TEXTURE • Refers to the perception of touch which distinguishes a wide variety of surface qualities. Texture can be imaginary. • It exists as a literal surface we can feel‚ but also as a surface we can see‚ and imagine the sensation might have if we felt it. • Texture can also be portrayed in an image‚ suggested to the eye which can refer to our memories of surfaces we have touched. TEXTURE IN 2D • The tradition of rendering simulated textures goes back to classical antiquity in the paintings
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Jennifer L. Giroux LCC 250G October 22‚ 2012 Analysis of “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte This paper will discuss the painting “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte. It will compare and contract the primary relationships of focusing and scanning‚ position versus movement‚ organic versus geometric‚ high definition versus low definition and formal versus informal relationships as the basis for analysis. “La Carte Postale” is a formal painting with a strong sense of position. This paper
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Walt Disney Commemorative Speech The Man Behind the Mouse Introduction: I remember when I was just a kid and a stick became my sword and a trashcan lid became my shield. I was a knight of the round table! I remember when things were simple‚ no electronic games to waste our time with. I remember it didn’t matter if you had the biggest‚ baddest bike or a cheap heap of toys. We had our imaginations and there were no batteries required. Unfortunately‚ as we age we tend to lose that spirit
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Think back to a class in elementary school where each student was given a different prompt and each was required to do a presentation in response to that prompt. Did any students stand in front of the class with a picture of the prompt given and say absolutely nothing about it? No. Most students gave a brief history‚ maybe stories about it‚ why it was made the way it was made‚ or even how it pertains to the classroom. Each student was presenting their topic with context to ensure every other student
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prolific artistic career‚ producing an insurmountable amount of self-portraits that manage to blend somewhat simplistic compositions and techniques with complex subjects and emotional themes. Much of Kahlo’s work has often been categorized as being surrealist in nature. But while her work may exhibit fantastical‚ dream-like elements‚ it also depicts subject matter that is very personal and emotionally grounded. If one considers that artwork can function as a reflection of the artist who created it
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LAST 1101 Professor Gordillo April 2‚ 2013 Jessica Johnston Frida Kahlo: A Biography Frida Kahlo was born in 1907‚ just south of Mexico City‚ in a town called Coyoacán. Her father‚ Guillermo Kahlo‚ was Jewish and born in Germany. When he immigrated to Mexico he married Frida’s mother‚ Matilde Calderón‚ a catholic mestizo. Frida identified herself with both her European ancestry and her indigenous heritage. Unlike many mestizo or mixed persons‚ who tried to hide their indigenous background
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As Rivera’s trip to America in the 1930s swept him through a whirlwind of artistic transformation‚ the Mexican muralist bequeathed a wide array of both admired and detested artworks across the country. Perhaps his most infamous creation‚ whether a product of defiance or miscommunication‚ found itself brushed across a prominent wall of Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1934. Man at the Crossroads‚ a piece commissioned by business magnate Nelson Rockefeller‚ stirred loathsome sentiments within
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Humans have been painting and creating art for thousands of years. It first began in prehistoric times‚ when symbols were painted in caves as a way of communication‚ and has evolved into modern art. Throughout the centuries art has been widely influenced by the trends and events occurring in society. The rediscovery of ancient art and literature‚ study of anatomy‚ and the Protestant Reformation‚ shaped the art of the Renaissance. Neoclassicism was shaped by the Age of Enlightenment‚ fascination with
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Read the article “When Cubism met the decorative arts in France” by Paul Trauchtman (abridged). Pick out thematic vocabulary; use new words and word combinations in sentences of your own (10-15 – in writing); write 15 questions to the text; make a brief summary of the text. "When we invented Cubism‚ we had no intention whatsoever of inventing Cubism‚" said Pablo Picasso‚ many years later. "We wanted simply to express what was in us." What was in Picasso and his contemporaries was a voracious‚ if
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While at Artscape this past summer (2017)‚ I spoke with Phillip Singer‚ an artist who graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has created many designs that show surrealist visions of nature. Although many of his paints are not realistic‚ they show nature in a positive light. One of his paintings that particularly stood out to me was The Early Bird (Singer). This painting shows a bird in a small confined man made room
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