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Choose your favorite work of art from the style you have been studying and write 15 sentences about that piece. Explain why you like it, why it's a good example of the style, and analyze how the piece works in terms of color, form, arrangement, and subject.
As always be intelligent, entertaining, and wildly creative.
Arthur Gulledge
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Expressionism is a style where the artist uses color and form to portray a particular emotion. My favorite piece from the Expressionism style is Lady in a Green Jacket by August Macke. I like this piece because there’s a lot going on, with a clear emotional focus. The scene is of a park far from a city. There are several people, but there is a woman in a green jacket that is the closest to the viewer. I like the color of this piece, as the deep colors make the world look like a fairy tale. The trees are an impression of what a tree looks like. They have realistic colors, with a brown trunk, with green and yellow leaves but they are a clump of color, instead of individual leaves. The forms of this piece are interesting. The people are a basic representation of what a human looks like. They are fairly geometric in shapes, and don’t have faces. The ground also seems to be an impression of what ground looks like. Macke said he was inspired by Impressionism and Cubism. The arrangement is another reason I like this piece. The biggest cluster is in the center of the piece. The people’s head all follow a straight line even though they are at different distances from the viewer. The subject of this piece makes it an Expressionism painting. The lady in the green jacket, even without a face, can make you feel for her. We know what she’s feeling by the couples in the background. They are holding hands and are in love. The lady in the green jacket is looking at the couples, and probably feels sad that she doesn’t have a man. This is a wonderful piece that speaks through color, and form, but most importantly, emotion.
Madison Ferris
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Installation Art is my art style. I am very glad I happened to get this style, because it's turned out to be really fun, modern and fascinating. I really like all of the pieces that I put into my presentation. The one that really sticks out in my mind is Christo's umbrella installation. Christo and Jeanne-Claude actually created the installation together which took a long time, as can be imagined. There were two parts to this piece- blue umbrellas in Japan at the same time as yellow umbrellas were being put in in California. This can also be considered land art, but it's an installation too. I really enjoy this piece, because the umbrella idea is very unique. I love the fact that there were two sets of this project, I think that is pretty cool. Usually great pieces of art are only created once. It's a good example of the style, because installation art can be made with man made objects- which the umbrellas are of course. It's interesting that Christo and Jeanne-Claude used heavy metal though. They must of needed to use metal so the umbrellas would stay for an extended period of time. There was a lady that got toppled by one and killed though. Maybe using some other material would of been smarter, but it's all in the artists vision& there's a reason behind why they choose the medium they do. I think they pick certain materials to express a certain feel, they wanna get a certain message across. It's also 3-D, which most installation art is.
Mimi Gerhardt, Period 4
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The art style I'm working on for this project is magical realism. Before starting this style, I was kind of disinterested, and I believe that was only because I wasn't really sure what it was! Now, after getting to research and look at different artists and paintings, I'm really loving what it has to offer. This style is similar to surrealism, but is almost always in a real world setting with supernatural additions to the paintings. One of my favorite pieces of artwork from this style is "The Mosaic Moat" by Rob Gonsalves. This is a fairly recent piece of magical realism artwork, along with many other paintings I found, showing that magic realism is still an ongoing style today. I love the vibrant greens in this painting, and I've noticed that in many magical realism paintings that they either use very bright colors all throughout the painting or dark colors that make the person looking at the painting focus on one aspect of it. "The Mosaic Moat" is set in what looks like a wealthy person's property, where a man is laying down mirrored tiles. I love how the closer you get to the house and fountain, the tiles turn into a lake surrounding it, like what the title makes you expect. While researching magic realism, I learned that it was common to have mirroring or mirrored images in both literature and artwork. The artist, Rob Gonsalves, has many other magic realism paintings that I enjoy, but this one is definitely one of my favorites. The setting of this painting reminds me of a typical overcast day in Washington, perhaps in late fall or early spring.
My style of art is Impressionism. The piece of artwork I have chosen is a painting from Claude Monets waterlily series. Claude Monet did this painting at his garden Giverny outside of Paris France. This painting has many different and unique colors to show the shades of light as well as the shadows in the pond. He uses green, dark blue and purple to show the shadows this combination of colors makes it look darker. He uses light blues and light greens to show the light in the pond. There are green water lilies present in the pond and pink and red flowers on them. They were applied with thick,messy and overlapping brushstrokes. This creates the perspective of put together far away and messy up close. This painting also represents a true impressionist painting because it is an impression of a moment within a time of day. It is a very beautiful painting that really shows the beauty of the nature at Giverny. Claude Monet has done many many similar paintings. Some are so big that they take up an entire wall and several canvases. Monet really tries to show the impression of the moment with his use of color to show light.
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My art movement that I'm doing is Surrealism. From this movement my favorite piece of artwork is "The Persistance of Memory" by Salvador Deli. All of his work really has caught my attention because of how dream-like and fantasy like it is. All of his work looks as if he dreamt of it, all created in his imagination before he painted it. In this painting especially I like how distorted all of the normal day objects are. For an example, the clocks in this picture are bent and look like they are in liquid form since they are bent and almost melting from the table and also the tree branch. One of them is on a strange creature like object on the ground also melting off. This caught my attention because it all is placed on an ocean scene, but it seems so unrealistic. Dali has been analyzed and several times his artwork has been explained due to hallucinations and drugs. This painting looks just like that, straight from hallucinations and imagination. I love how unexpected the scenery is, I feel like the clocks represent how useless time is becoming since they are distorted. Every time I look at this painting I try to understand what it means exactly but I honestly have no idea what was going through his mind or how he came up with the designs and shapes. That's why I'm so intrigued by it.
Abbey Folsom
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My art style is Cubism. My favorite artwork would probably be Eiffel Tower by Diego Rivera. I love how simple the actual painting looks, but when you really analyze the picture there are a lot of details that pop out. The actual drawing of the Eiffel Tower is really simple and plain. I think the artist was trying to portray that something so beautiful in person doesn't need to be emphasized much. Once you move past the Eiffel Tower you see the street with many different buildings. I think the part of the picture that I like the most is the background. It looks like he painted a painting in a painting. There are buildings that are going off the "page" but really it is just continued. The other side of the painting has some cobelstone wall that looks like a picture underneath the Eiffel Tower painting. This is showing how cubists layer and overlap pictures to had a different perspective. This painting has a lot of little details that bring out the cubism style. If you just glance at this picture you wouldn't really call it a cubism art piece but when you pick out each little details it bring the picture alive. I would highly suggest taking a look at this painting.
Desirae Lopes
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My art style is New Objectivism. There is the left wing and right wing. The right wing is the more cartoon like art form. It depicts things and people not how they look, but how they are. It shows their 'true' form. The objects and people are distorted and they use bright colors and a dark background in most paintings. Most art in this time was paint. The left wing is different. It is more realistic. It depicts obects and people as they really look. It is similar to realism. The colors are more pastel and the background is dark. This art form came right after realism. Left wing and right wing oppose eachother a lot.
Laney McFarland
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The style of art i had is Viennese secessionism. My favorite piece in this style is the secession building in Vienna. It was built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich. Built to be exhibition hall for Viennese secessionism. When the building was getting built the biggest concern was “Association of visual artists Vienna Secession." The floor plan is simple geometric shapes that is decorated in elaborate curvature and lines. Shapes and owls decorate the outside as well. One the top of the building a vocal point, a sculpture of gold flowers, done in the Viennese secession style. Above the entrance written in gold it says "To every age its art, to every art its freedom" which was a motto for the movement. Inside there is still displayed many of the artworks of the time.
Byron Murray
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My favorite work of art from minimalism would have to have been Water Strider by Michael Heizer. The reason why I like this piece so much is because of the sheer size of the thing and how he was able to make such a cool looking, yet simple design. The art piece also looks like it belongs where it is placed and should be a part of the surrounding countryside. This work of art fits in with minimalism because there is an emphasis of the pure shapes that make up the sculpture and all of the shapes used in the design seem uniform and seem almost clean and concise. There is also no anecdotal references for the sculpture, it simply is what it is. The sculpture is also very monochrome and matches the color of the countryside around it which is what makes it blend so well with the surrounding environment. It is also simple and clear to see what it is and it has no narrative. Another reason why I liked it is because there is really no other artist out there who makes outdoor sculptures on such a large scale. Also I liked it because the materials used to make it were all simple and normal materials like dirt and concrete and it shows that you can make art out of anything and it can still look cool. All of these characteristics come together to make almost a perfect definition/example of what minimalism is and what needs to be in a work of art in order to classify it under the style of minimalism.
Sophea Thach
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I got Impressionism for my art history project. I wasn't sure what Impressionism was so I was interested in doing this but Impressionist art is actually very cool. But how Impressionist art works is intriguing. Artists will just put on paint, basically and don't try to make it pretty and neat. Instead it's messy giving it an "unfinished" look. My favorite piece would have to be Claude Monet's Haystacks, oil on canvas. So, lighting is the most important focal points of Impressionist art. Artists will choose a single object and observe it at different times of the day. Just like Monet’s haystacks, it is a perfect example of lighting. The haystacks have gold and yellow streaks in the bright afternoon light. While others have the stacks flecked with blue and black in the late afternoon light.
Mack Ohnemus
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My art style is Neo-Impressionism. The painting that I picked is one of, if not, the most known painting of my period. The painting is A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. This is a great example of neo-impressionist art because it uses the style of pointillism, which is just a bunch of single color dots. These points leave the painting with a luminescent surface, which this painting certainly has. Another characteristic of this art period is that the forms of the painting, whether people or objects, have a clear form and are not blurry. Seurat's painting has multiple people and other objects, all of which have straight edges. This painting is more than 2 meters (~7 ft) tall and more than 3 meters (~10 ft) wide. As a kid, I saw this painting in Chicago; I just thought it was another piece of boring art. But now after I studied more art and this piece specifically, if I ever go back to the Art Institute of Chicago, I will have much more appreciation for it.
Andrew Park
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My art style is Post-Impressionism. In that style, the piece of art I currently like the most is "The Starry Night". It's an oil on canvas made by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. The subject is the swirling night in a village of Saint-Rémy. The night also reflects the Alpilles, which are the mountains in the background In the artwork, Vincent Van Gogh truly shows his expressive side. His purpose of the artwork is to showcase his ability to express his feelings artistically. Having an emotionally expressive mindset is one of the main important aspects of being an artist during Post-Impressionism. The painting also reflects the expressionist style with movement, energy, and light. As of the movement, it looks as if Van Gogh's brush strokes make the sky move along with the light. It's shown by the swirling of the skies. The light also blends in with the dark skies to reflect the passing of the night time. In the brush strokes of the sky. As of energy, it's pretty much the energy of the light making the night brighter. Currently, the artwork is in the museum of modern art in New York City. In a bigger setting, the movement in the artwork is definitely worth seeing.
Ashley Barnett
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I love the Otto Dix painting, Prague Street painted in 1920. I think this piece is so strong and have such a message in it. I like that it shows society at its worst, just passing by poor veterans. I think that is so strong because that is exactly what society does, especially today in the Woodinville and Seattle area. I love how raw and exposing the piece is of society. It shows how we repay those who served at veterans. Even though here there are many signs that poor people hold that say they are veterans the majority of people I have talked to this about say they don’t believe the sign and say they just write it to get more money. Even though I think that is really unfair, people who say that don’t know that person’s story and they don’t know the truth so why not give them the benefit of the doubt because they themselves haven’t done anything to prove you wrong yet, because even if there is that stereotype not all fit into that and you don’t know which do and which don’t. Also there is the issue of not giving money because people believe they will spend it on drugs, or alcohol. This is wrong because you don’t know if they do that or not, so don’t jump to conclusions. Also there are so many ways to get around that issue if you want them to spend the money on food but think they will spend it on something else you can go get a $5 gift card to McDonalds or where ever you want. Then that problem can be avoided you can get gift cards for food, clothes and anything. This piece is so meaningful to me because it shows all these issues. It reflects the values and beliefs of society even though the values and beliefs can be horribly wrong depending on the individual. This is a huge issue and I’m glad someone painted it but I wish more people would today because I think we all need a wakeup call. Cause we’re human and the poor are also human, and what if the roles were reversed, wouldn’t you then be the one questioning societies values. I think here we are too focused on comfort now, we can roll up or windows and lock our doors we have all these degrees of separation that allows us to dehumanize humans. We need to get a little uncomfortable, we need to talk to the poor figure out their stories not just believe their stereotype. We need more artists like Otto Dix who questioned society and painted the truth even if it’s uncomfortable. I think his painting was call to appeal to the human in us, and to see the wrong in society’s values.
Jessica Bruce
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My art history art period is post-impressionism. It is a transition period from impressionism to modern art. Post-impressionists began to break off from the traditional impressionist style by adding their own twists to their pieces. These differences were eventually magnified and became the founding of several other art periods. My personal favorite from this era is "Cypresses" by Van Gogh. It is an oil painting of a clump of dark green cypress trees against a baby blue sky. It must be early in the morning because the moon is still visible above the clouds. This is my personal favorite for many reasons, one being the thick paint application that brings a unique texture to the work paired with the contrast of dark and light colors really brings this piece to life. the fluid brush strokes and painted swirls creates the appearance of motion. The trees seem to be swaying and the wind gusting. I think it is a truly beautiful piece and one of Van Gogh's best.
Elena Wagar
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My art history period is Abstract expressionism. It is an American post world war II art movement. It was first developed in New York in the 1940's. One of my favorite artist is Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock painted this mural-size canvas early in the summer of 1950. Like almost all his New York colleagues, Pollock began his abstractions with drawings of figures, which were subsequently abstracted or obliterated. In most of his art work you cant tell what is in the pictures all you can see are lines and shapes. The color choices he uses are based on his emotions and what he is feeling. Using different techniques—pouring enamel paint from a hole in the can, dropping from a stick, flinging, and drizzling—he applied paint from a distance above the surface, using gravity and motion to form linear skeins.
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Kristina Lebakken
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My art history style is cubism. This period is really interesting and very geometric. My favorite artist from the cubism period is Pablo Picasso. He created so many interesting pieces of art in the cubism style. My favorite piece by him would have to be the "Three Musicians." I like this one because it has more color to it than some of the other pieces. Also I like it because it you can really see the three people and the guitar. Some of the others are kind of hard to see the bigger picture. This piece is part of the synthetic cubist style because of its use of color. And that it was made in 1921. He made two pieces with the same title, and similar in appearance. One was oil on canvas, and the other was a collage. Some other artists from this style are Juan Gris and Georges Braque.
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My art history period is Abstract Art. Experimentation with abstraction began around 1910. Abstract art can be a painting or sculpture that does not depict a person, place or thing in the natural world. This form of art uses a sort of visual language instead with form, color, and line to create an indepence from visual references in the world. The color and form of the painting or sculpture are the subjects rather than a specific object or figure. Abstract art can be used to represent things that aren't visual, such as emotion, sound, or a spiritual experience. This style of art allowed an experimentation of different color theorys, and "synchromism" is I think the most interesting, where color is associated with musical rythms. Some famous abstract artists include Picasso, Cezanne, Braque, Robert Delaunay, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wassily Kadinsky, Arthur Dove, and Max Weber. My favorite piece of abstract art has to be one of Kadinsky's named: Bustling Aquarelle, C. 1923. Kadinsky greatly associated art with music, so most of his paintings were based on the synchromism theory. This painting speaks out to me more than his others because the arrangement of geometric shapes and lines adds so much deptth to the painting and your eye can never settle on one area of the piece. The colors are bright with reds, oranges, and yellows. I especially love the different shapes of lines that he has painted throughout the piece of art and the overlapping of shapes helps add to the depth and definition to this piece as well.
Chris Root
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Abstract art is very interesting. It uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. My favorite piece I have researched is Composition IV, created in 1911 by Wassily Kandinsky. I love this paintings ability to flow so freely. The image doesnt describe anything distinctly, but the shapes and colors make me think of a city. The reason this painting sticks out to me more than others is because its so light hearted. A lot of pieces of art we have seen in the past have been darker, but this painting to me represents spring or summer, more fun and bright. I love abstract art because its so free. You can use your imagination to figure out what you think the artist was trying to do. It differs from other styles in a way that makes it so unique.
Claire Kennedy
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I have been studying minimalist art. This type of art is abstract art consisting primarily of simple geometric forms executed in an impersonal style. It revolves around the idea that ‘less is more’. Almost any of the sculptures by Tony Smith could be my favorite. I can’t pick just one. To me they are almost more appealing to look at than realistic or abstract paintings or sculptures. In most other works of art it is obvious what the message is supposed to be. It can be easily interpreted. However it’s almost more difficult to read a supposedly simple message than an abstract one. Although minimalist art is extremely stripped down, it leaves much more room for audience interpretation than most other art. Another aspect I personally like about minimalist art is the geometric shapes and designs. Most all of Tony Smith’s sculptures portray this. This is probably my favorite characteristic of minimalist art. I’m sure many people find minimalist art kind of boring, but it can be more intriguing than obviously realistic art. Minimalist art usually involves more critical thinking and comprehension than other kinds of art.
Isabelle Carson
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The art style that I am studying is photorealism. A painting looks so realistic; it appears to be a photograph. My favorite work of art from this style is “North Livermore Clipper” by Richard McLean. This painting is a great representation for this period. The subject is very plain, a horse is tied up to a trailer and a dog lying next to the horse. In a photorealistic painting, everything is very crisp and in focus. This painting by McLean demonstrates that well. The reflections are also very clear. The hubcap from the trailer reflects the background a little too well. The lines in the painting are also very straight and precise. There are also random colors that are a little brighter than the overall painting, so they stick out. Most photorealistic paintings will have brighter and bolder colors than their original picture.
I especially like this painting because it reminds me a lot of my childhood. My family owns horses and my mom likes to take part in rodeo-type activities. So, for a lot of my childhood I would be around those types of people and a similar setting.
Lily Kristjanson
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The style of art I am researching is constructivism art. Constructivism is a style of art that is very focused around architecture and geometrical shapes. It rarely involves emotion, and typically tries to express art in its most simplistic form. My favorite piece of artwork from this style is the Brazilian Fish. The Brazilian Fish is a mobile by artist Alexander Calder. This mobile very clearly represents a fish. Its body is outlined in painted sheet metal. Its scales are extremely geometrical and outlined in wire. What I fine most intriguing about this piece is what is inside each scale. In each scale are hanging random broken pieces of pottery and glass. Not one scale looks the same, which is true representation to scales on a real fish. I enjoy the simplicity in the detail of this mobile. It is very modern and has an architectural influence to it.
Grace Nelson
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I am studying the futurism art period. My favorite piece done during this time is Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. This was a statue done by Umberto Boccioni.This piece is seen as an expression of movement and fluidity. Futurism was all about forgetting previous art periods and focusing on the future of art focusing on newer subjects mostly dealing with technology and movement. Everything about this piece reads future to me. The bronze coloring is very new and fresh. When I think of the future I either think of very loud colors or silver and gold. This sculpture depicts a human in motion, it was first inspired by a football player catching the ball.Futurism in my opinion is very similar to abstract art and for the fact that it is hard to tell what the statue is at first glance because of the lackingness of the physical features makes it abstract and very unique.Artists of this art period wanted to move away from nature and become more involved in newer inventions and technology and I definitely think that this piece was created with that mind set. It looks like nothing from any previous art period which was the whole point of the futurism art period.
Alison Mowry
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I am studying the Dadaism movement for the art history project. Honestly, I really don't like any art from the dada period because it has to do with anti-war point of view, and everything that was created during that period ignored all aspects of aesthetics and focused on the opposite of what art, in my opinion, should be. Although I don't like any art from that time period I guess I find it very interesting how there could be a movement to produce such hateful/brutal artwork. I understand the concepts behind the artwork, but none of it is appealing to me at all. For example, the artwork "Self Portrait" by German dada artist Hannah Hoch, is really freaky, and I honestly don't even know what it is. I chose to use this one as an example because I think it gives a good example of what most artwork from that time period is like, and after you look at it you're just confused as to why that piece of art is famous and why it was even created to begin with.
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ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite piece of pop art that i have come across, Barbie By: Andrew Warhola. This is because when you look at the picture it just catches your eye. I love the bright blue used on her make up and the Black that is used to trace her hair. This is also a good representation of my Art style because in pop art it is most used with contrasting colors. Another Key characteristic of pop art is that the artists usually try to, for lack of a better word, Mock mass media. Andrew Warhola Mass produced most of his painting and art pieces. In a way this reminds me of the dada period, because they are trying to go against the popular media and artwork of the time. I may be wrong with that comparison, and if i am my apologies. Over all i have enjoyed researching the pop art movement. It has shown me a different side of art that i had never really looked into before.
Mark Gibbons
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I'm doing 20th century architecture. It is manly in buildings and different types of artwork. All buildings are built differently and each one has their own design. 20th Century Architecture comes up until 2000. Some of the big players in this time where Frank Lloyd Wright to Gaudi to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban. A lot of the items from my time are building styles which are very interesting. Most of the items are very big and bold and really stand out. There are a lot of different types of colors. It is very present in a lot of what people see each day. I wanted to do this topic because I find architecture a fun subject and I want to learn more about it in the 20th century.
Alex Rees
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I'm doing Symbolism. This is an art that or literature that shows the emotion in the artists painting or poetry. The one piece of art that I enjoyed was the art of Hugo Simberg and his painting "The Wounded Angel". This has a picture of two young boys holding a backboard for a angel who has a bloodied wing and a bandage over her eyes. This was a powerful picture in and of itself but even more the blank very serious stare of the boy in the far right of the picture really speaks to the viewer and really brings out the depressing feeling in the painting. If you look closer there is a bundle of small flowers it looks like called snowdrops which are symbolic of healing and rebirth. Also the boys carrying the angel are heading to the blind girls school and home for the cripple. A lot of depressing imagery in this painting but speaks out a lot to the viewer and makes an impression on whoever sees this painting.
Jace Brandmeier
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Alright so the art style that I am doing is conceptualism. Conceptualism consists of Simple, with no definite meaning, Installations, while being made from everyday objects, while there is no way to tell between what is considered good or bad. My favorite peace is called Axe Head, by Tony Cragg. He created it in 1982. It is made from wood, metal, and plastic. The peace is an installation in a gallery. It features objects from everyday life. With Items such as a desk, a stool, a table, a hanger, and many other items. None of the items are connected to each other in any way. They are all just laid out on the floor. But they are laid out in a way that they form the shape of an axe head. Most of the objects are made of wood or have a wood like color. Making them fit nicely together. I think this is a good example of conceptualism because it incorporates all of the characteristics of conceptualism. I like this peace because I think that it is a unique way of using items to create something no one else would have thought of.
Austin Stenberg
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My style of art I am researching is constructivism art. It is a style that is very focused on shapes and architecture. It is most common in simple forms, and doesn’t have much expressions. It is a picture that depicts some of the colorful cubist hallmarks of Russian constructivism. It was an artistic and architectural movement that originated in Russia from 1919 onward which rejected the idea of “art for art’s sake” in favor of art as a practice directed towards social purposes. The picture shows plain shapes with bland colors. All of the shapes together makes an interesting picture with only 5 bright colors and the rest are different shades of gray.
Brandon Penoyer
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My art movement is Art Nouveau, otherwise known as Jugendstil. My favorite work of the movement is the Peacock Skirt by Aubrey Beardsley. Although it is in black and white, I think it displays many characteristics representative of the style. Almost all the lines are curved and flow into the next line. The "whiplash effect" is prominent on many of the curves within the dress's design. The title, as well as the design displays inspiration from nature. It also has decorative patterns around the center of the piece. I think that it's simple but at the same time extremely interesting.
Hannah Hunt
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My style of art that I'm studying is performance art. It's a combination of live action and many other medias into one cohesive work. Most of the pieces in museums push the envelope and are usually risque. There is often a lack of clothing which isn't always pleasing to everyone. But most importantly, all of the performances have a much deeper meaning than what one sees on the surface. For example, a NYU professor had 105,000 dots tattooed live on his back. Seems crazy, right? Maybe so, but he had his reasons. He had 5,000 red dots tattooed on his back to represent the American casualties in the war in Iraq. But then he had 100,000 invisible ink dots tattooed onto his back to symbolize the Iraqi casualties. You could only see those dots under an ultraviolet light. His point was that we only thought about our deaths and not about the other side which had many more deaths than we realize.
Arezu Abdollmohammadi
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My style is Neo-Impressionism. This style is all about the use of dots and the human optics. Instead of blending the colors on the palate, the artist uses dots of vibrant colors and lets the viewer mix the colors with their eyes. This technique makes the painting so much more vibrant and shimmery. A piece of work that really shows this is A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat(1886). And this painting done by Seurat was oil on caves. From a distance you see a painting of people near the seashore or beach with a reflection on the water. But when you look closer you see tiny dots of multiple shades of green making up the tree or different shades of blue to make the water look shimmery and reflective. This art style is very interesting and I am glad i got to research this.
Mano Barkovics
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My Art History Project II is Postmodernism. As most people describe it and I totally agree with, this art style is really weird, unorganized, and really random, and it really is a hard art style to work with, but thats okay because I still like it and its interesting to learn about. I haven't heard "postmodernism" in my life before and since I'm researching more and more information and explanations I start to like it! Postmodern art described as an art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath. In general, movements such as Inter-media, Installation art, Conceptual Art and Multimedia, particularly involving video are described as postmodern. Post-Modernism is an imprecise term which, from the late 1970's, has been used to describe a wide range of changes in society and culture. One notable change is the breakdown of the hierarchy between “high” and “low” culture. Post-Modernism - which praised the values of purity, rationality, order, and simplicity - in favor of a more populist, and popular, approach. In the late 1960s Modernism began to be seen as too elitist and serious. Post-Modern art is therefore characterized by a playful mixture, in which no single style is dominant and many styles from the modern period and from the past can be used - even at the same time in the same work. Post-Modernism in art has been seen as liberation from the restrictions of Modernism but it has also been attacked as fundamentally reactionary. Its really hard to explain what Postmodernism is and its even harder to find definition for it. I had to visit several sources, both from the internet and physical copies of text books and Art Encyclopedias in the WHS Library. The most important things that someone can know about Postmodernism is that its not a movement, or a style, or a school of art. Postmodernism is a comprehensive, wide ranging philosophical term
First used loosely in the mid-20th century, postmodern, also referred to as postmodernism, helps describe and explain many aspects of contemporary art.
If someone ever want to see, (perhaps most of us in Humanities might already seen it) a "living" example for postmodernism art, then I would highly recommend going to the McCaw Hall Theatre in Seattle and check put the Sze sculpture/weird architecture.
Sean Rankin
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My art style is Fauvism. Its similar to expressionism, but with very rough brush strokes and colors that aren't as realistic. Artists would use color to put emotion into paintings rather than paint things in true realistic colors.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1999.363.83 Is a portrait of André Derain who was one of the most important arists of this movement. It was painted by his French contemporary Maurice de Vlaminck in 1906 using cardboard and oil as the medium. I like this picture, not only because it pictures a very important artist, but also because it shows how fauvism didn't necessarily go for realistic colors or shape. Fauvism painters didn't want to be held down by having to paint landscapes or portraits by only painting what they saw. Most artists put a premium on painting how they feel.
More Info: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv.htm
Maddy Nehme P.3
ReplyDeleteI chose to use August Mackes piece called Women in the Green Jacket.
http://blog.museenkoeln.de/museumsdienst/post/2012/04/12/Der-Blaue-Reiter-ein-fruhes-Netzwerk.aspx
I really like this piece of art because i just think there is so much emotion trapped within the scene and someone may not notice it from just a glance. Once i took the time to really figure out what was going on in the picture i realized its actually a beautiul piece and it really stuck with me. The woman in the green jacket is the center focus of the painting and shes standing alone however in the backround you can see other people intereacting with eachother. She has her head tilted down and looks very lonely yet contempt. None of the other people in the painting are facing her so i think its strange that shes standing there alone. Maybe feeling left out or sad. This is the type of painting that causes the viewer to think deeper about the emotions of the image and really there could be so many different situations going on. I think the meaning of a piece of art comes from how the viewer thinks of it, and thats why i love this piece. It could mean so many different things so its never boring to look at! Im really glad i chose to study blaue reiter because every piece focuses on emotions and i love to break them down and figure out whats really going on.
Evyn Anderson
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The art period/style/movement that I am researching is Futurism. It is an eclectic style of art that was influenced by post-impressionism and broke free of some of the norms of previous styles. It is more masculine and focuses on technology and things of the future, hence the name Futurism. The piece of art that I have chosen to analyze is “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by Marcel Duchamp. I find this piece interesting and unique because it is abstract and eclectic, but at the same time you can still tell what is going on, and what it is about. This piece is a good example of the style because it uses less color, which shows the masculinity and allows the eye to focus on the important part of the piece rather than distracting from it. It is also a good example because it is chaotic and eclectic, meaning that there is no set scene or exact picture of something, and also that there is a lot going on. I really like how Marcel Duchamp successfully used lines to clearly show and depict movement. This piece also shows the futuristic aspect of the style by not incorporating any faces and almost making the figures appear as robots. Overall, this piece does an excellent job of being an example for futurism.
Bryia Madison
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My art style is Magical Realism. My favorite pieces that I found were "dumb, commercialised mock ups" so if I were to pick a favorite piece of a "pure" artist, I would have to pick Just Because by Rene Magritte. I did not include it in my power point because I didn't think it as strongly showed some of Magical Realism's characteristics as some other pieces. I picked this piece because I love moons and trees. Dark colors always attract me in art and I love how the moon is this shining beacon of light on the tree instead of being through the tree branches. It is almost as if the moon is an ordainment hanging off the tree; it just does not look real. A crescent moon is a moon that has a part of it shadowed over and here, there is no shadow; it is a just a slice of the moon. This is what makes it Magical Realism because a scene of a tree in the night with a moon casting its' light should be a normal scene but instead this painting forces you to think and to question reality and how this could have came to be.
Michael Stiles
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My art period style is Neo-Expressionism. It emerged during the late 70's and went into the mid 80's.In Neo - Experssionism art an object that we are familer with like the human body is taken and made into something abstract and violent. Sometimes these images have a message that is either political or has some social idea that is being conveyed. The one work I like the most in this art style is the works that of Basquiet. The "Untitled (Skull)" is the portrayal of a heroic figure with a crown on his head. The crown represents privilege over the body.
Sarah Porter
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My art history period is Performance Art. It is a very broad art period starting around the 1960’s and is still pretty popular today. It includes aspects of art such as music, theater, dance, and live film footage. This type of art challenges traditional art forms, and really engages the audience. It is always some sort of live, usually rehearsed performance. I really enjoy studying this art time period because it is so unlike other forms of art or expression, and more specifically, it is so interesting to me because it is often associated with movement or dance which is something I enjoy. One of the most interesting pieces of performance art I’ve seen while doing research is called “Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful” by Marina Abramović. It shows Abramović forcefully brushing her hair for 50 minutes without pausing, all while repeating “art must be beautiful, artist must be beautiful”. This piece of art is designed to challenge the viewer. What I got from it was that society has put a very strict template on what art should be like and how it should make you feel. Performance art is all about expanding that realm and opening up the idea of “art” to almost any way that one expresses oneself. Marina Abramović’s work in particular almost always contains some level or form of testing limits, physically, emotionally or mentally.
Taylor Ingrum
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My favorite piece of art from the social realism style of art is the "Migrant Mother", by Dorothea Lange. I think that social realism is really cool because it shows real-life stuggles and views on certain political movements and opinion. I am really interested in politics and effects of the governement so this style of art really speaks to me. The migrant mother is a perfect depiction of the mid to late 1930's poor and forgotten. A single mother alone in deep thought seeming to be strong for her children, but so weak at the same time. Even though the picture was only able to be taken in black then, now it gives the picture a more intense and desperate feeling. It shows her two boys hiding their faces behind their mother. During this time, boys were expected to be tough but in this picture it perfectly shows how fragile this side of life was. The ability to capture a moment that affects a nation so much is so powerful and this is one of the many reasons why I love this piece of art so much!
Chris Reed
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My favorite piece(s) of art of my project is almost anything by Ansel Adams. His black and white photography of national parks are beautiful. I believe that they show the story of the land, and if the same photo was taken now the geography would be different. My favorite filter by far is black and white. It shows the contrast between colors much more than just normal polarization. When a black and white photo containing the sun is taken I think that the white wash of the sun adds so much to it. Having sun rays stretch themselves over a mountainside adds a ridiculous amount of beauty in my opinion. This project is probably one of the most fun for me because I really enjoy taking photos. Learning the information to make my photos even better is great. If I have to narrow it down, I'll say my favorite Ansel Adams photo is of Yellowstone. I believe it was taken in the mid 1900's and seems almost as if it was taken with a modern day Nikon.
Taryn Riegel
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My favorite piece is:http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/advertising-posters/object/47
I love everything about it. The girl in the picture looks flawless. During my research, I found that women figures are commonly seen in the art nouveau style. I found this girl to be pretty, unlike most of the women I've seen in this art. Their faces aren't as beautiful as in this picture, which I find to be a little weird. This work also fits perfectly in the mold of art nouveau for other reasons. The vines in this incorporate nature and love of the organic world. There are tons of different lines! Curvy lines and symmetrical lines, all which work with the art nouveau period. It was also made by lithograph. That was commonly seen during this period instead of paint. A lithograph is a printing process which uses fatty substances and water. I found that off because fat and water don't mix well together. This piece works perfectly to represent art nouveau.
Campbell Gunnell
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for this art history segment i am doing symbolism. i think my favorite piece i have seen so far is "the Death of the Grave Digger by Carlos Schwabe. i like it because it is very well painted and the subject matter is very interesting. also it is a watercolor and watercolors are extremely hard to make look really good so it impresses me. it is widely agreed upon in the symbolist movement that this piece is one of the best examples of symbolism because it contains many of the key elements and artistic features common in symbolism. it is a rather dark piece with many grays and whites except for the soul of the grave digger which is being drawn out by the spirit of death. the soul is green and gives off a pale green light that illuminates death's wings. the subject matter is very interesting to me and i think the artist did a great job of portraying the emotions of the two subjects.
John Ross
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i am writing about the different styles of art. one big contrast from modern art from what we learned last semsester is that modern art is more abstract. modern art can be about anything. fruit people places and so one. you have more of a range and variety to choose from. that is why i like modern art more. i can relate to it. i am also excited for our projects because i am doing abstract art. abstacrt art can be anything you want it to be. everyone can have their own opinion on one particular piece of art. and that is what art should be about, opinion and discussion. this is why i am so excited to start on art history II
Katie Daniels
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I am studying 20th century Photography. I have been very interested in this subject since i already have a high interest in photography itself. However i have learned how different photography is today, versus how it was in the last hundred years. Not only were most photos printed black and white of course, but most photographers had such a difference in style which was very cool to see. Today, with our advanced technology, it is quite an easy process to take a photo, and let a lone have it printed off. Back then, cameras were not as advanced, and photographers had to use their own techniques to created the perfect shot. I was very interested in Diane Arbus, and her style of taking photos and opinion of them. She focused on taking photos of abnormal people, as in midgets, and as she called it "ugly people". She had a very different opinion than others when it came to who she took photos of. She believed the camera revealed the truth about people, and enjoyed seeing "imperfection" in her shots. That was something that really caught my attention, as most photos today are edited, and brought up to perfection. As i continue my research on this topic, i become more and more interested in these photographers styles, and themselves.
Wyatt Smith P.4
ReplyDeleteMy favorite piece of art work from the new-objectivty art period is a painting called "Dr.Mayer-Hermann" by Otto Dix. I like this piece of art wokr beacsue i think that it is a very interesting piece of art. I think it is interesting because this piece of art was a portrait of Otto Dix actual doctor in real life. I also find this painting interesting because his doctor in real life is a very thin, handsome man but in the picture is is portayed as a completely different looking man then he actually is in real life. This piece is a very good example of this art period because it shows all the characteristics of a new-objective art piece. It has cool colors, it is very detailed, and very realistic. I think that this painting is a great example of art work from the new-objectivity time period, and is also a very interesting piece of art in general.
I did my project on Surrealism. Before I get into what this art period was we need to know the history of the time period. Surrealism started around 1924, and as we know from the Great Gatsby that we read last year this time period was the "Roaring 20's." This time period was a time of discovery, the automobile had just been released in mass production, while this time period also was the time after World War One aka The War to End all Wars. but as we know that wasn't true. Any ways back to the art period/ style. Surrealism was a style that took our dreams and put them to paper. And by doing that we art in a hole new style. See Surrealism was some artists way of telling the art community that they wanted to break their molds and become different.
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