Canvas

Pablo Picasso once said that "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." I find this to be accurate when it comes to considering the arts and the importance of it within our lives. Speaking of fine arts, what is it? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the words, ‘Fine-Arts’ as: “a type of art (such as a painting, sculpture, or music) that is done to create beautiful things.” We see and appreciate Fine Arts in just about every part of our day-to-day lives, whether it be in watching…

second times visit this museum. I see a lot of same artworks that I saw them when I came first time, but this time I feel I know more about the artworks now. I knew each of the artworks have different theme, subject and meaning. This is oil on canvas painting called Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas made by artist Albert Bierstadt during 1870. This panting’s color schemes is polychromatic. It contains different hues such as green, yellow, and blue. Those hues that used on the painting…

Sculptures are 3 dimentional and are often textured; in the case of Willendorf, the surface of limestone creates a roughness. Oil on canvas might have a bit of texture, nevertheless, it is a flat surface. In May Evening, the artist employs optical illusion to achieve the 3rd dimention effect. Second, Willendorf is from the Stone Age compared to the painting which was completed in the…

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. –Niels Bohr (Bohr n.d.) Who would have thought that technology could advance so heavily, in just 21 years? There were different means of technology in both wars, and all of them advanced from World War I to World War II. One of them was aerial warfare, as it became faster and more durable in World War II compared to World War I. Another was war at…

should have a strong focus on the basic structure presented in each artwork rather than just reproducing an illusionistic copy of what reality is perceived to be. This structure should have a clear focus on color, line, support, and the flatness of the canvas, and it should try to avoid details that would add detail to the…

interesting part of the book. When Nailer talks about how he would love to have one. I think having one would be pretty cool. Having a big ship to that you can say is yours is just awesome. The Clipper ship is a long narrow wooden vessel with lofty canvas sails, reigned as the world’s fastest oceangoing ships from about 1843 to 1868. To make my project everything I used on it was stuff that I could reuse. Recycling is an important thing to do, so I think. You should recycle all of you pop cans,…

Before Frederick Turner’s essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, the section begins with how influential the essay is and a bit of history about it. It continues by commenting how Turner may not be looked at as much of a historian anymore, but his work it still important. The rest of the passage is the essay. It starts with how different the European Frontier was from the American one, it is a vast open expanse where few people live, and Indian tribes dot the landscape.…

The Bashi-Bazouk painting illustrates one of the Ottoman Empire soldiers represented by a model. The painting illustrates a black Turkish man wearing a dress with a turban, and also carrying objects that can be described as a musical instrument and a weapon. The author painted his model taking into consideration every detail of the setting. For example, the exquisite embroidery of the soldier’s sleeves on his dress and also the sheen of the ivory of his musical instruments. Moreover, it can be…

The casta paintings provide the best evidence to represent the melting pot of human cultures in the Americas during the early days of settlement. The 15th panel in the 1763 Caste Painting Series by Miguel Cabrera; De Mestizo y d 'India is an oil on canvas painting which depicts a mixed race family; a Mestizo man, an Indian woman and their two children, whom the caste system labels as “Coyotes”. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Spanish word “mestizo” refers to a man of European and…

Even though tattoos have a long history in many countries and races of people, they have not always been accepted in America. Most people associated early tattoos with freak shows, sailors, prisoners, biker gangs or outsiders that didn’t care about fitting in with mainstream society. Today, it’s common to see people of all races, gender and ages wearing one or more tattoos. There are many types and each type represents something unique about the individual or why they chose it. Tattoos are a…