Archibald John Motley Jr.’s painting, “Mending Socks”, illustrates an elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair. She has a scarlet blanket loosely hung around her shoulders and is wearing a lace-bordered white apron. Above her on the wall is a wooden cross. In the painting she is repairing socks, hence the piece’s name. On the periwinkle table to her left is a small pile of olive green socks.
Furthermore, using quilts to display paintings is a unique art style that has and is still being adopted by several other prominent African American artists. Four Little Girls painting (quilt art piece) was painted by Butler in 2020 using cotton, lace, and silk. The painting depicts the images of four beautiful young African American girls. Unfortunately, this artwork represents a much deeper, darker cause. The Four Little Girls painting serves as a memorial and tribute to the four young African American girls that lost
Ruth teaches her kids that they cannot take their life for granted, they need to work hard to survive, the importance of a good education and God. Beth is the kind of mother that is in her own thing,
Noah’s Ark is an oil on masonite painting done by Aaron Douglas in 1927. The 48 by 36 inches painting is currently on display at The Carl Van Techten Gallery of Fine Arts at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The representational portrait painting shows an outdoors scene. There is a source of light coming from the top right corner. Following down the painting, there is a man at the front of a large boat, pointing to the left.
A famous artist once said “What I would rather do is to paint something beautiful”, Alma Thomas. Throughout her entire life Alma Thomas have created many paintings that hang up on museums walls where everybody was able to recognize that was a painting done by Alma Thomas. Not only did she spend time painting famous art work, Alma Thomas was an art teacher who taught at Washington D.C. schools for over 35 years. Many people today will describe Alma a force in the Washington Color School. Alma Thomas is an inspiration to me for her early life challenges, teaching career, and successful accomplishments.
Most of her work are abstract and porcelain. Ruth Duckworth’s clay work has a lot of bullet shape. This is because she was born during the Nazi time and she was banned from art school in Germany so she fled to England which
She not only illustrates the main story, but illustrates a second story along the borders of the pages. She is, also, an illustrator that does her homework. She travels all over the world to study the art and culture of a country, which is reflective in her illustrations. For example, The 3 Little Dassies, is about Dassies, a rodent from South Africa. She traveled to study the traditions and culture of South Africa.
Georgia O’Keeffe was a very talented woman. She received many awards for her beautiful paintings throughout her life. Born on November 15, 1887 on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O’Keeffe was the second of seven children. It was very common during this time for young women to partake in many different art styles to decorate the family houses, however, it was not common for women to pursue a successful career in arts, especially that of painting. O’Keeffe attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906 and the Art Students League in New York from 1907 to 1908.
Not all artists were pro’s. Ordinary people produced different kinds of things, men carved weather vanes and hunting decoys, women sewed spare bits of cloth into quilts. Artist portrayed aspects of nature, Native Americans, birds, and
She describes the burning of her home as a message from God not to rely on materialistic things as she says , “And when I could no longer look, I blest His name that gave and took”(SITE). Although all of her belongings were taken from her she still had Gods faith to keep her together. In the death of her Granddaughter she
A man by the name of Ervin Abadi was a Holocaust survivor and an avid drawer and painter. He created many pieces of art that provide insight into his experiences to this day. As USHMM puts it, “Ervin Abadi, a Hungarian jew from Budapest, was an aspiring young artist when WWII began.” Around 1940 he was drafted into the Hungarian labor service, but managed to escape.
As we look at this home we see a family gathering and this is not a peaceful visit but rather boisterous and joyful. Because we see wine and music at this gathering we tell that the socioeconomic class of this family is middle-class and that this gathering is more in likely a celebration. In this painting, Jan Steen has portrayed a scene which started out as a family meal because in the background we see items such as a dirty skillet, a spoon, plate, containers, and eggshells. However, this family meal has changed into a joyful yet noisy celebration. There are many interactions in this painting that imply a celebration is occurring such as the father indulging in some intoxicating drink and it seems as if he is closing his eyes to sing, and most likely singing off key.
Some of Sherman’s most noteworthy works of art are, “Untitled Film Stills” which shows Sherman in many stereotypical female roles based in the 1950’s. Other works are, history portraits where she had herself made over into a milkmaid and a clergyman to name a few to mimic the job titles throughout history. In her more recent works of art (2008) she depicted the process of aging. These were not the only themes she has chosen throughout the years to embody. She has also touched on cinema, myth, carnival, fairy tale, gender, class identity, and
Immanuel Kant’s Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, states philosophy may be divided into three fields: physics, ethics, and logic. These fields may include either "empirical" study of our experiences, or "pure" analysis of concepts. " Metaphysics" is the study of pure concepts as they relate to moral or physical experience. People generally presume that moral principles must apply to every single objective being at all places and all times.
Visual Analysis In 1948, one of America’s greatest artist of the 20th century, Andrew Wyeth illustrated the painting Christina’s World. This artist often created paintings that related to personal or general real life issues. The young woman in the painting happened to be a good friend and neighbor to Wyeth. His paintings often depicted the sorrow and despair of life, just like Chirstina’s.
