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I read an interesting essay recently, and I really want to share the story and my understanding with you. In the essay, “Turner and the Barber’s Shop”, John Berger narrates the life and art of Joseph Mallord William Turner who is one of the most important artists in history. Turner was born in London, the son of a barber. “He was a child prodigy” and entered the Royal Academy Schools at fourteen (215). Next, He had his own studio at eighteen, and his father becomes the assistant and factotum. He…

Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English artist who gained notoriety from his landscape paintings that utilize the dynamic lights that illuminate the scenery he builds. Joseph Turner’s work innovated and popularized landscape painting, which laid the foundation for impressionism to come into prevalence after the Romantic period. This is observed in his painting Rockets and Blue Lights, painted in 1840 with oil on canvas. Rockets and Blue Lights displays a coastal view of the ocean that…

monarchy in 1848 instigated revolution in Germany of which Wagner became a participant. He supported the democratic-republican movement in 1849 and drafted the Zurich essays decrying the influence of capitalism in art, and Jewishness in music. (http://www.sfcv.org/learn/composer-gallery/wagner-richard, 2012). Wagner’s most notable work ‘The Ring’ consisted of four operas ‘The Rhinegold’, ‘The Valkyrie’, ‘Siegfried’ and ‘The Twilight of the Gods’ and were designed to be played on four consecutive…

from aluminum kitchenware from second-hand shops. Donna Marcus’ work has been unveiled broadly in Australia and included in many national sculpture surveys. Viewers believe Donna Marcus likes the way recycled materials bring memories of their past uses to a new context. One of Donna’s well known works is the enlarged scale of a lemon juicer put together as a 3 dimensional art piece, the significance of this piece is the common use remains so eccentric from seeing it so outsized to when it’s just…

19th-century art. Degas' talent in capturing movement in its countless forms resulted in a substantial portfolio of pastels, paintings, sketches, drawings and eventually sculptures. Apart from his portraits it is almost impossible to find a Degas where movement is not present, yet his techniques were the exact opposite of the other Impressionists of his age. There was nothing impulsive about Degas, everything was studied, planned and performed in his controlled studio. According to art…

shares music and big cats, Haldis photographs flowers of every type and color, Johanna has shared her watercolor work and cover art, Gail shares her love of the moon, while David and Marc share their joy of art collecting and cooking. And that brings me to the artwork on my FB wall. Recently someone asked where I find it and why I do it. Well, I look everywhere and anywhere for art because it's all around us. I have to emotionally connect — I get lost in the message of a piece — with the…

1949, the third of six children of Marilyn Edith and Samuel Leibovitz. During her time at Northwood High School she became more interested in the field of art and began to write and play music. When her father was stationed in Phillippines during the Vietnam War, Leibovitz began taking more and more pictures. When she attended San Francisco Art Institute, she started to study painting and through those years she developed her photography skills. In 1970, she applied for a job with Rolling Stone…

myself in a painting and learning the intentions of the artist but what fascinates me most is relating the work to its context. When I researched, wrote and produced a documentary for the national competition SPoKE on Raphael's 'Transfiguration,' I was able to develop my understanding and love for a work of art which I thought I knew well. I regard the compositions of Raphael as more sophisticated than those of any other 16th century artist, but investigating the stylistic evolution seen in the…

location of many important events. It's also the biggest independent city in the entire country since it's not part of any county. Museums and Historic Sites Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine If you've ever wanted to experience the history of our country from its earliest days, you can visit the Fort McHenry National Monument and Shrine. It's the fort that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814. Your party can…

artist once we grow up.” Pablo Picasso saw the world in a different way. He is what we could call “ahead of his time”. He was not as appreciated as much as you may think even though, his view on art was different and unique. He influenced modern art in two ways. He showed people a different way to view art itself, and Picasso created a style of his own. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 (“Pablo Picasso”). He was born in Malgo in southern Spain (“Pablo Picasso”). His parents were Jose…