This investigation was planned to explore: "Miró's Use of Abstract - Surrealistic Forms, Colour and Compositions within his Pieces".
Evaluation This investigation was planned to explore: "Miró's Use of Abstract - Surrealistic Forms, Colour and Compositions within his Pieces" I began my investigation by firstly researching Miró as an artist, in which I discovered his 'personal links' to his works. Also how the time, place, (established in the biography) and who influenced him. As in the beginnings of his career he dabbled in different painting styles that were fashionable at the turn of the century like Fauvism and Cubism. I chose this topic because I was very intrigued by Miró's work, especially his use of abstract forms and the vibrant shades of colour that he used in a variety of different ways. Miró himself called it his 'poetry and music' within many of his paintings and sculptures as in Woman (1949) "Femme" and "Le corps de ma brune..." (Picture Poem) (1925). I find his painting techniques rather dramatic in some works yet subtle in others. He has an extraordinary way of creating these strange surreal forms, which Miró said came "almost entirely from hallucination". By 1930 the artist had developed his own style. Miró's art is hard to describe. It is characterized by brilliant colours combined with simplified forms that remind you of drawings made by children at the age of five, by using basic forms, the use of irregular forms and vibrant colours. Also Joan Miró used elements of Catalan
john martin paintings
- What spurred John Martin to Paint elemental catastrophe and divine retribution? Introduction On my first visit to the Tate I was completely unprepared for the room of the three awesome and enormous John Martin Paintings. I am also going to compare and contrast the three paintings with works I found on a school trip to Berlin.
Art Noveau - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Art Noveau Art Noveau is an international movement that extended from the 1890's to 1910's. This movement had many influences such as Japanese Design, the Pre-Raphaelite painters, Celtic and Nordic Art and especially the Arts and Crafts Movement of William Morris. It was a movement that walked under the flag of art that would break all connections from the past and bring down the barriers between the fine and applied arts. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1869-1928) is one of the most influential figures of Art Noveau, as he developed his original, unrivalled and linear style in architecture and decorative arts. He finely exploited natural and artificial lighting and explored new spatial concepts, based on strong traditional Scottish elements adapted to the modern way of life. Mackintosh's poster of the Scottish Musical Review is mainly composed of linear art. The woman's body is elongated this displays elegance and modernism; the curved lines used are a chief characteristic of the movement which derive from natural forms and evoke organic growth. Mackintosh has eliminated three-dimensional shapes in the design; this was achieved through reduced shading. The birds that surround the woman look as if they were her wings; this implies that the performance would be magical and very entertaining. Birds are also commonly used as a symbol of music, this then relates to the title and
Wifredo Lam. In perhaps his most famous work of art, entitled The Jungle, Lam puts many powerful symbols on display. It is the undertaking of this essay to explore this renowned work of art, and to discover the intent of Lams symbols and subtlet
Cuban surrealist artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was renowned for his unique style which combined his rich cultural heritage with the social issues that inspired him. Throughout his life he traveled many places and learned from some of the most famous artists to ever create art, namely, Pablo Picasso. Lam has become an international symbol for the form of surrealism, along with the Chilean artist Roberto Matta (1911-2002). In perhaps his most famous work of art, entitled "The Jungle," Lam puts many powerful symbols on display. It is the undertaking of this essay to explore this renowned work of art, and to discover the intent of Lam's symbols and subtleties. By doing so, the observer can place into context the many symbols and underlying meanings that make up the work of Lam. He used these symbols and subtleties to draw attention to the plight of the African descended Cubans living in a social quagmire. It was his intention to bring these issues to the rest of the world, who were unaware of the poor social status of African descendants in Cuba. Wifredo Lam was born the last of nine children in 1911 to Yam Lam and his second wife. Yam Lam had immigrated to Cuba from Canton, Ohio, and was of Chinese descent. At the time of his son Wifredo's birth, Yam Lam was already eighty-four years old. Wifredo's mother was a mulatto woman with some American Indian blood. This made
General Franco ordered the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica on 26 April 1937.
General Franco ordered the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica on 26 April 1937. The German Lufwaffe, under his command, virtually destroyed the town. For the Spanish, Guernica symbolized liberty and a sense of pride. The bombing had significance with respect to history and to a greater extent, human meaning. It would change for ever the rules of war. The bombing provided the motivation for Picasso to paint a commission, from the Republican government, just prior to the bombing. The Spanish pavilion was home to the mural during the International Exhibition in Paris. The bombing had an immediate effect on intellectuals throughout Europe. Subsequent to the Spanish Civil War most of Europe and England considered communism a Russian issue, while fascism was a problem for Central Europe. Picasso had remained, throughout his early years, apolitical; leaning toward anarchism and, while in Paris, nihilism. For most of Europe, including the intellectuals, the events in Spain meant they could no longer be above the conflict. The issue of fascism against democracy became of primary concern. For Picasso, interest in politics concerned only the intellectual. During the inventive period of cubism and the years of QWorld War I his interests were purely artistic. His output of the twenties shows little concern for politics; yet in the thirties a tension exerted itself in his painting that
I chose to research fantastic and strange because many of my favourite artists lie in that category dali and Hirst
Introduction Why did I pick fantastic and strange? I chose to research fantastic and strange because many of my favourite artists lie in that category. Ever since I was a child I have been interested in the strange side of art, rather than floral design etc. I have often thought about investigation more into fantastic and strange art. But have never got round to it! Now is my chance.... I was also interested to pick fantastic and strange, because I was interested to see what I myself would make of it. Why I picked Dali? The reason I picked Dali is because ever since I visited his museum in Figures, I've been fascinated by his work!. I visited Dali's home town of figures when I was 14. I visited his museum, having never seen and of his work or having any idea who he was. After visiting his museum and viewing a lot of his work, I was fascinated by Dali. I often wondered what possessed him to create such weird and wonderful pieces of art. Were they based on dreams he had? , or totally made up? I wanted to know! 'I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject; rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.' This is the quote that inspired me to involve Dali in my project. Why I picked Damien Hirst. I picked to do Damien hirst as part of my project because I think his work is some of the strangest I have ever seen. I often look at work he has done and
Critical study of Edvard Munch and Edward Hopper - two artists whos work was executed mainly during the early and mid 20th century
Critical Study I decided to look at two artists whose work was executed mainly in the early and mid 20th Century. Edvard Munch was born in Loten, Norway, on December 12 1862 and died in Ekely, near Oslo, on January 23 1944. Edward Hopper was born in Nyack, New York, on July 22 1882 and died in New York City on May 15 1967. I thought it would be interesting to compare these two artists of whom one, Munch, lived in and worked in Scandinavia and Europe surrounded by a vast historical wealth of art and music and the other, Hopper, who lived and worked in the still very much developing society of artists and musicians in America. It is fair to say that, as far as art is concerned, America was still very much a 'New World' by comparison to Europe. They did, however, share some common denominators in their respective lives. In the early and mid 1900s both Europe and America experienced huge industrialisation, economic instability, depression, political turmoil and wars. Although in the case of America the wars were remote and mostly only the young men sent to fight experienced first hand the horrors of fighting unlike Europe where every level of society was affected and involved in long recovery. The first thing I noticed in comparing the work of these two artists is the difference in their styles. Munch leans towards expressionism in style with clear symbolism of emotions
Renoir. The great, nineteenth century French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on the 25th February 1841.
Renoir The great, nineteenth century French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on the 25th February 1841. Renoir came from a rather narrow middle class background. His family moved to Paris in 1845, hopping for better prospects, they did not get them. Renoir had almost 60 years of his life as an artist, during this time he is said to have produced about 6000 pictures. With the exception of Picasso, this was the most profitable achievement of any painter. When Renoir first showed signs of being talented at painting and drawing, he could only make use of his gift by working in a china factory. At the age of 13 he worked in a porcelain factory painting flowers and shepherd scenes onto coffee cups, bowls plates and tea & coffeepots. Renoir only spent four years as a porcelain painter. He then turned to painting lady's fans and church banners. His work's soon began to ear him money and by the time he was 21 he had enough money to join the College of Fine Art in Paris. Renoir's paintings turned out to be the most daring and progressive, of the class. Certain objects lent themselves more than others to Renoir's style of painting and drawing. Such things were tree foliage, flowers, water, clouds, smoke and skirts. Characters were meant to look graceful but casual. Renoir went on to become a great impressionist. He painted all aspects of real life that he saw and
Constructing and Representing Reality.
Constructing and Representing Reality In the 1860's when photography became wodespr3ead it allowed people to see things, events and scenes that they had never previously had the opportunity to see before. This made a great impact on the public as explained in my post modernism notes. A rough timeline of events involved with photography from its point of invention follow: 827 Nicephore Niepce is the first person to fix a photograph. Before this artists such as Canaletta used a camera obscurer to paint scenes, much like a projector. One still exists in Edinburgh castle today and although an image of the scene was given onto canvas through a lens, the artists had to sketch in the outlines and paint it afterwards - the image would never remain fixed. One of Canalettas pieces featured on the right called 'Entrance to the Canal'. 838 Louis Daguerre invented the 'Daguerrotype' with the Collodian wet plate process with images on glass plates. On eft 'Still life'. 841 Henry Foxtalbot invented the 'calotype', silver halide soaked paper, which would hold an image and give way to today's photographic print.. On left, 'Tower from Urn'. Delaroche once quoted: '...from today painting is dead.' This is because he belived that painting would surpass the skills of the artist and paintings would become inaccurate in comparison to the results photography gives. But this isnot true,
How does fashion make us feel?
Fashion Fashion can convey how we feel about ourselves through style and the way we dress. It can also connect us to our own identities. Many speculations lead us to believe that beauty and popularity are embraced through fashion and the clothing we wear. These lies are promoted in fashion through the media, icons, and social environment. There are many speculations that lead us to believe a certain style or fashion will make us beautiful and/or popular. This mindset is the result of the media through propaganda. Clothing advertisements are seen everywhere through television, magazines, and billboard signs showing beautiful young models wearing the latest fashions. " . . . contemporary fashion magazines are part of an extensive disciplinary apparatus which promotes unreal beauty norms, producing widespread anxiety and alienation among women." Of course, we want to look just as beautiful, so we visit the nearest store and purchase the newest styles. However the results are not always the same. Also the fashion industry leads us to believe we are involved in this decision process, but really we are just followers of what clothing is provided in the stores and displayed in these advertisements. For example, Camouflage clothing is a new popular style, but if we choose to wear this type of clothing are we implicating that we are supporting the war? We may think we are