Diego Rivera The main reason I chose Diego Rivera is because I want to learn more culture from my country Mexico. In all the years I lived in Mexico I was never exposed to any art history. I didn’t know who Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were until I started taking Spanish in High School here in the United States. Diego Rivera is famous because of all the murals and frescos he painted through out his life. He was part of the muralist movement in Mexico‚ as well as the cubist era. I feel like this research
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Louis Vauxcelles‚ who‚ because of the violence of their works‚ dubbed the painters "Les Fauves" (Wild Beasts). The leader of the group was Henri Matisse. Not to be confused with parallel art movements such as Post-Impressionism‚ German Expressionism‚ Cubism and Futurism‚ the salient tenets that engender Fauvism are the construction of space with bright color‚ vigorous brushwork‚ planar configurations‚ and the simplification of form. | | The first important American artist to be directly involved
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Field 202: Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST) Sample Multiple-Choice Questions Competency 0001 Reading Read the passage below; then answer the eight questions that follow. Joshua Cooper Ramo from The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It 1 Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania‚ on February 3‚ 1874. Her father‚ Daniel‚ was a German Jewish immigrant who had made a fortune in the American railway boom of the
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adopted the modern construction methods of concrete‚ steel‚ chrome‚ glass and plastic. They also included geometric forms and striking colours which tend to be vivid and high-contrast. His inventive graphic techniques show influences of Surrealism and Cubism and became very well-known in Europe and the US during the 1930s. The design I am currently looking at is quite recognisable from the Art Deco movement. Art Deco and Cassandra himself was said to be inspired by
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Throughout history there have been many changes in the standards and perceptions of male beauty in Western culture. The portrayal of the male form throughout time‚ in art and sculpture‚ reflects the culture’s morals‚ values‚ and beliefs‚ among other things. In paintings and sculptures‚ artists depict the qualities in men that are important to the time period of their works. Perceptions of male beauty and their image can also represent a person’s social status in society‚ such as being noble‚ rich
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Sentimentality to one person may not be sentimentality to another. As we talked about in class‚ sentimentality is “said to be a mood or feelings‚ not a feeling in and of itself”. For something to be sentimental to us‚ it is usually something that makes us feel better about ourselves‚ or something that produces a type of feeling. Pablo Picasso’s painting titled “Les Demoiselles d’ Avignor” is a piece of art that I feel to be sentimental. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions for example;
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the academic artist José Maria Carbonero. It wasn’t until 1905 when he took up his more known name Juan Gris. In 1906 he moved to Paris and followed his friend and fellow countryman‚ Pablo Picasso. He was in the movement of Cubism and mostly did paintings and sculptures. Cubism is a style of art characterized by abstract shapes and unnatural perspectives. Violin and Checker board The “Violin and Checker Board” by Juan Gris was painted in 1913. The painting has bright‚ bold colours‚ the warm
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To the general public‚ both Michelangelo’s David and Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase‚ shock was the initial response. The statue of David depicts a nude man which was much less acceptable at that time than in recent days. Other negative reactions were brought on by its political significance. Duchamp’s painting also raised shock in its viewers. The painting was meant to portray a nude woman as she ascended a staircase although it looked like anything but. This caused the public to
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his home in the 1920s and 1930s‚ and in the 1940s he crossed the Atlantic once again‚ spending periods in New York and Hollywood. His art spanned painting‚ sculpture‚ film‚ prints and poetry‚ and in his long career he worked in styles influenced by Cubism‚ Futurism‚ Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine art‚ and came to be a sought-after fashion photographer. He is perhaps most remembered for his photographs of the inter-war years‚ in particular the camera-less
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he spoke frankly about "Les Demoiselles d ’Avignon‚" his greatest painting and a touchstone of 20th-century art that is 100 years old this summer. On this occasion‚ Picasso did not address the subjects that transfix art historians -- the origin of Cubism‚ the supplanting of old avant- gardes‚ and the impact of non-Western art. He cut through academic dissertations to offer one of his most heartfelt admissions about why he made art. He spoke of artworks as "weapons . . . against everything . . . against
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