Art Institute of Chicago

Halloween approaches, we are all indulging in our love of all things spooky. Ghosts, spirits, monsters, and—this year particularly—clowns have all been filling our minds lately. For our third dispatch, I was looking for something different to the Art Institute or the Shedd Aquarium. The idea of looking at haunted hotels first appealed to me because of the location of them. The Congress is what I stare at while I sleep. If something grotesque happened that close to where I lived, of course I…

in the modern arts. His ability of to change and adapt to new trends in his time and even create new styles, made him one of the most famous artist of the 20th century. The influence of his work of art is every where, when you know how to find it. Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, where now there is a museum in his honor located in “Palacio de Buena Vista”, a beautiful palace from the 16th century (www.red2000.com/spain). He was born with a natural talent for arts and he…

Frank Lloyd Wright is widely considered as one of the greatest architects in the history of the world and the “greatest modern architect in American history” according to the American Institute of Architects. The quote above just shows how much he thought architecture could change the world and how he wanted people to see his architecture. Wright was not only an American architect, he was also an interior designer, writer and educator. He designed over 1000 structures of which 532 were built,…

Wright and his Architectures In art, the artist’s personal experience matter because it would reflect on one’s ideas and reflect on one’s work. Knowing Frank Lloyd Wright’s prior design, and idea he hold on to, could help better understanding the Fallingwater. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in a small town in Wisconsin, and developed early idea of architecture with toy building blocks that have geometrical shapes when he was a little. He was trained in the Chicago style,but later open his own,…

History of Art During my visit at Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, I came across several modern and contemporary artists. At the time of my visit the museum displayed different pieces created by women artists, they called this, “You Go Girl!” exhibit. While viewing these works I viewed different artists with different pieces but similar themes. Each artist used their art to convey issues or their feelings using different techniques. One artist was Georgia O’Keeffe. Georgia…

his career. Also, this paper will include an art critic reviews of his artworks. This paper…

Researching these photographers’ was hard to pick from until I researched Gordon Parks. There are many reasons why I chose this artist. One because he documented Civil rights movement, did not know of any African American photographers, and his photos were raw. Parks expressed “ the crusade for civil rights with images of demonstrations, brutalities, and racial inequalities. Park’s approach was entirely different, serving a crucial documentation in a prosaic yet profound way. His photographs…

Walt Disney proved that through dedication, hard work, and determination any goal can be accomplished, no matter the struggle or setback. Walt Disney experienced failure after failure throughout his life, yet he did not let that stop him. Disney’s vision to expand the animation industry, as well as the entertainment industry as a whole, remained steady, even throughout all of the failure that he endured. Disney realized early on that there are more important things in a business than just money,…

goal is to own all properties, be the wealthiest player and leave every other player in bankrupt. What you didn’t know is that this is based on real life. This was how business were handled back in the day. Robber barons were the ones who followed the arts of the monopoly. Which led them to be extremely wealthy business leaders who managed to earn their money not by how hard they worked but by their dishonest methods. One of the robber barons that were the most recognized was John D.…

Gropius, a German architect. The Bauhaus school was created to combine the arts and crafts, technology and architecture disciplines to reach a common goal to unify creativity and the manufacturing objects, building and art. Walter Gropius decided to combine two of his schools, the Weimar Academy of Arts and the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts, into what he called the Bauhaus. He believed that by training the students in both fine art and design he would produce new artisans and designers who…