Brooklyn Museum

People can sometimes feel welcome with open arms in a crowd full of perfect strangers. being around strangers can bring warmth to the room and comfort to a worried mind while not truly knowing anyone. Another person in the room may feel the complete opposite because they are unable to connect with new people easily. In a painting by Rob Gonsalves, the viewer is shown the difference between being lonely and being alone. This beautiful experience of the painting begins by pulling your eyes toward…

In the middle of Manhattan in New York City – the land of opportunity, I walked into the St Patricks Cathederal. When I entered I felt serienty. It felt amazing to leave the chaos of the city behind e and enjoy some peace in this truly amazing church. I was able to sit back on the pew and enjoy some peace and just reflect back on life. As I was there, I noticed that beautiful stained glass windows, the light reflecting through them became more vivid. It seemed to fill me with warmth and a…

Raphael's The Alba Madonna depicts a variety of warm and cool colors throughout the painting. The blues and whites of the sky and river shows a deep contrast in temperature when comparing the warm pinks and oranges on the woman's dress. As Raphael started on the background, he outlined the mountain tops with light brush strokes and demonstrated the tactic of atmospheric perspective. When Raphael reached the top portion of his painting, the tint of the blue hues became lighter. As the viewer can…

The essay written by S.I. Hayakawa “What It Means to Be Creative” went over many aspects that are seen in Van Gogh. Van Gogh was a famous painter from about 1888 to current, seeing as his paintings are still sought after to this very day. He was also famous for cutting off his own ear. Through his letters to his brother Theo he has given us a look into his life, in addition we see the pain and suffering, as well as the joy he went through from day to day. In the Hayakawa essay he named numerous…

Observing the displayed works of art within the Herb Ritts photography gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Massachusetts, one might take notice of inkjet-based printed photograph of a dark lonely night over a barren sandy landscape in New Mexico saturated in blue. This is because in the bottom center of the picture, there is a coiled and illuminated “hose-like” boalum lamp which is large and up-close, and this provides such a sharp visual contrast to everything in the environment…

The painting conveys how the crazy storm is approaching towards the nearby land. From this, people near the shore are running away. They are telling other people to watch out and run away from those big waves. People that are laying on top of the rocks were trying to be safe from the waves. Furthermore, it looks like towards the smaller rocks people were swept from the waves to the land. They are trying to catch their breaths and other people are dragging them away from the shore. On top of that…

Jackson Pollock was born in Wyoming, passed and most of his childhood in Arizona and his nomadic youth in California. The work of Pollock is very different from the improvisation and spontaneity of Abstract Expressionism was painting in which evocative fields of color hinted instead he made the physical act of painting and pour technique. Pollock transformed his interest in dynamic rhythms into a free, abstract style that had him working with his whole body in swirling gesture as he poured or…

Art is an expression of human creativity and imagination, primarily in a visual form allowing the emotional power and beauty in all artwork from paintings to sculptures to be viewed. Art has been around since about 32,000-30,000 BCE. Around this period the emerging of cave paintings were discovered in places like Lascausx, France. Art has taught us to understand the history of humanity through the prehistoric period depictions of huge mammoths to todays contemporary abstractions, artist have…

The formal analysis of an artwork is important when organizing visual information. It is the techniques used to help decipher what is seen into written words. The concepts of formal analysis can be used with any work of art, no matter the time-period, whether it be a painting, sculpture, or building. The Formal Elements, together, make up an artwork. The elements are shape, tone, line, form, pattern, texture, color, and composition. The way they are arranged in an art piece, governs what the…

Iris is a documentary film made by Albert maysles on the story an ageless woman that dress flamboyantly; the documentary is more than a fashion and a design icon. These films talks more about creativity represent a singular woman whose life has passion for fashion and art. Iris is one of the world best known fashion design innovator and educators which worked for woman’s wear daily before she now opening her interior design business, she also a celebrity that people recognize her in magazine as…