Body art

surrealism. The Guernica is complicated to decipher, as the images overlap and body parts of other figures are scattered within the images. (Cubism) A fundamental principle of cubism, created by Pablo Picasso, is the use of two dimensional imaging broken down into smaller segments. The objects are reassembled utilizing shapes that outline the composition of the image. Guernica is composed entirely of segmented body images that overlap and infuse themselves to portray the desired image. …

lists, and sketches of many accurate studies of the human body such as a fetus and a human skeleton. Da Vinci was an incredible Renaissance man who became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, he was interested in carpentry, leather arts, metalworking, sculpting, and drawing with many diverse interests. He asked questions about dimensionality, color, lighting, viewpoints, anatomy, architecture, and engineering always treating science and art as interchangeable subjects. Leonardo da Vinci created…

Anatomy, photography, art, drama, and chemistry are all courses that can help one understand how makeup works in lighting, and how makeup works on skin in general. Taking any kind of esthetics classes can help improve an aspiring artist’s knowledge on skin care and the importance of health (Careers in Cosmetology). As far as furthering an education, if an artist works for a company, they may have a degree from a school designed for learning the art of makeup. If an artist owns their…

September 11, 1946. Her father ran a family gas station, as well as garage.. Her mother, Dorothy, was a nurse. At the age of three Skoglund became ill with the disease polio, a virus that destroys nerve passages between the brain and muscles of the body. The disease paralyzed her left shoulder and weakened her left arm so much that she had to begin using her right hand, rather than her left hand. When she was eight, her father began working for Shell Oil Company. Every time he was promoted, the…

some of the words people describing Jean-Michel Basquiat. A young man from the streets of New York who had big dreams and hopes to make changes with in our society using his beautiful and meaningful art. Today I will be examining the painting that is untitled but know as The Head or Scull this piece of art is graffiti style paint with significant meaning to it. It is a painting put together with multiple different pieces working to bring the painting together. Basquiat lived a short life and a…

Art Paper During my visit to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, two unique and fascinating artworks by Judith Lowry caught my attention. The first artwork is called Welgatim’s song. Welgatim’s song is an acrylic on canvas painting that was created in 2001. The second painting by Lowry is called Marine Phoenix. Like Welgatim’s song, this painting is also an acrylic on canvas, but it was created in the year of 1999. Both paintings include the Native American heritage, but what separates them…

hundreds flooding art museums in numerous cities, and people gathered in music halls all over the United States listening to performers at a concert, praising the musicians and artists for their talents. The fine arts industry generates around $300 billion dollars a year (National Assembly of State Arts Agency). The debate of whether or not fine arts should be taught in schools across the United States continues to go against fine arts education. Every year the budget for fine arts seems to…

ART Comparative Essay: Aristotle wrote, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Behind every physical piece of artwork comes a deeper significance. Whether it may be an unearthed, individual perspective or a political discussion, art has no boundaries in which expression is limited. Artists often manipulate media and technology to express their own relationships with their environments as a result of their individual context, where in…

and has witnessed amazing architecture and art in Europe which had influenced his perspective of the world, and his distinctive and energetic painting style. He became interested in Australia’s beautiful landscapes and dedicated a whole collection of his abstract artworks to Australia’s identity. Dickerson was a child of the Great Depression era. His past experiences during this devastating time influenced his perspective of the world around him and his art style of dark and melancholy portraits…

The process of describing a piece of art through an analytical context requires that you focus on one aspect of the piece at a time. These categories from which you can describe the piece of art are line, shape, color, texture, and composition. The piece figure of a woman from around 3500 BCE can be presented and taken apart piece by piece to show it to the reader. First is the use of line within the piece. The figure is that of a woman who is relatively thin but has large curving hips that are…