Visual arts

This painting is named the Signing of the Mayflower Compact. It was painted by Edward Percy Moran in 1900. If You would like to go see it, it is located in Pilgrim Hall museum. In the painting is a scene from the Mayflower Compact where the men are signing a document that states Plymouth's government and rules. This was when democracy began. The major characters involved are Myles Standish helping William Bradford, who has his pen in his hand, William Brewster and John Carver, elected Governor,…

The piece I chose, titled Smiley, is by Michael Lucero, and is a part of the Gorelick Collection. Michael Lucero is an American sculptor and was born in 1953. His work has been exhibited in the Mint Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art. He attended Humboldt State University and University of Washington. This specific piece is a yarn wrapped ceramic and is a fairly large size. The sculpture itself is of a cartoonish dog, and the yarn wrapped around the ceramic base is of many different colors…

dibbets was born in Weert (Holland) on 9 may of 1941, at first he went to College and studied painting but after a Trip to London on a British Council scholarship his carrier really started. He met Richard Long and other Artists involved with Land art and he knew that photography was his passion. When he came back to Holland he started various projects like, “Plough projects” and “Beach projects”. A few years later he started using his most know technique “Correction of perspective”. Since 1967…

sold Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” painting to an anonymous buyer for a whopping $140 million. Jackson Pollock paintings cost that much and are valued so highly in the art world which is why they are very meticulous and cautious when authenticating newly discovered art works from the late artist. There are three factors to how art history experts determine if an artwork is authentic. They look for the artist’s distinct style to which they look closely and in detail the techniques applied in…

Namatjira 1902 – 1959 2. What type of art does the artist make? What style of art is this? - Water colour painting, Contemporary Indigenous Australian Art. 3. What medium does the artist use to create this art? - Mediums used by artists very widely, and rang from tools including paints brushes, pencils and pastels used by traditional artists to instatements, voice and electronics used in the auditory arts. 4. What period in time did the artist create this art? - One of his first landscape from…

Art seems to be broad and confusing due to the countless styles of it. Looking back at art’s history, people were exposed to unique styles of individuals, landscapes or mythical beauty in artwork. There were many different types of impressions on life events or even emotions of the artists. Expression through art has gone on for many centuries. The question is, when did art begin to develop more in abstract? Who decides what art is? In most art museums and art textbooks, there is a transition on…

Yeyenne Telisme ARH2000 Reading Response 1 The word “art” means different things to different people. Art is one of many words that its definition varies throughout cultures and people. I might interpret art as something so simple as a painting but another might be able to define that term due to their experience or studies of art. This connects to the course because in the same sense that, what the Western culture might consider to be art can be seen as just another object or some “tool” to…

Performance Art has been a active sector of art in the past century. The origins of this kind of art started in the mid-1950s and has only grown larger. The movement of visual art to a more conceptual, somatic experience was most prominent with the rise of Happenings and the Fluxus movement. Art, as demonstrated by these movements was more than an experience separate from the viewer, but instead a holistic experience that included both mind and body. These movements allowed more interaction…

definition of art in the light of the discovery of Cro-Magnon cave art near Avignon. The caves are filled with untouched Paleolithic wall paintings that evoke aesthetic exclamations as great because it’s virgin and intact. Hughes, however, says these discoveries raise “unsettled questions” about when, how, and why these early humans created art. Through Hughes’ use of historical evidence and expert testimonies, we explore the possible cultural value and purpose behind Cro-Magnon cave art. Most…

say that photography is not art because anyone can take photos. In my opinion, I would say that Photography is art. People say that it is not because it’s just too easy, or that camera makes the image and that basically anyone can do it. But art through photography is not easy at all. The photographer is creating the photographs. The camera records the images, but the photographer is the one that is capturing the emotion and the beauty of the moment. Photography is art, that is a fact. Like some…