Anna Jones Influence On American Architecture

The St. Louis Art Museum has many intriguing pieces of artwork, but my eyes seemed to navigate towards Thomas Cole’s pieces. Research has shown that Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape art, but through the portal of America’s wilderness and it’s association of God. Nature, human life, and mortality were the key viewpoints

Hayden believed in the benefits and effects of a progressive country, seeking to change the world in which many are part of. Along with Hayden came landscape artist William Jackson, who was motivated to share remarkable scenery and the truthfulness of western nature. During this period many people were curious to learn more and more about the changes occurring in society, such as industrial. Jacksons painting were set to be a combination between nature and upcoming technology, such as railroads. However, after research was composed by comparing the art of others, some aspects of his painting were put into question. In theis article, Anderson argues that the viewer only gets a glimpse of what is on the painting, but none of how it was composed. To prove Andersons argument, she mentions that many artist such as Jackson combined their observations (photographs, elements, and techniques) and the ones of other artist and fabricated one whole image out of that information. Many artist promised truthfulness, but the final work showed otherwise. Unlike landscape painting, photography assured accurate changes like nature, villages and the constructions of

He was active in the running of the Federal Art Project during the 1930s, he later became assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa. Regarded as “chief philosopher and greatest teacher of representational U.S art,” he was also a vehement proponent of cultural nationalism. He asserted that “A work which does not make contact with the public is lost.”“All the really good ideas I’d ever had had come to me while I was milking a cow. So I went back to Iowa.” He believed artists should adopt a narrative style an create art based on what was unique to the American experience. He created a world where men and women worked collectively for the common good. As in American Gothic (see fi.3), the man and woman’s stern face expressions remind us of the puritan ancestors who worked hard and led a abstinent life. This painting was seen a depiction of the steadfast American pioneering spirit which would rekindle people’s pride in who they were and where they had come from. (Haskell) He created this fable of American resilience and strength when he found a cottage which was designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive upper

Ranked amongst the great American artists of the 20th-century, Georgia O’Keeffe stands as one of the most talented and compelling. For upwards of seven decades, O’Keeffe’s representations of the allure of the American landscape were a brave counterpoint to the chaotic images embraced by the art world. Her cityscapes and still life paintings filled the canvas with a vibrant energy that gained her a following of the critics and the public. Though many have tried, no one has been able to imitate her intimacy and arrant accuracy.

Two painters in history are known for their abilities to depict scenes in such realistic manners that you would never know they are actually producing paintings. These painters are named Johannes Vermeer and Albert Bierstadt. Both men came from different times and ethnic backgrounds. Dutchman, Johannes Vermeer was born in the year 1632 and passed away in 1675. Over his lifetime Vermeer used a style of painting that causing modern day historians and art lovers to struggle to figure out how he painted such realistic scenes that mimicked photographs. His style combined many pictorial depth cues while maintaining a strong sense of realism throughout the relatively few paintings he produced. Next is Prussian artist Albert Bierstadt, who was born in the year 1830 and passed away in 1903. Bierstadt is widely known for his highly realistic paintings of the American West landscape. Combining pictorial depth cues and visual realism were his specialties, while raising a large degree of ‘illusionism’ in his paintings. In his lifetime Bierstadt produced over 500 paintings, most of which pertained to the places he visited on his journey across the United States. While Bierstadt and Vermeer were two very different men, their works shared common elements. Vermeer’s The Music Lesson and The Concert and Bierstadt’s Yosemite Valley share many of the same pictorial depth cues, realism, and even a sense of illusionism. In order to analyze how these works of art are alike, three questions must be

I attended the art show of Chandler Pritchett at the Memphis Botanic Garden on Tuesday June 16, 2015. The theme of the show was water. The art show included a total of 7 paintings. After viewing the entire show two painting stuck out to me the most. “Network” and “Origin”. My fear of large bodies of water is what brought me to these paintings. I was curious to know more. I could not help but to make my own meaning of the paintings. Both paintings made me think of being trapped, afraid and empty. After I left the museum I curiously made email the artist to find out what was her inspiration for this painting. Did she feel the same way I felt? Did she associate this painting with fears? I had so made questions that needed answers. Ms. Pritchett emailed me backed and responded by saying…

The world around us is amazing in its natural state. It produces larger than life works of arts, like the Grand Canyon, that can take a person’s breath away. These naturally made wonders can never be replicated, to any extent, by a human being. But what happens when you mix the wonderment of the natural world with a creative mind? It has been shown that a mind of an artist can manipulate these natural element the world has given us into something fantastical and inspirational. Peytah Coyne, Anselm Kiefer, Cornelia Parker, Patrick Dougherty, and Jappie King Black are just a few of the artists of our time that use natural elements, such as stone, wood and vines, in innovative ways to create works of art that reference a whimsical

When compelling and exemplary artists are discussed, most ordinary people ponder the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. However, a vast quantity of the powerful artists in the world are just mundane humans with complex thought processes. In The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton illustrates a fictional character in Cassandra Ryan whose imagination, independence, and melancholy embody the theory that artists are both prosaic and prodigious.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been called Scotland’s greatest architect and designer, in addition to being celebrated as one of the most prominent and influential figures in modern design and the art Nouveau period. Mackintosh was an architect, furniture designer, water colorist and ceramicist, and within his wide range of work is a strong element of refined elegance, inspired by nature and blurring the lines between art, craft and design. According to Spencer (2005), “Mackintosh sees nature as a spiritual, creative force and one which is essential to human development” (p.146), working within this philosophy, Mackintosh inspired

Modern art has been influenced by “primitive” art from Africa and the Indian Islands but Barbara Hepworth was influenced by the hills and landscape around here. Her work Simple Form, 1937 (fig. 1) is reflective of the landscape and the rock outcropping in the area around where she grew up. This artist did not have to look to a different country for “primitive” art to inspire her work. The primitive artists also seem to have been inspired by these same outcroppings of rocks in much the same way. Like other modern artists Hepworth was breaking down the form to its essential form.Hepworth expressed that it was the landscape of her childhood that impressed upon her and where she looked to for inspiration.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. As a child, Wright was far closer to his mother than his father and it was reported that after his parents divorced in 1881, Frank Lloyd Wright never laid eyes on his father again. The premier male influence on Wright in his teen years was a maternal uncle who got Wright into a prodigious school and encouraged him intellectually. Within the immediate household, Frank became the primary caregiver for his mother and two sisters. Anna, Wright's mother, was indulgent of her son's whims and it was said that she never punished him, but instead treated him as her equal, leading to a personality which would not accept that he was ever in error on anything (Secret 1998, page 62). Even as a young man, Wright knew that his interests lay in architecture and in the furthering of architecture as an art form. There is no documentation that Wright either completed high school or college after entering the University of Wisconsin, although he would be awarded an honorary doctorate in 1955.

Exhibitions are a wonderful way to view and explore art and its many elements. Such exhibitions are traditionally in a gallery, but more and more have become showcased online. Regardless of how the viewer experiences the exhibition, the art usually has either a theme or central ideas that bring the pieces together. Frank Lloyd Wright is a man who created many architectural pieces in his life that were displayed in several exhibitions. One such online exhibition is “Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward.” In this exhibition Wright uses a central idea of creating from the inner elements of design to the outer elements. His architectural pieces visually resemble this idea and are usually accompanied by a description providing even further support. This accompanying text is not always available when looking at exhibitions displayed physically. While there is this contrast of physical and online displays, neither type of exhibition is hindered to the overall purpose of displaying art around a central theme.

When anyone goes downtown, they do not tend to think of it more than just buildings. In my mind, I would think of perspective, color schemes, proportion, and more art terms. My hippocampus, responsible for processing long term memory, pulls out art concepts because I have been taught to see things differently. Artists are taught to look at how things relate to each other, how they were formed, and why they were placed there. Our brains processes things the same way everyone else 's does, but we overthink everything. Luckily our body does the millions of other things we couldn 't keep track of. I was always intrigued by how these little things inside our bodies were responsible for every single thing we do and feel. Thanks to psychology, I now know why art professors always wanted to engrave so many concepts that seemed common sense at the time. Now I know that the concepts I constantly think of when making art , are things that influenced my life.

Meanwhile, the construction represents Prairie Style. Under the spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architects expressed ideas that linked nature and common space, for example, large area of garden, landscape lobbies, boulevards, open-floors with plants.

The history of art dates back to ancient times. Artwork can be, and was, found around the world. What makes art interesting is that it can be created in any way, shape or form with any materials. It seems that the artwork can also tell us a lot about the artist. Art seems to be simply, a direct, visual reflection of the artist’s life. Therefore, one can assume that an artist’s life experiences and beliefs directly influence their art. If we look at examples from different periods of art we will be able to see the connection between the artist and the art.