Nancy Rios Professor Fields History 101 3-4:15 12/13/14 Fresno Feminist Art Program For centuries women have not been seen as equal to their male counter parts. Instead women have been treating more as property rather than being valued. Several women felt the need for change and yearned for an end to their oppression. However, women found a way to express themselves with their new discovery of something called, art. Art is a powerful tool that can depict many emotions and situations without actually
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Impressionism. Claude Monet was a french artist who lived in the 1800s and early 1900s. But before he was an artist he was a boy, raised in Le Havre, France. His father ran a grocery business and had no interest in helping Monet pursue his love of art, despite this Monet followed his passion. At a young age he began copying the caritures in newspapers and magazines. As he grew older he started to draw portriats for neighbors to earn some money. He also learned what he could from his aunt who painted
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One of the earliest forms of art on record are sculptures. From the beginning of time people have been creating statues that give researchers insight to the past. Modern statues also represent our culture and will become a symbol of our culture in years to come. Humans have depicted many figures and other objects in sculpture, however it is evident that a majority of both ancient and modern sculpture depicts the human form. As we look at sculptures through time we notice the change in time periods
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For my formal analysis assignment I decided to go to The Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth. Although there were many works of art that caught my attention, the one that seemed to fascinate me the most was Dan Flavin’s light sculpture, Untitled (for you Leo, in long respect and affection) 4, 1978. In the following essay I will elaborate more upon the elements utilized by the artist to create this piece of art. Falvin’s use of lines, light, and color are all essential elements to this particular sculpture
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Mark Getlein explains, “Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about the person who makes it, the artist, and the people it is for, the audience. We take it for granted that the artist’s tasks is to pursue his or her own vision of art; to express his or her how ideas, insights, and feelings; and to create as inner necessity dictates” (Getlein, 2008, p. 24). I did a phone interview with one artist I know. Her name is Terri Licari-DeMay. She was my former manager at a pharmaceutical
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featuring action heroes like Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, or Ironman. Installation art is surely not something that generally pops into our mind when we hear those words, but one artist proved that comics can be read and displayed in more ways than one. Kerry James Marshall incorporated his own comic strip into a site specific installation work that he presented covering the glass panels of the display cases in a museum. He titled this piece Rythm Mastr, produced in 1999-2000 the 20 (17 X 11 inch)
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I’ve never been interested in art but I went to the Mint Museum on Randolph. I saw the 1762 oil painting of King George III by Allan Ramsay. It is titled King George III and has dimensions of 96 x 63 inches. In the painting the composition is calm as it is right before his coronation, and has a use of neutral colors. The use of directional lines in the background helps the viewers eyes wander so they can see the picture and its entirety. In the foreground Ramsay pays attention to detail when showing
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Georgia O’Keeffe On November 15, 1887 one the greatest American artists of the twentieth century was born. Georgia O’Keeffe was one of seven children in her family. Her parents Francis Calyxus O’Keeffe and Ida O’Keeffe had a big family. Georgia O’Keeffe in her family Claudia, Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe Jr., Anita, Ida, and Catherine all live in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a farmhouse. At the age of twelve O’Keeffe knew she wanted to be an artist. In 1892 O’Keeffe attend Town Hall School along with
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What Makes Art Art? Art for me is a drawing, painting or hand created object that evokes a response in you. I am first attracted to art that appeals to me visually. Once attracted to the art then I am interested in the feelings and ideas that are generated from reviewing the piece of work. I am visually drawn to pencil drawings. Kolliwtz’s drawing’s of Hand to Forehead is an example of one of my visual attractions. You begin to wonder what she is feeling, and then as you analyze those ideas
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placed into actually becoming acquainted within the culture. Cultures, or paradigms, may be frowned upon by 'outsiders', only because they lack the will to investigate beyond their comfort zones. The movie I chose to break down is called 'Degenerate Art.' A documentary, I believe the only one in existence, about the currently booming glassblowing culture in the states, puts across a powerful message to those from earlier, and not, with the ever evolving ways of the life of glass artists. To begin
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