Denver Art Museum

Alanna Croysdale Mrs. Werner IB Lang and Lit SL I 15 September 2017 AZEK deck ad This print ad views a deck in the shape of a painter’s pallet from the top. It has colorful flowers placed around the edges of the deck and two people cooking a healthy, delicious looking meal in the center. It’s set on a field of perfect dark green grass and the lighting is focused on the deck. A short message, in white and gold, below the deck states “Create an enduring masterpiece”. At the bottom of the ad in a…

struggling financially. He worked at his Uncle’s art dealership. By this time, van Gogh was fluent in French, German, English, and his native Dutch. In 1873, van Gogh worked at the Groupil Gallery in London. He fell in love with Eugenie Loyer. Van Gogh suffered a breakdown when she rejected his marriage proposal. He devoted his life to God and threw away all of his books except for the Bible. He became angry and told customers not to buy the "worthless art". He was eventually fired. In the…

Introduction This week digital field trip was a review of the artist Vincent Van Gogh. The painting of choice that was inspiring by Van Gogh is called The Starry Night painted in 1889. Content Vincent van Gogh painted Starry Night in 1889 during his stay at the asylum and used vivid colors for expression. Vincent painted this oil painting in France where it’s “plagued in the winter months by the mistral, strong winds that blow day after day out of the Alps down the Rhone River valley. The…

artist while he did not have the money to afford models to paint his portraits of. Van Gogh was a very poor man living in Paris trying to develop himself as an artist, when he first began to paint he used peasants as models. After this stage of his art, he began to experiment with his use of color in painting landscapes and flowers because he could not afford to pay models. The fragileness of Van Gogh's life was told by his stark contrasts of color on canvas and his restless strokes with his…

Van Gogh used all of the elements of art in “Starry Night”, but some call more attention to themselves than others. Line, for example is a prominent feature in this piece. Form, however must be searched for. See it? It’s hidden in the small houses tucked away under the night sky. I notice that color also dominates this piece, with strokes of blue littering the scene, with a beautiful contrast of yellow to represent stars. I see many organic shapes with the dark figure of the cypress tree, and…

Picasso was traditionally trained by his father, José Ruiz y Blasco, a Spanish painter. A child prodigy that made a name for himself by departing from his traditional training and creating works of art that revolutionized the art world. Picasso’s most famous painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, broke from the traditional style of the time. The balance of classical paintings can be seen with balance with five figures represented—one in the center of the painting, flanked by two figures on each…

He caught the ball with eight seconds left in the game. A defender ran towards him, one hand in the air to try to block the shot. As he jumped up, the entire crowd held their breaths. Everything was moving in slow motion; his arm extended and the ball spun out of his hand, gliding up into an arc headed towards the hoop. As the ball neared its highest point, the shot clock went off, and the shrill buzzer pierced through the silence. Everyone in that arena was focused on one thing: the basketball,…

Oh, say can you see the inequality in America? Recent events have sparked controversy, questioning if the National Anthem represents all American individuals, and if not, why we play it at all our sporting events. The National Anthem is a longstanding tradition at sporting events; however, it fails to represent the majority of Americans and serves as a symbol of civil inequality. Therefore, the National Anthem should no longer be a part of sporting events, as well as undergo revisions to meet…

hedonistic. Considered one of the lowest types of art by the French Academy, Still Life with a Bottle of Rum, Shoes, and Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill are three still paintings that have managed to rise above the typical wave that have been produced by artists of varying skills for centuries. Though looking at each alone does not truly illuminate the reasoning…

The Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix Public Library, and the Phoenix Art Museum have key characteristics that represent the landscape as well as their functionality. It can be said that the design of these buildings are similar and at the same time completely different in the way that they represent the landscape. The Instrument museum was designed by Rich Varda, an award-winning architect. The construction began on February 2008 and the museum opened its doors in April 2010. The Phoenix…