Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night
According to dictionary.com, art is defined as skilled workmanship, execution, or agency as distinguished from nature.”(www.dictionary.com)
Thefreedictionary.com defines art as “human effort to imitate, supplement, alter or counteract the work of nature.” (www.thefreedictionary.com).
I translate this into man taking what is naturally created and either replicates, builds upon, changes in some form or completely opposes it with works of their own.
Painting http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg
The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh (ibiblio.org)
Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, c.1889 is a painting of a night sky filled with clouds, blazing stars and a bright crescent moon. All of the features …show more content…
– 206 b.c.). The wall was erected to defend against the invading tribes, north of China. Two to three million Chinese died while working on this wall which took centuries to erect. (buzzle.com)
The Great Wall is one of the largest building constructions ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north of Beijing. It is made of masonry, rocks and packed earth. It was over 5,000 km long, 15 – 30 feet thick and 25 feet tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1388-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 km and watchtowers and canons were added. The Great Wall can be seen from Earth’s …show more content…
This photo is of a 12 year old refugee camp girl and the shot made the cover of National Geographic in 1985. It was later found that the girl’s name was Sharbat Gula. Her identity was not discovered until nearly 2 decades later. Sharbat, with her haunting green eyes, symbolized the suffering among many Afghanistan refugees. (ngm.nationalgeographic.com)
This photograph embodies art because according to aesthetic principles, it is beautiful and appealing and has extraordinary significance.
Print
Land of Plenty, Lucienne Bloch http://www.weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/eye/bloch.html
This print work was created in 1935 by Lucienne Bloch. It shows a power line looming overhead as a family of starving immigrant workers walks past a fenced-off cornfield and are unable to gain access. This image as well as the title underscore the family’s disconnect from the American dream, and depict the irony of poverty in the land of plenty.
Conceptual Art
One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth
Thefreedictionary.com defines art as “human effort to imitate, supplement, alter or counteract the work of nature.” (www.thefreedictionary.com).
I translate this into man taking what is naturally created and either replicates, builds upon, changes in some form or completely opposes it with works of their own.
Painting http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg
The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh (ibiblio.org)
Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, c.1889 is a painting of a night sky filled with clouds, blazing stars and a bright crescent moon. All of the features …show more content…
– 206 b.c.). The wall was erected to defend against the invading tribes, north of China. Two to three million Chinese died while working on this wall which took centuries to erect. (buzzle.com)
The Great Wall is one of the largest building constructions ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north of Beijing. It is made of masonry, rocks and packed earth. It was over 5,000 km long, 15 – 30 feet thick and 25 feet tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1388-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 km and watchtowers and canons were added. The Great Wall can be seen from Earth’s …show more content…
This photo is of a 12 year old refugee camp girl and the shot made the cover of National Geographic in 1985. It was later found that the girl’s name was Sharbat Gula. Her identity was not discovered until nearly 2 decades later. Sharbat, with her haunting green eyes, symbolized the suffering among many Afghanistan refugees. (ngm.nationalgeographic.com)
This photograph embodies art because according to aesthetic principles, it is beautiful and appealing and has extraordinary significance.
Land of Plenty, Lucienne Bloch http://www.weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/eye/bloch.html
This print work was created in 1935 by Lucienne Bloch. It shows a power line looming overhead as a family of starving immigrant workers walks past a fenced-off cornfield and are unable to gain access. This image as well as the title underscore the family’s disconnect from the American dream, and depict the irony of poverty in the land of plenty.
Conceptual Art
One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth