Coyoacán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico in her father’s beloved ‘Blue House.1’ She died at the age of 47 in her beloved blue house on Tuesday‚ July 13th‚ 1954. Frida Kahlo is one of Mexico’s most famous artists and represents resilience and strength. She was a surrealist and her artwork reflected visual honesty. Due to her weak and fragile body after her accident she went through 30 operations on her spine and made constant visits to the hospital. In spite of so much pain Frida Kahlo channeled that and her emotion
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Final Project 1 Final Project: Jackson Pollock’s Number 1‚ 1950 (Lavender Mist) James HUMA 1315: Fine Arts Appreciation 16 March 2008 Final Project 2 Final Project: Jackson Pollock’s Number 1‚ 1950 (Lavender Mist) Background information about the artist: Paul Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)‚ presumably one of the greatest American painters of all time‚ was an abstract expressionist painter. “Abstract Expressionism is a
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Contents Introduction 2 History of Junk Art Sculpture 4 Chapter 1: Junk sculptors 8 Chapter 2: Interview 1 16 Chapter 3: Interview 2 23 Summary 27 Introduction From 5000 B.C to well into the 20th century A.D‚ most sculpture has reflected the wealth‚ religion or political stature of the country. Early Egyptian sculpture reflected the political regime of the land‚ and powerful ‘Pharaohs’ demanded monumental sized tombs and artefacts to show their wealth and status
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Samuel Klayman is in his Brooklyn bedroom one night in 1939 when his mother introduces him to his cousin‚ Josef Kavalier‚ newly arrived from Prague‚ who will be staying with them‚ having escaped Europe and the Nazis. Samuel is initially suspicious of Josef‚ but agrees to try to help him obtain employment at the company where he works‚ Empire Novelties. The son of two Jewish doctors‚ Josef had become interested in the art of escape and studied with Bernard Kornblum‚ a famous escape artist. To safeguard
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Monica Vaughn Art History I 10 November 2010 Museum Project Ansel Adams‚ The Tetons and The Snake River‚ Grand Teton National Park. 1942. Gelatin Silver Print. Featured at Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix‚ Arizona. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco‚ California. Being raised in the shadows of the great Golden Gate Bridge was the motivation for his deep appreciation for nature and his early childhood would become his primary inspiration to pursue photography. Strangely enough the 1906
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As time has passed‚ the many events that make up world history have transformed society and subsequently the purpose of art. The birth of art occurred around 25‚000 years ago and between that time and now‚ many historical events had caused the purpose of art to change throughout different eras. These different events prove to impact the art of the eras that they occur in‚ and often many events will happen and art will constantly be changing. One can draw similarities and differences between artists
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Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent
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`The Italian Retreat from Modern Architecture: Gio Ponti‚ Neoliberty and others Italy is decentralized in Europe‚ south side reppin Transition Interview Difficult position in the way they accept refugees‚ pressures Italy have never been absolute 1860- unified by man but not unified in region‚ approaches to life‚ culture and language vary great amounts between cities of Italy. 1959? Reyner Banham Neoliberty‚ the Italian retreat from modern architecture Attacking unideolistic new Italian
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THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN ART Cubism New attitudes towards pictorial space and geometric abstraction with geometric planes (but still based on real objects) - Influenced by African tribal masks/ breaking natural objects into planes/shapes. - Figures simultaneously seen from more than one view through relationships of geometric planes. - Analytical cubism based on process of human vision‚ eyes scan a subject then compile it into a whole. - Introduced collage‚ allowed for composition free of
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Time Traveling‚ Art Historian‚ Book Chapters 1-3 Art Historian of the twenty first century. I am most fascinated with the arts and culture of the Early Italian and Northern European Renaissance‚ but also the Early 20th Century. After many years in development‚ I finally have created the most advanced technology to date. I successfully designed and manufactured a time travel machine. And with this time travel machine I am going to travel to these time periods to gather information about specific
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