Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

The Journey to Postmodern Art The field of visual art is extremely broad, therefore art historians have been attempting to categorize it based on style, time of creation, and subject matter for centuries. Much like any other sociological aspect of life, the culture and time period in which it was made has a great impact on the artist which directly influences their art. Though art is and always has been a way for someone to express themselves, limitations from certain parties took some of that experience

Intro In late Antiquity the arts consisted of the seven artes liberales, the liberal arts: Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music. Philosophy was the mother of them all. On a lower level stood the technical arts like architecture, agriculture, painting, sculpture and other crafts. "Art" as we concieve of it today was a mere craft. Art in the Middle Ages was "the ape of nature". And what is art today? Can we give a definition? Sir Roger Penrose, one

violence. But Walker’s art never had the intention of pleasing viewers or answering easy questions. Winning the John.D and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundations genius grant at only twenty seven years old, Walkers art has taunted Americans to recognize the legacy that slavery has left behind. A move to Atlanta, Georgia in Walkers adolescence exposed her to the southern bigotry that inspired her art in later years. However, only when she had completed her Masters of Fine arts in Rhode Island, did she

Introduction If you’re thinking, “Human Equations? Does that mean a bunch of people got together and formed equations with their body?”, you might want to pause and think about how you got yourself in this situation. If you’re thinking, “Human Equations! Weren’t they done by famous photographer Man Ray?”, you’re on the right track, but not quite there yet. Formally known as Shakespearean Equations, the Human Equations are a series of paintings where artistic practice meets mathematical puzzles,

to was New York. He went to New York and was exposed to its western influences, its liberty and freedom of expression (Springford, 2011).Using photography Weiwei recorded and documented everything that inspired him. Weiwei visited galleries and art museums that exposed

5. Typical Art Funds—SWOT Analysis and Discussion “Typical art funds” here are defined as those diversified funds that modeled on mutual funds and private-equity funds. The subject of art funds has seen about as much enthusiasm as it has criticism from both the art and financial industry. Art funds have been mostly criticizing for the illiquidity and high transaction costs. In spite of the market inefficiencies that characterize the art world, art funds have growing appeal when they come to portfolio

Photography generated a sentiment of art because it could stop time in a single frame. “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” (Warhol, 1975)  was something stated in Andy Warhol’s loosely formed autobiography. A perfect example of this is the series of prints that were taken by Eadward Muybridge in the 19th century, called The Horse in Motion (Fig 9). These photographs were taken to prove that the horse fully left the ground when it ran. This displayed

The Industrial Revolution 1. What was the industrial revolution all about? The Industrial Revolution initially began in Britain and spread throughout Europe, North America and the rest of the world. It was a period of great change brought on by advancements in technologies and increases in trade, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and population growth. These advancements changed the structure of society at that time and changed the economy, which had been based on the land and manual labour, to

Portraitures and statuaries have always been a method of self representation, which has played various roles throughout history. According to Rosemarie Trentinella from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roman portraiture has shifted back and forth between the two styles, realistic and idealized (Roman Portrait Sculpture: The Stylistic Cycle). In the Republic, military officials would have portraits taken of them showing every wrinkle and flaw to display their devotion to the public and valor. Then

Everyone knows that the artists make the art, but what is it that actually makes art, art? Art is what it is marketed as. In the modern age, everything is subjective and consumerist... or at least it seems to be. As the world revolves more and more around the psyche of the individual, their ego, and the fragility of their perceptions, art has moved to match and respond to it. With an ever growing oppressive sphere of capitalist influence the meaning of art and its institutions becomes increasingly