Philbrook Museum of 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…

techniques used to help decipher what is seen into written words. The concepts of formal analysis can be used with any work of art, no matter the time-period, whether it be a painting, sculpture, or building. The Formal Elements, together, make up an artwork. The elements are shape, tone, line, form, pattern, texture, color, and composition. The way they are arranged in an art piece, governs what the finished product will look like. The artist has a specific way of arranging the elements. The…

documentary film made by Albert maysles on the story an ageless woman that dress flamboyantly; the documentary is more than a fashion and a design icon. These films talks more about creativity represent a singular woman whose life has passion for fashion and art. Iris is one of the world best known fashion design innovator and educators which worked for woman’s wear daily before she now opening her interior design business, she also a celebrity that people recognize her in magazine as the very…

painting was different. Was it the subject matter? Perhaps it was the unusual use of color. Paul Gauguin’s “Tahitian Women on the Beach” is a very complex piece of art. It took quite a bit of observation on my part to pin down exactly what caused such a strong reaction. I consider myself to be quite creative, but when it comes to art, I am at a loss. This painting features a Tahitian landscape with two women in it. The women are sitting on a beach with the ocean behind them. A dark, blue sky…

Josh Way Professor Jo-Ann Campell GRA-K131 - Digital Photography 12 May 2016 Peter Lik “Panoramic Landscape Master” I found it quite a difficult task to find a photographer that would inspire me, beyond just one photograph, but with an entire portfolio. Since I’ve taken photographs, on and off, with varying degrees of amateur equipment for the past ten years, time and time again, I’ve always been drawn to bright colors, landscapes, and water. So with this project, I wanted to find a…

had drop out of school and start work. He worked for his uncle Cornelis ’at his art dealership. He learned many things working for his uncle. This is where Van Gogh learned and learned more about French, German, and English as well as his native language Dutch. At 20 year old Van Gogh transferred to Groupil Gallery in London. There he was introduced and fell in love with the English culture. He spent spare time in art galleries and he also became a big fan of the writings of Charles Dickens and…

Historically, we have witnessed some fantastic artworks which revolved around the beauty of flowers such as Vincent Van Gogh's "Irises" and Jan Davidz de Heem's "Vase of Flowers". Another work of art that based on flowers is Biser Lapev's "W19" that has compelled me to review it. The subject within this oil painting is a mug, that is placed in the centre, occupied by sunflowers and daisies. Attention is drawn directly to the subject by the usage of contrasting colours. The subject is…

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was a large oil painting painted by Pablo Picasso in 1907. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon essentially means the Ladies of Avignon. It took Picasso seven sketches in order to get his masterpiece to perfection. Pablo at the beginning stages of sketching had been deciding whether to incorporate males or females but he settled on females. This painting portrays five naked female prostitutes in a brothel (modern day strip club).The women in the painting have masks on their face…

As a child, he is very shy but violent. His parents lets him express his feelings through painting and drawing. This is where his love for art starts. As he grows up, his mental problems grows as he troubles himself with his love life. The sadness and heartbreak of a failed love leads him to paint drawings using dark colors and depressing themes. Later in his life, he meets the Impressionist…

Another similar painting done by Derain titled “Winding Road L’ Estaque” has some differences, but in many ways is similar to “The Trees”. The medium of this work is oil on canvas and is 4'2.5" feet in length by 6'4.5" feet in width. Derain went about painting this image in a way that is stylized because the objects in the image are painted in Derain’s perspective and are not naturalistic in nature. Although some of the figures are abstract, they are all representational and are recognizable.…