The Influence Of Local ' Primitive ' Art On A Modern Artist

Mannerism emerged and rejected the classical Greco-Roman art in the 1520s, which constituted to the Renaissance era. The Mannerist works challenged the Renaissance style and the interest in human anatomy, perspective, and proportion (Kleiner 600). In contrast to the Late Renaissance painters where they were inclined to create naturalistic art, Mannerist painters honed in creating art that was unrealistic by portraying ambiguous space, unusual presentations of traditional themes, and removing the limitations of expected conventions (Kleiner 643). The Venetian representative of Mannerism is Jacopo Robusti (Kleiner 636). He is known as Tintoretto, and one of his most famous paintings is Last Supper. Another great Venetian master was Paolo Caliari of Verona (Kleiner 637). He is known as Paolo Veronese, and he painted Christ in the House of Levi. It is beneficial to one’s knowledge in understanding the similarities and differences in size, content, composition and form of these two paintings. Furthermore, it is fascinating how these two works reflect and how they were influenced by their time and culture; moreover, one is able to perceive the era in which the two paintings were created.

Barbara Hepworth’s art techniques are very unique compared to other artists. The common aspect of nearly all her sculptures is that they are very abstract and does not represent the world that we live in. Another thing about her sculptures is the aspect of modernisation. All of her sculptures are in line with the modern and present day look and this is what many are fond of. “All my sculpture come out of landscape” she wrote in 1943. She also said that no sculpture lives unless it goes back to the landscape, the trees, air and

Man Ray like many other artists did not care to have his personal life shown in his art. He wanted to be viewed and recognized for his work which included sculptures, paintings, and photography. Man Ray was mostly influenced by Stieglitz's photographs. Man Ray used a similar style to Stieglitz. He captured images that created an unvarnished look at the photos' subject. Man Ray discovered a new way to create his photos; by accident in his work room he discovered how to manipulate objects in his photos on pieces of photosensitive paper.

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We know this because the author simply introduced readers to one of Hepworth’s most striking pieces. As mentioned earlier, the article states that she wanted something that people would actually look at, rather than walk past. One of her most striking pieces, ‘Single Form’ stood outside of the United Nations Building in New York City. Based on the information in the article we can analyze how intriguing the Single Form actually was. It is described as “a curved, childlike shape with her signature piercing…

Often times misunderstood and, at times, even complex to understand, Abstract is a category of artwork that challenges the viewer’s intellect through its array of bold color schemes, extracted ideas, and conceptual viewpoints. Expressionism is a sub-category of Abstract artwork, which encapsulates the philosophical, intellectual, and emotional stimulation it hopes to create in the observer, which frequently, is the objective of the artist who created the conceptual piece. Three artists who embody the abstract principles are Joan Mitchell, who was one of the first women expressionist painters who focused on landscape-type portraits, and a successive artist to similar abstract painters such as Mark Tobey, and also preceded by modern sculptor Lynda Benglis who literally “cements” abstract painting concepts into unique dimensional sculptures. Yet, Mitchell’s artwork is “special” to me

However, the abstract expressionist escaping from word war II in Europe overshadowed the folk art in America. What I like from chapter eight is the work of Hawkins Bolden. His work is very interesting because from what I know Hawkins was blind but that was not an impediment to use his other senses to create sculptures that were minimalistic but very powerful. Some of his work consists of daily household objects like aluminum cans, casseroles and chairs.

An artist is shaped by what surrounds them, and therefore modifies their surroundings as they develop. Before Frank Lloyd Wright was born, Anna Lloyd Jones did everything she could to ensure her son’s career as an architect. “From the time he was conceived, she made up her mind that he would be an architect. She hung the right pictures, played the right music, and thought the right thoughts to influence the unborn child.” (Huxtable, 7) Anna’s plot for her son certainly worked, and was simply a stepping off point towards finding what would later inspire him the most: nature. Although claiming to be the “only source of inspiration to American architecture,” Wright took inspiration from everywhere he went. Besides sticking to his signature additions

Western civilization in the early 1900’s was plagued with wars. The evolution of modern art exploded in the 20th century, from Realism to Surrealism. A time in history where art was a man’s world, women finally got their chance to show their true colors. 1931 with The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) to 1941 with Red Hills and Bones by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986); two important painters from this time period, who styles are night and day along with their personalities but very similar in their love of landscape and passion for their work.

“How has the past inspired artist creation of work and what impact has this had on their creativity and our own developmental process?”

I went to a lecture hold by Artist Karla Wozniak. She was growing in Berkeley, and she loved painting landscape. She thought we can see culture and political from the landscape. She went to Italy in college, and stayed in Rome for 1 year. She found a lot of historical places in Rome; they have many layers, which is interesting for her. Then she moved to New York, and she was trying to find out how America politics developed. She interested in landscape architecture and her project combined both realistic objects and abstract objects. She did not like to use a lot of details on her painting; instead her painting looks pretty straightforward, looks relatively “simple.” I like the way she use lines, shapes and spaces, looks cute. Most of her painting

Robert Motherwell was born in Washington in 1915, sought to be a conservative bank chairman as his father, Motherwell had other plans. Motherwell growing up showed more interest in intellectual and creative pursuits. Following the passion landed him with a scholarship to Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Ca. Infatuated with learning, he studied multiple different variations of education, such as philosophy, literature and art history. Thus leading him to Stanford and earning his BA in philosophy.

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Minimalistic art had emerged in the early 1960’s and lasted mainly into the late 1960s and early 1970s. This type of art was created in order to make art totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential. Minimalistic art was a response to Action Painting, which was personal and expressive. Two popular artists from this era are Dan Flavin and Carl Andre. Flavin used materials such as fluorescent light tubing to create art such as his work titled, “monument” for V. Tatlin, which was created in 1969. Also, Andre used unique manufactured industrial materials to create art. Some of the common materials he used were square plates or blocks made of aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, steel, limestone, and wood. His art was created in how he lays the materials upon one another. An example of a piece of art created by Andre is “Sculpture as Place.” Minimalistic art was created in order to show materials as they are with little expressive or personal qualities, as artists Flavin and Andre did. Also, Minimalistic Art’s goal was to focus the viewer’s attention on the actual material rather than the artist’s emotion and influence.

In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Dedalus defines beauty and the artist's comprehension of his/her own art. Stephen uses his esthetic theory with theories borrowed from St. Thomas Aquinas and Plato. The discourse can be broken down into three main sections: 1) A definitions of beauty and art. 2) The apprehension and qualifications of beauty. 3) The artist's view of his/her own work. I will explain how the first two sections of his esthetic theory relate to Stephen. Furthermore, I will argue that in the last section, Joyce is speaking of Stephen Dedalus and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as his art.