Chuck Close: BOB‚ 1970‚ Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvass * Suffered severe dyslexia and had a neuromuscular condition that prevented him from playing sport and found solace in his art * Known for his work blurring the line between photo and painting * Suffers from prosopagnosia‚ (face blindness) a condition which means Close cannot recognize people by their facial features in three-dimensional form. Present him with a two-dimensional portrait‚ photograph or painting‚ though‚ and the
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Chuck Close When one first enters the gallery that contains Chuck Close’s artwork he or she will find him or herself confronted with enormous portraits of subjects that stare straight at them. From afar some of these pieces even look like they may be enlarged photographs‚ but at a closer inspection one may see the time-consuming method that the artist used. One of the most distinctly unique characteristics about this artist’s work is his use of mixed media throughout all of his pieces. Each painting
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You are looking at Chuck Close. Close is a post-modern‚ American artist who exhibited during the 1970s. Technically‚ you are looking at Big Self Portrait (1968) a painted self-portrait of the artist. The original version of the picture measures just less than nine square metres‚ and in it Close’s eyelashes and pores are individually visible. Close worked in a technique that came to be known as photorealism’‚ in which artists produced astoundingly life-like paintings‚ that presented reality’ as
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IS THIS ME ? Chuck Close’s Self-Portrait* (1967-1968) In this paper I will explore critically on Chuck Close’s Self-Portrait* (1967-1968). I will begin by describing and display the significance of this piece. I chose Chuck Close’s Self-Portrait* (1967-1968)‚ as my thesis image‚ this work is an example of the excellent superealism and photorealism that Chuck Close is capable of and known for. In the first stage of his painting career‚ he did a lot of abstract paintings and later he focused on
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Exploring my identity through artwork as helped me strengthen some of my existing characteristics that I tend to use (political statements‚ birds and freedom) while helping me realize some of my others (how literature has affected me‚ my relationship with color‚ active imagination). This
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The paintings of Chuck Close and Rembrandt bear several similarities. Both convey the realism art style‚ although Close’s painting is super realism. There are also some important differences between the paintings. The most obvious one is the color. Close’s painting is done using tones of black‚ gray and white; this gives the painting a black-and-white photograph look. Rembrandt’s painting‚ on the other hand‚ has orange and is darker. The style of the paintings tell the viewer a lot about the changing
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Color-Mood Analysis Book(s): Twilight Saga Color Scheme: ANALYSIS: a) Colors used and moods conveyed * RED Twilight Saga is a romance series between supernatural beings and humans. One of the three colors used in the books covers is red. Here‚ it impresses the romantic content of the novel. Aside from that‚ it portrays a lush of mystery and enticement to the viewers; something that would make them go deeper to what the novel is all about. Red was used to give accent to the neutral
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The artwork I chose for my paper comes from an artist by the name of Angel Rodriguez-Diaz. The title of the artwork is Circulos de Confusion meaning Circles of Confusion‚ and was painted in 1993. It is 31 7/8 inches high and 84 inches wide. This particular piece of art is painted‚ oil on paper on linen. Angel Rodriguez-Diaz is an American contemporary artist born in 1955‚ who lives in the San Antonio area. In Circulos de Confusion‚ there is a detailed painting of a shirtless man‚ 30’s-40’s in
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Amy J Compare and Contrast Essay The “Self-Portrait with a bandaged ear” by Vincent Van Gogh and “The Two Fridas” by Mexican painter Kahlo Frida are depicting the artists’ deep hurt and emotional breakdown at losing their special person in life. However‚ the portrait “The Two Fridas” is representing the artist’s conflicting psychological mind more into details and straightforward than Vincent Van Gogh’s self-portrait “The Bandaged Ear.” In “The Two Fridas‚” she uses various actions and
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The Maestà was at one time the amalgamation of over fifty individual panels that made up a two-sided altarpiece. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Cathedral of Siena from artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. Today different parts of the Maestà are either lost or scattered across collections in museums around the world after it was completely dismembered in 1771. Although‚ after its dismantlement‚ the full significance of the work has been lost‚ the Maestà remains an impressive display of art that
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