Degas’ stylistic development in representation of female subjects More than three quarters of Degas’ works‚ including his paintings‚ drawings‚ pastels‚ prints and sculptures‚ comprise of images of women. Degas‚ similarly to a scientific researcher‚ investigated the female form through a plethora of representations‚ ranging from his early and rather reserved portraits of relatives to the laundresses and cabaret singers of his Impressionist years. Moreover‚ he was even dubbed to have been obsessed
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think Lindsay want to bring art to our life. Something is not real or attractive‚ but it is still close to our social. I find a lot of information in this magazine such as: organizing object in art work‚ using contrast color to make more attractive‚ painting with natural shape‚ and showing texture. For example: John Altoon: Untitled‚ 1964 by Ed Ruscha. The artist using ink‚ pastel and airbrush on illustration board. It’s look very simple. They describe two man who has a lot of flag‚ one gun‚ and army
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Boucher painted The Toilet of Venus. This painting was custom-made for Madame de Pompadour as part of the decoration for her cabinet de toilette at the Chateau de Bellevue‚ which was one of the residences she shared with King Louis XV. In the painting there are cupids and doves which are attributes of Venus as the goddess of Love. The flowers allude to her role as patroness of gardens and the pearls reflect her mysterious birth from the sea. Francois made the painting during the Rococo Style period. As
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artist‚ the first to create a fully abstract painting. Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born artist‚ whose contributions to the world of modern art are innumerable. On an artistic level‚ Kandinsky’s maturation process from representational art to abstract art is fascinating. From his earliest work‚ with an impressionistic flair‚ to his later work‚ which was pure abstraction‚ Kandinsky was an innovator and a genius. He bridged the gap between reality painting of earlier decades and the fantasy escapism
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Modern art is known as intellectual and individual where the idea is primary‚ and the object is secondary. Formal filters were used‚ such as line‚ shape‚ color‚ form‚ and texture. These filters were created among traditional formats‚ such as easel painting‚ pedestal sculpture‚ and white wall exhibition space. What is Modern Art and what makes it so? "You cannot define electricity. The same can be said of art. It is a kind of inner current in a human being‚ or something which needs no definition."
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The documentary‚ The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo described Frida Kahlo’s life in the early twentieth century. Well-known around the world as a painter‚ Frida is also known for her exquisite sense of style. Crippled at a young age‚ her paintings reflected the pain she felt during her life. Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan‚ Mexico with her parents and three sisters. Her father was a photographer for the Mexican government‚ capturing colonial architecture. At her academy‚ Frida was the only girl
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was serious about it was making art. People know Basquiat by his infamous graffiti paintings around New York particularly around the Lower East Side. His works displayed an artless‚ childlike appearance. Basquiat skillfully brought together traditions‚ practices‚ and styles to create a unique kind of visual collage. Basquiat was multi-tactful and had a non-traditional way and style of doing things. He’d read history and early roman books‚ mix music and other forms of art influences in his work. With
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achieve a desired color. One distinguishing factor of a post-impressionist artwork is the clear defined lines used in the creation of the artwork. Another being Post-Impressionists of the time strove to include more expression and emotion in their paintings. Despite these differences‚ Impressionism and Post-impressionism share some similarities. A real life subject‚ distinctive brushstrokes‚ thick layers of paint and vivid colors are all characteristics of both styles of art. (1) In The Pine Tree at
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essentials; he did this through his ‘still life paintings’ and further inspired the cubist movement. Picasso (b.1881-1973) focused on cubism‚ showing the art world that humans don’t always have to be aesthetically pleasing (women in particular). Lastly‚ Duchamp (b.1887-1968) started the phase of ‘ready made’ art proving that you don’t need to make something in order for it to be classified as art. Modernism encompassed the most intensive period of change in art history‚ the industrial revolution (1880’s). It
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explores Kahlo’s rapidly changing artistic style and themes in her works as she embarks on a streak of passionate relationships with topical artistic figures of the 30’s who to Schaefer would serve as muses for Kahlo as she commenced her ascent into history. Schaefer writes of Frida Kahlo’s life and art by chronological order of her romances‚ and remains unbiased about her relationships‚ focusing more on Kahlo emotional state according to her diaries‚ portraits
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