Josef Albers

The Value in Understanding Art Pablo Picasso once said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up” (“10 famous Quotes”). Picasso was trying to express how too many people give up on art and often think it is one sided like a painting. One acceptable episode of rekindling art as an adult is in a moment Picasso, Maar and Oppenheim were at a cafe for lunch in Paris. Picasso was sitting at the table with his girlfriend and then noticed Oppenheim's fur covered

Throughout this essay I am going to explore a range of artists and show you how modernism changed throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s in photography, I am also going to explore Modernism in Graphic Design as well. “Photographers began to Work with Sharp focus and an emphasis on formal qualities, exploiting, rather than obscuring, the camera as an essentially mechanical and technological tool” (Artsy.net) So to begin the first Photographer I looked at was Alexander Rodchenko, Rodchenko “was a Russian

What was the Bauhaus and what was its purpose? The Bauhaus was a school of art, architecture and design that existed in three German cities including Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and it lasted until 1933. During its time, Bauhaus went through different distinct periods under different directors and cities including expressionism, constructivism, functionalism and architecture. The Bauhaus was the start of modernism, at the same time, it changed the

Several intelligent freethinking individuals have occupied the world. Who, at first glance may appear to be completely incompetent and distorted as contributing members of our society. For Albert Einstein, he seemed to be no exception. Growing up having had a speech disability, “Einstein initially was thought to be simple-minded, and consequently would not achieve much in his lifetime.” In contrast, Einstein has manipulated almost every thought and question, which existed in his time and in ours

Topic #3: Colors and their impact on people Colors have different meanings and symbols for different cultures around the world. Colors can cause people to feel different emotions or even remind people of a memory by just simply looking at it. Bright colors have the ability for people to feel different emotions such as joy and excitement. Other darker colors, like navy blue or brown, can symbolize the emotions of sadness or even tiredness. Colors have scientific aspects that help create the many different

Victor Moscoso is my designer of interest, he is introduced in Chapter 13: Pop and Protest. Moscoso had the most recognizable and most unique posters. Victor Moscoso’s work is shown in very high detail of surrealism, bright contrasting colors and many other features. The thesis of this opinion paper is to come to a conclusion on why Victor Moscoso created psychedelic art and how it affected people during this era. Examples from Moscoso’s work are best relevant to counterculture of this time. Victor

Dance, Music, and Performance "The Joy of Life" Introduction In the nineteenth century some of the greatest innovations come from artists who strove to discover if art could work on the same level as music. I have decided to research the relationship between art, dance, and music. The interpretation of dance and music in art continually developed during the twentieth century. Firstly dance as a subject matter, drawn narratively and may have a symbolic meaning. This then moved on to dance interpreted

E1, E2, E3 E4 Children Act 1989 The Children Act focuses on the welfare of the child and stated that “the welfare of the child is the paramount consideration.” (Children Act 1989 www.devon.co.uk) In my setting the child is at the heart of everything to do with him/her. For example the setting plans outdoor activities in which they may play or do classroom related activities. The setting has to take in consideration the child’s safety through the environment, the activity planned, how the children

Chapter 2 The Genesis Bernhard hoesli and the Process of Design It is the spring of 1982;the venue,the auditorium of the School of Architectre,University of Texas at Arlington.Bernhard Hoesli is speaking to a capacity crowd;his first lecture in Texas since his departure from Austin in the summer of 1957. I have arrived late, having driven the 350miles from San Antonio to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.Though there is a substantial contingent of young architecture students for whom the lecture is

Chapter 1: The Invention of Writing - From the early Paleolithic to the Neolithic period (35,000 BC to 4,000 BC), early Africans and Europeans left paintings in caves, including the Lascaux caves in Southern France. - Early pictures were made for survival and for utilitarian and ritualistic purposes. - Petroglyphs are carved or scratched signs on rock. - These images became symbols for what would be the first spokenlanguage. - Cuneiform – Wedged shaped writing, created in 3000BC. Started