German art

and reading, but learned to speak Italian, French, and German. His mother was an amateur artist and encouraged him to paint with her and after seeing the skill and ability he had his parents enrolled him in his first-documented formal art training at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence. In spring of 1874 his father sent John to Paris, which had become the world’s most powerful magnet for art students, to help nourish is learning of the arts and, after his education, Sargent traveled…

The limestone painted bust of Nefertiti and was created in the 18th Dynasty between 1353-1335 BCE and was found in the workshop of sculptor, Thutmose. It was discovered in Amarna, Egypt in 1912 by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt. Many art historians believe the bust to be a 3D sketch or model that may have been for other representations of Nefertiti, a closer inspection of the bust had revealed that the bust was not just painted limestone, but limestone that is covered in a…

The America modernist are also significant for the late art that they influenced. (Spam, 2016) Subject and Styles Joseph Stella was an immigrant to America as an artist he had a figurative art style when he painted his portraits. He was very enthusiastic and passionate about the profiles and shapes or designs of the buildings that he painted in Metropolis. Joseph Stella moved from one art style to the next for example he went from realism…

Street Art Versus Museums: The Role of Context in Exhibition The concept of integrating urban life and art has come to play a central role in a movement of artists for whom the city walls act as the canvas to their limitless imaginations. These artists practice street art - the creation of unsanctioned visual art in a public space outside the context of traditional art venues. Since the birth of this art form during the late 1960s in New York, these artists have often been in dissonance with…

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German. Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural…

Familiar with the German principle of Gestalt, Morris created his minimalist sculptures mainly focusing on visual relationships. As Arnason wrote, “to ascribe Gestalt to an artwork is to recognize its possession of meaningful, compelling form” (516). In 1967, Morris created…

In Kevin Starr’s article, “An Imagined Place: Art and Life on the Coast of Dream”, he lists the arts that contribute to the perception of California as a place of promise. He captures the promise of California by giving specific examples from each of the arts and how they contribute to the creation of this promise. Of these arts however, photography and outdoors/sports are the best for exploring the connection between promise and the arts. The utilization of photography and the outdoors as an…

debate whether the food should be viewed as art or not. The author Susan Smillie begins her article with a brief introduction of a piece of news which involves a wonder chef, Ferran Adria. The chef was invited to Documenta, the five-yearly German art show by the festivals director Roger Buergel as one of only two Spaniards. Then the debate was raised that whether Ferran Adria should be invited or not and even whether the food could be viewed as a kind of art or not. The author puts out her own…

mildly, I am a dance music fanatic. I perform regularly in Exeter as a DJ and when sifting through my record collection, I came across a record that really speaks to me personally, and in many ways, has a universal allure. The record was released on a German record label named Innervisions, and is called Acamar, written by a duo called Frankey and Sandrino. The record is presented in a black inner sleeve with a fantastic artwork print, information sheet and elegant outer sleeve. To many, it is…

Twyla Tharp was born in 1941 and grew up in Southern California. Growing up, her extracurricular activities consisted of baton, ballet, toe, flamenco, drums, elocution, painting, viola, violin, acrobatics, shorthand, German, and French. Tharp graduated from Banard College with a degree in art history. After graduating, Tharp performed her first professional debut with Paul Taylor Company in 1963, having the role of crawling across that stage. Two years later, she founded her first company in…