Analysis Of Tinios: The Four Print Groups

Various sizes of dots, eyes and self-portraits cover the white walls of the Ota Fine Arts gallery showcasing Yayoi Kusama’s solo exhibition in Singapore. On display are 33 small size painting that are created between 2011 and 2012 and executed around 2004. These paintings show a variety of mediums all produced by the 87 year old dotted Japanese artist. Renowned for using repetitive motifs of dotted organisms within her new range of work we could gain a new viewpoint of her eccentric art. Yayoi Kusama: Prints is a vibrant and breathtaking exhibition it is highly recommended for everyone, especially those who had an admiration for her works, Japanese culture, and prints. Within this small gallery space, Kusama’s legacy and passion could be seen and felt.

Japan’s literati paintings where inspired by China, which was only connected with Japan through Korea. One of the most famous painters of this style was Yosa Buson, using poetic ability with both haiku and his paintings. (Kleiner 1075) These changes soon led to the availability of cheap prints and ukiyo-e to depict the delights of the city. One of the most famous ukiyo-e printmakers was Suzuki Harunobu who influenced the development of polychrome prints. These prints were very sumptuous and colorful and called nishiki-e (“brocade pictures”). These prints were made of the best quality materials and costly pigments and were not very common in the Edo period. Harunobu’s genius in his work is well shown in the Evening Bell at the Clock (Fig. 34-1). This print was based on a Chinese series where the images depicted a certain time of day or time of year in the work. In Harunobu’s version, the subjects were beautiful young women and their activities in their daily lives. The two women in the pint are seen from a regular Japanese elevated point of view, with one drying herself and the other looking away at a clock. Private scenes like this were very common in ukiyo-e. Before Harunobu’s Evening Bell at the Clock, this theme was not a regular subject seen in ukiyo-e, but soon became a common sight. These prints used flatness and rich colors to

Alfred Stevens’ La Parisienne Japonaise is a painting of oil on canvas painted in 1872. This artwork I have chosen is a clear example of Japonisme from its time. The artist’s work of Japonisme blossomed after the Japanese-western trade agreement at the Paris’ World Fair of 1855. The influence of Japanese goods and art in the western world embarked a strong blend of culture in art. Prints, as well as other decorative materials, became exotic goods in the west.

Around the age of six years old, Hokusai began painting and even spent time as an apprentice wood-carver in his youth. He began the art of print making when he was eighteen. His most famous painting, The Great Wave, can be seen in museums all over the world even though Japan delayed it from catching on worldwide. Many believe that it was painted in the early 1800s, but Japan was not interacting culturally with other countries apart from trade with China and Korea. It wasn’t until 1859 when the Japanese were forced to open their ports that prints of The Wave spread across Europe. Originally, this piece wasn’t viewed as real art by Japanese politicians and art historians. Wood-block printing was used for commercial use and as a popular form of expression. The Japanese government wasn’t too thrilled “that such a seemingly lowbrow art form had come to define them” (15 Things). About five thousand to eight thousand prints were made but it is speculated that only a few hundreds of The Great Wave remain. The painting actually inspired music like Debussy’s La Mer.

TXT- His unique style of using separate colored panels to create his subjects are similar to a Cubist painting, but he integrates several elements to construct this piece various colors and include text. Pg

There are many artist’s who can make an impact with how they convey their work. An artist who conveys his work with elegance, is Tom Killian. He is a local artist from California, and went to the University of Santa Cruz California. Living in California was going to shape his perspective on the world forever, specifically on how he depicted his work. In a work of art of his itled, Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz Pogonip. The work of arts creation came to be in 2002. The process in creating this piece was intricate, it was created from a wooden stamp press, the presses used are hand carved into wood and linoleum blocks. For each of the colors used in the piece, a new block has to be created to ensure that the colors doesn’t blend in ways the

These illustrations were set out in a format similar to a comic strip meaning that a lot of the images he drew were quite similar and would have been very repetitive. Tan stated that for each of the two thousand illustrations accumulated the same time to produce as a canvas-sized image would. However when Tan is creating a collage, he will create graphite sketches, which may then be reproduced numerous times with different versions varying with parts added or removed, but usually this process is done with scissors and glue.

When Japan opened its waters backed for trade, a vast amount of influence swept the European countries. Along with the Japanese products came an influence in the art of Europe called “Japonisme”. This type of art tended to focus on the beauty of everyday life such as the focus on many of the Japanese woodblocks. The most obvious influence of Japan on European art was a painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot called Japanese Vase. This painting perfectly emphasizes and illustrates the common indicators of Japanese influence on European art.

All these pieces have different designs in them. His use of color has to be significant so one piece does not overshadow the other pieces. Chuck Close is from Monroe, Washington. He lived there until he went to college at the University of Washington. After college at the University of Washington he went to Yale for a Masters in Fine Arts. He now lives in New York City and Long Island. Close has horrible learning disabilities which made school extremely hard for him. Art was the one thing that he could do. When he was 11 he got sick, he in bed for almost a year and art was always something he did. Both of Chucks parents were artist and growing up he was surrounded by art. His use of color helped the development of the inkjet printer. Close uses oil paints and large canvas. In general his works are very intricate. There are made up of lots of little pieces to make one large painting. One famous painting by Close is of the former president Bill Clinton. It is a portrait of the former president. This work is of the former president. It is made up of lots of different pieces, the background is mostly blue and red shapes in different designs. Movement is a constant piece throughout this piece because all pieces have different colors and different shapes inside of them. The meaning behind this piece and what the artist is trying to tell us is all the small details about Clinton's face. This artwork influences my views on art because it shows all the different colors in one small

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It is representational and realistic since it displays Shono during a rainy day while it also displays the people hiding underneath their umbrellas or straw hats from the shower of rain passing through. The materials that were used by Utagawa to create this printing were woodblocks, ink, and color on paper. When Utagawa created this piece of work he had to be careful and precise with the details on the wood blocks. Woodblocks were especially difficult when made with different types of colors. When making colored woodblock printings you were required to use one wood block for each desired color, you would also be required to have accurate precision printing and intricate carving skills.

by 15 ¾ in each. They are hung on the wall in separate white frames about five feet from the ground. The picture frames are hung in two rows, with two picture frames per row, making a square shape. The drawings are mixed media, made with charcoal, pastel, ink, collage, and graphite on paper. It is a restricted palette artwork, using only white, black, grey, and red in each drawing. The subject of each drawing is a man and birds; each drawing depicts the man in silhouette and the birds in either silhouette or very light sketching, and each drawing has a red line border around the perimeter of the paper. Each piece of paper appears to have been entirely covered in medium, there is no plain white paper left visible, so the overall background is a light grey. The paper used for each drawing has a raised and warped texture, as though it has been wet and dried, and been generally overworked. Moving clockwise, the first drawing in top left is of the silhouette of a man in the lower left corner, with one arm stretched over his head and the fingers pointing up towards a bird flying away in the top right corner of the drawing; the bird is much larger compared to the man. The stretched arm of the man creates the illusion of movement in the drawing, as well as a faint outline of a circle around the man that relates to the arch of his arm. The background has large

I believe this is the authors thesis based on the information I read. Here are a few examples he writes to support his thesis. On page 65 “A glimpse of the work of Euphronios will immediately show the advantages of red-figure technique over black-figured” and on page 66 the author writes: “although some artist continued to produce black-figure works, by the end of Archaic period, almost all turned to the new

This chapter looks at the various stylistic aspects in the prints which can be identified as Chinese or portraying Chinese origin and a plenty of factual detail and local narrative.

The pictures often were representations of the composers, the instruments used, or a visual illustration of what the piece was about (Kelly, 185). This is extremely different from the bland pieces of music that musicians read off of today. The books are viewed as more of a work of art and magnificence, than strictly a collection of music. The pictures told stories about why the piece was written. For example, on Gherardello da Frienze’s page, there is an illustration if a dog that bit the back of another animal. Frienze wrote a piece that was performed as a round, or chase, hence a dog chasing a deer (“Squarcialupi Codex”). The Squarcialupi Codex was so expensive and extravagant for the time period that it was only used for special occasions. The margins consist of stunning swirls of vivacious colors, and floral like patterns all encasing musical