Christian Art is an entryway into the artist’s emotions, dedication, and sacrifice, displaying their devotion and love for God. During the Middles Ages, artist expressed their feelings through paintings, mosaics, and sculptures. The rich colors, beautiful architecture, and carefully carved statues are just a few reasons Christian Art is important to the Gospel today. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith (Romans, 12:6)
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6 till November 5, 2017, the exhibition presented the numerous and overlapping motifs, themes, and appropriation of cubist art, specifically targeting the still life and form, between them. Along with the paintings that express the famous rivalry, many paintings and their respective descriptions, of the collection serve to elucidate upon the history and background of the art itself. Within the museum, the Picasso/Rivera: Still Life and the Precedence of Form exhibit
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Art has a clever way of evoking feelings and even moods. You can look at a painting with heavy tones of red and it’ll give off a mood of anger or love. Or if the painting has faces on it, you can look at their facial expressions and figure out the emotions that are going on. The art piece that I’ll be analyzing today is The Judgment of Solomon (c.1850 oil on canvas) by Joseph Van Severdonck. This painting was low relief due to the heavy use of shadows. The frantic movement of the two women, the value
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Humanity has always had a fickle obsession with capturing the world around them and putting them into little boxes. The art of photography became a device for that. ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag successfully captures the elusive effect a photograph can have on a human being, and the true nature of the supposed knowledge it imparts on those who experience. The age old phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words”, is a lie, and Sontag’s essay assures us of that. Words can carry knowledge, an ability
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Comparing and Contrasting the Lives and Works of Jackson Pollock and John Cage Jackson Pollock was a painter. John Cage was a composer turned water color painter. Jackson Pollock wanted to include himself in his work and show his inner self. John Cage wanted to remove himself from his work and let nature control the outcome. However, One similarity that is not very obvious is what they were both working against. Neither one of them liked the path that the forefathers of their janera
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Alfred Pierre Agache (1843 - 1915) At the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, a striking portrait has attracted art observers since 1965. The large 6 feet by 3½ feet oil painting is a courageous woman in a black robe. She is sitting down with her fist on her waist and a long, sharp sword on her right hand. The woman in the portrait has a piercing and intimidating expression on her face. There are words displayed on the top portion of the portrait, “Pro Iustitia Tantum.” The term is Latin
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There are countless choices to choose from in the arts and you have the rest of your life to build a skill whether you started when you were little or you start when you’re fifty. It is important to express your emotions be creative. There are many ways that being creative in some way is beneficial to you, be it to your mind, body or life in general. Art can change your life entirely and you’ll never know if you don’t try it. When someone mentions art, most likely the first thing you think of would
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This article, reviewing ‘Step Motherfucker’, gives insight into Ekblad’s methods of experimenting with materiality to understand her visceral artworks and discuss the works descriptively, so the reader can experience the effect of the exhibition. Davies analyses three key works to extract overarching themes – which include femininity and ephemeral identity. The article provides a useful evaluation on the material Ekblad utilizes to add meaning to her artworks. Ekblad collects items from the street
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Many art forms, in particular paintings, can depict stories upon close examination. As a person studies such works of art they must remain open minded and pay close attention to the tiny details that the artist has given within the artwork. Giotto Di Bondone’s painting “Kiss of Judas” is just one example of this, and how people must keep a watchful eye in order to accurately understand the intended meaning of the artwork. Looking at lines, shapes, compositional space, color, scale, and even titles
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I really enjoyed going to the Fowler Museum and seeing “The Spun Universe: Wixárika (Huichol) Yarn Paintings”. The gallery featured works from the Wixárika people who live in western Mexico known as nierakate which became an international art phenomena. These “paintings” are made of yarn glued onto wood using beeswax. They depict mythological scenes and characters, as well as ceremonial rituals. The designed used in each of the paintings was so different that anything one typically sees in Western
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