Art forgery

1980’s and early 1990’s two groups emerged within the Houston art scene. On one side of the spectrum you had the Houston Gorilla Girls who based themselves off of the global movement of Guerilla Girls, which had started in New York City. These girls strutted around in gorilla suits, in order to protect their identities, and fought for the rights of not only women artists but artists of color as well. They took out “hits” on many popular art galleries and even museums around Houston that they felt did

ART ESSAY - 1,456 Words Throughout history artists have explored their own emotions and unique experiences through self portrait painting. Since the renaissance artists have used the self portraits to create a visual diary of their life and their development over time. Rembrandt is one of the most renowned portrait painters from the baroque period and created over 100 self portraits charting a 40 year period of his life. Similarly post impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh used self portraiture

American Gothic: Historical Versus Controversial Why do so many artists recreate such similar compositions to that of the painting, “American Gothic” one may ask? A painting of who viewers perceive to be a farming couple, positioned in front of their white farmhouse may not seem like anything special, but perhaps it is the familiarity among viewers that make reinterpretations of the original so successful. Some may even argue that this very painting by Iowan artist Wood Grant is as familiar to Americans

not the type of guy that hangs around art galleries or for the matter, even looks at pictures in a book. I really like the bright colors and jazzy looking saxophone on the sidewalk and started looking for more. That’s how the conversation start on what is art, what is not, and just what is graffiti? Most people think of graffiti as vandalism or the defacing of private property by wild teenagers with spray cans. I had never really thought about graffiti or art for that matter until I found myself defending

by: Leonardo Da Vinci. For the painting’s composition, Leonardo placed several figures in a basic pyramidal arrangement.The placement of figures in this way reflected the typical approach taken by other Renaissance artists working in the pictorial arts, such as Lorenzo Ghiberti in his competition panel for the bronze doors of the Florence baptistery, and Masaccio in the Holy Trinity fresco in the side chapel of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Second it’s the Madonna of the Rock, by: Parmigianino

Almost every culture has some traditional artifact of religious value. For Tibet one example of this is a Thangka. They aren’t just a religious artifact, a Thangka is an artform. That art form is still used today in modern art in Tibet. A Thangka is a three dimensional object made of various parts. The main attraction is a picture panel that is painted or embroidered. Some more necessities are a textile mounting, a silk cover, wooden dowels at the top and bottom and metal or wooden decorative knobs

Joana Formeloza ART 101- SPRING 2016- DOCUMENTARY RESPONSE: NAME OF DOCUMENTARY: HERB & DOROTHY DATE OF SCREENING: 1/26/2016 1. What kind of relationships do the Vogels have with the artists they collect? The Vogels had a personal and even private relationship with the artists they collected from in the sense that it didn’t matter if the artists were famous at the time or not, the Vogels were very passionate of the artists’ works. The Vogels grew a fond attachment to the artists as they wanted

artist with different views, that will help to inspire them as they work, and I believe the beauty of Allerton Park will inspire any form of artist. If I were to prescribe specific forms of artists to inhabit this space, then this pandering to one art form over another would prevent some artist from ever getting the opportunity to stay at the retreat. Openness to different artist will also ensure the continually use and this mixing of different artist in this space over time may help in the

Massimo Vignelli was and still is to this day, despite his death one of the most influential graphic designers of all time. Massimo began his life going to architecture school in Italy before moving to New York to start Unimark International. After about a decade, he left Unimark leaving behind a company that had become one of the largest design firms in the entire world. Most notably at the time, was his company’s design for American Airlines and signage for the New York Subway System. This was

their execution, function, and impact. These muralist consider their work to be socially connected to the larger society in a way that “high art” ignores. This book helps to get insight on the impact of the interpretation that society has on these murals in their communities. Cockcroft, Eva Sperling., John Pitman Weber, and James D. Cockcroft. Toward a People's Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement. New York: Dutton, 1977. Print. This book has two objectives that it’s trying to convey to the reader.