Stark Museum of Art

Frank Gehry is a world renowned architect known for several important buildings such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. He was born in Toronto Canada February 28, 1929 but moved with his family to Los Angeles, California in 1947(1). Gehry attended the University of Southern California and graduated in 1954 with a degree in architecture (1). In 1962, he established his own architectural firm in 1962 now called Gehry Partners, LLP (1). In the beginning, Gehry used the

architecture, landscape design, and installation art.. Miss is a pioneer within environmental art, the idea of site-specificity, and the feminist art movement in the 1970s. Pool Complex: Orchard Valley, by Miss, is a significant piece when discussing contemporary art. The most notable or recognizable work by Mary Miss is her large scale work, most of which is located outside of contemporary galleries and museums. This work is often referred to as Land Art or Earth Art, terms

traumatic political assassination was carried out by a woman and only added fuel to the revolutionary fire. The Death of Marat has been forever captured by Jacques-Louis David as a famous work of art which now resides within the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Further examining this piece shows how the work of art was used as propaganda during its time period. Looking at the piece it’s clear that Marat is dying. His eyelids droop as his head weighs down heavily on his

that the flowers are in front of the grass, the piece is completely two-dimensional. The piece is found in several collections and galleries, but it varies. The grass is always green, but the flowers are not always the same color. In the Andy Warhol museum, the first and fourth flowers are red, the second is blue, and the third is orange. The grass creates a very uniform background in that it blends together behind the flowers that draw attention away from

The iconic imagery of George Washington is present in various aspects of everyday life to the average American citizen; his portraits are displayed in government buildings, museums, a mountainside, and even loose pocket change. In a sense, his image has become a pseudo-allegorical figure representing the stability and power of the United States. Although the humble Washington has been documented as discontent with the act of sitting for artists, he patiently allowed hundreds of painters and sculptures

era of 1600 Rome, there was a move towards a style that was more dramatic and celebrated the church and the elite. This style melodramatically reaffirmed the emotional depths of the catholic faith and glorified both the church and monarch (History of Art, 1933:284). Baroque is distinguished by the grander sense of space in architecture, intense emotion and movement in painting and sculpture. Opulence and grandeur is often displayed in the ostentatious interiors homes of the elite and the church was

era of 1600 Rome, there was a move towards a style that was more dramatic and celebrated the church and the elite. This style melodramatically reaffirmed the emotional depths of the catholic faith and glorified both the church and monarch (History of Art, 1933:284). Baroque is distinguished by the grander sense of space in architecture, intense emotion and movement in painting and sculpture. Opulence and grandeur is often displayed in the ostentatious interiors homes of the elite and the church was

Colonial Revival is a phenomenon that materialized as a national expression of American culture from the 1870s to the 1940s. Though founded on ideological traditions, it most often manifested itself through decorative arts and architecture. Elements of revival furniture, arts and architecture symbolically served as tools to promote democracy, patriotism most significantly in this context, moral superiority, that reflect republican ideals. In many ways it is a direct response to the results of

ceramics, although oil painting was for most of his career his primary medium. His extensive legacy in popular culture and fine art, particularly in abstract geometry and use of color, is extensive and incomparable to all but a few other titans of modern art. He was identified as a child prodigy and was admitted at the age of just 14 to Barcelona's School of Fine Art. Over the following eight

highly influential to the world of visual art in Italy. Marinetti’s call for dynamism and movement of both physical and societal nature triggered a movement which stood proudly for vivacity, energy, and disruption, and reflected the state of politics and industry during its time. In his contribution to the advent of a seismic change in Italian art that included introducing non academic approaches and abstraction Marinetti exemplified the avant-garde art scene of early 20th century Italy.