Modern portfolio theory

Pop Art is an art movement that started in Britain in the 1950's and came to America in the late 1950's. Pop art is a style of art that enhances objects and figures by using bright colors to extenuate the focus points in the piece. There were many great artist's in this era such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol is famously known for painting the Campbell's Soup can but he didn't stop there, he created some of the most famous pieces of pop art today. Andy Warhol was born in…

My aesthetic experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and the art work with the biggest emotional reflection on me was, “Dance at Bougival” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883). This piece is often noted as “one of the museum’s most beloved works.” The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, just outside of Paris, was a popular spot of recreational activities for city dwellers. The Impressionist painters would often visit these areas, seeking inspiration for their paintings. Renoir, utilizes fierce color…

Company in 1963, having the role of crawling across that stage. Two years later, she founded her first company in which she had sustainment of various forms. Since then, Tharp has created over 70 works of her own company, various other ballet and modern companies, as well as Broadway shows. In our class discussion on Wednesday the 11th, we discussed a few topics…

men, women, and men and women. After the circle breaks into two parts and exits the stage there is four very proper and mannerly duets. When the duets finish the circle begins again, but this time the movements are less careful and reflect more of a modern technique, but only slightly. This idea intensifies through the end of this circle portion and the next set of duets, but when the dancers return to the circle for a final time the moves become just as controlled as in the beginning. In the…

dancers that they lived in different times with Wigman having the peak of her career in the early 40s while Pina was active up to the close of the 20th century and even in the beginning of the 21sst century. The differences create Pina as an image of a modern dancer who found the stage well set without much hindrance. On the other hand, Wigman was among the pioneers who were responsible for setting the stage. It follows that Pina’s dance is based on experience learnt from others and overcoming…

During her seven decade long career, her modern dance and choreographies gathered the fame that is today. Martha Graham’s impact on dance was staggering and often compared to that of Picasso’s on painting, Stravinsky’s on music, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture. Her contributions transformed…

No Expression Vs Outwardly Expressed When you hear the words Baroque and Neoclassical, what comes to mind? If you thought of the words flamboyant vs. simplicity, then you are well on your way to understanding the two styles of art that will be discussed in this paper. Baroque style was known for the realness and emotional ties that go with every painting or sculpture that is made with that style. Meanwhile, Neoclassical style is more on historical viewpoint with a decorative way. The painting,…

“Romeo and Juliet” Reposition Dance Analysis The classic play of Romeo and Juliet inspired choreographers to remake its originality from social changes. Inspiration of dances develops to represent its personal narrative through ballet, jazz, and hip hop, have performed to retell this story in each background of generations and society perspective. The classic english play by Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” is known for its romantic originality as it have been choreographs and reposition through…

ballets. The two performances seem seem to imply some sort of romance going on with the duo dancing in each. Both dances imploy music that fits the style they’re going for Spartacus with an orchestra and In the Middle Somewhat Elevated using a more modern piece. This however, is were the similarities seem to end since both ballets are going for extremely different styles. The ballets each have completely different tones from one and other Spartacus has a somber tone and…

I chose to write a compare and contrast for my final on Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” during the period of Venetian Renaissance and Romantic artist Francisco Goya’s “The Nude Maja”. My major is fashion design, so I was drawn to write about these works of art because these two paintings depicted both females’ sensuality which is probably the most popular subject matter in the western art history for centuries. These two works are particularly important because the “Venus of Urbino” is most often…