Growing up, I remember always looking out the car window and staring at all the tall buildings. I’ve always been fascinated by the little things in life. This artwork instantly reminded me of how I looked at buildings myself as a child. I wondered if Hugh Mackenzie and I had something in common. When I came across this painting I actually stopped and stared, acknowledged and appreciated the hard work of etching. In pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a…
In my Thursday seminar 2 class we were to focus on an artwork emphasizing certain elements of art such as shape, mass, and light. I took a like in a certain landscape piece entitled “On the Beach” by Donna Gilbertson made in Australia. This is an 18” x 14” landscape painting, but this certain work is not dated. It is said to be “painted in a loose impressionistic style.” Seeing that “On the Beach” shows children on a beach likely enjoying themselves. I would say that this painting is very…
José María Vargas University Abstract The history of the Rockefeller family begins with the marriage of two opposing families. The marriage of Eliza Davison and called "Devil Bill" Rockefeller was a union between the faith of a young oil salesman sagas. From this union was born John D. Rockefeller who started the growth of the wealth of the family. John created a bad family reputation between their competitors of their competitors. His son John D. Jr. was the one who was devoted…
One of the kinds of lotions is Jergens Original Scent. It moisturizes because of its nourishing emollients. The chemicals in this lotion are the nourishing emollients. The benefit of these chemicals is to moisturize skin. The second kind of lotion, Aveeno, has a unique oatmeal formula. The different chemicals are dimethicone 1.2% and colloidal oatmeal. The dimethicone 1.2% is the skin protectant. The colloidal oatmeal, protects dry skin, smoothes skin, and makes the skin look healthy.…
The portrait, ‘Bond of Union’, by MC Escher, was created in 1956, and depicts Escher’s wife and himself. Their heads are joined together in the portrait, so as to represent that they were molded from the same clay. Two are staring at each other, while their heads seem to be peeling. The portrait is composed of the faces and ordered, molecular spheres along a black background. The two figures seem to be peeling as an apple or orange does. The connected heads represent the union between them,…
Alleya Fogg Professor Steven Bunn Art History 366 05 June 2016 The Mystery in the Mirror Little is known of Jan Van Eyck's personal and early life. What is known, however, is that he was a revolutionary artist of his time. He used oil as a medium, the slow drying substance allowed him time to mix colors and create layers. The painting that most embodies Eyck's skills is the Arnolfini Double Portrait, painted in 1434. The painting is currently displayed at the National Gallery in London. This…
The first piece really inspired me because it had so much color and it had so much going on at the same time. It was almost like someone took a picture of a moving crowd. I saw plenty of things going on in that painting. Too much to describe in a short essay. But some of the things that I noticed were basic things that almost everyone saw. There was a snake that was eating a bird which is part of the cycle of course. Then I noticed that some of the animals were facing my direction as if looking…
In 1430, Jan van Eyck painted "The man in a blue cap" using the principal medium in that time, oil on wood. Originally painted to be in the Brukenthal National Museum, is a very small piece (22.5 cm x 16.6 cm with frame and 19.1 cm x 13.2 cm without frame) , This piece still in the same place it was painted. The man is shown in three-quarters view with his face dramatically lit by light falling from the left. This device provides both striking contrasts of light and shadow and draws the…
In the late 1800s, several businesses and industries arose. With a large number of new businesses and industries came various business techniques and innovations. These business techniques and innovations included consolidation, vertical integration, horizontal integration, trusts, and monopolization. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and other captains of industry all used and practically created the listed business techniques. Consolidation is the act of combining smaller companies to…
For my museum paper assignment, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum to find an art piece. In the museum, I found an interesting art piece made by Hans Siebert von-Heister. The art piece is called “Anger”, it was made in Germany, 1920. Its oil on canvas and the scale is Frame: 31 x 26 x 1 ½, 24 ½ x 19in. This art piece uses some of formal elements and design principles to make the art very interesting to examine. For example, Heister used color and shapes to design the beasts and proportion…