of The Concert painting that Vermeer is painting of his patron van Ruijven and his daughter and sister. I think that the author had Griet focusing on this painting to remind her who she was. In other words‚ it encouraged her to remain decent‚ and humble. On page 186 van Leeuwenhoek said to Griet‚ “Take care to remain yourself.” When Griet srated to work for the family she was exposed to a different environment. While working there she was also reminded a maid who was in a painting a long with van
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life on this day. Merisi‚ known throughout Europe as simply "Caravaggio" (after the city he was from)‚ was not just a murderer on the run; Caravaggio was a famous artist‚ made infamously popular by his paintings of graphic and sometimes violent biblical scenes.
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Abstract Expressionism sparked an interest for Andy Warhol‚ and during the 60’s Andy‚ and Roy Lichtenstein created a new realism of America. This new realism was called Pop Art which expressed daily life in America as it was being lived. Warhol was born in 1928 as Andy Warhola‚ he grew up with a curiosity in commercials‚ and after a very successful life he became the main figure associated with Pop Art. His art is some of the most well known art of all time‚ and he is considered one of the best
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presented is the content of his Pop Art works‚ Jasper John presented in his choice of materials and medium. Jasper Johns grew up in Georgia‚ in a place where he claims he was never exposed to art as a child and so he had no foundational idea of what art is or should be. This undoubtedly led to the choices that would make Jasper Johns a visionary of the Pop Art scene. After having a dream of the American flag‚ Johns began incorporating the image of the flag into his paintings. His second most famous rendition
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Part One: Introduction to Pop Art The Pop Art movement “uses elements of popular culture‚ such as magazines‚ movies‚ … and even [brand name] bottles and cans” to convey a message about the artist’s views on society. Using bold coloured paintings‚ soft sculptures‚ and printmaking‚ artists would create facsimiles‚ similar reproductions of popular merchandise and collages. The purpose was to emphasize the banality of any given mass culture. This was a response the post-war conservative society which
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Art History 3.6: Examine the different values placed on art works Values in art: Making a judgement on whether art has value is entirely subjective and can only be determined on whether someone holds value to that piece‚ or acknowledging that someone holds certain values to that piece. Art is valuable in itself‚ and independent of what people enjoy‚ want‚ or what is good for them. This is important as there are a number of values that an art work can hold and that these values can appeal to a
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When we examine three paintings from the American Abstraction and Pop Art style we can see the impact of media and process on style and meaning. Jackson Pollock’s “Blue Poles”‚1952 is an action painting from the Abstract Expressionism movement which could be showing what was happening in America in the 1950’s. Mark Rothko in “Number 10” wanted to involve the viewer in experiencing basic human emotions. Roy Litchenstein’s “Hopeless” was trying to create relatable futuristic images that make fun of
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Pop Art movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war (WWII) society in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was most prominent in American art but was understood to have commenced in Britain. Pop Art coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture. It was brash‚ young‚ fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. The movement was led by activists‚ thinkers‚ and artists who sought to rethink and even overturn what was widely interpreted as a
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Pop and Consumerism in the Art of Richard Hamilton Pop was the invention of the era of wealth and consumerism experience by western industrial society in the 1950s and 1960s. Both pop’s impact and expression were most distinct in the UK. Pop was so bizarre in its open-minded values and flashy appearance compare to the commonly dull conservatism of English culture and its expression because of the extant of the response to the prevalent British social and cultural situation. The term Pop Art is
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Art is something that can cause difference of opinion‚ controversy‚ and many other contemporary issues. Art can also been viewed in many different mediums; such as music‚ paintings‚ the written word whether that be prose or poetry‚ photography as well as many more forms. I will be discussing the famous painter of Van Gogh and a painting that he described as ugly. Van Gogh described this painting as “…one of the ugliest I have done…” He then stated that he tried to show the fervor of the human
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