...Kahlo grew up during the Mexican Revolution, she would repeatedly say that she was born three years later to have the same birth year as the start of the revolution in hopes to be directly associated with the revolution. (Stechler)Kahlo would then recall times where her mother had sheltered Kahlo and her sisters in their house to protect them from gunfire. It is also reported that Kahlo’s mother would house the less fortunate people that lived in the streets of their village in their house from ongoing fighting. At the young age of six Kahlo had contracted poliomyelitis, otherwise known as polio, affecting her nervous system and the growth of her body leaving her with one leg noticeably thinner than the other.(Collins) Kahlo also had experienced...
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.... Discuss the relationship between colour and space in the writings and paintings of Rothko. “The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions. The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And if you say you are moved only by their colour relationships then you miss the point.” – Mark Rothko There is no quote but the one I have mentioned above that really and truly culminates the message that Rothko (figure 1) wanted to communicate. Rothko forms part of the movement today coined the Abstract Expressionism, or which also became known as the New York School. This is a period in American art when the debt to European art is overcome and this new vivacious spirit takes over, emerging from Paris and New York. This movement took place after World War II. When studying the works and writings of an artist, one must keep into consideration the political background of the artist where there is a sense of tragedy, the writings which were taking place at that period of time and also in Rothko’s case as in his contemporaries like Newman and Reinhardt the religious background. Judaism will play a big part in Rothko’s works, which are ultimately there to bring out emotion. This school focused on two separate directions: one being that of gesture, which was brought out by artists such as Jackson Pollock (famous for his drip paintings) in his work...
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...HUMANITIES 1 (RESEARCH PAPER) HISTORY OF PAINTINGS AND ARTISTS IN THE WORLD ADRIAN M SITCHON PROF. PEREZ 4TH YEAR/BS.HRM/NS (SUBMITTED BY) TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION HISTORY BODY * EASTERN PAINTING * WESTERN PAINTING * 20th-CENTURY MODERN * AND CONTEMPORARY DEFINITION OF TERMS * FAMOUS PAINTERS * AND BIOGRAPHY * Paintings of famous painters CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION REFERENCE INTRODUCTION: Painting can be done in a variety of media. For example, Oils, Watercolour, Acrylics, Gouache and Tempera. Paints are made from a pigment, and a binder. Binder is relatively cheap, while pigment is much more expensive. Pigments are a colored powder, made from organic or inorganic materials. (This is different than a colorant, which dyes or stains a color.) All paints use the same basic pigments, but the binder changes. The binder for acrylics dries quickly and the paint is more like a plastic than oils which have an oil based binder and dry slowly. Oil Paints are often built up in layers or glazes. The other paints---Watercolour, Acrylics, Gouache, and Tempera---are water-based, meaning the paint can be diluted with water and clean-up can be done with soap and water. Oil paints, on the other hand, require paint thinner to clean brushes. The number and variety of painting techniques is endless. Besides quality of paint, factors affecting color quality include: paint opacity, glossiness of painting surface...
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...Proceeding for the School of Visual Arts Eighteenth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists: Art and Story CONTENTS SECTION ONE: Marcel’s Studio Visit with Elstir……………………………………………………….. David Carrier SECTION TWO: Film and Video Narrative Brief Narrative on Film-The Case of John Updike……………………………………. Thomas P. Adler With a Pen of Light …………………………………………………………………… Michael Fink Media and the Message: Does Media Shape or Serve the Story: Visual Storytelling and New Media ……………………………………………………. June Bisantz Evans Visual Literacy: The Language of Cultural Signifiers…………………………………. Tammy Knipp SECTION THREE: Narrative and Fine Art Beyond Illustration: Visual Narrative Strategies in Picasso’s Celestina Prints………… Susan J. Baker and William Novak Narrative, Allegory, and Commentary in Emil Nolde’s Legend: St. Mary of Egypt…… William B. Sieger A Narrative of Belonging: The Art of Beauford Delaney and Glenn Ligon…………… Catherine St. John Art and Narrative Under the Third Reich ……………………………………………… Ashley Labrie 28 15 1 22 25 27 36 43 51 Hopper Stories in an Imaginary Museum……………………………………………. Joseph Stanton SECTION FOUR: Photography and Narrative Black & White: Two Worlds/Two Distinct Stories……………………………………….. Elaine A. King Relinquishing His Own Story: Abandonment and Appropriation in the Edward Weston Narrative………………………………………………………………………….. David Peeler Narrative Stretegies in the Worlds of Jean Le Gac and Sophe Calle…………………….. Stefanie Rentsch...
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