American modernism

Malkovich himself, and concepts in communication studies. One such connection is how Malkovich’s character relates to the abandonment of notions like high and low culture that we see in the concept of postmodernism. Postmodernism is the reaction to modernism, the idea that there is a spectrum of cultural experiences (some are only accessible to higher classes than others) and moving past this point is the goal of postmodernism. Postmodernism would like to question the value of what we may have…

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…

To begin with, my view of art has changed, for I now know that it may not only be a painting or sculpture, but also a building design or a cultural artifact. Objects such as masks, pieces of clothing, and blueprints allow the audience to admire and realize that art has many forms and shapes which represent their heritage and importance in their time. For instance, the outstanding way that Jeff Koons demonstrates the importance of art and its surroundings with his artwork Puppy, located in Spain.…

Jackson Pollock: There Were Seven In Eight The tile of the painting I researched is “There Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a…

“dehumanized prison of mainstream values, in which drug addicts, homosexuals, and the poor were defined out of existence in the common consciousness”. Also, the resistance of racism and segregation were flowing through the mainstream of life. Thousands of Americans also lost their jobs, as well as their loved ones, in the anti-communist “Red Scare” of the 1950s. All of these events shaped the art world of this decade.…

1. Iconography Different objects and shapes used in an artwork to symbolize or insinuate something. Rather than writing it, the onlooker would get the hint. Sometimes iconography could be used to give more than one meaning to the artwork it is being used at, so people can go along with whatever they think is most applicable to the setting they choose. An example of iconography would be Codex Aubin, begun ca. 1576, where different symbols have different meanings. 2. Linear Perspective Linear…

art of America. Her piece was painted in the colors Red, white, and blue, also an element to represent the time frame in America. This was meant to portray a time when American artist wanted to express the American style as a subject to their pieces of art. She wanted to symbolize what America was. Instead of making a typical American landscape, to show the beauty of America, she took another approach. She took a battered cow skull to represent how far America had come and what we…

Edward Hopper portrayed the double act of looking by incorporating different artistic elements to express the feeling of loneliness based on the reality of American society in the 20th century. The uses of double act of looking in his three paintings Room in Brooklyn, Morning Sun, and Office in a small city in order to criticize the drawbacks of reality of 20th century America and to allow his viewers to perceive these drawbacks as well. Most of his masterpieces are landscape and figurative oil…

This painting is titled Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937. It is oil paint on canvas measuring 51.2cm x 78.1cm made by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). This Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ genre is a figure within a landscape. This picture is an open composition. What is surrealism? Surrealism is an artistic movement that started in 1924 when the Surrealist Manifesto was published. A French poet named Andre Breton (1924 through World War 2) led surrealism. Surrealism started in Paris and…

fascinating and interesting; with its hyper rational process is takes rationality to an absurd level with regard to something people would not expect as being the result of rationality. I am unfamiliar with architecture as well as the difference between modernism and postmodernism, but I think it is a powerful talk on which he discussed about the role of the architects in the process, as a team approach rather than authorship. He had to convince the library that a social role was equally…