It has to be difficult for someone to leave the only place they have ever known, and move to an entirely different continent, but yet it has to be truly brave too. Many immigrants left their homes, and traveled thousands of miles to The United States of America, in search of not only a new life, but a better way of life. In New York City, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on 97 Orchard Street, stands a monumental building. The Tenement Museum is a historical site, which reflects the time span of 1863 -1935, during some of the peak years of European immigration to America.
Ron Kroutel’s painting, Athens County/Vines uses several elements formal art to portray how beauty and the mundane are able to come together. The two most prominent elements used are those of abstractism and naturalism. In addition to types of paintings, Kroutel’s color palette also highlight the difference between the monotone houses towards the bottom of the canvas with the green vines and blue of the sky. This striking comparison forces the viewer to look at each part of the painting separately, as well as a whole. Athens County/Vines by Ron Kroutel was painted in 2006 using oil and Alkyd on canvas.
Art from the natural world were made back in the day by indigenous people. Indigenous people or our ancestors used natural materials in order to create works of art. These artworks are pieces of artifacts that allow art historians to understand how our ancestors perceived art. In this essay we will be talking about the Painted Elk Hide and the Black-on-black ceramic vessels. By talking about these two works of art we will be able to have a further understanding of the natural world.
Judy Watson’s “Memory scar, cotton tree leaf, grass, brachychiton illawarra flame tree pods” consists of acrylic, graphite, pigment, and acrylic binder medium on a canvas. It was made in 2020 and is an abstract piece sized at 180 x 148.5 cm. Judy Watson studied “all visual art subjects and histories” being especially drawn to printmaking and its processes. This artistic process gave her a sense of direction in comparison to other techniques, constraining her into the use of several processes, involving the use of compositions and layering. Watson is an Australian based Indigenous contemporary artist, her artworks heavily motivated by her personal experiences, culture, and the natural environment around her.
Caroline Burns 159001444 Museum Assignment 2 3) Basalt is an igneous and mafic rock that compromises most of the volcanic rocks. It is dark black and gray colored. It is rough and has an uneven rectangle-box shape. Basalt is from Somerset and is four point two billion years of age.
The imagery of the first poem greatly contrasts from the overall tone. In “A Barred Owl,” Richard Wilbur describes an owl frightening a child and waking her from her slumber. Wilbur sets the scene with dark imagery: “The warping night air brought the boom/ Of an owl’s voice into her darkened
Throughout this semester as a class we have gone over many different terminology, seen many artists from all different countries and time periods. We have also learned about different kinds of art and media that the Artist work with. Over the entire semester I have gained a greater appreciation and understanding for art. Taking all of the new information that I learned this semester I choose three pieces of artwork from the St. Louis Art Museum. Two are similar to each other and the other is very different.
I attended the Texas Coast exhibit by Carol Plumb, which was held at the Learning Resource Center at TSTC on October 22, 2015.The piece of art that caught my eye was “Clouds over Laguna”. The category I believe this artwork falls under the environmental and cultural. “Clouds over Laguna” depicts the Texas Coast and displays culturally how important it is to the residents of South Texas and environmentally how it should be cared for. The artwork by Plumb is very realistic.
Question#1 Some people might think that abandoned, “ghetto” sites have become useless, uninspiring, invaluable and should be demolished to create a building in which people could inhabit or use with a purpose. Although, that is not always the situation, some places could be transformed into a building that is advantageous to all. To support this, it clearly states in Source#2 that “Through government partnerships, public art can also transform dull or run-down public spaces and inspire the people who live and work there. We believe that art is educational and belongs to all people.
Mark Bradford is an artist who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961. He received the BFA and the MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Mark is an artist who uses materials found on the street and transforms it to wall-size collages. He’s basically a recycler who makes art out of the trash or items that people that throw out into the garbage. Mark’s background is seen as a third generation merchant there as it is by the tradition of abstract painting developed worldwide in the twentieth century.
After his devastating death, he left behind around 30 canvases and over 300 sketches that are now expensive artifacts kept in beautiful frames all around Ontario. His last drawing that marked the end of his artistic career was called the Jack Pine, one of the most iconic paintings of Canada’s vast landscape. On his last annual trip to the Algonquin Park he began to draw the image of the tree next to a lake on a beautiful spring evening in 1916. The background portrays Grand Lake with hill near Carcajou Bay.
Darker hues to the left and lighter hues reserved to show the sunlight reflecting off the snow to the right. By arranging the composition around the central figure of the fox, Courbet actually draws all of the attention of the viewer to the animal first, to the action taking place on the canvas. The small areas of blood around the carcass provide extra tension between the works light and dark areas with saturated and muted colors. The horizon lines all bring you to the focal point of the fox in the middle of the painting, your eyes then travel around the scene, taking in the rocky ledges and the frozen lake in the background.
This kind of description shows the reader how impressive and majestic this tree is, as it puts a vivid picture in the reader’s mind as something that is not only unrivaled in terms of altitude, but it can also be seen from the sea, which highlights its stature as a wholly independent object. Old as it is, this pine is strong, and does not need any assistance from the ecosystem surrounding it. The importance of this giant tree, along with other details that make the story more interesting, is what dramatizes this young heroine’s adventure.
Additionally, this addition of texture can be seen on the trees in the story. On the trees, Henkes again uses light and dark grays to make the tree appear to have a wood texture. This makes the scene easier to understand as the kitten climbs up to the top of the tree to try to get to the moon. The wood pattern also adds a realistic element to the book and makes it easier for children to identify the setting. Another use of texture is in the water.
Art was and still is a big thing in Italy. During the Italian Renaissance (14th to 16th century), art was considered to be an important role in society and paintings from the Italian Renaissance still exists today. Some artworks are Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci and The Peasants Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. These 2 artworks shows that they are from the Italian Renaissance through art characteristics such as S shapes/curves, Chiaroscuro, and how it is Realistic. With these art characteristics, it shows how they are inspired by humanism, individualism, and secularism (HIS).
