Art history

Ways of Seeing by John Berger talks about the way we see things and how it is affected by our knowledge and beliefs. The author talks about how we see art differently today than in the past. He mentions that it is due to the technology advancement. In the traditional method paintings are stationary where it can be placed on at one location where as using a camera a picture can be captured in any size or color and more importantly it can be viewed anywhere. For example, unlike in the past where a…

Southern California. Growing up, her extracurricular activities consisted of baton, ballet, toe, flamenco, drums, elocution, painting, viola, violin, acrobatics, shorthand, German, and French. Tharp graduated from Banard College with a degree in art history. After graduating, Tharp performed her first professional debut with Paul Taylor Company in 1963, having the role of crawling across that stage. Two years later, she founded her first company in which she had sustainment of various forms.…

painting that Manet referenced to was The Judgement of Paris by Raimondi. In Raimondi’s painting he depicts a skittish group of people from the Classical era letting Paris demolish into pieces. Manet uses this painting to tie together his pieces of art to show his true feelings on how Paris is…

History of Film Although, technically the history of film begins in Europe in the 1890’s with the first motion picture, every innovation in the art world from the beginning of time played a part in getting there. From cave drawings, to oil paintings, to photography, to stroboscopic toys; elements of film can be found in nearly every form of art. When the first motion picture was invented filmmakers were only able to make their films 50 seconds long, there was no camera movement, and no…

Memorial to James, First Earl Stanhope as Seen by a Novice Art is said to be in the eye of the beholder. That sentence forces the notion that anything can be considered art depending on the viewer’s belief as to what is artistic. Looking through most history books easily proves that with all the different forms art has taken throughout time. The trip to the Chrysler Museum makes the same point. Basking in the grand display of passion that many pieces radiated while they are displayed in the…

and art. Pilsen, The Heart of Chicago, is beautiful in and out. From the art located in almost every corner, to the kindest hearts that live in the people who live in Pilsen. Pilsen has many murals that have stories behind them. Stories about our ancestors' culture, traditions and history. Some murals also have messages that have to do with present day problems that many immigrants face. If you would like to know the stories behind each mural, you can go ahead and walk to the Mexican Art…

onto the white walls of the museum by movie star Katharine Hepburn. It read: “Isn’t it wonderful to have has such a great career, when you had no right to have a career at all?” The eye opening exhibition that recently ran at the Museum of Modern Art, “Making Faces: Images of Exploitation and Empowerment in Cinema”, provided museum goers with evidence that the hot topic of feminism has been a battle faced in the world of film for a long time. By looking at the exhibit through the lens of a…

symbols, decoration, and artistic expression just to name a few. They are also landmarks that help us remember the past and works of art that we can admire in the present. Today I will be exploring the similarities and differences between historic and modern sculptures, architectural features, and relief sculptures. Merriam-Webster defines sculpture as, “a piece of art that is made by carving or molding clay, stone, metal, etc.”. This style of artwork has been used for thousands of…

The Rhizome Art Piece These artists collaborated and challenged their viewers to recognized nature. Everything in the world deserves to be recognized. Nature is one of the amazing elements God created and put on our planet, in this generation its hard to recognize nature when everything surrounding us has been replaced or distorted, now the world looks to be man made. In this collaboration piece Johanna Paas and Mariah Doren work together and combine their talents into a piece of art that stands…

of the Romans? The Roman wall paintings depicted many different things depending on the style of the painting (Kleiner, 2012). The first style of wall paintings within Roman art had purposes that were meant to replicate the marble walls of Kings (Kleiner, 2012). In the second style of wall paintings, the Romans utilized art to create three-dimensional scenes on the wall (Kleiner, 2012). The second style portrayed an alternate reality most commonly religious or illustrated stories. The brawl in…