Kirsten Cooper Lara Jacobs WRTG 3020 2/4/13 The Art of Darkness: Beauty’s Dependence on Darkness in The Art of Travel “There was only one way to possess beauty properly‚ and that was by understanding it‚ by making oneself conscious of the factors (psychological and visual) responsible for it” (de Botton 216). In The Art of Travel‚ Alain de Botton encourages the reader to view the world through an artistic eye‚ one which is attuned to detail. By doing so‚ one can comprehend beauty by becoming ardently
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“Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Discuss with reference to 3 artists” Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Many artists use signs and symbols to convey many messages or communicate certain ideas or even to express their thoughts and feelings on certain topics‚ whether political or personal. Some artists who used symbolism in their artworks included: Pablo Picasso‚ Frida Kahlo‚ and Gordon Bennett. Pablo Picasso was an artist who often used signs
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detail on the princess represents jewelry like texture of rich colors that highlights her body and the floating head. This piece was to evoke that women can be just as deadly as man can be from the description in the composition. Pg 50 CLS- This work of art implies that women are fatal and to be not taken so lightly. Also to see the destruction of women through the act of dismemberment as the viewer can see from the gory head of a man. 4. 1883‚ Jenney‚ William Le Baron‚ Home Insurance Building‚ Chicago
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Neoclassicism was associated with an era beginning from the end of the 17th century and went on through the 18th century. “The Neoclassicism art movement came from a combination of the last half of Baroque art to the burgeoning scientific interest in classical Greek and Roman antiquity”‚ “This new found art of Neoclassicism led to the cause in a rapid growth of collections of antiques” (Sayre‚ 2010). With Neoclassicism came problems for the artist as to whether an image of a famous person or hero
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influential art critic of the twenty-first century. Greenberg’s intensely influential focus was on the notion of “formal purity” and how that affected the work itself in a painting just being a painting and “orientating itself to flatness” as modernist paintings had. Additionally‚ Clement Greenberg found interest in Abstract Expressionism and how Greenberg’s strictly outlined theories on art would inspire artists of the Minimalist and Pop Art movements to respond in kind with their own art as a rebuttal
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LACMA stands for Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art. Located on Wilshire Boulevard and is on "Museum Row" in Los Angeles. Established in its current location in 1965 and it is the largest art museum in the western United States. The museum’s name is a misnomer‚ for its collection contains roughly 130‚000 pieces of art and the collection spans centuries‚ although their focus is on contemporary art. The museum provides another facet to the already robust multi-cultural make-up of Southern California
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Vancouver Art Gallery Field Trip After a careful and well-organized arrangement by our English teacher Simon‚ on July 25‚ 2012 ‚ in a sunshine morning with vernal breezes on our face‚ we finally visited the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver for a tour on the exhibit “Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters”. I had been expected to visit the Art of Palace for long time. Every time in the last 10 years when I passed by the VAG or in the parade gathering to listen the addresses of MP
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The piece of art I chose from this chapter is the oil painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. Created in 1942‚ Nighthawks depicts a lonely‚ all-night diner with three seated customers as well as one worker (Artic). The piece itself gives off isolated and empty theme; this is largely due to Hopper’s use of space and color. The aforementioned diner is the only light source within the painting‚ leaving the an eerie‚ fluorescent glow on the surrounding outside area (Totally History). Nighthawks’ historical
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Vincent Van Gogh was a casual‚ yet wonderful artist. He captured many beautiful and realistic scenes in his art such as people‚ man-made objects‚ and natural materials. He also created many self-portraits. His work seemed very detailed to me because of his various pencil and brush strokes with both his drawings and paintings. I was intrigued by his artwork because much of it resembled the life of poor families or individuals. Many artists from that time created artwork that was misleading due to
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Formal Analysis: The Metropolitan Museum of art boasts an impressive collection of art‚ among many other things. One piece that stood out the most was Saint John the Baptist Preaching‚ by Mattia Preti. Though the work has seemingly faded a bit over the last 360 years‚ it remains in superb condition‚ which leads one to believe it has been restored over time. It is this condition that caught my attention‚ surprisingly as dull as the piece appears; it stills pops when you make eye contact with it
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