Clock And Bones

Many different ideas and explanations were made but the most controversial idea was that the melting clocks were somehow connected with Einstein's theory of relativity but in my own personal opinion I interpret this artwork as a way of Salvador to try to capture the time and existence in one place and one occasion because of a pressing need of his own nature that motivates him to do so as artist.(3)

A review of the world’s great artists conjures familiar images: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel; Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night; Pablo Picasso’s The Tragedy. There are many more, of course: Monet, Moya, Warhol, Rembrandt, Kandinsky. What is immediately noticeable, however, upon any brief study of art, is the significant absence of women as heralded artists—not only in our ancient pasts, but even today, amongst valiant efforts for gender equality.

Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity was written by Griselda Pollock in 1988, and later published in The Expanding Disclosure in 1992. Griselda Pollock is an art historian, and writes this article for fellow art historians. This is an article written to show the different approaches to femininity in the late 19th century, mainly dealing with the field of art. This article shows how during this time period there were women artists, but due to the gendered ruled ideas attached to art history, these women are largely ignored by art historians. Pollock thought that these women artists are primarily overlooked due to the fact that they are judged by the same standards that are affixed to the work of their male counterparts. But she argues

The Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her profound artwork and iconic likeness to the artist. She explores the ideas of gender, nationality, class, politics, etc. The emotional intensity and imaginative aspects of her artwork led many to label Frida as a surrealist. Although accepting this label, Frida distinguishly noted that her paintings are not of dream worlds, like other surrealists, but of her own reality. Frida Kahlo’s “The Broken Column” has influenced how I view myself and the world around me through its depiction of spiritual tranquility and physical anguish.

Georgia O’Keeffe was born to the parents of Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe and Ida (Totto) O’Keeffe on November 15, 1887 near Wisconsin. Georgia was the second oldest child and by the age of ten she knew she wanted to become an artist someday. Her first aspiration was doing abstracts. She was selective about what she painted, but often times she would paint to please others and not herself. Her paintings were thought of as sexual paintings because of the way they were drawn and painted in which she would say is one’s own opinion. Georgia O’Keeffe was best known for her flower canvas and southwestern landscapes. Her husband who is a famous photographer by the name of Alfred Stieglitz used to paint nice portraits of her. She was very fond of him, they both liked what each other did as far as how they were making ends meet, and he just didn’t want her to sell any of her paintings. He would often times tell people “No” so they wouldn’t buy any of her paintings because he wanted them all to himself. She had an interest in nature and used bright colors in her paintings.

Georgia O’Keefe is a famous American painter who painted beautiful flowers and landscapes. But she painted these images in such a way that many people believed she was portraying sexual imagery. “O’Keefe’s depictions of flowers in strict frontality and enlarged to giant scale were entirely original in character . . . the view into the open blossoms evoked an image of the female psyche and invited erotic associations.” (Joachimides 47) O’Keefe denies these allegations and says that she “magnified the scale of the flower only to ensure people would notice them.” (Haskell 203) O’Keefe’s artwork was misinterpreted because of cultural prejudice, her non-traditional lifestyle, and

Salvador Dali’s 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory is a hallmark of the surrealist movement. Dali famously described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs” and The Persistence of Memory is a prime example of that description. The Persistence of Memory depicts striking and confusing images of melting pocket watches and a mysterious fetus-like structure all sprawled over the dreamscape representation of Dali’s home of Port Lligat, Spain. Dali uses strange images, color, and shadows in The Persistence of Memory to convey an abstract view on dreams, time, and reality.

Alfred Stieglitz, her future husband, identified her as the first female American modernist and she has also been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism" for her amazing abstract paintings of the natural world and the emotional impressions they invoked in their viewers. While O'Keeffe has created many breathtaking artworks in her day, there are few still lifes that I find even greater than the rest and I shall tell you why. I love her artwork, Red Canna, because of how its warm colors blend together and also how the complementary colors seem to feed into each other, making them brighter and better. It's impressive how she blends the colors and captures the details of each flower in Jimson Weed and while Black Place II is a bit more abstract than I usually like paintings to be, the thing that makes me love it is both how beautifully the colors contrast against each other and how it makes the viewers feel. I enjoy how she's added subtle, radiant highlights to flowers and how the radial gradient is so gentle in her still life, Petunias. Blue Morning Glories is also a favorite because of how precise and sharply defined the flowers are and how the colors are used to make it, even more, enchanting. Georgia O'Keefe was one of the only artists who stayed true to her art form, and her abstract works were so different than what other artists were doing at the time that even today, her work is still talked about with

Art by its nature is a subject of the philosophical, social, economic, political or religious context surrounding its creator. More often than not, a work of art addresses a specific topic or somewhat revolves around a particular person. Therefore, it is impossible to separate the context of a piece of painting, either historical or cultural, to its intrinsic value or the artwork's meaning. On the other hand, different cultures and time utilized specific conventions that govern the representation of objects of creativity. This essay highlights various pieces of art and their relationship to particular cultural, political, economic, or social settings. Moreover, it pinpoints how different times influence art presentation.

At first glance, the similarities between Vincent van Gogh and Georgia O’Keeffe appear minimal at best. A young van Gogh died penniless and largely unknown in a remote backwater in the south of France, while O’Keeffe lived out a long and illustrious life as one of the most famous artists of the early twentieth century. Where O’Keeffe was the object of admiration and fascination, van Gogh was the object of pity and derision. Where O’Keeffe was heralded in her lifetime for capturing the spirit of the desert landscapes of her beloved New Mexico, van Gogh was a was a man without a country, driven by destitution and illness to wander Europe in search of peace and some measure of stability. Despite their differences, however, O’Keeffe and van Gogh share vital similarities. Both van Gogh and O’Keeffe used art to advocate for the inclusion of the disenfranchised and the forgotten (namely, the poor and the ill in van Gogh’s oeuvre and women in O’Keeffe’s); both revolutionized how the natural world is seen; both are characterized by aesthetic styles which are highly sensory and sensual, representing psychological and physical states in such groundbreaking ways that they change the modern world’s understanding of what it means to be human.

Although women are as multifaceted and beautiful as diamonds, they have been stereotyped as weak, homemakers, and passive. This abatement has been translated into works of art such as that of Edgar Degas and Paul Cézanne. Degas and Cézanne both created oil paintings of women in their respective styles of painting, which can both be observed at the J. Paul Getty Museum. “The Eternal Feminine” by Cézzanne and “The Milliners” by Degas both work together to deliver a submissive message of women through the eyes of man, amidst aesthetically beguiling flicks of paint, washes of color, color schemes, and underpainting.

shows the concept of time as anything but persistent. The painting is presented in what can be assumed to be the landscape of a dream. In the middle of the landscape is a figure that resembles a person who is sleeping, further showing that the painting’s setting is within a dream. As he falls asleep, time has, (quite literally) melted away, as shown by the clock within the paintings that have melted away. On the left hand corner, we’re shown what seems to have been another clock that has turned into a pile of ants, which shows Dalí’s definitive surrealist style. These clocks show that time isn’t of any significance. Within this land, time slips away, and life moves forward. Dalí depicts time here as limitless. While we allow ourselves to be ruled by time, he shows that once we let that guard down (as we do when we are asleep), time becomes nothing but an illusion.

From the time periods of late1904 to early 1906, Pablo Picasso, one of the most renowned oil painters in history, explored the theme of Saltimbanques upon his canvas medium during his famous Rose Period. Previously, Picasso suffered from depression, which resulted in the era known as the Blue Period, but in 1904, Picasso met Fernande Olivier, who some speculate was the transition from his Blue Period to Rose Period. During the Rose Period, Picasso’s used of warm color oil paints, primarily pink, highlighted the artistic style of Saltimbanques as he depicted circus performers, harlequins, and acrobats that he observed when living in France. For much of his artwork, “Picasso’s eye would also require the stimulus of a visual experience,” and for him, the idea of being visually stimulated by circuses, caught his attention. In order to gather inspiration, Picasso would frequently visit the Cirque Médrano in Montmartre so that both his mind and eyes could be visually stimulated. As his infatuation with Saltimbanques increased, he dedicated a series to them and in 1905, he created his most famous painting of the Rose Period “Family of Saltimbanques.” This painting, standing at 7x8 ft, was considered to be the biggest painting ever produced by Picasso. Using these influences, Picasso was able to create his most impressive works of the Rose Period, “Family of Saltimbanques.”

This paper will take a look at Salvador Dali’s painting, The Persistence of Memory, painted in 1931. As the viewer can tell, this is a story of time and life. The memories start in the background where all is well and things are straight and calm. Moving on to the cliff, the observer possibly sees a well-behaved teenager. There is nothing horrible here that leads the spectator to gasp, and the viewer knows this person made it through that time in their life. Then the picture moves on to the age of about twenty, the memories are fond but in the distant past. The memories are protected by a white blanket so that they do not just fall into the background. Then something happened where the person had some

Salvador Dali was born into a middle class family on May 11th 1904 in Figures, Spain. During his lifetime, he was an eccentric painter, writer, sculptor and experimental film maker. In Dali’s early years of painting he experimented at first with landscapes, most of which were of his home in Figueres, Spain. Dali also made paintings of the surrounding area of his family’s summer home, in the seaside town of Cadaques. Dali’s transitional period was between 1927 and 1929, these were years of experimentation. In this period gravel, rocks, cork, and other materials can be noted on his canvases. This was more abstract period then others, at this time in Dali’s life he had just been kicked out of the art school he had been attending .