ART SUMMARY TERM 2 FRAMES Cultural This view is concerned with understanding how an artwork is influenced by the values of the society it is produced in‚ and‚ in turn‚ how the artwork influences the values of the society. This includes examining the historical and cultural context in which the work was made‚ and religious and/or philosophical beliefs‚ which may have influenced the work. Subjective This view is concerned with examining an artwork from a personal perspective. This might
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Art and Graphic Design in the Silent Generation Reaching adulthood between 1946-1963‚ the Silent Generation had witnessed the Great Depression and World War II in their youth. Following the Greatest Generation and all their accomplishments‚ the Silent Generation had big shoes to fill‚ but they preferred to consume rather than create. Although it was named the Silent Generation‚ not all the generation were silent‚” there were some loud people of this Generation that spoke out for civil and women’s
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“The Line. A Line is a basic element of art‚ referring to a continuous mark‚ made on a surface‚ by a moving point” I wish to investigate how mark making and the use of the line has changed over the course of time from the renaissance era of Leonardo Da Vinci to artist Cy Twombly from the modern movement of Abstract Expressionism. I wish to explore the question of what has changed in our understanding of the line and mark making. I will look at the earlier historical work of Leonardo Da Vinci
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gallery exhibits a handful of works by the biggies -- van Gogh‚ Monet‚ Cézanne‚ Gauguin‚ and Degas -- while the small 20th-century collection includes Picasso‚ Mondrian‚ and Giacometti‚ among others. The contemporary collection includes works by Mark Rothko‚ Jackson Pollock‚ the Texan Robert Rauschenberg‚ and Jasper Johns. In the Wendy & Emery Reves Collection is a curious re-creation of Coco Chanel’s French summer home‚ complete with her collection of furnishings and paintings by such French Impressionists
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is no significant vocal point of the painting; every part of the painting is equally significant. Figure 6 1958 No. 13 (White‚ Red‚ on Yellow) Mark Rothko Painting The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mark Rothko’s No. 13 follows the compositional structure that he was most known for starting in 1950. In addition to paint brushes‚ Rothko was also known to use rags and sponges when painting. No. 13 consists of three rectangular blocks that are red‚ white and yellow in color. The edges and depths
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Afton Muir 10-20-06 Abstract Expressionism The abstract expressionist movement shook the art world. It began in the early 1940’s and shifted the world’s attention to New York City‚ where artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko were shattering publicly held notions of what was considered art. It’s authentic period of vibrancy and newness lasted from the early 1940’s to the mid 1950’s. The social and political context in which the abstract expressionist movement came about was highly
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"In a dark time the eye begins to see"~Rothko In other words this quote means in hard times you began to see circumstances more clearly.I agree as it is time in life as in literature because this quote relates to this book.The novels Outsiders written by S.E Hinton and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry written by Mildred D. Taylor. The book Outsiders written by S.E Hinton‚ goes with this quote because in the began of the book Outsiders they where all trouble makers towards the ending of
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1 CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI: His spiritual roots by Aidan Hart It wasn’t easy to find Brancusi’s studio gallery at the Pompidou Centre in Paris‚ at least in 1985. No flashy signs. No banners. In fact I walked straight past it a few times thinking that it was a builders’ shed. But this shed it turned out to be. The door was locked‚ but after a ring on the bell the lone attendant opened up. Within was a paradise‚ a garden of Brancusi’s sculptures. And thanks to the studio’s obscurity I was alone
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Facts about this decade --- Population: 151‚684‚000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce‚ Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3‚288‚000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1‚ men 65.6 Car Sales: 6‚665‚800 Average Salary: $2‚992 Labor Force male/female: 5/2 Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14 Bomb shelter plans‚ like the government pamphlet You Can Survive‚ become widely available Important Historic and Cultural Events 1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( ’til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends
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The artwork that I have chosen to critique is by an American artist named Robert Motherwell‚ (1915 -1991). The particular piece I have chosen is called "Open" # 150 in black and cream 1970 acrylic on canvas 69 x 204 1/4 inches at the Modern Museum. This artwork is a symmetrical balanced abstract painting that is about 41 years old and is horizontal in its organization and is made up of one neutral color cream rectangle inside at the top of one large intense black color rectangle. Counting a total
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