the houses and churches were decorated with such shimmering colors that‚ upon entering them‚ he had the impression that he was moving into a painting. The experience and his study of the folk art in the region‚ in particular the use of bright colors on a dark background‚ was reflected in much his early work. A few years later‚ he first related the act of painting to creating music in the manner for which he would later become noted and wrote‚ "Color is the keyboard‚ the eyes are the hammer‚ the soul
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Justin Jones Art History 245 Prof. Kim de Beaumont June 27‚ 2012 Degas and His Dance Class Edgar Degas was born in Paris in 1834 to an upper middle class family. He started crafting his art early in his adolescent years by painting copies of works that were on display at the Louvre. Even though he passionately enjoyed painting and the arts his father expected him to go to law school. Therefore‚ Degas registered at the Faculty of Law of the University
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artworks from artists who lived and had a close relation with that period‚ with a fulfilling understanding of the concepts and ideas created. I will emphasis on the Bauhaus period followed by the Expressionism period highlighting Kandinsky and his painting “Composition VII”. Then I will explain the De Stijl movement subsequently Rietveld and his design “The Red Blue chair”. Afterwards I will describe Coco Chanel and her design “The little black dress”. Modernism was a radical approach to regenerate
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Professor Ferris Williams Art History 2 December 2013 For my Formal Analysis I decided to choose the painting that Fridah Kahlo did in 1946 entitled “The Little Deer”. When examining this piece of work I see the deer jumping and running through the forest in action. The deer has a female human style face which is somewhat interesting because Kahlo uses the same type face when doing self-portraits of herself. When viewing this piece I see the arrows striking the deer and blood running out and the
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representation painted by John Everett Millais called “Ophelia” (1851) and an abstract piece called “Vir Herocious Sublimus” (1950) by Barnett Newman. In the video‚ one of the commentators tells the audience that the “Ophelia” piece was created by an artist painting in the Pre–Raphaelite style. According to Jennifer Meagher (2004) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Pre-Raphaelites “emulated the art of late medieval and early Renaissance Europe until the time of Raphael”. (The Pre Raphaelites section‚ para. 1)
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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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I have selected a painting to examine the style‚ medium‚ and the use of the visual elements and design principles as noted above. In Picasso’s “Girl before a Mirror” the canvas portrays a young and beautiful girl in the act of evaluating herself in an oval mirror which reflects her likeness in a distorted way. The mirror lengthens her nose while curbing her check and jaw. Her face is now a chalky lilac tone‚ the blush on the check into an orange shaped tear drop. Her eye’s shape are different and
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Both Saville and Emin are prominent contemporary British artists‚ who use feminine narratives in their work. Whilst Emin does this through a combination of mediums‚ both two and three dimensional‚ Saville only uses two dimensional painting as her medium of choice. Generally Emin’s artworks are installed openly in the gallery space‚ enabling the audience to view each installation from multiple perspectives and becoming well acquainted with the artworks. Saville’s large scale artworks‚ on the other
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record someone’s features‚ but says something about who he or she is‚ offering a vivid sense of a real persons presence. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist‚ by the artist using the same materials/media as in portraits (drawings‚ paintings‚ sculpture and photography). Self-portraiture is a powerful genre as artists are able to directly translate the emotions they are feeling‚ in a more intense and potent way than merely telling us verbally. The power of a particular self-portrait does
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In art history‚ the female nude in art is both at the center and the edge of cultural acceptance. According to Art Historian Lynda Nead‚ this acceptability‚ if found‚ has always become under threat‚ for the female nude stands at the edge of the art category. The female nude risks‚ and has always stood to lose‚ its respectability in the art world if it spills out and over into the pornographic--meaning images associated with eroticism and obscenity. The trouble has always been the vagueness and instability
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