Joan Mir.
Joan Miró Spanish painter, whose surrealist works, with their subject matter drawn from the realm of memory and imaginative fantasy, are some of the most original of the 20th century. Miró was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona and studied at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and the Academia Galí. His work before 1920 shows wide-ranging influences, including the bright colors of the Fauves, the broken forms of cubism, and the powerful, flat two-dimensionality of Catalan folk art and Romanesque church frescoes of his native Spain. He moved to Paris in 1920, where, under the influence of surrealist poets and writers, he evolved his mature style. Miró drew on memory, fantasy, and the irrational to create works of art that are visual analogues of surrealist poetry. These dreamlike visions, such as Harlequin's Carnival or Dutch Interior, often have a whimsical or humorous quality, containing images of playfully distorted animal forms, twisted organic shapes, and odd geometric constructions. The forms of his paintings are organized against flat neutral backgrounds and are painted in a limited range of bright colors, especially blue, red, yellow, green, and black. Amorphous amoebic shapes alternate with sharply drawn lines, spots, and curlicues, all positioned on the canvas with seeming nonchalance. Miró later produced highly generalized, ethereal works in which his
"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
Arcimboldo - Water
ARCIMBOLDO - WATER The picture is of a head made up of many different sea features with a plain black background. It would be nearly impossible to name all the aquatic animals that make up this head. It seams as though there is a chest plate at the top of the body which is made of a crab and there are also shoulder plates which are made up by using a turtle and a large mussel, an octopus has also attached itself to the shoulder plates. Hanging around the neck there is a necklace made of pearls. The cheek is a ray of some sort, the ear is a mussel with a pearl as an earring. There is some sort of crab in place as the eyebrows and the mouth seams to be a dogfish with its jaws open revealing all its teeth. The figure seams to be wearing a crown which is made up of whales, seals, sea horses and coral. The nose is also made up by a fish. There is an array of different colours used but only the coral and a lobster seam to be bright and really stand out. Arcimboldo has arranged this piece so that when you look at the picture you are not struck by individual features but the picture as a whole and I found that happened with me. Arcimboldo has used oil on limestone to create this picture and it seams as though he has built the picture up from the background and added layers as he painted. The ideas used are obviously derived from the sea and sea creatures and are created together in
In the sixties, pop culture and lifestyle became closely linked. Art had never before been so accessible to the public.
In the sixties, pop culture and lifestyle became closely linked. Art had never before been so accessible to the public. The subject matter, forms and media of pop art reveal the characteristics of a way of life we associate with the sixties. The movement blurred the distinction between fine art and commercial art techniques. Warhol had started off as a commercial artist and so knew the importance of art in the business world of marketing and knew the importance of image in product promotion. Pop art is a phenomenon of Western Europe and America. It originated from New York and London, and later other European cities joined in, but it never really spread to Eastern Europe. The principles of pop art were largely collage and assemblage, the intention being to give second hand images and objects new meaning and in some cases, subjectivize the objective. Objects, fragments and traces are combined with painting, drawing and sculpture in such a way as to 'transcend the borderline between heterogeneous subjects.' It became fashionable to like Kitsch, to collect knick-knacks, read comics and drink coca-cola. The classification of historical monuments was widened to include factories, industrial buildings and housing estates. With this, came a 'cultural revolution' which promoted antiauthoritarian education, women's liberation, new career structures and a freer approach to
Bahaus - Joost Schmidt Poster. This design is mainly composed of geometric shapes with is typical of the Bauhaus movement. Several words and numbers have been printed; the title Staatliches Bauhaus is there to show what the poster is about
Bauhaus The Bauhaus building was a school of art, architecture and design characterized by geometric design, respect for practical material, and its severely economic sensibilities, a building that incorporated the basic principles of modern architecture. The Bauhaus Movement was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 in Germany and ended in the 1930's. Many posters have been made to spread the word of the Bauhaus building and one of them belonged to Joost Schmidt, a teacher at the Bauhaus. Schmidt (1893-1948) was a visionary typographer/graphic designer; his first typographical works date from 1923. He was a very dedicated designer, evidence of his dedication were displayed in his actions; he pursued his work as a graphic designer despite much resistance from the Nazis. Schmidt is best known for designing the famous poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar. This work with its round and square motifs, recalls reliefs by Oskar Schlemmer. This design is mainly composed of geometric shapes with is typical of the Bauhaus movement. Several words and numbers have been printed; the title "Staatliches Bauhaus" is there to show what the poster is about, "1923" is to show what year the exhibition would be held, "JULI-SEPT" is to show the months of the exhibition, "Austellung" means exhibition in German so it is there to tell the viewer that it is an exhibition that they are
Andy Warhol: - Biography
ANDY WARHOL: - Biography An American pop-artist, renowned for his silk screen prints of the 1960s depicting consumer goods such as the Campbell's soup can, and his works on the famous such as Jackie Kennedy/Onassis, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Warhol played on the theme of 'the cult of celebrity' famously stating that "In the future everyone will be famous from 15 minutes." Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh PA (although there is some speculation of his actual date of birth but Andy himself claimed that his 1930 birth certificate had been forged but 1928 is the most common date used.) Warhol was born Andrew Warhola to Czechoslovakian parents, it wasn't until 1949 when he moved to New York that he changed his name to Andy Warhol. Warhol had been trained as a commercial artist - he saw himself as a "pure" artist but he had in fact created a new type of artist, which irritated, shocked, and changed the world of art. In 1954 he left school with a High School diploma, he worked for "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar", did window displays for "Bonwit Teller" and his first advertisements for I.Miller Shoe company. In 1952 he had his first one-man exhibition at the Hugo Gallery, New York. He designed stage sets, dyed his hair straw-blond. In 1954 he was in a collective exhibition at the Loft Gallery, New York. In 1960 he made his first pictures based on
Caspar David Freidrich. One of his most famous paintings is called Wanderer above the mist.
Caspar David Friedrich In September 5, 1774, a German romantic painter was born. His name was Caspar David Friedrich, and he was one of the greatest painters in European art of landscapes. Friedrich was sixth of ten children in his family. In 1781, when Friedrich was only 7 years old, his mother Sophie Dorothea Bechly died. A few of his brothers and sisters died later. 1790 he began studying art as a private student of artist Johann Gottfried Quistorp, at the University of Griefswald. He learnt a lot from that and here is where his art-life began. Friedrich was a romanticist. Romanticism revolved around the importance of feelings, imagination, self-expression and individual creativity. The Romantic Movement, which began around 1795, brought about one of the most fundamental changes in outlook in literature, music and the arts. It's originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europé and evolved during the Industrial Revolution. Friedrich's landscapes are based on places in Germany, including mountains, trees, morning mists and many more. One of his most famous paintings is called "Wanderer above the mist". It shows a young wanderer standing on a rock facing the sea with his back towards the viewer. He is wearing a dark green overcoat and is holding a stick in his right hand. The wind is blowing through his hair and above there is a hazy sky and a few
Banksy - Bristols' graffiti stencil artist.
Banksy. Banksy is a graffiti stencil artist, borb and raised in Bristol in 1974. Banksy was involved in the Bristol graffiti boom of the late 1980s. He desined his first stencil as a favour for his father who was away on holiday. He was a photo copier engineer, and banksy was required to help out one day as a one off. Since that day Banksy has refined a distinctive iconic style which he has plastered all over walls, and bridges, car tunnels, books records and evan cows. Banksy is renowned strongly for his sense of the ridiculous. He once inside the Penguin and Elephant enclosures of London zoo, he painted, In large lettering as if the animals had wrote it themselves. " I want out his place is too cold, keeper smells, boring, boring, boring." Banksy found in stencils the potencial for strong powerfull images to captivate an audience and twist their perceptions. In this picture, Banksy has painted a soldier seated with his rifle in his hand and a bird perched o the end of the rifle, they are both sat looking at each other face to face. This is what Banksy is about, He also painted Lenin ice skating, and used the the old outline of a flyer which had once been stuck to the wall, to frame his piece. Banksy says that evan a rabbit playing a piano looks 'hard' as a stencil. Graffiti artists are constantly making a mark in different ways such as what poke did from the 'ITM'
How accurate are modern pictorial representations of the castles development over time?
How accurate are modern pictorial representations of the castles development over time? When assessing the accuracy of castle representations, it is important to consider the purpose of the piece. If it is intended to be highly accurate, showing every possible detail known, from sources and the current ruins, then it is far easier to criticise the picture as there would undoubtedly be some flaws No-one today was alive when the castle was at its peak so no reconstruction can be totally accurate. However some reconstructions are drawn with the intention of giving the feel of the castle and what it would have been like to be there. For example the great hall reconstruction shows a feast with many people and tables. This occasion is most likely to be fictional and there are details in the picture, which do not match up with any evidence. The floor for instance is shiny, probably marble, which gives the impression of grandeur, this is perfectly true, as marble would have been extremely expensive and probably too heavy to be supported as a first floor. The bay window probably has the incorrect amount of inner windows too, but it does not affect the quality of representation as the picture as it still helps you get to know how the place would feel. Kenilworth castle today is in ruins, nearly all of the buildings are badly damaged and it is hard to see
My Experience.
My Experience When I heard that we were going to visit the V&A Museum, I was so excited. I mean, I pass it every time the school has mass at the Brompton Oratory and had always wondered what it was like. When I got there, I was bewildered by its sheer size, and in actual fact, I got lost. I learnt a lot about Japanese culture and art at the Victoria and Albert Museum 'Toshiba Gallery'. I now understand Japanese art in far more depth now that I have witnessed Japanese art at first hand and as a result, these experiences will help me in the future when I come to plan and then paint my final piece. I discovered the differences between Western art and Japanese art. Western art tends to be more complex and detailed, and is more physical, whilst Japanese art is very flat, with no tone or shading, and they usually have a spiritual meaning or some sort of history to them. I didn't realise Japanese artists focused on nature and life rather than other subjects that Western art tends to focus on. Western civilisation creates art forms in the style of paintings and clay. My experiences at the V&A Museum suggest that this is not the case with Japanese Art and that the Japanese consider almost everything to be an art. I was amazed to see that even the armour was decorated with a great deal of detail with distinct decoration and patterns, clearly produced with great delicacy and care.