Geometric Art

French scholar and art critic Souren Melikian criticizes the concept of an all-encompassing notion of Islamic art, stating that a European equivalent wouldn’t exist in both the museum and academia (Melikian, 2004). Indeed it would be frowned upon to be a specialist in “Western art” ranging from Greek antiquity to Futurism, yet this case for an “Islamic art” specialist. It is perfectly acceptable to demand from a scholar in “Islamic art” to know about early Islamic Abbasid architecture, and late…

Modernism is a broad term which refers to the graphic design style which lasted from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. The Great Depression, World War II, and the Korean War all occurred during this time. Also, color TV was introduced and Disneyland was opened in California. The two main genres of modernism were Swiss Design and the Bauhaus movement. Swiss Design focused on cleanliness and readability while the Bauhaus sought to unite creativity and manufacturing in order to emphasize…

to make Islamic art. Islamic art is generally known as art that is presented where Islam is most prominent, this includes areas such as modern day Spain and India. Much of the artwork from either religion is very important to those who follow the religion and to those who are enthusiastic about art. Islamic artwork however, is not based on certain eras or events but instead of the place where it was created as well as the emperor that was in charge at the time. Islamic art differs…

photograph was taken by Fulvio Bonavia. It is explored at the Vanitas exhibition, Publics, Paris. Its dimensions are 25.6 by 14.4 inches. The photo is vanitas themed. We can see the skull, flowers, crow, book, dice, candle and the fruit. The hues in this art piece are mostly dark and cool, from the flat background to the table and most of the objects. The bright colors are arranged in the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right. On the left there is a flowers bouquet in a metal vase.…

The piece was created in New York in 1919. The painting was created by using oil paint on a canvas. There was no texture added, so the piece seems to be quite smooth. The canvas is 35 x 29 inches. It is displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The artist painted an abstract piece, and it does not contain a straightforward or well known subject. There are a variety of curved lines that create oval-like shapes that originate from the bottom right corner of the canvas. Your eyes tend to…

the viewers vision. Cataract 3 is a 88.5 x 87.5 inches which is approximately the size of a double glass sliding door. Riley was widely know for painting in black and white until 1967, the year Cataract 3 was created. This piece is considered Op Art because it creates an optical sensation of movement through the manipulation and reposition of lines. Riley uses both horizontal and diagonal curved lines with different scales. The lines widen and close throughout the canvas to create the…

into works of art. Surrealism, on the other hand, focuses on how “Criminal Madness” and the female mind are considered weaker and irrational than the male mind. Their primary purpose was to free the conscious mind from rational thinking and reason. 5) How are the characteristics of futurism shown in the works of Boccioni? The characteristics of futurism are shown in the works of Umberto Boccioni by exhibiting violent societal change and ideology of dynamism. He also derived his geometric forms…

of Earth’s long history, art has consistently reflected the cultural values along with the social structures of many civilizations. Ancient art serves as a useful tool that guides historians to analyze the important aspects of ancient culture. From art, there are many things we can determine, like the basic morals and philosophical beliefs that were a part of numerous ancient societies around the world. There is an enormous distinction in the purpose of Greek and Roman art, for example, it shows…

movement by analysing Wright’s work in detail with reference to modernism and other movements. The movement of modernism follows the ideology that the traditional style of creating art, architecture and literature was becoming old fashioned so a new and experimental approach was taken to allow the different forms of art to be compatible with the changes in the world being more industrialised. This movement was a key paradigm shift of the twentieth century due to it being perceived as a rebellion…

Toronto, Canada onNovember 15, 1923. Her talent rose at age of six when her father gave her weekly drawing assignments. She was a student at the Museum of Modern Art and learned to draw from the nude model at age 14, when she attended Federal Art Project classes. She received both her undergraduate (1945) and graduate (1946, 1949) degrees in art from the University of Iowa, where she studied printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky. While at the university, Schapiro met and married the artist Paul…