Like many other artists Dali used his paintings as an instrument of protest for issues of the era. In this case, Salvador Dali used this paining to express his discontent with war. Salvador Dali is considered one of the…
Vincent van Gogh ART 1030: Intro to Art Jacob Vienna, 002 VIENNA, JACOB – VINCENT VAN GOGH Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter who is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch painters to ever live. One thing van Gogh is known for is the emotion in his work. I chose to write this paper about van Gogh due to this. In Starry Night, van Gogh communicates his feelings of coldness and darkness in his life.…
They are too small beyond recognition, so viewers can just make out a figure. Some artworks that impressionists in the 19th century created share some commonalities with this painting. Impressionists depicted the nature with phenomenology excluding political, social, historical thought. They just focused on nature itself, so people are usually cropped or are represented by blurry silhouettes. The big difference from impressionism and the distinct feature of this painting is that what the artist wants to deliver is small philosophy, which is harmony between humanity and nature.…
The artist I used for inspiration for my reflective identity is Gary L. Gordon. Gordon was born in Northern California in 1950, but when he was eight years old his family moved to Germany. While in Germany Gordon was surrounded by a network of artists so from a young age he was able to draw, design, and visualize from an artistic perspective. As he grew up he was continuously encouraged to be creative by the artistic community surrounding him, because of this his drawing skills and watercolor abilities flourished. Gordon’s parents loved to travel so they often went out to the European countryside and camped out in their VW bus.…
Unfortunately since Salvador Dali is no longer alive I had to ask google. The setting of this then is 1963 Barcelona where there was a deadly flash flood. The painting then serves to offer hope for all those affected by the flood by highlighting the cycle of life, death, and rebirth to the…
The artist David Hockney painted American Collectors in early years in Southern California 1968. He painted acrylic on canvas. American Collectors, it is double portrait of man and woman, who is Fred and Marcia Weisman with their collection of art works. Including a sculpture by Henry Moore and William Turnbull, which are the stack of stones in front of the man, and native American totem pole next to the woman. The woman, Marcia Weisman wears pink long dress with a smile on her face.…
The content of this painting is of particular significance to Dali, as it relates to his own narcissism. The subject of the painting is derived from the Greek Myth of Narcissus, a hunter who falls so in love with his own reflection seen in a pool of water that he is unable to leave it and eventually drowns. In Dali’s adaptation the figure of Narcissus gazing into the pool doubles as a rock formation. To the right is a form similar to that of the figure, which at first glance might be mistaken as a duplicate. Upon closer inspection, we see that the image is actually a large hand, seemingly made of stone, holding an egg from which a narcissus flower is growing.…
Sitting on the shore of a beach you would expect a lot of sand, on this beach there is a lot of rocks and small pebbles which does make it tough to walk on as I feel my shoes fill slowly with the coarse mix of sand and rock. Looking around there are many people with dogs, most off leashes. I can hear them barking at each other and doing their business on the beach with their owners just burying it in the sand. The strong odor of the seaweed is very heavy in the breeze, and it is strung all over the beach. There is so much in fact that the taste of it is stuck in my mouth, which makes my stomach turn a bit.…
Reflections of Narcissism If studied carefully, the paintings Metamorphosis of Narcissus (Dali) and Swans Reflecting Elephants (Dali) by Salvador Dali, both made in 1937, revealed reflections or double visions. Perhaps the reflection captures the venturous atmosphere of these different kinds of pieces. Dali specifically presents not so much a reflection of power—but feelings of malfunction. Indeed, failure is partly necessary to produce a refreshing image of which one actually exists; Dali substitutes timeworn images with new visions: whether the person exists as a bulb breaking through an egg or a swan balancing atop of an elephant.…
Reality, is ones interpretation of how they perceive the world. Based on previous experiences, one forms an understanding of his or her world. It is sensible that people do not share the same experiences as one another, so it is to say that somebodies way of viewing things differs slightly from person to person. What stands as the truth for one person, serves as a lie for another. Pablo Picasso became aware of this phenomenon especially when attempting to captivate his audience and also try to convey a message through his artwork.…
The painting I chose was Frank Stella’s “Flin Flon VIII”. It is an acrylic piece on canvas characterized by a mixture of curving and straight lines that interlock, vibrant colors, and an emphasis on the circle in the middle of the canvas. A huge quantity of negative space is present in the painting and the painting emits a smooth texture. The painting is one hundred and eight inches squared, making it one of the largest paintings in the San Diego Art Museum. Its size projects itself on the viewer overwhelming them with its color and size.…
“Nothing, in this film, symbolizes anything” (Buñuel). Both Dali and Buñuel strived to have no image or idea in the film, Un Chien Andalou, have any logical or rational explanation. However, when you break up what Buñuel says you can argue that “nothing” stands for all the images and ideas in the film that to one represent nothing logical or rational, and these images can “symbolize anything” to the individual. When making this film, Buñuel’s intentions were to astound and offend the bourgeois. The film denotes an enraged reaction against what was called “avant-garde” in those days, which is basically new, unusual, and experimental ideas or art works.…
The main composition of this painting consists of a portrait of his face horizontal looking down on the floor, the shape inspired by a rock he saw on the coastline. In the same manner as his other works, this painting contains an immeasurable amount of symbolism, all relating to “his inner thoughts: his fears, personal anxieties, persistent obsessions.” (Dalipaintings.net). I think this work as an expression of personal experience but rather his immediate state of mind and feelings. The poem, written by Dalí, that accompanies the painting farther refers to his compulsive addiction to masturbation.…
Living Still Life, painted by Salvador Dali in 1956, is an oil on canvas painting created to express the dynamic combination and complexity of stillness and motion that goes almost unnoticed every day. Viewers are drawn in to observe the masterpiece initially by the bright red, mellow blue, and vibrant red colors used in the scenic view painted before them. In essence, the painting is of a medium length rectangular, wooden table partially extending from a room inside of an apartment or condo, out onto a balcony with cast iron railings. The ocean and general warmth of the colors used adds a curious, yet inviting tone to the piece. There are many objects strategically positioned on top of and above the table which work together to create the busy, chaotic unity and balance that is ever present in the piece.…
Also, the mixture of warm colors on top combined with primary and secondary colors give the painting a delicate effect particularly the three green brush strokes as it adds even more mystery to the painting. Furthermore, the diagonal lines that shape the floor and the barriers of the bridge and the curved lines on the water make a combination of energy and endlessness at the same time because the side of where the scared looking person is, looks completely different from where the water, which is what perhaps reflects the degree of anxiety that the scared looking person was suffering in that particular…