This report was to capture the essence and explain briefly a student response to visiting and viewing edvard munch’s "the scream" my teacher loved the choice of words and dictation. This can be used for an oral presentation (roughly 2-3 minutes in length) or just for saying you studied the piece and this was your response! GOOD LUCK! Art Response : THE SCREAM Agony? Uncertainty? Pain? All of these emotions are easily perceived when one observes Edvard Munch’s painting "The Scream." It is a piece
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The artwork that I have chosen to critique is by an American artist named Robert Motherwell‚ (1915 -1991). The particular piece I have chosen is called "Open" # 150 in black and cream 1970 acrylic on canvas 69 x 204 1/4 inches at the Modern Museum. This artwork is a symmetrical balanced abstract painting that is about 41 years old and is horizontal in its organization and is made up of one neutral color cream rectangle inside at the top of one large intense black color rectangle. Counting a total
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Throughout history‚ many artists have tried their best to capture the mood of their time period. In 1865‚ Albert Bierstadt created an incredible art piece named “Looking Down Yosemite Valley”‚ which illustrates the glorious mountain landscape of the California valley. He was so inspired by what he had seen‚ he decided to reimagine it by using oil on paperboard. While painting‚ he chose to make the skies light blue and the plantlife brighter than usual. In addition‚ he painted the valley mountains
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Jacob Lawrence is an African American painter known for his style of "dynamic cubism". He was born September 7‚ 1917 in Atlantic City‚ New York. He died June 9‚ 2000 in Seattle‚ Washington at the age of 82. The Builders (the family)‚ is one of Lawrence’s paintings featuring construction. This work was made on silk screen on wove paper‚ made in year 1974‚ 30 x 22-1/8 in size and currently resides in the DC Moore Gallery‚ New York‚ NY. In the painting‚ you see a family of African Americans walking
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Nature through the Seasons Diego Rivera’s artwork Puesta de sol 15 (Sunset 15) created in 1959 is a two dimensional painting created by using oil and tempera on cardboard‚ and is a prime piece that exemplifies my theme of nature through the seasons. This entire art project itself works together as a whole to create my theme‚ and Sunset 15 works to exemplify nature during the summer season. Sunsets are something typical of the summer season‚ and while Rivera’s take on a sunset is interesting‚ and
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Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who self-taught himself to paint with emotion. He was a troubled person who was a skilled painter that used his emotions to battle his depression. He was famed for his technique and style with the brush strokes that used emotion and feelings to move his art work. He produced at least 2‚000 works of art in his 10-year career. However‚ Van Gogh sold one painting only in his lifetime and he did not become successful until his passing on. Van Gogh was inspired by the work
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Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s. It is also referred to “ABC”‚ “cool”‚ “literal” or “minimal” art‚ while a important movement of postmodernist art. The primary characteristics and goals of Minimalism is extreme simplicity of form‚ in order to give the work a completely literal presence. In fact‚ it’s a type of visual art reduced to the essentials of geometric abstraction. The principal of minimalism is that not the artist’s expression‚ but the medium and materials of the work are
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In what ways did the style of Jackson Pollock differ than that of Willem de Kooning? Jackson Pollock’s style had no subjects and just about motions. His style was very personal. Although de Kooning’s style was abstract‚ too‚ unlike Pollock‚ his painting had subjects which were mainly women. Furthermore‚ he still considered Cubist space and compositions for his paintings while Pollock totally abandoned these. -What sorts of subjects did Roy Lichtenstein use for his paintings‚ and why were these
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The artwork Magic Lantern was created by American artist Jackson Pollock in 1949 and currently is hung on a wall in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. In order to create his piece‚ the Pollock used oil paint‚ aluminum paint‚ enamel‚ and even carpet tacks‚ and ended up with a truly texturally intricate result. It stands at 108.9 x 55.2 cm‚ or 42 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches for those less metrically-inclined. Magic Lantern is a fascinating abstract painting‚ but in comparison to many other abstract
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted by a French Impressionist painter called George-Pierre Seurat. He is known for his innovative painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. The painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo impressionism‚ and is one of the icons in the 19th century. George-Pierre Seurat painted Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte through the summer of 1884-1886
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