Examples Of Art Critique

Case Study: The use of assemblage and the found object in historical and contemporary art practice.

I visited the Janice Mason Art Museum located in downtown Cadiz, KY. The gallery they had on display was “Colorstorm” If not now… when? by the artist Stacey Torres. The gallery featured upward towards 50 original paintings. Some of the artworks in this exhibit include: The Reddest Thread, Cathy, Queen Anne, Poetry Man 1, Poetry Man 2, and Journey. Stacey Torres is an African-American folk artist, writer, and dancer. She was born in Jamaica, New York and currently lives in New Castile, Indiana. The primary focus of her work is women in natural settings. Her paintings include brilliant colors using different media and include watercolor, oil pastels, and acrylics. (2) The piece I chose to review was titled Journey. This was a large (24 x 36) acrylic painting.

This essay reviews the artwork by William Bouguereau in the painting The Elder Sister. It examines the elements of design and principles practiced in the artwork. This essay assesses the appropriate use of the elements and the effects that they have on the overall perception of the painting. The artist has applied an amazing background as well as a perfect balance of the piece. The elder sister's arm balances with her leg, the baby's foot balances with older sisters foot, the clouds balance with the bushes. This marks the cause of the initial acclaim of this painting. Upon viewing the picture one gets a feeling that the artist meant to depict a young lady who is captivated by her little sibling. This comes out clearly from the use of the angelic almost celestial background that unquestionably creates the mood of affection. The enchanting smile on the face of the young girl communicates the elder sisters bliss. The painter has accomplished a lot concerning the use of the elements in this painting.

The first thing I look for in a good painting is colors or vibrant. Next, I looked deeper than the color and I saw emotion. This paint made me feel like I was there, it gave me the visual I needed. This painting speaks to me. I really enjoy this painting because it is a message to us, not only African Americans but Caucasians also. When you look at this paint from a non-African point of view. One may see a bunch of angry black men beating up white men. However, if you look deeper into it and you notice the little things, such as the chains in the back, that fact that all the blacks in this painting do not have any type of clothing on, only a human diaper. You can see the passion in these Africans eyes, and the fear in the Whites face. This painting is a wake-up call for to something we all should know. That our textbooks do not mention. This painting is personal to me because any kind of information I can gain on slavery and how the process went down, also how they press came to an end. I am all for it. Slavery is such a touchy subject for me… not because my great grandparents were slaves or anything in that nature. However, because I feel like not enough people in the world are educated on it. I believe that a lot of our textbooks and things we are “taught” by the teacher are “sugar coated” because we do not get the full brutality of what was going on, or for what

Last week I visited the George Caleb Bingham Gallery to see an artist’s work. Her name was Mary Margaret Sandbothe and her collection of art was at the MFA Thesis Exhibition. Now, I am not one for looking at art and being able to interpret it easily, but when I arrived to see her work I was pleasantly surprised. I was in awe of artwork at first glance.

1. It was hard to get the feet to look realistic. The detailing part was hard to. Like you had to get all the contrast, structure, movement, and realism. It was hard especilly because in my painting my feet were small. Another hard part was getting the right shade. Like ppaint the feet a color and then make it a little darker for the areas that neede shading and dimension to give a realistic/ contrast to distinguish the difference. It was hard to get a shade that wasnt dramatically drker that the feets color.

A Painting by Paula Rego called The Family - The Stimulus for our Drama Piece

After visiting the Wichita Art Museum, I was engrossed by the canvas Ring around the chimney by Lawrence Beall smith (American, 1909-1995) and the other canvas Butter Lane by David sale (American, 1952). The first piece of art that caught my attention was the Ring around the Chimney, because it was on the side of the entrance that stood out because of its form of subtractive color mixtures that made the canvas seems cloudy and gloomy feeling. The lines in the canvas also caught my attention because it gave it a mass in Two-Dimensions that made the canvas look like there was not enough space because of the two women, the filthy mattress, the cloudy skies, the chimney and the wood fence. The women in a pink dress also gave the canvas an illusion

While returning to the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston, I stumbled on a painting that was in our book Gardner’s Art through the Ages by Fred S. Kleiner on page 705. The composition intrigued me a hundred times more in real life than it did in my book. I wanted to know the story, who are the girls, where are they and why is there no certainty in the painting? Are the girls in an insane asylum, a museum, a house? The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, captivated me, it is like no other piece of art that I have even written about, I wanted to challenge my artistic ability and try something different. Throughout this paper I will be analyzing the story, the girls and the overall meaning of why this painting exists.

I can only hope that the women that have looked at this portrait of me are inspired to pursue their goals and dreams, no matter how foolish they may seem to be by society. I have been fortunate enough to be allowed to break away from my expected norms and go after the arts. I hear that I am the “first known woman artists to achieve international fame,” (Clara, 2012) which means that my efforts and my talents have not gone in vain. It is my humble wish that decades from now, women can look at this painting and see that their efforts to be more equal to men are worth and so important.

As a rhetorical form, music has a way of allowing musicians to connect to their audience through their emotions and through a message they wish to impart on them. A musician can put what they were feeling while writing or recording into a song and those feelings can strike a chord with the listener and allow them to connect with the musician. Music is very expressive and “imitative of the emotions” and most can agree that “we have a greater direct connection to music than we do in attempting to put words to our emotions” (Worth). There are times when even a musician can’t put their feelings into words, so they must express them a different way, like through a visual representation.

The artist of the portrait is Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. She was born in Paris on April 16, 1755. She was the daughter of Louis Vigee who was a pastel painter of moderate talent and devoted to his artwork. When Elisabeth turned eleven her education was considered complete, she then left school for good to return home to her parents and to pursue her dream as a painter like her father. While back at home with her parents, she spend many of her hours in her father’s studio experimenting to her heart 's content with his crayons, and dutifully accompanied her mother, who, we are told, was "good to the point of austerity,"

The epidemic of our materialistic society is the result of mankind seeking “happiness” and satisfaction through obtaining objects of our greatest desires. We are so vulnerable from getting exposed to media and propaganda, the orthodox of society convincing us that purchasing materialistic objects ultimately reflect our social image, self-worth and happiness. Hello Triple J representatives, I believe music is incredibly important, in fact, music is also one of the key aspects in society. It impacts the listeners and shapes them along with the music, depending on what type of message the song is trying to deliver.

Located in our local museum of Fine Arts here in Houston, Texas the painting “The Elder Sister” done by the famous painter William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1869 is known at the museum for being an anonymous gift given to the museum in the year 1992. When one take a trip to the museum to view this painting one gets this feeling of adoration. The painting between the two siblings gives out a caring and calm perspective. A reason one can get this feeling of the painting created by Bouguereau is because it shows on how the elder sister has the passion of caring for her younger sibling. Her small smile painted on her face and her hold to her younger sibling shows the love she has. Including the look in her eyes that has a straight glance to the art viewers shows the care and loving emotion. Including as if her eyesight was showing one the same love and carefulness affection she shows the younger child in her arms known as her sibling.

If you have some free time and have always wanted to visit an art gallery, a start is the Art Sacré exposition. Just do not expect high quality art. Running from October twenty-third to December eight-teenth at Les Salles de Gesù, the exposition features four artists depicting spirituality and inner self.