I would rank Vincent Van Gogh as one of the top ranking and influential artists of all time. He extensively influenced the way modern art is produced and the use of certain artistic techniques. Furthermore, during the twentieth century, his artworks were relatively radical and creative for his time and the use of expressionism and post-impressionism to expose his emotions on the canvas using colours throughout his diverse range of paintings. It is, however, evident that the people of the early…
ainting Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) by Marcel Duchamp is more thought-provoking and artistically relevant than Dorothea Tanning’s painting Birthday. These pieces were painted in different time periods, when different styles of art were common, but when the viewer considers the aesthetic qualities of the piece, the historical value and the ease of which one can draw an interpretation of the piece Duchamp’s is more thought-provoking. Though both pictures have compelling titles that…
Mary Abbott was born in New York City, and she is considered to be among the earliest proponents of abstract expressionism. Abbott’s work majorly comprises of powerful oil paintings, created by combining gestural and spontaneous brushwork and highly effective use of colour. Abbot’s work highly reflects her vital feeling of immediacy and the need to translate sensation into paint. Abbott started gaining interest in art in the early 1940s leading her to enrol for courses at the Art Students League…
coexist during other movements such as Cubism, Fauvism, Constructivism, De Stijl and Dada where many artists and designers wanted to reject the old methods of art. However; whilst coexisting with these movements, it wasn’t until the 1960s that the modern version of art was widely accepted by the public. Frank Lloyd Wright was known for many of his avant-garde style of designs…
Sheena Stevenson Monday, October 16th 2016 Apparel Construction Assignment 2: The Story of Color Orange is found on the traditional color wheel between red and yellow.Orange is found in nature, as the color of pumpkins and leaves, often representing the autumn season. There are two pure orange pigments, Chrome orange and Realgar.Other shades of orange were popularly found in oil paintings and water colors. The complementary color of orange is a greenish - blue color. Orange…
De Stijl’s most outstanding painter was Mondrian, whose art was rooted in the mystical ideas of Theosophy. Although influenced by his contact with Analytical Cubism in Paris before 1914, Mondrian thought that it had fallen short of its goal by not having developed toward pure abstraction, or, as he put it, “the expression of pure plastics” (which he later called Neoplasticism). In his search for an art of clarity and order that would also express his religious and philosophical beliefs, Mondrian…
4: YouTube: “The Bridge Construction - Mega Structure” | National Geographic Summary: Megastructures is a narrative TV arrangement showing up on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and in different nations. Every scene is an instructive look of differing profundity into the construction, operation, and staffing of different structures or construction projects, however not normal construction products. For the most part containing interviews with designers and task managers, it…
Since the beginning of modernism in the 18th we start seeing art in different ways. It rejected the ideals of traditionalism allowing artist to expand outside their horizons to different mediums and techniques. From there forward we see all types of styles such as impressionism, minimalism, abstract, photorealism, pop art and more. Just like photography, dance is becoming more and more popular in the art industry. The acknowledgment that it has received recently its immense that dance is now a…
Takashi Murakami, born on February 1, 1962 is a well-known contemporary Japanese artist based in Tokyo. Murakami’s style of art is based on popular culture using a Nihonga-style of modern Japanese painting. He uses colorful graphics and manga style cartoon to show a darker subject material. He uses “hopelessness”, as his main subject with all of his art work. He shows this through the use of sculptures, paintings, drawings, and animations. The “Hustle ‘n’ Punch by Kaikai And Kiki”, was made in…
The very well known painting called A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, or A Sunday Afternoon for short, is a piece of artwork by Georges Seurat. Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. He was born into a wealthy family to his parents Antoine Chrysostome Seurat and Ernestine Faivre. He attended art school for several years until he got bored of the basic art and broke free from the traditional art of that time. He went to be considered the founding father of the Neo-Impressionist art…