Survey of Art History II
Man Ray like many other artists did not care to have his personal life shown in his art. He wanted to be viewed and recognized for his work which included sculptures, paintings, and photography. Man Ray was mostly influenced by Stieglitz's photographs. Man Ray used a similar style to Stieglitz. He captured images that created an unvarnished look at the photos' subject. Man Ray discovered a new way to create his photos; by accident in his work room he discovered how to manipulate objects in his photos on pieces of photosensitive paper. In the year 1914, at a seminal exhibition, Man Ray introduced himself to African art. Man Ray did this at the Alfred Stieglitz 291 Gallery. Man Ray’s photograph Noire et Blanche became an icon for modern photography. Although this was his most famous and widely known piece, Man Ray’s less known work made a greater impact and influence on African art. Photographs with African art pieces began to flourish greatly after Man Ray's break through with his Noire et Blanche photograph. These photographs shed light on many day to day issues such as: issues of race, identity, sex, separatism, and disenfranchisement. Noire et Blanche shows Kiki -Man Ray’s companion- with her eyes closed and her head sideways on a table in a very relaxed manner. With her left hand, Kiki is holding, an African mask known as a Baule Gba Gba mask. The mask is held straight above the table and right up next to her face. In this time, it was
1. Do we create a hierarchy within archaeology of the tools/human fossils over the unknown objects/art objects by placing more importance on the sciences than the arts, i.e. we readily fund certain projects of a scientific nature (i.e. proving the missing link) vs projects of a purely aesthetic nature (restoration of pre-Columbian burial wrapping weavings)? What motivates this hierarchy, if a hierarchy exists?
A primary objective in measuring productivity is to improve operations either by using fewer inputs to produce the same output, or to produce:
Turner 's The Slave Ship, in addition to Monet’s Impression Sunrise, each collectively are a couple of masterpieces of the nineteenth century that examine the interpretation of colors in addition to motion. They may be intricate works that can be both identified as the face of artistic techniques; The Slave Ship is widely seen as a Romantic portrait becoming an outstanding illustration for the Sublime revolution, while on the other hand, Impression Sunrise is the earliest portrait recognized in the Impressionist age. Both styles are revolutionary artworks with approaches that a majority of individuals had never examined before. Although the artworks comprise of numerous things in common, both are specifically different from each other.
* Masaccio –Tribute Money/ Expulsion in the [and Masolono, Filippino Lippi] Brancacci Chapel; Trinity with Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors
Overview, background: Enlightenment, (Newton & Galileo); Classicism/Romanticism (French & other Revolutions); Impressionism & Post (Industrial Revolution, Darwin), Modernism (WWI, Freud, WWII) Pop & Op (Vietnam, sexual revolution, Watergate); today (technological revolution).
This paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek, Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some discoloration which causes the color to come off as slightly light brown for most of the relief. The sculpture appears larger compared to the other sculptures in the art room. It represents a family which includes a man, his wife, and their
I was surprised when I saw your PowerPoint because all the pictures were from the actual Denver Museum Art. All these pieces of art you took were catching my attention and help me learned more about the Pre-Columbian Art. Therefore, your PowerPoint just made me realized that most of males and females arts are mostly nude, which I still don't understand why. In my opinion, some of the Pre-Columbian art is very interesting because is give me a hard time to figure what it was and every of their arts important to the Spanish history.
The two artworks I chose to use for my essay are the Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, and The Deposition by Rogier van der Weyden. Both paintings are from the Early Renaissance, and I found both of them in my textbook. (Campin painting: page 307 and Weyden painting: page 311 in book “ART: A Brief History”)
He later began a career as a fashion photographer taking Pictures for popular Paris magazines. While in Paris, Ray produced brilliant work, which we know today as Rayo Grammes. Which are images created on a piece of paper, light is exposed then the image is produced. Another popular work of Man Ray is Violin D’ingres. The photograph features Kiki, Ray’s lover’s naked back. It was inspired by a painting from French artist Jean August Dominique. To add a twist Man Ray added two black shapes that appear to be musical instruments. Ray also experimented with solarization, which is reverse imaging, creating a photographic image from a negative form. His photographic innovations influenced other avant-garde photographers, such as André Kertesz and Brassai, and apprentices Berenice Abbott and Lee Miller. Even though he was successful as a photographer, Man Ray always considered himself, primarily, a painter. His work was foundational for avant-garde artists in both Europe and America, and he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Man Ray also made short films between 1923 and
The idea of this piece is to show the connection between mother and daughter being painted. It shows the time and the classic style of the
The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.
“Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. “- Francis Bacon. However when I learnt more about history of art and the way each movement and happenings in the world inspired artist to make new works, I was able to see much more than just a canvas with random paints and sketches. The interesting part about this concept is that each piece of art could be interpreted in many different ways. In contemporary art there isn’t right and wrong, each of us view and find different meanings and connections with artworks.
Henry Peach Robinson, born on July 9th, 1830, was a British photographer and prominent author on photography. Known as “the King of Photographic Picture Making,” he began his life’s work as a painter but would become one of the most influential photographers of the late 19th century. He was a prolific advocate for photography as an art form and is well known for his role in “pictorialism,” which, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, is “an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality.”
How has the Classical tradition (the art of Greece and Rome) continued to affect art through the 1700s? In what way have artists also turned away from the Classical tradition?
What is Pop art? Ask anyone this question and it is certain that the answer will contain the names of big name artists, such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, or Roy Lichtenstein. Numerous analyses have discussed the underlying concepts of mass production and consumerism residing within the artwork of the Pop movement that began in the 1960s. Where did Pop art go after this decade and what happened to it? Historically, we see the gradual change from Pop art to performance art and minimalism, and, over the past few decades, reminiscence of Pop can be found in a variety of artists’ works who choose to reflect on the movement. But did the ideals and motivations that brought life to the Pop movement simply vanish? This study aims to argue that though the movement was popular during the sixties, it is a near certainty that within the rise of the digital revolution a new form of Pop has been created via Internet and video game art, such as new media artist Corey Arcangel’s Super Mario Clouds.