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Designers of the 1960s that Redefined Fashion Barbara Hulanicki and Mary Quant were two of the most revolutionary and iconic fashion designers, forever changing today’s fashion. These women were both set on a goal, determined to change fashion- and the mark they left on the fashion world will never be forgotten. These women designed every piece of clothing by scratch, and made their clothes affordable and stylish to reach out to the younger crowds. Barbara Hulanicki and Mary Quant were some of…

Throughout time there have been many prominent painters which have shaped the world of human art as we know it. Painters which paint with perfection in mind, with the idea of painting what they see how it is, and then there are painters who paint not what they see, but how they see it. Two of the most famous painters in the latter category is the infamous Vincent van Gogh, and the Cubism creator, Pablo Picasso. These two painters shaped human art history as we know it, with their art work being…

Today we will be looking at two works of art from two very different periods of history. The first is the Statue of Memi and Sabu from the Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, credited to the Rogers Fund 1948. This statue originates from Egypt; probably from Memphite Region, Giza, and Western Cemetery ca. 2575 – 2465 B.C. The second work of art is the Statue of Gudea from the Neo-Sumerian period, ca. 2090 B.C. This piece is a stone-inscribed-sculpture credited to Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1959. This statue…

When I think about what I believe to be visual art I am usually drawn to pieces that make me have some sort of emotional response. This emotional response could be from the use of colors or the subject matter used in the work. For example, Van Gogh’s Corridor in the Asylum shows a long hallway with one figure standing in the back. This almost empty corridor brings to mind a sense of loneliness that Van Gogh might have been feeling during his time there. His use of muddy colors also gives the…

Manet in his late 30's in 1865. Just like the majority of Manet's other pieces, 'Women at the Races' was an impressionist piece. As well as this, it was an oil painting which was Manet's primary medium. This painting now resides in Cincinnati Art Museum which is Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States. Description This painting is based in Paris. It is aptly named as it pictures two women at the races. These women are dressed in extravagant blue…

Jamie Policky Jean Forst English 1002 21 October 2014 The Starry Night There are only so many series of unfortunate events that one can handle. Feeling alone or unimportant can lead to some very drastic decisions. Even the decision to take one’s own life. Anne Sexton shows just that in her poem The Starry Night. Reaching out to readers with profound meaning, the writer expresses battling thoughts of suicide as a lonely woman seeking to be accepted. The title comes from the famous painting…

Yesterday, Tuesday November 24th was my official first visit to LACMA. I had been there before, but outside the museum and I had taken art classes and none had require for me to attend LACMA, we always stayed local (Long Beach Museum of Art). I saw many paintings and art in general that caught my attention, but it all changed when I entered the 2nd floor of the Ahmanson Building. I had already seen imitations of this painting, but nothing can replace a masterpiece. Behold my eyes I had a…

Located in the west wing of the San Antonio Museum of Art, standing at 6 feet tall, is the statue of Egyptian goddess, Sekhmet. The statue, which is made from granodiorite dates back to the 18th dynasty (New Kingdom) circa 1390-1352 BC during the reign of Amenhotep lll (Art, San Antonio Museum of. "San Antonio Museum of Art - Sekhmet." San Antonio Museum of Art - Sekhmet. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2016). Many seated statues of Sekhmet were made for Amenhotep III’s funerary complex near Thebes.…

When looking at a sunset, we do not see it as a detailed, quantifiable object but rather as a being or a face that evokes various inexplicable emotions within us with its constantly changing and fluid expressions. It is difficult to understand how the varying hues of colour and light, the radiance of the sky and its transition into velvety darkness which softens the surrounding landscape, can induce such a surging up of emotion and how it has the power to alter our mood. Although every sunset is…

the sunflowers he was painting in his room-mates room before he moved in. He ended up painting three additional copies of the sunflower painting. Gogh’s work during his lifetime wasn’t as popular as it is today, however his artwork can be seen in museums across the world…