Dali ‘’I don’t do drugs‚ I am drugs’’ Surrealist Imagery is relevant to today’s society. This artwork was created in 1931 and formed by the famous artist Salvador Dali. It’s Oil on canvas‚ 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm). It is now placed in the Museum of Modern Art‚ New York. Surrealism means above and beyond reality. It shows weird‚ bizarre‚ dreamlike objects since surrealist artists enjoy depicting the nightmares‚ dreams and imagination that our human brain creates. The movement began in the 1920’s
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C.A.P. The Conference on Art and Art Projects (Non-profit organization) C.A.P. was founded in 1994‚ when eleven artists met up to discuss about an ideal art museum. The ideas were pitched to the city of Kobe‚ which planned on founding a new art museum by then. A contemporary‚ unconventional museum was visualised‚ a vivid space for regional art production and communication‚ sharply contrasting museums exhibiting representative works by institutionalized artists. Tragically‚ Kobe was struck by the
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Artists normally brushed or pushed the color. His process was completely unique. He did not use an easel. The canvas was laid on the ground. Industrial paint‚ raw canvas‚ sticks‚ and other tools instead of brushes were all materials that make his art pieces so unique. Lavender Mist exhibits an energy that almost gives life to the painting. The colors contrast in a way that are bold but not overwhelming. The dark hue mixes with the light so that it is neither heavy nor airy. At 87 X 118 inches the
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Les Demoiselles d’avignon is an oil painting drawn by Pablo Picasso of five nude prostitutes with three of them wearing African mask. Les Demoiselles d’avignon was painted in 1907. The painting is in the Museum of Modern Art located in New York City (picked from power point slide number 17 chapter one). The painting originally began as a narrative brothel scene with five prostitute’s two men‚ a sailor and a medical student but as time moved on Picasso ended up painting over those people leaving the
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creates an “...unbroken frame of public buildings” (Sitte‚ p. 475)‚ which produces a “…cohesive effect of the square…” (Sitte‚ p. 477). From the center of the park one can spin around and view the Denver Art Museum‚ the Denver Public Library‚ City Hall‚ and the newly added Colorado History Museum with out leaving that one
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When I went to the art museum‚ I had no idea that I would come into contact with one of my favorite Impressionists artists. I spent hours walking through the museum‚ gallery after gallery. Each piece was beautifully created. I saw portraits‚ prints‚ sculptures‚ all eccentric in their own way. My family‚ quickly paced‚ moved through the maze of colors with lightning speed. As for me‚ each one had an intricate story and detail that I was determined to learn. Turning the corner‚ I stopped in my tracks
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chosen to write about Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon in response to this essay title. This large oil painting‚ which was created in 1907‚ is considered seminal in the early development of both Cubism and Modern Art‚ and is currently on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The painting is composed of five‚ nude female prostitutes‚ painted facing the viewer in a confrontational‚ non- conventional style. What Picasso is displaying here is the ‘Reversed Gaze’‚ in that these
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RACHELLE DARDEN Rachelle Darden Art History 11 Short writing Assignment 2 The marble female figure is a sculpture selected from the Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan. It’s also known as the final Neolithical Cycladic marble. The figure‚ now missing its head is an example of an uncommon type
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Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who painted several pieces of art that have become world famous and have been showed around the world; one being The Starry Night. Van Gogh at the time of this painting was in an Asylum after being in a long depression‚ and this is believed to be the view from his window. The painting displays a village over a night sky with an immense cypress tree in comparison to the other objects in this paining. Also shown is many stars in the sky with a very bright moon the top
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I chose The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh because it is a very well known piece of art. People throughout time have always looked at this piece of art as one of the most fascinating pieces. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands and died July 29‚ 1890. He was staying in an asylum at Saint-Remy. Starry Night is believed to show the view from his bedroom window. The theme of evening and nighttime
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