Stark Museum of Art

underwent throughout his artistic career, much of which can be considered dynamic and against the grain, was truly remarkable. Canaday’s use of the term decisive, for me, was probably most poignant. This is because Picasso’s work, just like modern art in general, can be very schismatic. People either love it or hate it. B) From the reading I determined that Picasso underwent six stylistic…

marketed internationally. From the beginning of its popularity, it has been applied to several types of design and it became the default typeface for any company wishing to push a dynamic image. Examples of use in the 1960’s include Kodak Graphic Arts 2nd Edition, published in 1960, 8 ½ Movie Poster in 1963, 1960’s perpetual calendar in 1965, Meet the Finns by Mario de Biasi in 1966, Crate & Barrel Logo in 1967 (the logo is still in use today) and Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook in…

changed alongside the decade they stood in. Artists created works of art that represent trees as mirrors that reflect the century they stood in and what that generation stood for. In Rembrandt Harmensz painting, Landscape with a Stone Bridge, simply created with oil paint on a panel of oak in 1638, the era of this time is…

The painting Allegory by Ben Shahn was produced in 1948 and is on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The medium of the painting is tempera on panel. The artist’s style consists of slightly visible brushstrokes with an almost surreal form. There is not much variety of color, but that quality unifies all the separate, differing shapes. Since the same colors are usually placed in every part of the painting, the entire work is balanced. However, Shahn still effectively applies emphasis…

In the 1400’s and the 1500’s the Renaissance art was ruled by four Italian artist: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. All of these artist have some sort of impact during this time. If is their paintings or their sculptures. Their stand the test of time and as today we are still studying it. These four names are so iconic in the art world. Even for little kids with the widely popular cartoon show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where each turtle is name after a Renaissance…

their willingness to work, progressive attitudes, and diverse yet unified culture. These same ideals can be traced to other American artists and writers in both early and modern America, such as Charles Willson Peale’s painting, The Artist in His Museum, and President Barack Obama’s “First Inaugural Address”. Peale and President Obama’s articulations…

al., claim that in Mafa communities in Northern Cameroon, even as recently as the 1960s, decoration is seen as necessary and yet, “it is carried out as part of the craft rather than as an art, generally quite neatly but without either much imagination or care” (1988, 370). Perhaps for the Mafa potters, decoration was not a form of self expression nor a means to add an aesthetic appeal to the piece. Instead it was viewed as a standardized…

and Monet. I first came across Anselm Kiefer and Monet when doing the painting module of our project; although Kiefer is more of a mixed media artist; I had been aware of their work previously however. I came across the Chapman brothers in one of our art history lectures and thought it could be quite interesting to see how their landscapes compare to the more classical painted landscapes. Monet was one of the forefront artists during the impressionism movement in the late nineteenth century.…

Christ Rejected by the Elders in the Temple The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) houses some of Philadelphia’s oldest, most historic and most renowned pieces of artwork in its Landmark Building built in 1876. Naturally, I felt it was my duty to peruse PAFA in hopes of finding a Philadelphian artifact that interested me. I stumbled upon the gigantic 200 x 260 in. (52,000 in2) oil painting, Christ Rejected (by the Elders in the Temple), created by Philadelphian artist of the 18th-19th…

Lakes, all the while exploring the dangerous forces that threaten them. The piece is one of a series done by Alexis Rockman called “Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” currently displayed in the Grand Rapids Art Museum from January 27 to April 29. Through the use of several different art techniques, Rockman successfully portrays the exquisiteness and despair of the Great Lakes to not only entertain his audience, but also to provoke thought and possibly change in the way we treat and care for…