Analysis Of A Draughtsman Drawing A Portrait By Albrecht Durer

Paul Cézanne is often called the first modernist painter, and in his essay, “Cézanne and the Unity of Modern Art” Clement Greenberg, identifies Cézanne as the “most abundant generator of ideas and the most enduring in newness”(Greenberg,83). This, coming from one of the most influential art critics of the twentieth century, is not to be taken lightly. Cézanne was extremely influential to the modernist painters of the early twentieth, including Pablo Picasso and George Braque in their development of Cubism (Orfila,3). At the beginning of his career, Cézanne painted in the impressionist style that was common for the avant guard painters of the time, but he was disinterested in capturing the “transitory

One artwork that I have chosen to write about is Harriet Tubman by Aaron Douglas. I have selected this artwork because I am drawn to its color. In addition, I have a strong admiration for the subject matter. Looking at this artwork relaxed me and made me feel at peace as I was emotionally hypnotized by the color green. Even after looking at this artwork for a prolonged period of time, my admiration for it did not change. This artwork seems to represent freedom and being at peace.

On Painting by Leon Alberti is, in essence, a book of guidelines for novice painters. Alberti explains that since paintings are meant to represent things that are seen, they need also be approached this way. In his theory, he breaks up the way of painting into three important components circumscription, composition, and the reception of light. Within these three are guidelines for the portrayal of subjects, spaces and emotion.

While not much can be said from looking at Paul Revere’s engraving about how the riot began, one can compare the actual riot to the eye witness testimonies. When comparing the witness testimonies of the Boston Massacre themselves a few differences are noted. Add to the mix Paul Revere’s engraving and even more differences are seen. However, there are things both witnesses agree on that are not depicted in Revere’s engraving. One such similarity is the crowd throwing snow balls at the troops and being armed with clubs (Preston, Page 2 and Boston Gazette, Page 1). In Revere’s engraving the crowd appears to be unarmed, and many of those who don’t appear to be dead look to be running away from the troops. It would seem that Revere’s depiction of

An artwork piece by Timothy Kobs was called Frankster. Many of people may have called it Frankenstein. As a child Timothy Kobs enamored of monster movies. The most iconic was Frankenstein from 1931. The very old movies were made in black and white.

Moreover, I explained how each image is an example for the core principles of modernism as mentioned in the overview. In brief, modernist design is innovative. Space, form and structure is based on the functional requirements. Designs became simple and without overwhelming traditional aesthetic concepts. Therefore, technology together with simpler design made the product easy to be mass produced. After the first World War, designers in central Europe intended to change the world for better through art by rejecting ornamentation as it resembled of the past generations whom withstood the unpleasant effects of war and poverty (Smith, 2005). Dormer (1993) writes that:

I chose the drawing of Van Gogh "Road with Cypress and Star". I think that this drawing connection to the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Forst for a few reasons.

"Running Man" is not only showing the talent of the artist Shapiro, but it is also showing his skills in producing artwork. But why people see it and easy say that this is too simple, and sometime they do not appreciate this product. However, it is not true. Let's ask some questions. First, do people think they can imagine this simple shape before they saw this artwork? - The first idea is always harder than the second. Because people see this simple idea, they start thinking this is simple. Second, do people observe enough about the details of this artwork?- Because people think this is simple, they only see once and automatically remember the shape. They think nothing is special about this piece of art. Final, do people

Many artists that create art may go up on the fridge in their home, but for an Edinboro University student, five of her painting were put up on campus.

The piece I chose is Pablo Picasso’s “Nude combing her hair”. I first saw it at the Kimbell Art Museum and remember admiring it. It was finished in 1906 and is oil paint on canvas. The main (only) figure in this painting is a nude woman, standing, who appears to be combing through her hair with her fingers after bathing. Although abstract, Picasso creates a very elegant, raw, and naturalistic form using color, space, and his depiction of figure.

For this semester Modernism and Modernisms essay, the them I have picked is Streamlining versus modernist design. The reason I picked this theme because in the century streamlining design is always around us or thing inspire by streamlining never be too far away from us. For example, there aeroplane, car, submarine, furniture, building and so on, some of them or most of them are all design based on the streamline or inspire by the streamlining.

In his text entitled “Modernist Painting”, Greenberg focuses on the development of painting between the 14th and 19th century and emphasizes on what distinguishes Modernist painting from previous forms of painting, particularly those of the Old Masters. Greenberg begins by relating Modernist art to Kantian philosophy claiming that, the same way Kant used reason in order to examine the limits of reason, Modernist art is when art became self critical because it uses the technique of art to draw attention to its status as art. Indeed, he explains how without this self-examination similar to that of Kant’s reflection on Philosophy, art would’ve been “assimilated to […] therapy” like religion, because

The painting I chose was a painting of Chrysanthemums by Pablo Picasso. It is a very simple and straightforward, yet captivating image. The way the petals on the flowers were painted are very interesting, each of them were created with unique stroke of the brush. Picasso obviously wanted viewers to focus only flowers as the foreground and background were left somewhat rugged and undetailed. At first it may be hard to notice, however, it can be seen that the source of light for the picture is on the left as the right side is painted with slightly darker colors. When positioned directly in front of the painting the flowers actually do not seem as flowers at all. Only until you move farther back will the blurry strokes of white and red actually

In the last decade computer technology has been introduced to photography yet again challenging the meaning

“Modern painting, breaking through old conversation, has released countless suggestions which are still waiting to be used by the practical world.”(Gropius) The birth of modernism and modern art goes back to the Industrial Revolution, a period that lasted from the 18th to the 19th century, in which rapid changes in manufacturing, transportation, and technology profoundly affected the social, economic, and cultural conditions of life in Western Europe, North America, and eventually the world. Before the 19th century, artists created art pieces for wealthy people and institution places like the church where they can create art works about storytelling of religious or mythological scenes . These arts were there to instruct the viewers.However, this changed when during the 19th century many artists began to create works that were about people, places, or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience. With the popularization of the idea of a subconscious mind, many artists began exploring dreams, symbolism, and personal iconography as avenues for the depiction of their subjective experiences.Challenging the notion that art must realistically depict the world, some artists experimented with the expressive use of color, non-traditional materials, and new techniques and mediums.