Abstract art

The oldest art has been documented by humans during the prehistoric Stone Age, but art has probably been present even before that time period. Since the beginning of civilization there have been many different artists that have contributed to distinctive art periods. One of the most powerful and virtuoso artists that lived in the twentieth century was Pablo Picasso who is known for founding a number of art forms and techniques that have helped in the development of different sights of art. There…

Victor Vasarely should be taught to students of Art History 1 because he fused elements of design and the Abstract Expressionist movement to achieve and nurture the Op Art movement in the 1960s. Considered one of the originators of Op Art for his visually intricate and illusionistic portraits, Victor Vasarely spent the course of a lengthy, critically acclaimed profession seeking, and contending for, a method of art making that was profoundly social. He placed major significance on the…

certainly come in the world of art, going from Realism to Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. To begin, a Realist would be an artist…

I. Optical Art Background/History Optical Art is a type of art that using the “illusion” of seeing something that does not exist. This art style tricks the brain into seeing things that do not exist or things that are not actually happening. There is a lot of repeating lines, shapes, and images, which sometimes appear to be moving. The term Op Art first appeared in Time Magazine in October 1964. Op Art is still a big part of the today's world and culture. Optical illusions are awesome to…

The work of art I decided to write about is Tree by Evan Lindquist, at the Sara Howell Studio and Gallery. Lindquist is an expert artist-printmaker who specializes in intaglio – the art of printmaking. Lindquist is a Jonesboro resident and a former Professor of Art, teaching printmaking and drawing, at Arkansas State University for forty years, 1963-2003. In 2003 he retired from the university to focus solely on his art. Almost all of Lindquist’s works on display, including Tree, follow the…

grand theories are not just used for Social Work, many other professions practice them too. These philosophies are used all around us in today’s day and age, people can see a product of this from a photo, song, website, building, or from pieces of art. The theory of Post-Conventionalism is all about knowing that there are many answers to a certain question not just one because it is impossible. The point of this grand theory is to always have a person doubt everything they understand about a…

Latvia). When Rothko was 10 years old he and his family immigrated to the united stated resettling in Portland, Oregon. After Rothko graduated from high school having excelled in academics, he attended Yale University intending to study the liberal arts and the sciences. He left without graduating and moved to NEW YORK CITY. In the 1930’s Rothko was shown in one-person exhibitions and also exhibited with a group of modern artist called ‘the Ten’. His early paintings were scenes of urban life…

The book features Fabian Vas as the main character and storyteller who sketches and paints at the Witless Bay (Norman, 1995). Fabian Vas lived in an era where the cultural worldview informed the social trends. The moral law was at its apex. Various art movements emerged at the dawn of the twentieth century. According to Fabian, painting is a God given talent to help illuminate his environment. While this would have had a huge bearing on Fabian Vas world view, it remains a mystery how some that…

muralist during the 1930s and 1940s. His pieces displayed the forefront of the Regionalist movement at that time. He showed the viewer abstract drips and swirls of everyday people and how they lived their lives in the United States. His unique perspective of his work captured a sense of sound and movement deep in the art, making it seem so realistic and yet so abstract. He heavily patronized modern artists during the decades leading up to World War Two. He was very outspoken through his work…

The painting The Jungle by Wilfredo Lam was created in 1943 C.E. The medium used for the painting was gouache on paper, which is mounted on canvas. This work of art hangs in The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. The color of blue is used throughout the painting, along with a few strokes of yellow, orange, and green. Many bamboo plants and leaves are shown in the background suggesting the setting on a farm or plantation and show the use of organic shapes. Several distorted figures…