Jackson Pollock was a very well known artist known for his abstract work. Pollock was born on January 28‚ 1912‚ in Wyoming. Throughout the early stages of Pollock’s life‚ his family moved all around different parts of the west. Pollock’s father who was abusive and an alcoholic left his family when he was just eight years old. Jackson Pollock’s older brother Charles stepped in and acted as a father to Jackson. Charles was an artist himself and influenced Jackson in a big way. He enrolled in a Manual
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Have you ever gone to the museum and glanced at paintings but had to do a double take because a painting grabbed your attention so strongly? This is what happened to me when I saw the painting by Pablo Picasso entitled Mother and Child 1901. This painting was done during what was called the Blue Period. “Picasso’s Blue Period was in 1900 and ended in 1904.” (unknown‚ Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period 1901-1904‚ 2009) All of his paintings during this period were created in shades of blue and blue-green
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On December 8‚ 1886 in Guanajuato‚ Mexico‚ Diego Rivera was born. His passion for art emerged early on‚ so at the age of 10 he attended San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Years later he traveled to Europe to further his studies‚ where he befriended many famous artists of his day. As time went on Rivera’s style began to change‚ because of the events that began taking place. Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the Russian Revolution (1917)‚ Rivera wanted
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Every piece of artwork has a driving force behind the making of it. It could be as simple as an emotional feeling at a certain point in an artist’s life‚ or it could be as complicated as the political events taking place around an artist. Some artworks have multiple influences on them. Guernica‚ an internationally recognized anti-war symbol designed and painted by Pablo Picasso‚ was produced in response to the immense devastation‚ chaos‚ and disgust of the Spanish Civil War‚ or more specifically
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A similarity evident in all four works is the feel of movement and rhythm among the figures. Kausch discusses in the reading how there must be complexity where the viewer can discover something new everytime they look at the artwork. A sense of movement is a complexity and finding movement in all four pieces will give the viewer a reason to take a second look and find something new about each work. In ‘Le Bain’ one is able to see three figures having a luncheon on the grass. They look as if they
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Abstract Thoughts The mentality behind the Cubist painter was to reject the work of artists who made what society wanted to view as art. Instead of painting for the basics of conventional art‚ Cubist painters used shapes and formed movement from placing objects in different angles to create a completely new artistic perspective. Gertrude Stein‚ a modernist writer of the 20th century‚ rejected the expectations of a society that required writing to represent the speech of language. Just as the cubist
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Carmen Herrera is an artist who is inspired by the principles of Bauhaus regarding shape‚ form and colour. This is shown in her work‚ which will be furtherly discussed in this essay in relation to Bauhaus. Bauhaus influence on Carmen herrera can be seen from the simplicity and the combination of colour in the work she did along the years. Carmen Herrera says‚ “My quest is for the simplest of pictorial resolutions” (2012). With the impact of Bauhaus and one’s imagination‚ in Herrera’s work one can
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Look at Pablo Picasso’s Girl in a Chemise (Illustration Book‚ Colour Plate 40). In no more than 300 words‚ write a descriptive analysis of this painting. Pay particular attention to the positioning of the figure and to features such as lighting‚ colour and brush work‚ and say how you think these contribute to the effect of the work. In this painting Girl in a Chemise‚ Pablo Picasso uses a variety of artistic techniques to portray the girl in the impressionism and mood she is set in . The most
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Assignment 2 Evaluating The Visual Elements of Art & Principles of Organization in Pablo Picasso’s painting "Girl Before A Mirror." For this second assignment‚ you will need to make sure you have read chapters 4 & 5 (pages 75 thru 137) of the 9th edition of the "Living With Art" textbook. This topic will also be covered in class during the 4th or 5th week of class. After reading chapters 4 and 5 of the "Living With Art" textbook‚ you should be able to carefully look at Pablo Picasso’s
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I have chosen the oil painting The Persistence of Memory‚ by the surrealist artist Salvador Dali. This surrealism painting has had a lot of attention due to the odd objects that depicts several principles throughout. When first viewing this painting‚ many question what is going on. Dali had intended for this to be something from a dream as some objects look unreal. One of the most important principles used is line. Starting in the background the horizon line is used where the body of water and
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