Pop Art - All American Style

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but maybe they are worth far more than that. Pictures, although seemingly simple in nature, are extremely complex. Far too often, people overlook what a picture truly is. When a person looks at an image, they most likely see only the image, nothing else. Many people do not look deep enough into an image to fully comprehend the true meaning of it. However, when an individual begins to truly study an image in an attempt to understand the true complexity of it, they will be surprised at what they overlooked before. As stated by French Realist Painter, Gustave Courbet, “Fine art is knowledge made visible.”

It is believable that John Vanderlyn, in his painting Landing of Columbus, was trying to portray the success of Columbus and his crew. Columbus heroic stance and elegant expression are made all the more impressive in comparison to the native people who witness the event. The Native Americans are naked, fearful or subservient, bowing down before the explorer in awe and reverence. The symbols of empire are shown in the heroic explorer with his Christian crosses and steel swords symbolizing the significance in the power of civilization. In 1836 of June, Congress had commissioned John Vanderlyn to paint the Landing of Columbus. About eleven years later the painting was

In Stuart Ewen’s All Consuming Images, the preface “Introduction to the New Edition” opens by giving the audience varying progressing images, from break dance to Madonna to Windows 95. This demonstrates a fast change in society: what matters in the history may not be an important issue now. Ewen then questions how a book written earlier still remains important and deserves republication. The book is durable because of the fact that it was written when the idea “images are everywhere” begins to develop. From political stand point, all the images, or specifically propaganda, that people see are to manipulate people’s emotions. In economic sphere, due to the ubiquitous advertising, marketing

On Tuesday we took a trip to the Chrysler Museum to view the "Branding the American West" exhibit. In this exhibit it had a wide selection of Art types which we had a guide take us around to view them. While I was there I was surprised to see a more variety of art than I thought I would see. I saw television art that was made by a Korean man, A glass hamburger with fries and a Pepsi; this one was the most interesting to me because I had never seen art like that in my life. Another cool thing is that most of the art here at the exhibit had descriptions by them to let you know what the art means and who the artist were. However, their is one piece of art that I liked the most and that one is the Pima Basket.

With images, words, and sounds been almost endlessly reproduced and distributed, various critics of modern culture suggest that traditional ideas about art and authenticity are no longer applicable. The problem is said to have been noticed back in the 1930s in the popular essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction that was concerned about what would happen to the “aura” of unique works of art when photography and other techniques if anybody could make unlimited copies of images. With the rise of digital technology, copying ability became vast and complex and hence the idea of originality is thrown into

They are all African American Artist, although they are extremely similar to each other. Each one of them trying to indicate art is art is nothing to do with black and white people. Art is for represented you to the world. It’s all about creating something new to the world. As an African American they created different art from their own culture and won religion. They are very similar to each other because they are all artists of their own thinking such as they use their own idea to create art. The interesting part is that Artist thinks about the American history first and creates a photo or art or video as well. Each one of them is famous African American artist who shared a history, culture, the experience and struggles of their art work.

Coming to the United States in the early 1950’ and reaching its peak of activity in the 1960’s would be Pop art. This type of art was everywhere, billboards, commercial products, and celebrity images. You see this type of art mostly in comic strips. This type of art celebrates the everydays items that people used. Pop art was the start of a new art movement,

American art, and its countless mediums, evolved equally with the capitalist country. This is a visual medium and a form of self-expression, where an artists is free to turn a canvas into anything he or she would like. They are not bound by grammar, words or other aspects of written communication and could freely As the old saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words”; and in America, their work served as mirrors of the social and political climate. The many painters, architects, and photographers themselves could be considered the archivists that shaped the “all-American” identity.

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

The essays by Berger and Benjamin are similar in several ways in the sense that they follow a common theme and put forward similar arguments. Mechanical reproduction changed the way we view and experience art. Their perspectives on the reproduction of art changed our thinking and feelings for what it can bring.

Jazz started in New Orleans in the late 19th Century when the combination of European horns ran into the loud rumble of African drums. Local folk took that sound and put it together with the music they heard in churches and the music they heard in bars and saloons and they played a new music, wild and euphoric. It is said to have grown from a combination of African folk music and rhythms, Caribbean and African-American music. (Hennessey, 1973) Jazz spans a period of over 100 years and encompasses a range of music from ragtime to the present day. It makes heavy use of improvisation,

When one marvels at a painting it is tempting to take in one section at a time so as to not miss anything. Certain work entices the audience to come forward, into the scene. Yet the whole painting in its entirety is made to be experienced from a distance, a place where the expanse of the scene can be taken in fully for all it was created to be. Certain brushstrokes or movements only come together when viewed from three yards away. An art museum is a sanctuary filled with these temptations. Each illustration depicts a different story that can only be fully understood once one stands at a distance, senses the mood, researches the historical background, and asks the question: “Why did the artist make the choices he/she did?”

Abstract Expressionism is considered a triumph in American Painting. It is still the most discussed and debated form of twentieth century American art, and still influences generations of artists. It used the cultural references of the tragic, the unconscious, the sublime and the primitive to create a unique and evocative style of painting that was unique in the art world.

Thiebaud created his own new and unique form of style of pop art. As Thiedbaud began to perfect his craft he returned back to California in the early 1960’s. He began to exploit his work starting off with small canvasses of realistic objects, such as tasty foods, cosmetics, toys, and human figures. Additionally, today he still remains known for his still life confections, such as pastries and cakes. From the Gumball machines, sandwiches, hot dogs, and ice cream cones, to the juice boxes, pies, cakes, paint cans, and lipsticks; Thiebaud have mold himself into a perfectionist painter who draws his pictures of food from imagination and memory. In his works, objects and their shadows are outlined in multiple colors, creating visual effects which

The purpose of American Pop Art was to rebel against artwork like "abstract expressionism. “ Artist such as Frankenthaler, and Polack didn’t show a subject in their artwork. Pop artists such like Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein decided to create artwork of the most recognisable objects of that time in an attempt to reverse the trend of "abstract expressionism”. Andy Warhol used Coca Cola bottles, and Campbell Soup Cans in his artwork, and Lichtenstein used blow-ups of