Analyzing Nampeyo's Painting 'The Americas'

Utilising, “The Study Diamond: effects, techniques, context and meaning” (The Open University, 2013, p. 76), this essay will argue through close visual analysis from an art history point of view that Picasso’s Guernica is a form of protest. The essay will also argue that Guernica’s meaning has changed to include becoming a symbol of peace and continues to fulfil its purpose as a form of protest.

Frank Romero’s Chicano art served as a point of communication that illustrated the role of Chicano culture in Los Angeles, and also drew attention to the social and political implications that manifested on the behalf of the rise of this cultural perspective. Throughout his career, he produced works such as “the police brutality series” which drew attention to political issues, and works like “Going to the Olympics” and “History of the Chicano,” which illustrated the beauty and pride of Chicanos in LA. Moreso, the paintings “La Llorona” and “El Teatro Campesino” displayed the origins of chicanismo and the cultural affiliations that originated in Latin America.

A general definition of Eurocentric ideas of cultural capital would be described as education, style of speech, or intellect interpreting the world through European or Anglo- American experiences and values. Each of these Contemporary artists, whether Ester Hernandez and Judith Baca are both Chicana artists, and Robert Colescott who is giving us a perspective from an African American position in the art world, where each have properly responded and refuted to these Eurocentric ideas.

The first piece of artwork is by William S. Rice. This piece is a painting, with many, many different colors. There is a parrot sitting atop a branch, and it seems to be looking down at a butterfly resting on a branch below it. I picked this piece because of the many vibrant colors it had. There was a parrot on a branch, and it seemed to be staring down

The last work of art I came across was Isla by Yoan Capote. This 2016 painting is a multi medium that consists of oil, nails, and fishhooks on linen mounted on a panel. The dimension of the painting was not given on the plague but is fairly large like the first painting.The subject of the painting is of the ocean itself, nothing else. Isla is located in the modern gallery because the artist Yoan Capote did this piece in modern times. The selection of the piece fits into the gallery perfectly because I believe the modern works of art are more simplified and engages the viewer to really see what is going on. Also, the year the painting was produced goes hand and hand with the other artworks surrounding it because all the pieces in the gallery

The first thing I noticed is a young two to four years old white boy on the right side of the painting. His left arm is around a male lion, and his right hand is holding a stick with some blue berries that resemble like grapes. At his right food is female lion and lamb laying on grass. Behind the lioness and the lamb is a hollow trunk of half a tree with yellow tree, a vine with the blue grape-like berries, green bushes, and hill that has orange tree and hollow tree trunk. On the boy’s left side is a white goat with black spots and leopard laying down on the dirt ground. Behind the male lion is a

Techniques in this painting include many different mediums such as carving into the wood, paint, and varnish to create multiple dimensions and tension in this piece. Specifically tension from the stains of varnish making the depiction look dirty and worn, as well as lettering from the red kanji appearing on this piece of which is illegible to me, after carefully analyzing the piece I moved on. Venturing to the second floor of the art museum I observed a series of pieces named Fearful Symmetry Holly Scoggins a professor of art at Polk State the one I found to be the most interesting Little

It shows a humanoid figure on a small “dish” with first nation art of a whale on the surface on the work. The work is mostly gray but, it has small lighter gray pieces circling around the edges. The sculptures appearance can be described as simplistic. The works texture varies in places. The figure appears to have a very smooth feel as the figure does not have much detail (not to say that it needs it), On the surface of the

Directly above his head, yet still connected to his head is a semi-circle of an image of a woman holding a baby. It appears that the image is a memory, perhaps of his mother holding himself or his wife holding their child. The man is surely a representation of the artist and this is “his life”. He seems to be the focus of the painting and the overall theme appears to be memories layered throughout. Right above the original semi-circle is another semi-circle of four small, colorful squares. Each square is red, yellow, and blue in color reminding me of the artists’ Hispanic origins. Moving inward from the darker, gray and white outer portion of the painting seems to be a bookcase with three separate images. Each image is of a man painting on a canvas. These three separate images of a man painting throughout the artwork could be the artists’ memories of his father, or a significant man in his life. The grays, blacks, and white used show the artists’ darker memories, while the vibrant, beautiful colors symbolize the joyous ones. Similarly, the softer, warmer colors that the artist uses represent his love, appreciation, and admiration towards his father. Overall, the painting is a memory timeline that

There are three different colors on the jar: the natural color of the terracotta, the brown paint and the black paint. Since terracotta is a neutral color it provides an excellent background for the painting. Black is a very dark color and it makes the people and the designs stick out. People use black paint when they want their design to be important. Brown is a neutral color and it is used to show the not so prominent part of the image. The little bit of brown paint shows the ground the people are standing on. It also unifies the other places where it appears. Looking at the top there is a pattern painted with both the black and brown paint to show contrast. After contrast is seen unity is also seen with lines.

One of my favorite pieces by Donald Higby can be found at http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/higby/ is called Green Terrace Canyon, 1975. This earthenware bowl was made using glazed earthenware and raku-fired. Higby’s creations generate landscape imaginings that is boldly displayed on the interior and the outside of the object, therefor producing the impression of depth. The natural rocks that are incorporated into the bowl are placed in such a way that it forms landscapes of mountains, rivers and other amazing sights that can be found in the world.

The first piece is a painting called “Loops and Swift Horse are Surer than Lead”. I selected this art because it gives us a look at the dangers faced by many for our future. The artist Charles Marion Russell is known for his paintings of cowboys and scenes from the west in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Russell himself

It is located on the staircase leading up to the library. It is a large piece scanning a great area of the wall. I am using this piece to discuss the visual element of color, because the work itself contains many colors. The work has variously sized rectangles with ones near the top of the painting being horizontal and smaller, the the rectangles under are all larger and vertical. The colors within these rectangles are not a flat color. They color is sponged on with varying hues of the same color creating a marbled appearance utilizing tones and shades to create this look. The colors are muted. Some of the colors within these paintings are pink, yellow, purple, red, brown, white, gray, and teal. However, the two largest rectangles are colored in black and

Even though this painting has a lot of detail, it is still calming to look at, not overwhelming. Many aspects of the painting draw my eye to the focal point of the artwork, the bowl of pennies. The first thing I notice is the bright white colors of the inside of the bowl. The white stands out in a background of

The first artwork I chose didn’t have a title with it but it was drawn by Douglas A. Beckett. I went to the Activity Center of San Marcos with Geoff Bretches and Alice Horn (My mom). The painting is a portrait with multiple types of rock looking shapes. You can’t really tell what the time of day was but it looks like it was outside on a mountain or cliff. It is a vertical realistic piece. The artwork was made in the contemporary period because it was drawn just last year. There is just a cluster of a bunch of big rocks surrounding pebbles. The artist must not be that famous currently because I couldn’t find any information on him.