An Artist of the Floating World

be 54 years old; a respective artist sitting comfortably in mid-career, perhaps forgotten, perhaps looking forward to a retrospective or two. Would he have developed his early style, or would he still be producing impulsive, volatile drawings and paintings he did in the 1980s? Who could predict? Basquiat dominated the New York art game in the early 1980s, however, in 1988, leaving more than 1,000 reputable paintings behind him, he overdosed on heroin. The young artist will never be more than 27.…

to inspire many generations of artists throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The appeal of illustrating birds of paradise would continue to inspire many generations of artists throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Around 1550, the great Swiss naturalists Conrad Gesner illustrated seven birds of paradise. Though it was natural history documentation at the time, the book nevertheless blurs the line between mythical real creatures known to the 16Th century world. Alongside easily identified…

Political cartoons are frequently made by artists to express their frustration with certain issues, politicians, and sometimes even the public as a whole. What initially appears to be a simply humorous cartoon is actually so much more. In these two cartoons, two completely unrelated issues are addressed: the Flint water crisis and global warming. Yet, both topics are discussed by displaying criticism that natural disasters are frequently disregarded until one’s career is at stake and even then,…

style led to the upcoming of many other great artists. Salvador Dali was born in 1904 in Spain and went to Paris in the 1920’s to begin painting alongside other great artists of his time such as Pablo Picasso. His time in Paris led to the beginning of his career in surreal art. Dali painted many famous works including The Persistence of Memory. Many of his works are landscapes with many imaginary animals and whimsical scenes not possible in the world outside of art. Dali was expelled from the…

that this epidemic was a sign of judgement in relation to the religions they worship. Others viewed this stigma as a curse and that revealing themselves would shame themselves for the rest of their lives. Masami Teraoka is a Japanese-born American artist who began to focus his works on the AIDS epidemic after a close friend’s baby contracted HIV. His artwork, Tale of 1000 Condoms/Geisha and Skeleton, was created in 1989 in the United States. The entirety of this piece of art is eleven by seven…

the United States due to his fear of the draft of the Imperial Russian Army of his sons. In the content of the discussion of abstract expressionism, although most of the scholars and professionals refer Mark Rothko as one of the representatives of artists in abstract expressionism, the painter himself denied his work is abstract.  The tone of ‘Dark’ It is not necessary for the so-called ‘dark paintings’ to be sombre. In the artwork produced by Mark Rothko, it demonstrate the fact that the…

and Michaelangelo. Each artist are influenced by the previous style period and have concepts that influence the following period. Firstly, in the early 1200s, the Proto-Renaissance shows the importance of religion through symbolism. Berlinghieri’s “St Francis Altarpiece” is important an important work of art because of the narrative seen in the background, St Francis is preaching to the birds and mountains; it shows that he is the first person to recognise the natural world as a gift from God.…

(1933-1945) served as the story that suffering artists needed to share with the world. As a German-Jewish artist who died in Auschwitz, Felix Nussbaum, said right before his death in 1944, “When I perish, do not allow my pictures to die with me. Show them to the people.” Though the Holocaust is one of the most tragic events in human history, it is incredibly important that the stories of the dead, and survivors alike, were shared through the power of artists. Those who suffered in the camps,…

learning new techniques in art which would become the norm for today. A lot of the impact was on the social classes, as artists started to become noticed, and recognised for the art they created. The points to discuss will be on ‘who’ to talk about. First, I’ll look at Hoitsu & Buncho from Edo as well as other influential artists. Next, the ‘what’. Such as the subjects that the artists focused on, such as: Nature, Pleasure, the Mountains and Sea, and Urban Life. The ‘why’, I’ll be looking at why…

photography story on the history of Jazz. He took portraits of Louis armstrong, Duke Ellington and Lester Young. Kane was most inspired by Louis Armstrong because he saw the artist as a pacesetter of the revolution of jazz and not just as an entertainer. For Armstrong’s portrait, Kane felt that it was absolutely necessary to fly the artist to Death Valley on a four seat Cessna plane so he can capture Armstrong’s lyrics in a song that he sang in 1929 through a…