Tate Modern 02/01/12 * “Gerhard Richter: Panorama” The Tate presented a retrospective of the work of Gerhard Richter‚ which featured his abstraction work alongside landscapes and portraits. The exhibition was undoubtedly popular; when I visited the rooms where packed with visitors all viewing Richter’s photopaintings‚ questioning amongst themselves whether they were real paintings or if they were photographs. In the same way that an amateur photographer blurs a photograph‚ Richter
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In 1863‚ Joaquin Sorolla was born in Valencia‚ Spain. In 1865‚ his parents died leaving him and his sisters with their aunt and uncle who took care of them. When he has 14 years old‚ Sorolla began studying art‚ his passion. At 18 years old he decided to move to Madrid in order to study the paintings situated at Museo del Prado. After four years of living and studying in Madrid‚ he decided to return to Valencia. While in Valencia‚ he met his wife‚ whom he had three children with. And then decided
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Topic 6: Art as Response to War The paintings: Guernica‚ the Massacre at Chios‚ and the Living Dead are intimately akin‚ considering that these masterpieces depict the horrors of the war; and the blindness of the leaders who value most money and power than human life. The themes are war‚ ambition‚ genocide‚ rape‚ tyranny‚ civil unrest‚ looting‚ and lack of respect for human life. First‚ Picasso’s Guernica was painted to express the consequences of the uncalled bombing of the Nazis on the Basque
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Two well-known painters‚ Pablo Picasso and Francisco Goya‚ created two paintings; “Guernica” and “Executions of the Third of May”. These two paintings bring up many differences in each of the artists styles‚ but also reminds us how much each is the same when it comes to content. The formal visual elements are very different at first glance‚ but once you look into the painting more you can see many similarities that lead to the subject matter and content. These paintings have a great and similar history
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September 17‚ 2009 | Architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ and music in the Modern Era | Modern art is defined as “art that has been and continues to be created in our lifetime”. This is the current period of art and has been since 1920. Many different movements occurred in the modern era and most of them were very controversial and they changed the way people thought. I chose what I thought was the most vital and important four of the seven areas of artistry. I believe architecture in the modern
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Exploration In Both The Visual and Emotional Qualities of Art For many artists their primary goal is in exploring both the visual and emotional qualities of art. The Frames and The Conceptual Framework are both ways of exploring both the visual and emotional qualities of art. The Frames are applied to the process of judging‚ investigating‚ explaining‚ understanding‚ indentifying and expressing ideas on artworks. The Conceptual Framework refers to the agencies of the art world. In this essay
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While in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston‚ I traveled through the different galleries and their various cultures; discovering all sorts of arts from Contemporary art‚ to American art‚ Japanese art‚ and even the Egyptian art where I could appreciate the complexity of mummies. Throughout all these diverse cultures of art‚ I was questioning myself and started to wonder how I could understand art beyond others’ opinion about them. Moreover‚ I realized that it was a question John Berger‚ critic of art
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Guernica Art has provided pleasure to many people all over the world. From Notre Dame in Paris‚ to a child’s scribbles‚ art is all around us. With so many forms of art‚ we have to make sure that the way in which we judge art is concise. This guideline is called criteria‚ and it can be interpreted and translated as a way to judge every type of art. I have chosen to judge a painting‚ and after careful consideration‚ I have picked out three criterion I find are best used when judging this type
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Pablo Picasso once said‚ “art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” Many times we look at a painting and we do not realize the stories that they depict. A painting may deceive you at first‚ but if you pay a closer attention to detail you may realize that it is the complete opposite of your initial reaction. Apollo’s Enchantment is an oil on canvas painting created in 1807 by an American artist‚ Benjamin West. West was born on October 10‚1738 near Springfield‚ Pennsylvania to Quaker
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Art and Intention ART/101 Tyrancer Journet University of Phoenix Adolf Mizzell October 19‚ 2014 Art and Intention Summarize the reaction of the public to Michelangelo’s David and Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase. The Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending art work became one of the controversial works because people thought he was mocking the audience because they could not find a woman in the painting. The public did not like the Michelangelo’s David art work. They were offended by the nudity
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