ARTISTS LOOK AHEAD Andy Warhol started to become successful in the late 40’s creating illustrations for Glamour magazines. By the early 60’s Warhol began to be known for his comic like painting of subjects derived from advertisements. Subjects like the Campbell soup can or Coca-Cola. Warhol was rather shy and always observed, he would carry a camera to capture objects or famous people. Later he would turn those photographs into silk screen prints and reproduce them as his iconic pop art canvases…
Museum/Gallery Paper I went and visited the Wichita Art Museum for this assignment. Going into this assignment I was apprehensive as it had been well over a decade since the last time I have ever been to a museum. From what i did recall I remember finding myself seeing pieces of art and not understanding how that is even considered art. I was, however, looking forward to seeing how my perspective had changed since becoming an adult and after reading the first several chapters of course now…
The piece of art that I would like to focus on is displayed in chapter five (pg.193) of our textbook. It is a piece titled “Horrid Massacre in Virginia,” referring to the events that occurred in Nat Turner Rebellion. Although the specific artist of the work is unknown, this illustration was presented in a book by Samuel Warner, titled, “Authentic and Impartial Narrative of the Tragical Scene Which Was Witnessed in Southampton County.” This book was written in 1831, which is the same year of Nat…
It is very important for historians to be cautious when they analyze primary sources. It is crucial to review the context carefully in order to try to discover the original meaning and theme of the source. I reviewed three images that were prominent to me and did my best to incorporate the context while analyzing the images. The first image is titled, “A cheife Herowans wife of Pomeoc, and her daughter of the age of 8 or 10 years." (Theodore de Bry's Engravings). This piece shows a glimpse into…
For my visit to the St. Louis Art Museum, I chose to view one of my favorite paintings that I have been admiring for years. Currently on view in Gallery 215, hangs the oil on canvas by Marc Chagall titled Temptation (The piece is also known as Adam and Eve). This painting is significant to the Surrealist movement, Jewish Artists, and to the popularity of Marc Chagall. Once you understand some of the details of the history of this work and its creator, that might not sound like such a grand…
The clip demonstrates that street art is an actual process, just as the steps took to complete fine art, and is more than just ¨hooligans¨ randomly painting on buildings with a spray can. For example, a general pattern shown throughout certain shots, cuts and sounds, is the method used to create street art, which involves more than one may think. To begin with, the entire clip is composed of jump cuts where the shots are abruptly cut. Each cut portrays a different scene tying into the general…
France (Edvard Munch Biography.). He started painting around 1880 and kept doing so until the day he died (Edvard Munch Biography.). “During his lifetime of work, he made one of the most significant and enduring contributions to the development of Modernism…
Though suprematism was a short lived movement in the art and design worlds, it’s leading theories and principles helped to shape what we see today. Beginning in 1913 and being heavily influenced by the avant-garde poets of the time, Suprematism revolves heavily around the “Zero Degree” of painting, in which artists would aim to push the medium they were using as far as they could, in order to emphasize the material itself rather than what it depicted. The movement’s founder, Kazimir Malevich,…
Mia Lindsey Intro to Art 100 Mod 2 Worksheet 2 Instructions: Compare and contrast art created as a social activity and as a singular creative act. Include artist image and proper citation. (Artists name, date, medium, current location if applicable.) • What are the differences? • Why are they important? • Do their functions ever overlap? How? Singular Creative Act: Still life painting: Adriaen Coorte’s Strawberries in a Wan Li Bowl: 1704 Oil Painting: Current location: Unknown Social Activity:…
Recently my grandparents came to visit me from Virginia, and when I said I needed to go the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum for my Art Appreciation class they were more than happy to take me. I don’t really go there that often, and my grandparents had never been. Even though I had gone a few times before, it was a new experience for the both of us. Downstairs they had some really awesome exhibitions and it was very difficult to pick two pieces to write about. After a thorough examination, I…