Abstraction

At this instant, Norman came to terms that he viewed Sally as nothing but an abstraction: his idea of her was just that, an idea. Norman Bowker, and many other soldiers after the war, valued the past because it was the only thing they knew. Everything else in their world had changed, and they were so dazed by the transition that they…

Kierkegaard uses the parable of the jewel, to illustrate the difference in thought in the passionate and reflective ages. In the following essay, I will explore the difference between the two ages to gain a deeper understanding of Kierkegaard’s sentiments behind the example, before explaining the parable and showing how his prophetic analysis is truer than ever. Kierkegaard begins the The Present Age by stating that the present age is “one of understanding and reflection, without passion,…

Abstract art is also known as non objective art or non representational art, painting, sculpture or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part. Abstraction was one of the mostsignificant developments in the story of 20th century arts. It consists largely of elements like form, color, line, tone and texture. It has its origin in 19th century. The period characterized by so vast a body of elaborately representational art produced for the sake of illustrating…

their art making practises. Through the avant–garde movement during the 20th century, Matisse introduced personal expression within his art making practises through the creation of the new artist movement recognised as fauvism. By creating mood and abstraction within his artwork, Matisse successfully communicated his personal expression of the modern era and technological movement. Matisse states that “good art work should be like an armchair in which you could relax at the end of the day”,…

translate tumbling into 12 pieces for the concentration part of my portfolio. I was not confident that I could pull this off. My usual artwork was realistic and detailed and very recognizable subject matter. But I was crossing over into a world of abstraction which turned out to be a…

and more imaginative, than anything in later Expressionistic art, which proceeded from a similar charged vision of Nature (L44). Van Gogh’s work around this time was full of “passion and turmoil” yet his Starry Night is an extreme expression of abstraction; “in the sense of painting the natural world from memory and imagination, rather than face to face” (L44). Six months after this painting in December of 1889, Van Gogh wrote a letter to Emile…

In Cold Stream,1966 I believe Twombly attempts to internalized Mallarme’s boundless confidence to search for his ideal and transforms an empty blackboard into an endless voyage within the sea. The sea, symbolic, becomes a vast expansion of divine chance. Abysmal and ever evolving, the sea is in constant motion whether on the surface or beneath just like the conscious and unconsciousness of our minds. The sea and the mind’s violent turbulence, the clarity of its stillness, ever changing, we…

Abstract Expressionism focusing of the formal elements of art. His efforts eventually shifted to more vibrant and complicated painting like the painting I chose “Flin Flon VIII”. His efforts in American Modernism helped develop Minimalism, Painterly Abstraction and Color Field Painting. Though he would never truly identify as a minimalist he was rewarded for his work in 2009 with the National Medal of Arts by Barrack Obama. Frank Stella continues to work as an artist and sculpture in New York…

“The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man” is a chapter in “Between Past and Future”. The book is written by Hannah Arendt. In this chapter, she is mainly talking about the relationship between space and the stature of man, and how they affect each other. At the beginning of the chapter, Arendt asks a question to the readers which is directly related to the topic: “ Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature? ” (page 260). The answers are diverse, but there are no…

Introduction Definitions of intelligence vary among scholars, theorists, and laypersons, due to its multidimensionality. However, intelligence typically involves an individual’s ability to learn from experience and adapt to the environment in which they live. I believe that the construct of intelligence should encompass an individual’s ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal form, to think logically, and to express creativity. Two intelligence tests in which I recently…