American Illustration

It is believable that John Vanderlyn, in his painting Landing of Columbus, was trying to portray the success of Columbus and his crew. Columbus heroic stance and elegant expression are made all the more impressive in comparison to the native people who witness the event. The Native Americans are naked, fearful or subservient, bowing down before the explorer in awe and reverence. The symbols of empire are shown in the heroic explorer with his Christian crosses and steel swords symbolizing the significance in the power of civilization. In 1836 of June, Congress had commissioned John Vanderlyn to paint the Landing of Columbus. About eleven years later the painting was

On Tuesday we took a trip to the Chrysler Museum to view the "Branding the American West" exhibit. In this exhibit it had a wide selection of Art types which we had a guide take us around to view them. While I was there I was surprised to see a more variety of art than I thought I would see. I saw television art that was made by a Korean man, A glass hamburger with fries and a Pepsi; this one was the most interesting to me because I had never seen art like that in my life. Another cool thing is that most of the art here at the exhibit had descriptions by them to let you know what the art means and who the artist were. However, their is one piece of art that I liked the most and that one is the Pima Basket.

They are all African American Artist, although they are extremely similar to each other. Each one of them trying to indicate art is art is nothing to do with black and white people. Art is for represented you to the world. It’s all about creating something new to the world. As an African American they created different art from their own culture and won religion. They are very similar to each other because they are all artists of their own thinking such as they use their own idea to create art. The interesting part is that Artist thinks about the American history first and creates a photo or art or video as well. Each one of them is famous African American artist who shared a history, culture, the experience and struggles of their art work.

Of all the international film industries across the globe Hong Kong is certainly one that is synonyms with genre cinema. Considering the commercial nature of its film industry, it seems only appropriate that when discussing Hong Kong cinema as a whole, genre seems to be a frequent and integral part of the conversation. The Hong Kong film industry was built to turn a profit and has become the dominant figure in all of East Asian cinema, relying heavily on exporting its films to Mainland China and Taiwan, as well as local box-office sales. Ding-Tzann Lii describes this relationship as one of ‘marginal imperialism’ and compares the Hong Kong industries hold over East Asia to that of Hollywood’s over the rest of the world. (1998: 125) However, with such a large demand for product Hong Kong has struggled to produce enough films each year to maintain its industries growth. Production rapidly became focused on making films quickly, cheaply and with the intention of being sold easily. The industry became much like a factory, producing films in an assembly line fashion, often pushing films into production without a

Although civilians of the Western developed countries are fixated on the profit of entertainment media, John Cole’s illustration creates an understanding of the lack of attention towards starvation, dehumanization, and poverty in under-developed peoples.

In her short story “People-Watching” from 2014, Julia Gray tells the story of Kajsa and Paul, two students who are both taking the Introduction to Drawing module at the art school of UC London. In connection with their studies they have been sent out to do some people-watching.

In the quiet city of Sebring, the simple buildings contain an explosion of ideas and potential. Despite what others might think, this place has provided a lot of encouragement for artistic abilities such as, a muse, a canvas, and especially opportunities. Due to the citizens’ interest for art, the community finds a way to be on common ground. For this reason, people anticipate new artwork created by the young generation of ambitious artists.

The reason for the pledge going unpaid and unenforced can be attributed to the accounting procedures that were enforced in 1995 by the FASB. This

Africans transported to the New World experienced brutal and inhuman treatments because of their skin color, race and religious ideals. Such ideals especially those of ritual significance were integrate and synchronize to those of the Western World in order to continue their “working models of heaven” without fear. Such religious or sacred objects that Africans reassembled when they were moved to the New World were the Minkisi (singular: Nkisi) which are powerful objects that educe healing. For example, the Yombe peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo, "Medicine bag (Nkisi Mbumba Mbondo)", early 20th century (Fig.1) and the Haitian, "Pacquet Kongo", 21st century (fig.2) are both powerful objects combined with earth substances and medicinal

For this observation, I went to the “American Art” section on the first floor of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. When you first walk into the exhibition you see a bunch of glass showcases and to the right was a whole hallway and section designated to Thomas Eakins. The Thomas Eakins’ section is rather large so I ventured there first. All of his pieces are so well done and lifelike. Although, there was so much to pick from, I found a small brown set of five figures in a glass case the most interesting. Each one is only the size of my hand. They are intriguing because not only are they in a well-lit big glass box in a darker hallway, but they are on a smaller scale than most of the other works of art around it. The big lit glass box is split

At the start of the 1960s the first generation of children born after the “baby boom” generation, was so large in size that socially and culturally their desires became hard to keep up with. The growing teenagers instituted a rebellion, by ignoring their parent’s old-fashioned customs in favor of the rock & roll and rhythm & blues lifestyle. British rock band the Beatles was a particular favorite of theirs. Inspiring changes in clothing, new color palettes and a “mod” approach to the landscape of art, which affected the designs of magazines, posters and advertising. As posters that associated with the psychological drug experience made their way into various music outlets. (www.illustrationhistory.org)

Creations of art during The Great Depression couldn’t have been more perfect than the works by Maynard Dixon and Grant Wood. In a style dubbed social realism Maynard Dixon created Springtime on Bear Mountain which depicted flat land in the foreground with

Mostly known for his corporate logos, Paul Rand revolutionized the world of Graphic Design, whom he claimed himself as a “self-taught” artist, as his bio on the Paul Rand site would mention. Paul Rand, at a very young age, always knew he wanted to be an artist because he knew with being an Orthodox Jew and painting signs for his father, he would venture out creating more “signs” and developing his own logos in the world of Graphic Design. He was known and will always be known as “The American Modernist” Artist by his site, books and fellow artists.

Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist celebrated commonplace objects as a way of seeking to elevate popular culture to the level of fine art. With the increasing influence of television and mass media outlets, Americans were constantly bombarded with popular culture imagery. These three artists replicate and elevate this imagery to create something more than the sum of its parts. By using high-style treatment of commercial imagery, repetition in series paintings, and distortion and abstraction of familiar images they explore what high art really is.

American illustration went through many changes during the 20th century. There were major trends seen, including Coles Phillips and his "fadeaway" technique. For me, that was the artist and technique that stood out the most. It piqued my interest, and made me realize that I had held a very skewed view of what "art" actually was in the past. History, art, and illustration have all been changed in my mind by taking this class and by learning so much about illustration. Coles Phillips' technique was so fascinating to me because of his use of negative space and the way he used beautiful drawings of stylish women on so many popular magazine covers during his lifetime. His fadeaway technique let the reader see the complete image of the woman's skirt, but it also allowed some of it to blend into the background. That created a wonderful illusion but yet provided the reader with a clear picture of the illustration Coles was offering to the world at that time. It was surprising to me that someone could do that so well, because I had not seen that technique used before.