Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism "What about the reality of the everyday world and the reality of painting? They are not the same realities. What is this creative thing that you have struggled to get and where did it come from? What reference or value does it have, outside of the painting itself?" Ad Reinhardt, in a group discussion at Studio 35, in 1950. My essay starts with the origin and the birth of this great expression in the twentieth century. This movement not only touched painting, it had an effect on various aspects of art-poetry, architecture, theatre, film, photography. Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian are considered to be the pioneer artists to have achieved a truly abstract visual language in painting. Although they worked independently, these artists were united by a belief that abstract painting was capable of evoking a spiritual experience. A central figure of German Expressionism, Kandinsky, in 1911, began to paint densely layered composition of free-floating lines and areas of colour, with the intention to reveal his desire to install visual form with the properties of music. By 1915, Malevich had invented a new, abstract visual set of paintings consisting of one or more coloured geometric shapes on a white field. He visualized a state of feeling, and a sense of bliss and wonder. Mondrian took a different approach with
Applications of Photography
Unit 57 - Applications of Photography Holly Chunn Photography is the use of a still image to captivate the person viewing it. A photograph tells a story of it’s own and they can differ from each person. Photography has many applications. Some of these are photojournalism, architecture and advertising. Each application has it’s own codes and conventions. They also have their own composition. How the photo is set up and the way it is portrayed through colour, tone and contrast. The first application is photojournalism. Photojournalism is taking pictures of important events such as poverty and war which are usually then used for news reports on TV or in newspapers. The photos are used as a small snapshot of the bigger picture letting people who would not ordinarily see the events, picture what is going on and what it is like for the people that are actually within the event. Sometimes, text is added underneath as a caption but usually it is just the picture on it’s own to tell the story. The majority of photos within photojournalism use the rule of thirds as your eye is naturally attracted to the main subject when placed on one of the lines using the rule of thirds. A good example of this is the bird of prey in the picture on the right. The yellow lines show the rule of thirds and because the bird is placed on one of the vertical lines your eye is naturally drawn
"In the Thicket of It" Art Piece produced by Sally Heller.
“In the Thicket of It” produced by Sally Heller caught my eye immediately as I turned the page in the most recent art papers magazine. At first glance I thought it was just an artistic photograph of an Amazon rainforest of some sort however once I took a closer look I realized it was actually made will all man made material in some sort of workspace. I feel as though this piece is about tranquility, serenity, peace and solitude. Crafted so beautifully to the likeness of a rainforest it can make one think of jungle. Its bright green color reflected on the mirrored textured floor brings a water feel to the piece making it even more tranquil. I feel as though the artist created it to show the viewer that beauty is anything and anything can be made with beauty. “In the Thicket of It” is an installation piece. Touches of pink, yellow and a little orange accent the dominant green and brown that make up the majority of the piece. Some sort of mirrored texture is used on the floor to imitate the look of water while a green-netted material lay above it creating a soothing reflection. Around the reflection “pools” are what seems to be straw creating more texture in piece. Random pink pieces of what seems to be plastic lay on the floor to make a flower feel. It seems as though everything that is used to make the “trees” are hanging from the ceiling in a
KYLE presents a disaster scene in his acrylic painting Obliteration. The painting depicts, what can be seen as, a tsunami consuming ocean front property
Barrett Sara Barrett Rebecca Soppe ENC1101 24 October 2012 KYLE: Obliteration Analysis Paper KYLE presents a disaster scene in his acrylic painting Obliteration. The painting depicts, what can be seen as, a tsunami consuming ocean front property. The painting shows a man in, what looks like, a orange rescue coveralls. It shows a house and hotel being swallowed up by the tsunami sized waves. It shows debris from the remnants of wood and metal from houses and hotels. It shows Hurricane Andrew who hit Florida in the 1990s. Hurricane Andrew created tsunami sized waves that consumed towns and killed many people. The painting is positioned so you see a man in front holding onto a metal pipe looking over his shoulder, almost, at the catastrophe behind him. The man is standing in front of a car that has been smashed and crushed by debris. Kyle painted it so you can see a hotel and a house in the middle of the picture that is sinking into the waves of the ocean. There is debris in all corners of the painting that is being carried away by the raging waters. The picture has a darkish theme, where the light of the sky is hidden by clouds from the storm. The water shows reflections of the sinking buildings. The picture gives the viewer a since of the tragedy by how the waves surround the buildings and the debris and take them away. Showing hurricane Andrews full force and how it
Analysis of a painting by George Benjamin Luks
THE PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE AND MY FAVORITE SPORT George Benjamin Luks Biography George Luks was one of two sons of a doctor. He was born in Pennsylvannia in 1867. Luks was a painter who had a lack of sentimentality and was part of a group with such attributes, they inspired realism in the twentieth century. George studied under Thomas Arshutz at the Pennsylvannia Academy of the fine arts. But then continued his education in Europe, studing in cities such as Dusseldorf, Paris and London. Luks was part of a famous group also called the famous eight, they were very influential and founded the Ashcan school. He developd a s a painter moving from drawing comic strips for the Philadelphia Press to receiving a job offer as a cartonist in New York, to finally getting his painting career moving. His works are famous for their ability to capture the essence of a moment. The Famous eight went on to showcase their works at a exhibit at Macbeth Gallery found in New york. Their works were stepping stones to change, such as the way human figures were drawn. Luks went on to teach at the Art students League as well as founding his own school. Luks was a heavy drinker and this resulted to his death. George Luks was found dead in the early hours of the morning after his involvement in a Bar room brawl. Analysis The mood of this painting is fierce and this is seen or described by
Bruegels painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is an oil painting which incorporates the Greek myth of Icarus,
Abby Boulton 0/15/12 IB English Halpern, 2 The Significance of Insignificance Bruegel’s painting “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” is an oil painting which incorporates the Greek myth of Icarus, with a forefront of a traditional sixteenth century landscape. The myth of Icarus states that Icarus’ father fastened wings together, fashioned out of wax and feathers, and warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, because his wings would melt causing him to plummet. His father, Daedalus, instead cautioned him to take the middle course, where he would be safe from the ocean spray and the scorching heat of the sun. Caught up in the excitement of flight, Icarus disregarded his father’s cautioning and flew too close to the sun. He fell to Earth and drowned in the ocean, victim of his own foolishness. Bruegel contrasts character size, color, and events both ordinary and fantastical, ironically portraying the fall of Icarus, demonstrating that people in society have no sympathy for those who refuse to conform to social norms, and emphasizing the importance of those who contribute to society. Character placement and size gives a forced perspective of the main characters; the farmer, the shepherd and the fisherman. The farmer is placed in the center of the landscape and depicted in a bright red shirt to draw the attention of the viewer away from Icarus. The
How does colour affect the mood of the art work? Examination of paintings by Monet, Pollock and Kandinsky.
Sahar Malik How does colour affect the mood of the art work? Introduction My course work is on the effect of colour, and how this affects the mood of the artist’s work. The artists I have looked at are mostly expressionist and impressionist artists. They are: . Claude Monet – light effects, and colour 2. Jackson Pollok – later works on drip painting, and use of a limited colour pallet 3. Wassily Kandinsky – change of paintings over time I chose these artists because I find their use of bright and bold colours fascinating, and find the techniques in which they paint very interesting as well as extravagant, as they all have their own unique quality. I also like the way the painting has been applied to the canvas which is expressive and could also be therapeutic, as it allows your body to flow, taking you into a rhythm. Monte is an impressionist artist who uses a limited pallet, to create mostly landscape and seascape sceneries. His use of a limited pallet would help him to achieve different tones in the paint he was using, which allowed him to focus on the light and dark aspects of the painting. Over the years the pallet he used changed from blues and greens to reds and browns, and also the paintings of sceneries became more blurred, due to his eye sight becoming worse and worse over time. He focuses mostly on how light touches objects, and how this gives a
Analysis of Waterlilles by Monet
________________ "Water Lilies" by Claude Monet: A Beauty at a Different Light ________________ Water lilies by Claude Monet was created in the 1920s. It is an artefact borne out of a man’s declining eyes. This painting uses big bold brush strokes which give an intense texture and movement to the painting. The painting is richly detailed, and this effect is achieved by the layering of colours instead of the use of many colours. This effect is achieved despite the lack of thin strokes and hard edges in the painting. In this painting, light is clearly a subject, the air and light in this painting are as visible as the more opaque things. This gives the effect that we are viewing this scene through a dense but richly coloured haze. A huge percentage of this painting is water, he makes the water intensely layered, yet the translucency of the water is depicted beautifully by the fact that every layer is visible. This image is really simple, yet it seems carefully selected and perfectly balanced, too perfect to be an accident of nature. The paint in the image is applied in very visible strokes and in varying degrees of thickness, this heightens the sense of physicality and movement of the scene depicted but at the same time makes it very apparent that we are looking at a painting. Contrary to popular belief that to be realistic, a painting has to be almost like a picture
Edvard Munch Biography
Synopsis Painter Edvard Munch, born in 1863 in Löton, Norway, established a free-flowing, psychological-themed style all his own. His painting The Scream is one of the most recognizable works in the history of art. Later works were less intense, but his ensured his legacy earlier, darker paintings. As a testament to his importance, The Scream sold in 2012 for over $119 million, setting a new record. Biography Edvard Munch was born on December 12, 1863, in Löton, Norway, the second of five children. In 1864, Munch moved with his family to the city of Oslo, where his mother died four years later of tuberculosis. This was the beginning of a series of familial tragedies in Munch’s life: His sister Sophie also died of tuberculosis in 1877 at the age of 15, another of his sisters spent most of her life institutionalized for mental illness, and his one brother died of pneumonia at age 30. In 1879, Munch began attending a technical college to study engineering but left just a year later when his interest in art overtook his interest in engineering. In 1881, he enrolled at the Royal School of Art and Design. The next year, he rented a studio with six other artists and entered his first show, at the Industries and Art Exhibition. Three years of study and practice later, Munch received a scholarship and traveled to Paris, where he spent three weeks. After returning to Oslo,
Dunkirk And The Battle Of Britain Sources Questions
Dunkirk And The Battle Of Britain Question 2: Study Source A. Do you agree with this interpretation of Dunkirk? Use the source and your own knowledge from your studies to explain your answer. The interpretation of Dunkirk depicted in Source A is accurate to a degree, although may contain some bias. An important fact to take into consideration is that the artist who painted that picture was not actually in Dunkirk at the time, it was painted from the descriptions of other people who were in Dunkirk at the time. Although it is not a secondary source as the artist was alive at the time, which makes it contempory. Another factor that will affect the validness of the source is that it was painted by a government artist which instantly brings the word 'propaganda' to mind. Because of this, the painting will be glorified as keeping the morale of the British public at a high level was a vital government aim at this stage. This was imperative due to the German's considerably outnumbering the BEF in terms of weapons and equipment therefore the majority of the public needed to be strong willed and determined in order to overcome these odds. However, the contents of this painting are by no means entirely fictitious. It does show various aspects that were probably accurate, such as the numbers of men on the beaches, there were probably more or less that number of