Aesthetics of Abstract Expressionism Project Prepared for Donald McIntyre Professor‚ DeVry University Project Prepared by Colleen Mitchell Student‚ DeVry University June 7‚ 2009 Modernism is one of the cultural movements which took place in the nineteenth to the twentieth century. This movement was sure to draw attention to the artists’ work of art mainly because of the complexity of the artist’s creativity and breaking away from the more traditional works. Abstract Expressionism
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered
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Abstract Expressionism Art Movement History By: Sharmé Jackson Abstract Expressionism started in America as a post-World War II art movement. It was the first avant-garde art movement that arose from America. Never before in the history of art‚ the personality of an artist took such central stage and became both an inspiration and the subject of his/her own art. It is challenging to narrow down such multifaceted phenomenon as Abstract Expressionism‚ to distil the core of this intricate style
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Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world
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Abstract Expressionism began in the periods of the 1940s and 1950s in New York. "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academic painting. However‚ there is no such thing as good painting about nothing." which is described by Mark Rothko‚ who was an early abstract expressionist. Its development started back to the 1930s which were being shaped by social‚ political and geographical calamities: internally
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Paul Jackson Pollock‚ known professionally as Jackson Pollock‚ was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. He was born on January 28‚ 1912 in Cody‚ WY. He had a nac Modern and Abstract art. In 1942 Pollock met Lee Krasner while they were both exhibiting in the show at Mcmillen Gallery. Three years later‚ in 1945‚ they were married. Pollock observed American Indian sand painting demonstrations in the 1940’s
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religious ideas or cultural ideas that their cultures had. Since pre-historic era‚ abstract and stylized art pieces were used to reinforce the cultural norms‚ for people did not have any other medium of communication to convey the cultural norms except through visual objects. Thus‚ the idea of conveying messages and norms through visual objects began as cultures developed. The method of conveying ideas through abstract art hence continued since then. The art pieces‚ Venus of Willendorf‚ King from Ife
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Corvalán HANDOUT: NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES The NP The structure of the Noun Phrase can be illustrated as follows (Premodification) H (Postmodification) determiners adjectives nouns the the old the very old those very old noun pronoun prepositional phrases relative clauses in the parking lot cars (that) the company bought for the employees Other pre- and postmodifiers may include determiner phrases‚ adjective phrases and even adverb phrases. A noun may also be complemented
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LN-1.1.1: Nouns LN-1.1.1: NOUNS 1.1 Introduction to Nouns A noun is a part of speech that names a person‚ place‚ or thing. Many different kinds of nouns are used in the English language. Some are specific for people‚ places‚ events‚ and some represent groups or collections. Some nouns aren’t even nouns; they’re verbs acting like nouns in sentences. Nouns can be singular‚ referring to one thing‚ or plural‚ referring to more than one thing. Nouns can be possessive as well; possessive nouns indicate
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NOUNS (名词) Common and Proper Nouns （普通名词和专有名词） 名词可以分为专有名词（Proper Nouns）和普通名词 (Common Nouns）。 专有名词是某（些）人，地方，机构等专有的名称。 普通名词是一类人或东西或是一个抽象概念的名词。普通名词又可分为下面四类： 1）个体名词（Individual Nouns）：表示某类人或东西中的个体，如：gun。 2）集体名词（Collective Nouns）：表示若干个个体组成的集合体，如：family。 3）物质名词（Material Nouns）：表示无法分为个体的实物，如：air。 4）抽象名词（Abstract Nouns）：表示动作、状态、品质、感情等抽象概念，如：work。 个体名词和集体名词可以用数目来计算，称为可数名词（Countable Nouns）。 物质名词和抽象名词一般无法用数目计算，称为不可数名词（Uncountable Nouns）。 归纳一下，名词的分类可以下图表示： 名词 专有名词 NOUNS Proper Nouns 普通名词
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