Classic Rothko Introduction Mark Rothko (1903-1970) preeminent American painter is closely identified with Abstract Expressionist movement of the mid twentieth century. During his career that spanned for about 5 decades he had gone through surrealist period and was intensely involved with abstract expressionist movement. By the end of the 1940s he developed his signature style that i

We Rose Up Slowly, Roy Lichtenstein WE ROSE UP SLOWLY DATE PAINTED: 1964 MEDIUM: Oil and Magma on Canvas PRESENTLOCATION: Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfort SIZE: 173 X 234 cm As in Drowning Girl (1963) this is another watery romance scene. But in We Rose Up Slowly the mood is happiness not sorrow. In this painting there are two beautiful Aryan blonde haired blue eyed t

Fauvism Fauvism (which is French for "wild beast") is a term that art critics hurled at the painters whose art they neither liked nor understood when they first viewed it in art galleries. It was a short-lived art movement (1905-1908) that was adopted by a group of French painters: Henri Matisse, George Roualt, Claude Derain, Maurice de Vlamink, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz,

The Massacre Of The Innocents “The Massacre of the Innocents”, an oil on canvas painting by Pacecco de Rosa during the 1600s, depicts a scene from the Bible in which we see the moment when soldiers were sent out by King Herod to kill every child in the region to end the rumors of a child prophesied to rule the kingdom. The baby whom he was looking for was none other than Jesus Christ. An

Ascending On May 13th 2004, I visited the Boca Raton Museum of Art. It is located at 501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Fl 33442. The name of the exhibit is the Mary Ann & Harold E. Pepper exhibit. This exhibit included the work of Charles Hinman which included Insights: CHARLES HINMAN. WORKS ON PAPER 1964-2004. Insights is a survey of more than 40 drawings on paper that chart th

Western Civilization Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. Greek Art Throughout history art has consistently reflected the cultural values and social structures of individual civilizations. Ancient art serves as a useful tool to help historians decipher some important aspects of ancient culture. From art we can determine the basic moral and philosophical beliefs of many ancient soc

What Is Art' What is Art' Who determines what Art is' Who has the authority to attribute a particular interpretation to a work of Art' Why do we reject certain works as not being Art and accept others' Mary Anne Staniszewski, the author of Believing Is Seeing, says that “[t]o question Art and to see it as something that has a specific history and belongs to a particular era can tell

What is Art What is art essay question - topic 3 The world we live is full of many people, each and every one of those people have their own idea as to what is art. That is the beauty of it. To an athlete, art may be a sport. To a journalist, art is writing. Even to an accountant, art may me a neat general ledger or the books balancing at the end of the month. People who say tha

Duchamp, Fountain: The Anti-art Nature Of Dada Dada was a movement in art, literature, music, performance and film that was invoked by the advent of World War I. Switzerland, a neutral country, became the refuge of many who objected to the war. In Zurich, 1916, Dada emerged distinctly as an active refusal of and attempt to subvert the prevailing values of the bourgeois society that suppo

Green Design Imagine if we lived in the world full of pollution, the earth is dying, shortage of food and water supply. This imagination could become one day if giant company refused to maintain sustainability and ignored the environment effect in their industrial activities. ‘New War on Waste’ is an article about how giant company should contribute to create environmental friendly and s

What Was At Stake In The Legal Dispute Between John Ruskin And James A. M. Whistler' What was at stake in the legal dispute between John Ruskin and James A. M. Whistler' Before the nineteenth century, most artists were considered the mediums through which religion could represent morality. Since many of the masses were illiterate, paintings were the most effective way of educating th

Death Of Socrates In contemporary with the Age of Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason in France, neoclassical painters used famous works of literature as a source of inspiration for their paintings. The Death Of Socrates (1787; Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm or 51 x 77 1/4 in) by Jacques Louis David, is a perfect example of a neoclassical painter using a famous work of litera

Woman With A Parrot Woman with a Parrot by Gustave Courbet is a product of the Realism movement, a movement which, in a nutshell, encompasses pieces depicting life in its true and natural form. Unlike the movements that preceded, Realism has a sort of simplicity and straightforwardness associated with it. There is no evidence of attempts to idealize and glorify life as with Romanticism

Crash, By Linda Bacon Upon initially viewing Linda Bacon’s oil painting, “Crash”, one witnesses a chaotic jumble of activity. There is a tall wooden man standing with one leg poised on a sleek red car. That car is one of three others that appeared to have some sort of “crash”. A small man is running from his car to another with a scowl look on his face. Just behind the wreck a steel blu

Picasso And Matisse Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse are two of the greatest painters and sculptors of the 20th century. These two great artist are complete opposites “as different as the north pole is from the south pole”(Richardson 147) is how Matisse described Picasso and himself to Gertrude Stein, a biographer. Matisse is a man from northern France and Picasso is very much a man from

Celebration Of Creativity Celebration of Creativity: Three Centuries of Masterworks on Paper, from the Columbus Museum Celebration of Creativity is an eclectic display of artists’ research and social-commentary from the past three centuries. This exhibit contains 88 masterworks on paper organized by the Columbus Museum in Georgia from a recent gift of drawings. The works are pred

Bosch Bosch’s pictures have always fascinated viewers, but in earlier centuries it was widely assumed that his diabolic scenes were intended merely to amuse or titillate, most people regarded him as “the inventor of monsters and chimeras’. Philip II, though, collected his works more for education than for entertainment. A Dutch art historian in the early 17th century described Bosch’s

Sampls Gre Essay “The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset. There lies the value of each.” Though it is detrimental to attribute specific functions and purposes to knowledge, especially at higher level of understanding, since both science and art form the same sphere of knowledge, the issue at hand is certainly some worth contemplating. Indeed, the

Michelangelo Michelangelo was born in 1475 in Caprese, Italy. He considered himself a citizen of Florence and requested that his body be buried there upon his death, which it was in 1564. If between these years, Michelangelo made his mark upon are through his painting, sculpture, architecture, and even poetry to become one of the greatest artists on of all time. At age 13 he began studyi

The Impressionist Era The invention of the still photograph changed a lot of things. Artists were no longer limited to landscapes and portraits. They started to develop their inner vision. These individual movements progressed from Classical art to Romanticism to Realism to Impressionism to Abstraction; the list goes on. One interesting area of art includes the Impressionistic era.

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol Biography 1928-1987 No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol is. The media called him the Prince of Pop. Warhol made his way from a Pittsburgh working class family to an American legend. Born in Pittsburgh Andy was born in 1930 in Pittsburgh as the son of Slovak immigrants. His original name was Andrew Warhola. His father was as a co

The Two Greatest Writers of Frances Two of Frances greatest writers were Francuis de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) and Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673) both part of the French Baroque society. Both had great writing styles that differ and compare to each other. These writers, “addressed questions of human dignity and morality in a language that was clear, polished, and precise.” (Fier

Paul Strand: The Life And Work Of The Artist To those who view Paul Strand’s photographs, it becomes clear that he was a master of the art form. His attention to detail and quality along with his high regard for craftsmanship provided his work with a unique and engrossing aesthetic. To those who study Strand, it becomes clear that he is a man with an elusive appeal, a living dichotom

Mother Courage And Summer Of The Aliens Scene eleven from the play ‘Mother Courage and her Children’ and act one scene four from ‘Summer of the Aliens’ are scenes which are performed very differently, according to their theatrical styles and using conventions relating to those styles. The context in each scene diverses too, however there are some similarities. ‘Mother Courage’s’ scen

Leonardo Compared With Piero COMPARE THE THEORETICAL AND AESTHETIC INSTINCTS OF TWO OF THE THREE QUATTROCENTO PAINTERS: (PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA ANDREA MANTEGNA, AND LEONARDO DA VINCI). WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WERE THE PRINICPAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WORKS OF YOUR TWO SELECTED ARTISTS' ANALYSE ONE PAINTING BY EITHER ARTIST WHICH YOU FIND PARTICULARLY ABSORBING. Leonardo da Vinci and Piero

Analizing Art Art is something which can be analyzed to give deeper insight as to the common values and beliefs shared by the members of a certain society. Regardless of the place of origin or the time period of a form of art, it will always be a reflection of the social structure in which it's creator/s lived. However, the way the artist perceives the culture common to his time period i

Da Vinci When one thinks of a great painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, scientist, an intelligent man and a well-rounded person, Leonardo da Vinci is a perfect example. With his precise drawings, anatomical studies of people, animals, and plants, studies of astronomy, geology, geometry and optics, and his designs of flying machinery, Leonardo is a supreme genius of the Ren

Da Vinci Da Vinci I chose Leonardo Da Vinci as the greatest renissance personality. I chose Da Vinci because he made many contributions to the time period. Da Vinci was an artist, a scientist, and a philosopher. A lot of the famous artists and thinkers of the time weren’t recognized as being great for many years after their death. The kings and other important people of the time rec

The Tomb Of Medici One of the most famous artists ever known since the 16th century is a man by the name of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He has composed art that is both breathtaking and unmatched in such skills as painting, sculpture, architecture and poetry. Some of his most famous works of sculpture that he composed are standing in the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy even today. I wou

Marine Corps War Felix deWeldon 1907-2003 "The Michaelangelo of the 20th Century"s A Glimpse of His Extraordinary Life Felix W. de Weldon was born in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria on April 12, 1907 the son of a wealthy textile manufacturer. Like all Viennese families before World War I, the de Weldon family was dominated by a love of music. In and around Vienna were the