Degas Anti Impressionist

Two sculptures, among others, lie in the outskirts of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA. One of them, The Walking Man, is a bronze sculpture created by French sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1905. The other, made more than 100 years later, is T.E.U.C.L.A., a large scale steel sculpture made by minimalist sculptor Richard Serra. Although it may seem like these works have more differences than similarities, both emphasize the processes of their creation and are major movements away from the classical tradition of sculpture. However, The Walking Man and T.E.U.C.L.A. also differ in several aspects that reflect their respective artists’ personal portrayals of modern sculpture. These aspects include: mode of production, composition and the arrangement of volumes, the play of light and shadow, and visual experience. Together these elements of formal organization work together to convey meaning in both of these works. Rodin’s deliberate rejection of refinement and disregard for the direct translation of the unformed to formed in The Walking Man represent the process and spontaneity of reality, while Serra’s use of curvature and aperture in T.E.U.C.L.A. models the spaces people move through and the perceptive skills they use in life and nature.

Impressionism is a way of painting which depicts objects using strokes and dabs of primary unmixed colours in order to simulate reflections of light. This style of painting was completely different and new at the time and both Seurat and Monet used these methods to become pivotal impressionist artists in the early 1870s.

Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is a symbol for all little girls with dreams bigger than themselves. The Little Dancer is a statue of a young girl made from all natural materials, created by the artist Edgar Degas. The Little Dancer has a small head with small features; Degas was not trying to emphasize her face, but her minute features display an expression of hope, almost jovial in a way. The air of her expression conveys the quiet discipline of a dancer and therefore her passion and love for ballet. The legs of the dancer are long compared to her torso, turned out, as a dancers always are. This turnout becomes natural after working strenuously every single day, trying to perfect the dancer’s art; standing parallel feels abnormal.

During our visit to the El Paso Museum of Art, our docent (insert name) took us on a tour of their current exhibitions: Robert Delaunay and Albert Gleizes: The School of Paris from Modern Master Series: Highlights from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Immaculate Conception, Amplified Abstraction, and Modern Stone Totems. In addition to our expedition we observed art of Mexico and New Spain that showcased 17th and 19th century paintings and sculptures. European art with includes paintings and sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. As well as, early American art from the 19th century to the mid 20th century.

I had the opportunity to visit the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). It is placed in a wonderful scenario called the City Park, in which the three-story building is surrounded by oak trees and artificial lakes. At the desk, a lady welcomed you in a large hall dominated by a central stair. On each side of the hall, there are rooms with European paintings, in particular Dutch, Flemish, and Italian; in front, instead, there is a large room with photographs. As I finish my visit of the first floor and I moved up towards the second, right in front of me I see a bronze statue by Rodin, who I knew for his famous The Thinker. At the second floor, I can admire American, Spanish, and French painters; in particular, I recognize names such as Picasso,

Whether pride, fear, or peace, art is intended to make the viewer feel an emotion. The visit to the St. Louis Art Museum had me excited to discover a new revelation. Being the second time that I had visited in two semesters, I was looking forward to a new angle to take, writing about some of my favorite pieces I was unable to include in my last paper. This semester we have been focusing on the Renaissance era (1300-1700), also known as the Rebirth. During this time, scholars and artists looked back towards the classical learning. Purposefully looking past the middle-ages, they focused on the classical past of Rome and Greece. During this time period many works of art were created, however, throughout this semester every major artist we studied

Sophomore year of High School we took a trip to New York to visit The Metropolitan Art Museum we spent the full day immersing ourselves in the artwork. It was the trip that would inspire me to become an artist. We arrived to this momentous building with lots of stairs I was eager to be off the bus and see what the museum held for us. We were greeted by our guide and we began our tour which would only be part of this magnificent day. It must have been one of the first things we came across and the most memorable piece not only the artwork that was in front of me but the feeling I felt that day. It was “The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer” a bronze cast by Edgar Degas it was mixed media of sorts she was wearing a cotton skirt with a satin hair ribbon

Edgar Degas and Claude Monet used different techniques and styles in their paintings. Monet has been described as “The Driving force behind Impressionism”. He studied the reflection of the light and its effects on the colors and also he preferred to paint in indoor places. Edgar Degas was different form another impressionist painters, his style reflected his respect to his old masters. Also, he preferred to paint in outdoors places. Moreover, Degas’s art style depended on the depiction of the art movement especially in his dancers drawings. Also, he used oil paintings and pastels in his drawings.

When looking at artist Carmen Herrera, there is a sense of disbelief in the fact that when she applied to galleries as a young artist, it was difficult for an exhibition opportunity. Herrera was working with modern, abstract minimalist paintings as early as 1950, among male artists such as Elsworth Kelly. When applying to a gallery during this movement of abstract minimalism, Herrera was declined the opportunity to show a solo exhibition due to her status as a woman, though the gallery director that turned her down was also a woman. Regarding the history of art dating back to prehistoric times, even a more modern movement, relating to contemporary times, shows prevalence to current society (“The Hundred Years Show”).

Edgar Degas created hundreds of paintings which captured the harsh realities of 19th-century dancers’ lives and depends on his fascination with how ballet dancer’s bodies react when they dance. Degas focused on the movement of the ballerinas across the space and

Van Gogh stares at guests with such solemn eyes that seem to be all colors at once. Claude Monet takes you to the French country side that are covered in swaying pastures of yellow wildflowers and haystacks. The relaxed posed of Renoir’s nude female models shows the realistic ideas the impressionism artists had for the future of art. They painted the true colors of the world around them and present them to us as we pass through the hallways. There is a muffled quietness in the exhibit as everyone observes the sound the paintings reflect as though trying to here the gentle breeze in Monet’s painting of water lilies. Everyone gathers to gaze at George Seurat’s meticulous work that covers an expansive wall which barely contains the impressive effort. Cameras flash trying to capture the unique and awe-inspiring talent and dedication that made Seurat famous but none are able. No one can truly capture the detail and dedication that all artists put into their work through photos, you have to stand right in front of it to come

In the statues Spanish Dancer and Grande Arabesque demonstrates Degas’s ability to convey dancelike rhythm and motion in his

The museum had an ample amount of artwork on display, in addition to the permanent collection, the museum offered three special art exhibits. I must admit I had not visited a museum for quite some time and I appreciated the entire display of artwork. The first area I entered composed of one single display, Red Grooms’ “Model for the Fox Trot Carousel.” Next, I observed Hassan Hajjaj: “My Rock Stars” which contained several artwork of people with instruments. Finally, I entered the exhibit that contained Veda Reed’s “Day into the Night.” Immediately, I fell in love with this display of artwork, particularly Day into Night, Lunar Halo, and Daybreak.

Each of the artist has pale and light colors. Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his different paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas if famous for the “After bath, women drying herself.” This painting was made from 1889-1890. This painting was on a pastel paper.

The main idea of this chapter the choice between being a Little Fish in a Big Pond or a Big Fish in a Little Pond. Gladwell explains that the decision is not so cut and dry, there are many pros and cons to both choices, and the two choices are entirely different. The chapter opens with the story of the Impressionists, a group of French artists, which consisted of Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir— all very famous painters with legacies present in the modern era. Their road to prominence was made possible because they chose to become Big Fish in a Little Pond. The Impressionists had a different aesthetic than what was typically accepted at the Salon.