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    Function of Art

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    clay‚ and wire. I tend to lean toward art in the form of painting or theatre for inspiration. The artist that stands out is Jackson Pollock‚ an American painter whose form of painting is referred to as abstract expressionism. Jackson Pollock’s art conveys the mindset of Abstract Expressionism. The painting has a life of its own. Pollock’s paintings are a spirited technique of pouring and dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor. It has been said that Pollock is more at ease working on the floor

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    To me‚ art means the expression of one’s creative skills or how one expresses themselves and their true feelings. Art produced at the present point in time is called contemporary art‚ which is also known art modern art. Edouard Manet was considered to be the beginning of modern art and James Pollock was considered to be the end. These two artists do differ with their works of art but they are both great artists. Edouard Manet was a French painter whose work inspired the impressionist style. He also

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    country rich with culture and tradition. He found instead a country that was losing its culture. Upon his return to Paris‚ he created Mahana no atua from memory. He divided the painting into three horizontal sections. In the top section (the least abstract of the three)‚ Gauguin depicts the statue of a god with Tahitians on the beach behind it. In the

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    Kandinsky painted in an expressive style in the early 20th century and Jackson Pollock was an abstract expressionist in the mid 20th century in the USA. During this time period society was going through great social and technological change due to two world wars and the development of technology and automation. Thus introducing the idea of the Modern world and the philosophies of Modernism into the art world. This affected the art world as it shaped the ideas‚ attitudes and practices of artists by

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    access the piece‚ do the following:   ·         Click the link to go to the Phillips Collection home page. ·         Select Collection. ·         Click Luncheon of the Boating Party from the drop-down menu on the left side of the screen.   View the Abstract Expressionist piece Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) by Jackson Pollock‚ on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website‚ located in Appendix B. To access the piece‚ do the following:   ·         Click the link to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art home page

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    William de Kooning

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    Coomaraswamy‚ Maritain‚ Gilson‚ and Eliot in many ways especially when discussing their views on nature and how to derive an excellent piece of art. Willem DeKooning became one of the leading artists of the abstract expressionism style. He used traditional portrait and infused it with an abstract style. He began his career practicing on elements like figural composition and still life. This was traditional‚ actually drawing and painting what he saw. After this type of art DeKooning moved onto abstraction

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    Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950-1951) by Barnett Newman Upon reading the assignment I had some difficulty picking out the piece of art I would write about. Searching for a piece I disliked or was indifferent to became a difficult task. It would obviously be followed with the question why. Why did I dislike it or was I indifferent towards it? I realized that for everything I came across there were multiple reasons as to why I believed I disliked the piece or was indifferent to it. Up until I came

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    Abstract expressionism is an American art movement that developed in the 1940’s after World War II in New York City. It was the first uniquely American art movement to become well-known worldwide. This shifted the art world focus from Paris to America. It all started with a small group of affiliated artists who created a distinctive body of work‚ which can be described as psychological portraits. To create these psychological portraits‚ the artists used a technique known as action painting. Action

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    Chuck Close Janet Analysis

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    all titled Janet‚ are done in different mediums and show the progression of Chuck Close’s career as an artist. Photorealism began in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement itself evolved from Pop Art and countered Abstract Expressionism and Minimalist art movements. Other Photorealists include Malcolm Moreley and Richartd Estes who painted urban and city settings. Close is one of the very few modern realists or

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    Ima Experience

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    fourth floor I saw an eagle soaring through the sky. I thought that was an interesting moment during my visit. My experience at the IMA will always be in my memories and is definitely worth going back to. Abstract expressionism‚ also known as action painting‚ is a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (action painting). The leading figures were Jackson

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