Higgs Dr. Watson HUMA 1153 4-22-10 Wassily Kandinsky 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 pastime
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City to the rise as a center of art in the world‚ making it stand out even from Paris‚ which seemed impossible to compete with. As an abstract expressionist‚ a title that he often refused to be associated with‚ he played a significant role amongst his contemporaries in glorifying the Second World War art movement that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism (Wechsler‚ p. 71). Rothko’s style of art‚ as a pioneer‚ was referred to as color field painting‚ which immensely utilized the
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Abstract Expressionism was started in the middle 1930’s. The first time the term was used was to describe a painting by Kandinsky. The term usually describes New York School of Painters. Most often there are uses of no figurative and no representational figures used in the works. Arshile Gorky was the most instrumental in the Abstract Expressionism period. His work often is dictated by his studying of nature. In his work you can see the brush strokes which create a sense of movement. Jackson
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In America around the 1930’s‚ 40’s and 50’s emerged a new kind of Abstract painting style dubbed as ‘Abstract Expressionism’ with a man named Jackson Pollock being‚ as what some may call‚ the ringleader and starting point of the movement with Blue Poles‚ formerly known as number 11‚ being one of his most famous works of art. But the question or stigma that still remains around the painting is ‘is it actually real art’ with some regarding it as being something that the skill of either a child or a
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country rich with culture and tradition. He found instead a country that was losing its culture. Upon his return to Paris‚ he created Mahana no atua from memory. He divided the painting into three horizontal sections. In the top section (the least abstract of the three)‚ Gauguin depicts the statue of a god with Tahitians on the beach behind it. In the
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joining the National Service. He had registered as a conscientious objector to the service and war. After this he went to the Royal College Of Art in London to continue his studies‚ arriving there in 1959. At first‚ Hockney attempted to take up abstract art‚ but found it to be “too barren”. At this realization‚ Hockney had to figure out what he wanted to do‚ and what could keep his artwork original from everyone else. Hockney viewed figure painting as “anti-modern” so he began to include words in
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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Carlos Stinson ART 100 Andrade The Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla is devoted to the presentation of modern art. The museum presents artwork since 1950. The mission of the museum of contemporary art is to "serve diverse audiences through exhibition‚ interpretation‚ collection‚ and preservation of art created since 1950. " The museum also provides public access to contemporary art‚ artists‚ and the creative process. It provides a laboratory for
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Music Visualization in computer generated software N. R. The German University in Cairo‚ Egypt Nissmah Roshdy Abstract—This paper summarizes the history of music visualization in computer software and recent work from artists today that present the variety of concepts used in the field. I. INTRODUCTION the frequency of a specific amount of audio data‚ and then the programmer assigns certain graphical elements to be displayed repeatedly‚ varying with the amplification of the sound
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was trying to depict what boys were pressured to be in those times‚ either a soldier or a hoodlum. She ventured out from this pattern but retains the same style of small figures‚ with the same bright color pallets. She becomes more whimsical and abstract as she progresses‚ doing an excellent job of hiding the meaning in her paintings. In fact without the title of the pieces most of her work is indecipherable and makes you think. It is clear that she is trying to send a message to society. She is
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Cubists created new styles of composition in painting as well as sculpture. Fauvists and Expressionists attacked traditional notions of pictorial representations through brushwork and bright colors. This is referred to as the style of abstraction. Abstract Expressionists attempted to reconstruct this style of art as a result of the major changes that were happening worldwide. The early 20th century was a dark time for Western civilization especially. In the time of World War I as well as World War
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