of humor but mostly it is sarcastic humor which some people take it the wrong way so in the work environment I need to be careful. I believe I am a good citizen but my problem is that I believe I have not gave back to society or followed my dreams so I feel I did something with my life that is why I am in ITT Tech. One of my strengths is that I need to be organized which takes up a lot of my time. I have to be over organized before I can even start to do anything. Do not get me wrong I also have learned that spending time getting organized has made things much easier in the long run. Another strength I have is I really read details and do not like...
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...Bobi lol 10/10/14 Bobi Self Portrait Having my personality type I’m a very good and structural person, there are times where I may have problems with being social but I sure can get the job done. I’m also very good at learning things on my own, as long as I have a little practice with the item I can adjust to it. I also can find an easy way to fix problems, depending on the situation I can try to find a way to fit my needs. When it comes to people I can easily adjust and be can adjust to being in a group project, working with people and become a good work partner in any situation. * Skills- I have customer service experience, I can easily adjust to working with a group and learning what works for the problem. I can also be quick at learning a problem in any situation, I can quickly learn a problem as long as I have the equipment to figure out what the problem. * Attitude- I’m usually a quiet person but I can easily change my attitude when I confront a person or if put into a team I can certainly adjust and work with a team in any situation and sometimes I would lead depending on what the goal would be. * Goals- My goal is always to finish what I started, I would always find a motive in any situation that I am in, even if it’s a really tough one I would always look for a motive to keep me going if not I would drag or just give up on the situation. Even if it is a small motive I can handle the situation with it. * Abilities- My abilities are same as I said...
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...Assessment Task 1– Presentation of portfolio of 5 drawings demonstrating use of variety of media. Bede Tungutalum was born at Nguiu, Bathurst Island, in 1952. While attending Xavier Boys School, he was taught how to cut woodblocks for printing. From the time he was a little boy he watched his father, famous sculptor Gabriel Tungutalum, carving Pukumani Poles and birds from Ironwood. Write keywords to describe the essence (principle/meaning) of the artwork * The essence of the Owl self portrait is the discovery of the appreciation and making of Bede’s Tiwi artwork * Tribal tradition * The essence of who Bede is * Reflects a view of nurturing arts and preserving its future * Cultural tradition * A rich and spiritual integrity Self-portrait as Owl Man by Bede Tungutalum, most important man in the Tiwi Tribe, These prints differed significantly from his original work, a self portrait, through the addition of nostrils and lips, this change was a material distortion of his work that he considered prejudicial to his honour and reputation. Date made: 1988 Describe colours, textures, use of media and techniques * Technique: Linocut, Acrylic ink on paper, printed in black ink, from one block * Graphic linear designs * Patterns in artwork * Abstract decorative patterning * Black and white prints * Mask of a hybrid being: Hybrid beings (beings that are a cross between two species), such as half human and half animal...
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...subject matter of each of these two paintings [10] The subject matter of both paintings is self portrait, in which case would be Affandi and van Gogh respectively. In Affandi’s Self Portrait, the subject matter depicted is like the title aptly puts, himself, albeit in a more unconventional and abstracted manner. This is as opposed to the more realistic manner in which van Gogh has depicted himself in Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear. In Self Portrait, Affandi has characterised himself as a semi-abstracted figure against a plain background, with the highly detailed face in stark contrast with his torso, which as suggested by its dark green contour only (without any colouring within), appears to only be vaguely apparent. Affandi also seems to be placing extreme focus on the human emotions or mood, presumably meant to be conveyed by the extremely detailed expression on the face that he has painted. In fact,everything is lumped together (in fact, most of the colours used) on the face in his painting. Upon closer examination, one would find that Affandi’s face as depicted in this work is actually more of a mass of red rather than anything else, and lined with blobs of different colours (namely yellow and green) presumably to represent the hair. Details on the face are not clearly made out, rather only a faint outline of the eyebrows, eyes and nose is apparent. This is as opposed to Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear in which van Gogh has similarly depicted himself, albeit in a far more realistic...
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...Brief Description : This painting is an altar piece depicting the Death of the Virgin for the Carmelite church. Artist – Caravaggio (Name of Work: The Denial of Saint Peter) Brief Description : This painting is a Picture of a lady pointing at peter and saying that he is a follower of Christ and 2,000 years ago peter denied Christ three times as Heavenly Father already said would happen. Mannerism Artist – Bronzino (Name of work : Portrait of a Young Man )Brief Description : This painting shows a young man well dressed and it has nice colors to match the details in the painting and expresses well the mood in the painting Artist – Anthony van Dyck (Name of work : Robert Rich , Second Earl of Warwick ) Brief Description : This painting shows Warwick well dressed as if he is getting ready to go to some type of battle. Warwick set up companies in Virginia and the Caribbean and help colonize Connecticut Rococo Artist Adelaide Labille Guiard (Name of Work: Self- Portrait with Two Pupils,) Brief Description : The painting is a self portrait and shows the artist accompanied by two of her close friends and the artist is looking directly at you in the painting Artist- Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun ( Name of Work: Contesse de la Chatre) Brief Description: Vigee Le brun is wearing a white muslin dress and is reading a book while looking at the viewer...
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...Cat + 1 Wanda Wulz 1932 1903-1984 Cat + I is a surreal and superimposed self portrait of Wanda Wulz and of a cat. These two photographs come together and create a face of a woman who is half-feline and half-human. As the picture progresses from the right side to the left, the woman acquires more and more feline characteristics such as fur, whiskers, and a cat nose. Wulz’s primary intention was probably to perfectly match up the facial features of the cat and woman to compose a believable, fluid portrait. The emphasis in this photo is on the woman’s face, specifically on her mysterious eyes. My eyes are first drawn to hers, and then travel down the snow-white and thick whiskers. They finally hop from one blotch of black, to the next blotch of white which cover her body. When I spend time looking at this photograph, I notice how her two eyes are completely negative from one another. This photograph is similar to other photos by Wanda Wultz in the fact that this is a molded creation of two of her others photos, one which is a self-portrait and the other a portrait of a cat. The lines of the white whiskers are extremely focused and brought out by the dark background. Wulz used a very shallow depth of field as she, the subject, is more focused than the background. Contrast is strong between the following: the dark background, the white whiskers, the eyes, the different shades of fur and the hair on her head. Cat + 1 made me ponder for awhile. I thought maybe Wulz was trying to show...
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...Images never merely portray an authentic reality but instead they “inevitably betray the values of the culture in which they were created” (Howells, 2003: 70) Fig1.1: Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940, Oil on Canvas Fig. 1.2 Henry Ford Hospital (The Flying Bed), 1932, Oil on Metal This paper will begin with a brief introduction of visual studies, painting in particular and go on to establish the fact that visual images not merely imitate reality but also inform the real world. When one views a painting, it is not complete objective view. There is a very thin line between objectivity and mind working under influence of ideologies. Complex interworking of representation of perceived reality by the painter, ideological approach of the viewer is at play, both, striving to figure out the real. The paper will try to analyze Frida Kahlo’s two paintings Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Humming Bird and Henry ford hospital, The Flying Bed under this lens. The term visual might seem to a layman too simplistic to be critically analyzed but the field of visual culture expands the scope of our ways of seeing and the perceptions that govern an individual's spectatorship. It is easy to define visual as "What is visible to eyes" but new vistas are opened when as students of visual studies we set to decipher the fact that our understanding of reality is primarily if not wholly based on our pre-conceived notions, acquired ideas, collective unconsciousness (Jung), ideologies...
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...essay will be about Realism and Impressionism movements. Both Realism and Impressionism movement was in the 19th century. The differences between these movements are that the Realism movement was in the mid-19th century and Impressionism was in the late 19th century. I will discuss two pieces of artwork that was done in these movements. One will be The Stone Breakers by Gustave Courbet and the other one is called Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette by Auguste Renoir. In this essay I will do my best to explain a little about how the characteristics and factors are reflected in these pieces of art. The Stone Breakers was a painting done by a French painter named Gustave Courbet. Gustave was well-known for his work of arts of still lives, self-portraits, females, common men workers, landscapes and many other common places. This painting was done in 1849 and is about hundred sixty-five years old. Addressed as the pioneer of the Realist movement Gustave set a unique artistic movement which caused a lot of disagreement among other artists. This movement demonstrated and signified the everyday life. Realism was exceptional and contentious in the sense that it broke away from the norm which was for centuries illustrating popular, religious figures, however Gustave ideologies were for artists to represent only what they can see or have lived. His painting was a work of social realism, illustrating two laborers, a young male, and one old male breaking rocks into gravels for paving the trail...
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...WOODLEY ANTOINE GS1145 Mr.O 07/20/2014 Antoine.woodley@yahoo.com Self Portrait My name woodley, but I’d like to be called wood. I’m 21 years old, and I like to play video games. I’m the fourth child and the only boy among 3 sisters. I’m much closed with my parents and all my siblings especially with my youngest sister since she lived with me and my grandma. I love to watch soundless black and white film, and I love to play video game. Also, sometime I like listening to music or visiting my sibling’s house in my spare time. Other than that, I love to travel as well. My family and I always spend our holidays to go to new places whether it’s in our country or to go abroad. I took computer technology while I was at job corps. After I graduated, I worked as a computer technician in juvenile Cent-re which is been under Social Welfare Department for about 5 years. I loved my job because gave me experiences, and showed me a different range of life backgrounds and human behaviors specifically for the youth. All these experiences were useful to myself and made me realize how I should be grateful for having such a nice and loving family. As a kid, I never much care about what career path I would be following. But as I got older, I noticed how important it was for me to set a goal for myself. As a result, I chose to follow my passion which is network engineering. I love being a team member...
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...Domonique B. Ayers A Self Portrait At the start of this course, I was informed that some of our exercises would be quite personal and would demand us to be introspective and honest. I made promises to myself. How I’d finish just as strong as I started, how I’d continue and be the best student I was able to be, how I’d make the best grade. Sadly I fear that I have failed yet again. Life is a funny thing. As a child you have all these brilliant goals, and towering dreams that feel as close as your fingertips. However as you grow, and make decisions, mistakes even, you begin to see that your dreams, while still attainable, are further than you once thought, and take more effort than you may be prepared to give. This term, I started out very well. I was balancing the demands of work and school pretty easily, getting my work done each week before leaving campus. I had made up in my mind that this would be my time! My time to excel at academia! My time to conquer my biggest obstacle: Domonique B. Ayers! “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine” Ralph Waldo Emerson Honestly, I can say I did better than I have in the past. I went all the way which is a milestone in and of itself. I’m proud of myself for it! I also can be honest and say that I am far from where I thought I would be, and know I should be by this time in my academic career. From my own perspective, I’m the greatest “work in progress” that I know. I have many...
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...Adolescent self portrait paper The learning team describes what it feels like to be an adolescent? Adolescent vary according to cultures and religions and also takes place when a person transitions from childhood to adulthood. the adolescent term mean “ to grow in maturity”. In today’s society there is not a specific age when adolescent begins, but it usually takes place around 11 to 12 years of age, late teens and even early twenties. During that time there are many changes that takes place such as psychological, social, and biological changes. The learning team identifies specific changes that tend to be the most striking and have the greatest effect on personality. In Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of psychological development, he writes about the adolescent going to through the crisis of Identity versus Role Confusion. Identity versus Role Confusion is Erikson’s stage 5 of his psychological development. It is during this stage that “the transition between childhood and adulthood is most important. Children are becoming more independent, and begin to look at the future in terms of career, relationships, families, housing and more, they just want to belong to a society and fit in”. However as children develop the greatest effect that these changes will have on an adolescent personality are issues with body image and self concept. As girls develop they become very critical and very unhappy about their body and the way they look and its during this period depression tends...
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