The artist I have is Georgia O’Keeffe. O’Keefe was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and died on March 6, 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Most of her life she spent in New York. She studied in the University of Virginia and the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago.
Being an important figure in the Harlen Renaissance, she worked with other artists to showcase the contribution of African American culture. During one of her exhibition, the museum highlighted the artistic, social, and historic impact of Augusta Savage. Now, Augusta Savage is best known for The Harp, the sculpture she created for the 1939 World’s Fair, and is known in the Black community as an important community leader. However, Augusta Savage’s artistic skill was acclaimed internationally during her lifetime, and a examination of her artistic legacy is long
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.
Georgia O’ Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Her artwork is very distinct and detailed. Without her, modern art would not be what it is today. She is well known for her paintings of landscapes and images of bones against the desert sky. She was born on November 15, 1887 and was the second child out of seven children.
The Black Mass by Georgia O’Keeffe is the most familiar painting to me that reflects a New Mexico landscape. I find the color composition to be varied and interesting. The sandy tones give off a Southwestern United states feel in my opinion that works well with the sky and the mountains in the background.
It was a moment when modern African American culture took people's imagination. According to Coleman, F. (1995), “No one captured visually the essence of African-American life in the 1920s and 1930s as vividly or faithfully as did Archibald Motley” (para. 2). Archibald Motley was a visual artist who took part in that period and expressed his art well. He has paintings from all aspects of his career. From the time he was in college at the Art Institute of
While reading “The Trouble with (the Term) Art,” written by Carolyn Dean in the summer of 2006, we are taken through an array of different scenarios that lead us to questions what art really is. Dean explores the idea that the word “art” is used far too often and too habitually, and that as we study the non-Western cultures we need to use much more discretion regarding what we call the different pieces of their culture. Throughout the essay, Dean supports her thesis that we too often categorize non-Western pieces as art by using different examples of how certain non-art pieces were deemed as art throughout the course of their history. Dean does this by using four key examples of how these ancient pieces are inappropriately called art to successfully support her thesis and avoid biases.
A Century of Artists Books is an exhibition that ran at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City from October 23, 1994 to January 24, 1995. This exhibition was organized and curated by Riva Castleman, who was the Director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at MoMA from 1976 to 1995. A Century of Artists Books was ultimately formed as a dedication to and a direct continuation of the work of Monroe Wheeler who was director of publications and exhibitions at MoMA. Wheeler had worked with and added to the Louis E. Stern Collection of Illustrated books, which was presented to the museum in 1964, and created one of the first exhibitions of illustrated books in America, revolutionizing the way people saw books in the art realm. Working mostly with this same Louis Collection,
Artwork is all around the world, but is it really worth the resources and time for it? In the essay “Is Art a Waste of Time?” by Ryhs Southan he discusses the purpose of art and explains the group, Effective Altruism. The main argument is that Effective Altruism do not agree with using resources and time on artwork. Effective Altruism is against artwork the resources, and time it uses up that do not contribute to the poor.
In Phillis Wheatley’s To S.M., a Young African Painter, the reader can easily assume that Wheatley is expressing her opinion on the beauty of Scipio Moorhead’s paintings. The poem seems to discuss Wheatley’s appreciation for another African-American artist like herself. However, after looking closely at word choice, visual imagery, and deviation from the rhyme scheme one can see that there is much more going on in this poem. Wheatley addresses not only her thoughts on S.M.’s works, but also religion, immortality, race, and freedom. Looking at this poem more in-depth is important because it will allow the reader to better understand the poem’s meaning.
One Art is an interesting poem by Elizabeth Bishop. From the poem, one can see to paradoxes of a breaking heart. The poet wants to tell herself anything to make the situation better but nothing will. She invites pretty, innocent little lies to tell herself so she will pretend to smile again. Bishop starts the poem by introducing a motif which she will repeat several times.
It was these landscapes and devices that reaffirmed my studying of her work as the subject matter of my line drawings was entirely my own: feet. Although I did not apply her extreme attention to detail to my own drawings, I certainly did admire her technique utilized for texture and shadow. Which is a technique I think defines my line drawings. The idea of dirt and grit on the my feet was evidence of their travel. The darks that are illustrated by attention to shadows reflect that.
This painting was created in 1939 by Frida Kahlo. Kahlo created this painting shortly after her divorce with her then husband Diego Rivera. It is said that the painting is used to represent the different sole characteristics of Frida. One of the images represents the traditional Frida in Tehuana costume with a broken heart, the other is seen as an modern day independent Frida. The period of the artwork
Because of this lack of respect, Native Americans are being increasingly ignored and even completely forgotten. Shepard Fairey’s “We Are Still Here” piece that he painted in Indian Alley LA is seemingly simple in appearance and thought. That assumption could not be more incorrect. This piece uses extremely complex methods of multi-layered stencils and fading to give it its unique look. When analyzed closely, one can recognize the minute details that come together to make this piece beautiful to the eye.
Introduction Visual and performing arts tend to act as separate entities within the field of education; considerably isolated from the majority of academia, these sectors are often considered to be secondary or elective options after completing primary education. The arts are an essential part of a well-rounded education, however, when an institute begins a budgeting process, the arts are rarely considered a top priority. For example, during periods of recession many public schools within the United Stated were forced to cut visual, performing and musical arts programs, despite studies that proved the exposure to the arts to be beneficial for students both academically and in extracurricular activities. Learning in an art-infused environment
