You will review two artists from different historical periods. Using your understanding of the works of art, the artists who created them, and the periods in which the artists created the artworks, you will formulate your opinions and then create and deliver a presentation.…
With great excitement this book is written to share my analysis of artwork from the three time periods that I was so fortunate to visit during my recent time travels.…
Jacob Lawrence was, a great visual artist who lived between 1917 to 2000 and is recognized as being among the visual artists of the twentieth century whose work were of great significance. He discovered his skill at a young age since he joined an art school in New York and also due to the fact that his mother had artistic skills in the preparation of carpets. He dropped out of school albeit continuing attending art classes to further pursue the honing of his skills (Potter, 2002). He was enlisted in the army during the Second World War where he did paintings and sketches and would later become a Professor of Arts in the University of Washington. Jacob…
Andrew had quite a vivid memory and a fantastic imagination that led to a great fascination for art. His father recognized an obvious raw talent that had to be nurtured. While his father was teaching him the basics of traditional academic drawing Andrew began painting watercolor studies of the rocky coast and the sea in Port Clyde Maine.…
The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites. (London: Tate Publishing, in conjunction with Harry N. Abrams, 2000), 211.…
Three of the most influential artists of the century, known even to those outside the art world have made a huge impact on how we see our world. Two of these artists work together and one alone.…
His art, as it matured, became a way both to keep his own perceptions alert to all the potential of the present and to incite his readers to discover their own mode of attentiveness to life beyond the "mud and slush of opinion." “In the century after his death, the admiration of his few followers snowballed, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest writers in the United States” (Walls 1).…
David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way.…
He was born into a family where his father was a craftsman and a singer. Cornell’s father traveled a great deal and would often bring home surprises to Joseph and his siblings, whether it was a pocket full of candies or found objects when he returned home. On the other hand, Joseph’s mother was a kindergarten teacher, who extended her knowledge of teaching to her own children, including Joseph. Foremost, under his father’s guidance, Cornell learned a great deal of knowledge from his father’s craftsmanship, which allowed Joseph to be familiar with carpentry. By having firsthand knowledge of woodwork, it was useful to him when he began making his wooden boxes for his “shadow box” art pieces. Sadly, Joseph lost his father at the age of ten, yet this did not stop him from furthering his education at The Phillip’s Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. While at the Academy Joseph received his secondary education, however he never received any training in art. In the beginnings of Cornell’s career as an artist he was known not to be one who is great in drawing or in painting. Cornell’s talents began in three dimensional works which later evolved into other…
As I strolled the room, I took care to notice every piece of art that was displayed. The van Gogh caught my eye immediately, but, unfortunately, there were restrictions on my ability to write about it. There had to be about forty works in the room. No sooner than I had started to look around again, however, that a second painting caught my eye. I had never seen it before, but something about it looked very familiar. Possibly the brilliant orange glistening over the mind-numbing grays and blues. Or maybe it was the quick brushstrokes that seemed to want to move quickly enough to literally capture the light being emitted from the incandescent sun. Whatever the case, as I stepped closer to the work, I realized what should have been obvious the second I placed my gaze upon it. It was a Monet.…
William H Johnson was born on March 18, 1901 in Florence, South Carolina. He is the son of two labored parents named Henry Johnson and Alice Smoot. He was the oldest from his siblings. They lived in a needy separate town in South Carolina. Most of his life was spent in South Carolina, until he realized painting was his dream. He was 17 years old when he left to follow his dreams in New York City. Visited Europe and met Holcha Krake, who later got married in the late 1930’s. He did not have any children. Later she passed away from breast cancer. Due to his wife’s death he became mentally and physically unstable. He still managed to create artwork that would be appreciated for many years. He went from one location to another attempting to find comfort and stability after the loss of his wife. In 1947, he was hospitalized 23 years of his life in Norway, where in 1970 he died in Central Islip, New York. After his death, his entire life's work was almost disposed of to save storage fees, but it was rescued by friends at the last moment. Over a thousand paintings by Johnson are now part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian American Art Museum.)…
Out of all the topics I have covered in my study of art, I strongly feel the most valuable information gleaned from this study can be found in the thoughts of Henry M. Sayre. In particular, I am deeply impressed by Sayre's discussions of the four roles of the artist. Hence, for this article, I will compare and contrast these roles, placing a particular emphasis on a few of the artistic works created by them.…
At first, Hockney attempted to take up abstract art, but found it to be “too barren”. At this realization, Hockney had to figure out what he wanted to do, and what could keep his artwork original from everyone else. Hockney viewed figure painting as “anti-modern” so he began to include words in his paintings as a means of “humanizing” his work. Eventually, the words were soon joined by figures which were painted in a “deliberately rough and rudimentary style”. Hockneys very strong personality soon made him well known, even outside the Royal College, and he made his first major impact as a painter with the Young Contemporaries Exhibition of January 1961.…
This essay will explore the influence John Tenniel brought to the field of illustration. I will examine his work and his life in order to acknowledge how this impacted on illustration and society. Furthermore, I will consider how over artists such as Eric Ravilious used similar techniques in their styles of work and how this directly or indirectly relates to the work of John Tenniel.…
Art has been created by all people at all times; it lives because it is liked and enjoyed. Art involves personal experiences of an individual accompanied by some intensity of emotion. Art is made of man, no matter how close it is to nature. Although each work of art is evidently the expression of an artists’ personal thoughts and feelings it may be inferred that, like any other individual, he belongs to a million, and he cannot free himself from the influence of his social, economic, political, cultural, geographic, scientific, and technological environment.…