Action painting

Sweeping, curved lines create a simple depiction of a figure in restful slumber. Standing in front of Pablo Picasso’s Woman With Yellow Hair, painted in 1931, my eyes gaze upon the surpenginous movement within the painting. I am able to observe his intimate portrait of Marie Therese Walter, Picasso’s seventeen-year-old muse. Picasso’s playful color pallet uses saturated hues in great contrast with blushing pink tones. This technique demonstrates her surreal, dreamy state. A single, curved line

Connection Paragraph The role I took on was as an artist. Art and images are excellent alternatives to demonstrate a point. Through the use of art, one is able to interpret and understand the main concepts in a snapshot. I created a diorama and it showed a contrast between appearance and reality which helped me prove the main idea of loneliness. The application of my artistic piece will be explained in the format section. The audience I chose was to a peer group of social workers. I chose to target

after his traumatic day, however this isn’t what the illustration is really showing. From the image, we can see Peter at the back of the room, looking willingly at his sisters, with a vision of envy. This could be seen as role reversal due to Peter’s actions, because throughout the book we see Peter as the main character and almost always the center of attention where the illustrations are concerned. However in this picture he is at the back and the girls are at the front, even though they still have

The painting Good Crop was done by Clarence Holbrook Carter in 1942. He used an oil based medium on a canvas that was forty-eight inches by twenty-eight inches. This painting is from the era of war and rationed goods. The idea for this painting originated from his neighbor Jim Jennings, a farmer from down the road. He made the painting from just one basket of potatoes. Most of Carters painting were based off of memories from his childhood. While looking at Good Crop, your eyes are drawn

Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez Diego Velazquez was a master painter in the Golden Age of Spain. He combined his paintings with sensitivity to the life he observed around him with a palette of light, color, and richness. His famous painting Las Meninas, captured audiences thought out the ages. This painting has a lot of symbolism and history about what was going on at the time the painting was complete. Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez was born in Seville in 1599; during this time, Seville was

This painting shows an image of a pipe, but underneath the image is a line of text that says “Ceci n’est pas une pipe.” Translated to English, it means “This is not a pipe.” Magritte’s meaning is that the painting is not a pipe, but just a painting of a pipe. She is trying to convey the message of surrealism, a type of art movement that tried to complete or resolve certain disagreeing

The three main images I have chosen were all equally unique to me and I found them to be intriguing to the eye. The commercial art of Betty Crocker throughout the year from Courtsey General Mills. This painting shows a timeline of the common looks of a housewife to appear. Steve Chambers poster of Math Rules! greatly demonstrates the many forms math can take place in everyday life. Lastly, Eva Hesse's photo of a studios materials portrays the objects can have potential if they have a user. I find

In Cesar Aira’s novel El Pequeño Monje Budista, Napoleón Chirac, a French photographer, is led by The Little Buddhist Monk (literally, the littlest Buddhist Monk ever seen), to a not very well known temple in order to photograph its ‘space’. Chirac’s work consisted on, from the center (an arbitrary center) of the space, taking a series of pictures covering the perimeter and then digitally uniting them, which would result in one big horizontal image. This temple, located at the outside of a big Korean

encourage my creativity. I remember making coil pots with him during the summer and then painting them. In the ninth grade I took painting which I immediately became attached too. For the past four years I have continued to expand my abilities and strengthen skills with the help of my teacher Mrs. Kulick-Brown. From there I have completed several commissioned pieces for teachers and their families. Painting has taught me a lot about color and composition. During high school I also was involved in

AHIST 1401_Written Assignment_ UNIT1 In an essay compare and contrast the sculptures below, considering the effect the intended purpose or function has on the appearance of the sculptures. Statue of Memi and Sabu: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/48.111 Seated Statue of Gudea: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/59.2 Your essay should be a minimum of 400 words. Essays should be well-written and organized and contain an introduction and conclusion. Please proofread your work for spelling