Sonia Delaunay-Terk was an innovator‚ inventor‚ fabricator and an artificer; well known for her signature style of geometrization of forms and vibrant melody of colors. Born in Ukraine‚ she moved to Paris in 1905 at the age of 20 after reading a book by an art critic‚ Julius Meier-Graefe‚ who had promoted the creative city as a centre of true art. Her early influences were Van Gogh and Gauguin. Delaunay took up art courses in Paris but left after feeling confused and discouraged by her teachers’
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Critical Analysis of Guernica - By Bryce Craig Spanish artist Pablo Picasso can often be collectively seen as the greatest and most influential artist of the twentieth century. In a historical sense he encompassed all that is to be a practicing modernist artist and prevailed as one of the most significant artists overall in human history. Picasso’s most well renowned painting presents to his audience a graphic reflection of the horrors and brutality of war; Guernica (1937) depicts the Spanish
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“The physicality of an artwork is a product of its time and place.” Discuss this statement in relation to one example from this assessment task‚ 2 artworks from modernism and two contemporary examples you have studied. Throughout time‚ the representation of a particular subject matter in art has changed to encompass the values of the time and place or challenge them through art. An artist is influenced by society’s ideologies’ and thus either represent these ideologies’ or challenge them within
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Alexander Calder was one of the most innovative and original American artists of the twentieth century. In 1926‚ Calder arrived in Paris and devoted himself to a project called the Circus that occupied him for over five years. This contains characters and animals made out of wire‚ scraps of cloth‚ wood‚ cork‚ labels‚ bits of scrap metal and pieces of rubber. Calder transported his little theater in suitcases and performed it for his friends. During his performances‚ Calder invented ways to simulate
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Francis Bacon - The Portraits Francis Bacon was born in Dublin‚ Ireland to English parents. When F. Bacon grow up and was more independent he then travelled to Berlin were he spent most of his time there. He then moved onto Paris‚ before returning to London and starting out as an interior designer. Bacon never attended art school; he only began his work in watercolours about 1926 – 27. An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso inspired him to make his first drawings and paintings. The influence
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The interpretations of Guernica It is certain to say that Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and influential artist of the twentieth century. Many of his paintings have deep meaning to them‚ but the painting Guernica was one of his work that really stood out - to me‚ at least. The painting was inspired by the bombing of German and Italian forces on the Spanish Basque town called Guernica. The factors in it can symbolize many things and people will have different interpretations on it‚ but
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“Art is a lie that brings us closer to the truth”- Pablo Picasso "Yes‚ I have tricks in my pocket; I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion." Art is exactly the same: it portrays the truth in the form of a camouflage of words‚ colour‚ and speech. People say that art is an imitation of reality; however‚ it is in fact the total opposite. Reality is restricted
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Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in an extremely chaotic era of time. The Industrial Revolution‚ Darwinism and Marxism ran society; these three factors affected art and created a new era called Modernism. Post- Impressionist and Symbolist artists influenced Picasso’s style most. The Symbolist ideals played a huge part and influenced Picasso’s painting The Old Guitarist. Symbolist artists preferred subjective and imaginative subjects; these subjects were usually adopted from the artist’s emotions
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Juxtaposition in Art Juxtaposition can be found everywhere. Juxtaposition is comparing two things that are seemingly very different. It can be seen in pictures and paintings. It can be read in books and poems. The Untitled painting created by Banksy is an example of juxtaposition in art. In the painting‚ one can see that it is a picture of two children standing on top of a pile of guns. One child is holding a heart shaped balloon and the other is holding a teddy bear. Banksy is an anonymous street
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The art and influence of French artist Henri Matisse is greater than anything I could ever even begin to write. As one of the most important artists of the twentieth century‚ the works of Matisse are recognized around the world and across time for their colorful imagery and modern flair. In fact‚ he helped to build and shape the modern art movement of the early 1900’s. Matisse is arguably most well known for his Fauvism‚ impressionism‚ and use of bright colors. But it is only when one digs deeper
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