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from the Dada movement and abstract art are considered unconventional, straying from the stated norm of society’s interpretation of art. Mary Jane explains dada is “the appropriated images that counted…and not the way in which paint was put on the canvas”(). The art of abstract is contained in the form, not the subject matter. They are in opposition to each other in method, but unified in trying to be understood. All the concepts work together to help us in decide if a piece is art, and…

planned procedure was that I would do an acrylic base with an oil painting finish, but instead this painting ended up being simply acrylic. This was mostly due to the fact that I was working on unstretched canvas and I planned on stretching it…

Before this class I really didn’t give are much thought but now I have come to learn and appreciate that are is not only pretty pictures or statues. There are different reasons and uses for pieces of art, intended by the artist. Artists use many different colors, textures and techniques to reach their different audiences. Along with materials and objects, space and time period also influence art. No matter what the artist portrays, the audiences perceive it and appreciate it in different ways.…

Chuck Close Essay When it comes to a Chuck Close and one of his paintings you can barely tell the difference between it and a photograph. He is an artist who creates large photo realistic portraits using specially made tools and equipment because he has a blood clot in his spine. Chuck Close has had many obstacles in his life that he has had to overcome such as his many health issues and that inspires people to always look on the bright side. Chuck Close was born July 5th, 1940 in Monroe…

Caravaggio: Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610) more famously known as Caravaggio, was a revolutionary figure in European art. Diverging from the idealized figures of the High Renaissance, and the elongated and distorted proportions of Mannerism, Caravaggio invented his own unique style of painting that would later birth the Baroque. The three paintings, the Boy Bitten by a lizard (1593-1594), The Supper at Emmaus (1601), and Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist (1609-1610), demonstrate…

allow the individual to express themselves and how they affect their audience. Both painting and writing allow the artist or writer to express their individuality. In painting they express themselves through their artwork. Whether it is on a huge canvas or…

from ZACH MURDOCK, a local rancher. Through a mix-up, the antique store purchased his ninety-two-year-old grandmother’s beloved painting. GRAN believes the artwork has the power to transport a person to another time. Zach’s committed to returning the canvas to her by Christmas day. Hoping to patch up the sales blunder, Madison…

Inked Through out the pages of time, the second layer of human flesh became the first canvas for art. Today, this form of art is called tattoo. Just as a canvas is stroked by a paint brush, human skin is inked with a needle to create a permanent masterpiece. Loaded with as many meanings as there are global cultures, tattoos come in different sizes, shapes, styles, and designs. People wear tattoos like clothes that symbolize the runway of their life. Today tattoos are widely accepted across…

of what Dada was, artists clearly defined what Dada was not. Dada was not rational, yet this author believes that Dada shows a sense of rationality. Surrounding the irrational thought of the war’s insurmountable deaths, artists took to verse and canvas in order to create a lucid thought of anarchy. Prior to World War 1, visual artists Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali were part of the Futuristic movement, but post-war dystopia fueled the direction of their craft to an iconoclastic realm of…

the Nazi and Soviet Union invasion. She spent most of her life moving that some of her earlier artwork was either lost or damaged in the process. For a short period of time the polish artist painted series of large gouaches on paper, cardboard, and canvas. Shortly, Abakanowicz, began to draw inspiration through her life experiences, her sculptures held an uncertainty that encourage different exposition, speaking broadly to human experiences. One of Magdalena Abakanowicz quoted, “My gouaches…