Thoroughly Modern Millie

To this day, The Starry Night still remains as an elusive work of art to art critics and students since its creation. Because Van Gogh's intentions of painting this piece were not known, critics tend to break down and analyze the painting through several different lenses. Some critics view this work as a religious piece depicting a story from the Bible. Others contend that Van Gogh was driven by the historical influences and public fascination with astronomy and astrology at the time. I, however…

Born in Wyoming in 1912 Jackson Pollock, dubbed as 'Jack the Dripper’, is most famous for his many abstract expressionist drip paintings, such as Number 5 (1948), which sold in 2006 for the world record price of $140 million (Learnodo-Newtonic). Yet, the drip period from 1947 to 1950 formed only a brief part of his self-discovery journey that spanned over two decades, starting from traditional representational art and ending in abstract art. His journey resulted in a significant body of work…

With all the museums and galleries to choose from, I chose, The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Museum of Modern Art. They have totally different designs in the way of navigation. The Art Gallery of Ontario has a navigation bar at the top which is quite standard these days for website design. The museum of Modern Art has a unique way of designing their website homepage as it has a navigation at the bottom of the website. With that said, The Art Gallery of Ontario has their main navigation easy…

Monet Shrine: A Look Behind the Scenes Claude Oscar Monet was an artist that captured the beauty of nature all around him and could leave you stunned by his end products. Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte. He later passed at the age of 86 years old on December 5,1926, from lung cancer. Monet began his young education at the secondary school of arts. Monet was mentored by Eugene Boudin, who taught him how to use oil paints and techniques on how…

similar, in form and in motion, to the fluid structures noted by Kolmogorov’s equation. Vincent van Gogh’s episodes of emotional turbulence allowed him to physically represent the insurmountably hardest concept of physics, that is still obscure to modern physicists…

After the Dada movement, Surrealism was born in the early 20th century. Dada was an artistic movement that brought about just as much thought as reactions to World War I did. The Dada movement was mostly based on irrational thoughts over rational ones, free art as well as human expectations. Unlike this concept, Surrealism did not have a war idea behind it, rather it had more of an imaginative notion. With guidance of subconscious dreams, Surrealism emerged, letting the imagination go untethered…

Agua Grande is an interesting art work created by Cai Guoqiang. It can be seen both as a performance art or a painting. The process of making the Agua Grande is beautiful and can be seen as performance art because it combined both artist’s movement and strong visual impact. Cai use gunpowder as the material to paint his art, he will set the gunpowder on the paper and covered the entire paper and gunpowder, he will reserve a fuse so he can then set the fire on and burn the gunpowder under the…

the young children are surprisingly good at utilizing smart phones or tables independently. Therefore, most of the activities are independent studies. I really enjoyed while creating these activities, especially the activity is called “Destination Modern Art” my favorite. I even suggested it to some of my friends, who are English Language teachers in my country. I think the green little alien in this interactive game will trigger the interest of children. In addition, the information about…

The thunderous fall of Constantinople ended the Medieval Period in Europe and launched the Early Modern Period. The era transition caused a gradual shift in religion, politics, and society. The works of several intellectuals sparked controversy, making many Europeans feverish. Some were poisoned with dangerous ideas, while others spotted corruption and made reform. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales exposes the radical Catholicism of Europe during Medieval times, which essentially ran the political…

During the 20th century, poetry changed what the idea of what was proper poetry. One of the main focuses during this time while writing poetry was imagery. Imagery is using ones words to paint a picture for the reader in great deal of detail. There were many poets and authors during this time that used imagery as a main focus point in their literary works. Some of the authors during this time were William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell and Carl Sandburg. Using imagery, the authors that will be…