Museums of American art

Art is an expression of human creativity and imagination, primarily in a visual form allowing the emotional power and beauty in all artwork from paintings to sculptures to be viewed. Art has been around since about 32,000-30,000 BCE. Around this period the emerging of cave paintings were discovered in places like Lascausx, France. Art has taught us to understand the history of humanity through the prehistoric period depictions of huge mammoths to todays contemporary abstractions, artist have…

which served to embody the idea of unity and relationships. Thomas Hart Benton’s Romance (c. 1931-32), Jerry Bywaters’ Oil Field Girls (c. 1940) and Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s Waitress from the Sparhawk (c. 1924-25)--which are all displayed all the Blanton Museum of Art--explore a sense of duality that exists between a human relationship. Through individual artistic methods and aesthetic approaches, each artist establishes particular sets of ideologies in their paintings. By analyzing each of their…

In this paper, American artist Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World” will be discussed and analyzed in an attempt to understand the meaning behind his artwork. Christina’s World features the back of a young woman laying in the fields, staring out at a building in the distance.The painting was initially displayed at the Macbeth Gallery, located in Manhattan after its completion in 1948, but had yet to receive attention from people around the world. The painting became more well-known after…

Whitney Museum? Was the first thought in my head when I first heard about the extra credit opportunity announced in class. When I was a child, I thought it was a Museum pertaining to Whitney Houston, but that was not the case. I heard people talk about it, but I could never pinpoint where it was. It was not until last week that I would have the opportunity to enter the Museum for $1. Going to the Whitney Museum last week, has sparked an interest in going to Museums and I am glad that I went.…

Art is based on influences and creative works, having the ability to visualize outside influences while manipulating them in the artist’s own imagination is truly stunning. Henri Matisse along with Pablo Picasso are few of many that could use that outside “influence” and depict it in a beautiful and subtle way. African sculptures and tribal masks caused a vast effect on both artists, and so each artist adopted the use of this non-Western art form in different ways. African art was introduced to…

A Painting with Many Stories The Railway painted by Edouard Manet is a painting of many stories. This painting without knowing the actual story behind it makes the viewers make up a story. Some would say the painting lacks many details due to it being an oil painting and not an acrylic. Even if the painting may lack some details it still has many eye-catching features. These features draw the viewers in slowly by revealing different parts of the painting. The background is there to support the…

post-Impressionist painter and his art work is highly regarded. He died at the young age of 37 in 1890. There are two movies that feature the art work of Van Gogh “Lust for Life” and “Midnight in Paris”. These movies were Academy Award winners. As far as it is known, supposedly this artist sold only one painting in his lifetime. His most celebrated art work is “The Starry Night” and this painting became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941.…

provocateur as much as for his undeniable technical virtuosity. In his early use of organic morphology, his work bears the stamp of fellow Spaniards Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. His paintings also evince a fascination for Classical and Renaissance art, clearly visible through his hyper-realistic style and religious symbolism of his later work” (“TheArtStory”). Dali sometimes painted things he saw in his dream, for example, one of his famous masterpieces that were depicted in a dream is The…

To Create or to Not Create When I look back at the different periods of art, there are some that I admire. In those periods, I find artwork that is astonishing both in size and in artistic ability. I believe that I could have created Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889, because it is a piece that I enjoy to look at. I feel as though it speaks to me, and portrays somethings that I feel. However, I could never have created the sculpture St. Mark, by Donatello in 1413, because it was so…

blue and orange. My city of Los Angeles is a place full of people with inspiration and talented artists. Many of us consider this city as a sanctuary, to express our feelings of sadness and happiness, through art work. I had an amazing opportunity to get into one of the most prestigious art schools in California. Choosing this pathway, has lead me to find my special someone. Destiny has driven our favorite passions together, mixing our culture into our work. As a diverse couple, we are…