Joan Miro Working Thesis: The Catalan struggle and Spanish Civil War greatly influenced Joan Miró’s art; Miró’s techniques of forceful strokes with paint and ceramics enable Miró to express his feelings and depict the Catalan people’s struggle through art. Surrealism in the 1920s was defined as a fantastic arrangement of materials that influenced Miró, due to the fact that he was

Chinese Porcelain Porcelain is a type of ceramics highly valued for its beauty and strength. It is often called china, or chinaware, because it was first made in China. Porcelain is characterized by whiteness, a delicate appearance, and translucence (ability to let light through). Because it is the hardest ceramic product, porcelain is used for electrical insulators and laboratory equipm

Dada Vs. Surrealism What elements of dada and surrealism suggest the influence of Freud' The 20th Century marked a changed in how people viewed the known world. Since its beginning art has played a major role in how people were able to express themselves. The early 20th century brought rise to new and exciting art forms. These were types of writings, paintings and, documentaries that no

Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely Bridget Riley was an English painter, she painted abstract shapes that looked like optical illusions when you looked at them, and these were known as "Op Art”. In the Early 1950s she went to Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art. She became famous by doing lots of black and white paintings in the 196Os that

The Renaissance The Renaissance the time for awaking The Renaissance was a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happened during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period of new inventions and beliefs. The Renaissance was drastically different from the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages the church held mos

Jan Van Eyck Jan van Eyck was one of the greatest and most influential Flemish painters of altarpieces and portraits of the 1400's. No one knows where he was born, but historians believe van Eyck came from the village of Maaseyck in Limbourg. No record of his birthdate survives, but it is believed to have been about 1390; his career, however, is well documented. He was employed (1422-24)

Judy Chicago Chicago is one of the world’s most notable feminist artists. In 1970 Judy Chicago and CalArts professor Miriam Schapiro founded the Feminist Art Program. The first project completed by Chicago and program volunteers was a work entitled Womanhouse. Chicago and her team remodeled an abondoned house and turned it into a series of environments that represented women’s traditi

Feminist Art - An Introductory Overview Feminist Art The woman’s art movement/Feminist Art Time Frame = Began late1960’s - 1970’s. Continues to this day. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE MOVEMENT * Social and political protests of the late 1960’s - focussed American society on particular issues. * Vietnam War * Arab oil embargo * Watergate * Erosion/pollution of environmen

Kieth Harring Keith Haring Keith Allen Haring was born on May 4th, 1958, in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was brought up with three sisters named Kay, Karen, and Kristen. His father, who was very good at drawing taught him how to draw circles when he was very young. He then made these circles into ice cream cones with faces. That’s how it all started. In high school he was loved by

Koru And Kowhaiwhai New Zealand has a long history of Eurocentric appropriation and assimilation that has led koru and kowhaiwhai to become signifiers both of New Zealand Art and more widely New Zealand. It began with Sydney Parkinson’s drawings of kowhaiwhai painted paddles produced during Captain Cook’s 1769 voyage and continued to the present day with an excess of koru motifs advertis

Latin American Atrists Alexis Leyva Machado, also known as “Kcho”, was born in 1970 on the Isla de la Juventud, a small island off the southern coast of Cuba. Today he is known as the island’s most internationally established artist since Wiferdo Lam. His sculptures are known for not only his hidden political meaning but also his use of materials out of the norm. He uses left over mat

Leighton - Voctiorian Frederic, Lord Leighton was - and still is - an important and influential Victorian artist. During the Nineteenth century, Leighton reigned as one of the most fashionable and significant painters of his time. Indeed, he was so well regarded as a painter that he was made President of the Royal Academy in 1878. And the reason that Lord Leighton was so successful dur

Lichtenstein, Roy Roy Lichtenstein was a pioneer of the Pop Art Movement best known for his oversized comic book-style images. “Roy’s style was known around the world. He took things that everyone thought they knew and made something original out of them.” - Kirk Varnedoe, Curator at New York Museum of Modern Art. IN THE BEGINNING Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 in N

Life Of A Genius Leonardo da Vinci: this name has become legendary, a synonym for greatness and for universal genius. And no wonder, for the man who bore it was proficient in almost every area of intellectual and cultural endeavor – in mathematics and geometry, in physics, engineering, anatomy, geology, botany, and geography; in sculpture, architecture, and not the least in painting. T

Lewis Wickes Hine: Photo Analysis: 'Powerhouse Mechanic' Photographer and artist Lewis Wickes Hine, was born in 1874 in the town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin in America's Midwest. Following the death of his father, he worked at a furniture factory to support the family and from here began to see the hardship and sufferings of working class Americans. In the early 1900s, Hine entered into a teac

Linear Perspective Use of perspective in art finds its root in one man, Filippo Brunelleschi. Although we don’t know for sure, it is likely that Brunelleschi also invented linear, or scientific perspective. Donatello’s “The Feast of Herod” is the earliest surviving example of scientific perspective, which is established through the use of a “vanishing point”, an imaginary single point on

Art Abstract Art Abstract Expressionism is a form of art (mainly painting) that developed after one of the most difficult periods in human history. This period began during the great depression in the 1930's and ended with the end of World War II in 1945. When the war ended, Germany, Italy and Japan had been defeated and much of Europe and Japan were in ruins. The human loss in

Philosophy of Life Philosophy of Life In the beginning of the course we talked about life, to be more exact the meaning of human life, What do we want in life, What is man etc…. I find the meaning of life is a combination of things such as having morals, respect for yourself and others, and character. Philosophy of Life is often defined as the study of a system of beliefs and th

Guernica Guernica The piece I chose is Guernica, the mural painted for the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris’s World Fair by Pablo Picasso. Standing at 11'6" x 25'8", its massive size does not help mask the symbolic brutality from its viewers. Using only black, white and grey oil paints, this mural is riddles the canvas with symbolism, begging its viewer to decipher its underlaying mes

Art In The Park People have been making art for a very long time. Centuries before any of us were even alive people were creating artworks that expressed themselves or their ideas. The following pieces of art that I will be talking about are those that were found in the Arts in the Park art show that recently came to Memphis, Tennessee. The art show itself was very unique. It was

Madonna And Child Final Paper/Critical Review: Madonna and Child in a Landscape Cima da Conegliano vs. Cranach, the Elder Mary and Jesus are essential figures in the Christian religion; they have also often been the subjects of artists worldwide. They have been depicted in almost every scene and at every stage of their life. There are many famous scenes, such as the Annunciation

Man Ray Media Arts Man Ray The art of photography, although new compared to more traditional art forms, has grown rapidly over the past few decades. Many photographers have come and gone, leaving their photos like footsteps on a serene beach. By leaving these marks they have formed what photography is today. One man in particular has left his mark like so many others and has co

Greek Art History Art History #1 2. Discuss the continuity versus change in Greek art. Choose themes/styles/etc. that are prevalent in a variety of artworks and sacred spaces to support your viewpoint. Greek art influenced and shaped art in a way unmatched by any other civilization in the West. With that being said, Greek art went under many changes, often in a short period of tim

Difference In Art Two of the Greatest Time Periods in Art History Due to the similarities and differences between Medieval and Renaissance art, it has made them two of the greatest time periods. The western world saw many great accomplishments in artwork during the Medieval and Renaissance times. Numerous famous works from these time periods are still studied and enjoyed by many peopl

Medieval Culture It is known that the people of medieval European culture were for the most part, idealist. They liked to think of things as they should be rather than how they really were. This idealism is evident in much of their stories, art and architecture and much more. One good example is how they respect the women of their culture. Most cultures around their time treated wom

Michelangelo Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, lived from 1475 to 1564. Michelangelo was a member of a well-known Florentine family, born near a small city known as Arezzo. His education came to a stop at the young age of 13, when he began to receive tutoring form two artists named Domancio and Bertoldo di Giovanni. Michelangelo was constantly in the pres

Michelangelo Michelangelo Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists to ever live. Such works as the Sistine Chapel, the Pieta, and the David are a testament to his mastery. There is much to learn about Michelangelo, and the masterpieces he left behind. Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 just outside of Florence. His mother died when he was only six, and his fat

Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti was born the second of five brothers on March, 6,1475 in a small village called Caprese, in Tuscany. Buonarroti's mother, Francesca Neri, was too sick and frail to nurse Michelangelo, so he was placed with a wet nurse, in a family of stone cutters, where he, "sucked in the craft of hammer and chisel with my foster mother's milk. When I told my father

Michael Angelo Theology Michealangelo’s gigantic marble David,which he created between 1501 and 1504 after returning to Florence, brought him to his high point of his career. David was illustrated as a lithe nude youth, muscular and alert, looking off into the distance as if sizing up the enemy Goliath, whom he has not yet encountered. The fiery intensity of David’s

Merode Altarpiece Merode Altarpiece One of the most famous and most widely studied of Netherland paintings is Robert Campin, the Master Flemalles, Merode Altarpiece completed in 1426. This three piece panel triptych stirred fifteenth century Flemings with its exquisiteness and mystifying symbolism. The subject of the altarpiece is the Annunciation. The Annunciation is imagined as ta