Art movements

Reading Between the Art Art, in any shape or form, can be interpreted into text nowadays. Whether it’s a photograph, painting or a sculpture, people can form an elucidation from the work. Some artists use symbolism to make the audience think about the piece and try to find the meaning behind the work. Other artists, however, draw a direct representation of what they want their art to convey to the audience; in other words realism. Edward Hopper, artist of the painting “Automat (1927)”, is an…

The idea of the female, both in form and in psyche, has been debated as long as art has been produced. Two particular examples of artists and their representation of the female stand out and allow for a greater comparison: The Guerrilla Girls and Howard Chandler Christy’s ‘Christy’s Girls’. To a certain extent, both artists focus on the duality of women, however, The Guerilla Girls focus on the psyche and the actuality of the woman whereas ‘Christy’s Girls’ represented the form of the woman and…

photograph was taken by Fulvio Bonavia. It is explored at the Vanitas exhibition, Publics, Paris. Its dimensions are 25.6 by 14.4 inches. The photo is vanitas themed. We can see the skull, flowers, crow, book, dice, candle and the fruit. The hues in this art piece are mostly dark and cool, from the flat background to the table and most of the objects. The bright colors are arranged in the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right. On the left there is a flowers bouquet in a metal vase.…

Walter Murch, The legendary sound editotr, was born in 1943 in Manhattan, New York. He studied Liberal Arts at Johns Hopkins University but it was only when he went to and graduated from the University of Southern California film school when he met students like the likes of George Lucas, and both went on to become successful film directors and editors. Through innovative techniques and film making processes and collaboration with other successful directors, they came out with group projects…

Museum project While visiting The National Gallery of Art on Friday, March 30th. I viewed so many stunning works of art, but out of the pieces I had the chance to see that day. The three that caught my eye were Antoine Watteau’s Ceres (Summer) oil on canvas, c. 1717/ 1718, Jean Honoré Fragonard’s Diana and Endymion oil on canvas, c. 1753/1756, and finally François Boucher’s The Bath of Venus, 1751. These painting are not only connected by the same medium, They also contain similar themes of…

The San Diego Museum of Art has a fascinating and eclectic selection from around the globe. On my tour, a number of pieces caught my eye and really resonated with me. The Coney Island exhibit captured the ambience of America’s playground, bringing observers back to its heyday in the first half of the 20th century. Among the artwork, I took particular note of Wonderland Circus Sideshow, by Edward J. Kelty, owned by Ken Harck. This 1929 film photograph illustrates the bustling scene on the…

Human figures were used as the dominant subject matter in both paintings, however different approaches were taken in terms of the placement of the human forms and its relationship to the surrounding. Human figures are spread out evenly across the lower section in both of the paintings, a sense of massiveness is depicted in both paintings, Adrien achieved such effect with his choice All the ladies are portrayed with their hair tied back in a bun. Both paintings referenced the Renaissance…

memory being Simpson's main focus in her work is a reoccurring theme with many artist during the 80's. There was a shift in artmaking during the last 70s and early 80s due to the massive movements which happened in the 60s as a result of activist and the massive uprising for equality. 'Its conceptualism, feminism, story art, return of figure via performance, photographs, drawings as well as painting, and most critically, politics of the body, gender, race, of…

the Australian Curriculum, providing many significant factors relating to literacy. The subject area that will be discussed in this Essay will be on Year 3 Art, summarising the relation to the importance of literacy. The subject Art has many important factors relating to literacy, as outlined in The Arts Introduction (n.d) explains “The five arts subjects in the Australian Curriculum provide opportunities for students to learn how to create, design, represent, communicate and share their…

The Virtual Plaza: Exploring the emergence of the vaporwave genre and its relationship with glitch art and elevator music Matthew Rhodes, NM1013 During the last two decades, computer technology has made great advances in all respects, leading to the increased use of computers by artists. The emergence of digital art has led to developments of new genres in all areas of the arts, especially music. Electronic music producers now have the tools at hand to create music of any kind they please, and…