Geometric Art

evolution, the first thing that comes to mind is the abstract theory introduced by Charles Darwin, alike his theory the human form interpreted in art began as an abstract representation, however Greek sculpture embraced a naturalistic human form through the evolution of its art. Greek sculpture evolved through seven different artistic periods: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Early Classical, High Classical, Late Classical, and Hellenistic periods. Detailed progress is demonstrated in New York…

Shapes and Patterns Standards: SOL 1.4 The student will create art work inspired by stories or poems, ideas, and themes. SOL 1.5 The student will create art from real and imaginary sources of inspiration. SOL 1.7 The student will identify and use the following in works of art: c) shape- geometric, organic d) pattern- alternating, repeating Taken from the VA First Grade Curriculum Framework found at:…

Over Thanksgiving break I went with my family to the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art which is located at Johnson County Community College. The Nerman Museum has a variety of pieces created from different mediums including: clay, painting, photography, sculpture and drawing to name a few. I spent most of my time looking at an exhibit the museum has through March of 2017, called “Domestic Seen.” While many of the pieces included in this exhibit are very simple, they are meant convey perceptions…

Portinari Altarpiece Hugo van der Goes is credited with uniting the scholarly dexterity of Jan van Eyck and the sensitive feelings of Rogier van der Weyden, creating his own style of art. In Ghent, Hugo was the dean of the painters’ guild. An artisan guild was organized by occupation and exerted quality control of its members and administered education with an apprenticeship system. It was a master-apprentice system, where apprentices commonly finished the smaller details on a piece of work…

The ancient greeks became known for their perfection in art During the classical era they developed their own style that historians would later call the Severe Style The greeks from the Archaic Period made sculptures of men called Kouroi and women called Korai These statues had similar features and stood stiffly with their arms at their sides During the classical period, greek artist began to sculpt people in more relaxed postures and even in action scenes The most famous works from this era…

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential Spanish artist of the twentieth century. Picasso was so great at what he did that his art work, still lives on today and influences artist all around the world. Even though, Picasso was best known for his great paintings and sculptures, he also was one of the people that created one of the art movements known as cubism. Picasso painted people and events in his life. He was good for showing diversity in his paintings. At a young age many people knew…

Lorenzo and the most annoying part about this all is that it is not the Lorenzo that comes to all of our minds at first it is his cousin Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco. The art piece itself represents the renaissance in many ways, the use of perspective, the nature used as the background, and realistic people all throughout the painting. The art piece has a lot of inner messages making it much more interesting. For me when I found out the hidden messages throughout the painting it made me feel part of…

Baptiste 1 Lamarre Baptiste Dr. Fleming Art 1301 4 Dec. 2016 Art 1301 Sculpture are very unique and skilled artist, which can be dated back as far as 800 BCE. To be a sculpture their vision and precision to detail has to be fine. Many sculptures would use similar copies of what they wanted to sculpt others would go of an idea and start to sculpt. An example of precision was Augustus of Prima Porta, was sculpted in 20 B.C the sculptor is not known, but it was found in villa of Livia in Prima…

visit to an art museum because it is incredible to see so many different types of artwork. A person simply can not get everything out of a piece of artwork by simply look at their phone. There are many important visual and design elements that are incorporated to this piece of artwork. Each of them have a specific role on what they achieve to the viewer. The subject matter of The Bedroom is that Van Gogh wanted to create a scene of a bedroom. Van Gogh created this representational art to show…

This week I am going to research the artworks and the major changes that took place during the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and early civilizations of Mesopotamia periods. I will be answering the following questions on the way: •How did the subjects of art change? •What were the primary styles used? •Why were certain styles used? •Describe the changes in form and composition. •How did the materials and technique change? Paleolithic Artworks In my research of the Paleolithic period…