afternoon‚ I decided to visit the Timken Museum of Art located in Balboa Park. I chose the Timken specifically after reading about it online‚ and knowing that it had a variety of different paintings ranging from European paintings to American and Russian paintings. After going in to the museum‚ I took a walk and viewed the entire collection of artwork displayed‚ as suggested in the video “How to Visit an Art Museum”. While doing so‚ I noted down the works of art that impressed me from the first glance. After
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Art book evaluation (Year 10) This year we have been studying natural forms‚ this has involved using many new and different materials and techniques. Firstly we started by looking at art by Georgia O’keefe who mainly painted abstract flowers this was a new style for me as I have never tried drawing in abstract style before‚ after this we did two paintings in acrylics one of shells and one piece of corn and around the edge of the paintings I then collaged in the background. This was a new way
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The Mérode Altarpiece While the Mérode Altarpiece is definitely not the most aesthetically beautiful piece of art I have been introduced to this summer‚ it is my favorite for many reasons. After looking deeper into the painting and learning of the symbolism and background of it‚ I began to find myself really interested in it. I became interested enough in this painting to do some research on it outside of the class. While there are many common characteristics held by the painting‚ they are not my
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When I was growing up‚ I was always told that choosing an art career‚ or something involving art‚ was a bad idea. "No‚ you’ll end up working at a fast food restaurant when you can’t find work‚" was a phrase I heard often when talking about my future college career in middle school. "Art is a good hobby‚ but you’ll never be able to support yourself with an art degree‚" was another phrase I heard‚ and I felt that was the hardest to hear; it entailed that I might not have been good enough to support
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I’m A Piece of Art. By: Clarissa Garcia - - - - Listen up‚ I was highly famous in the late 70’s‚ 80’s‚ and even early 90’s. I know what you think of me… I’m a tramp‚ whore or other derogatory sexually promiscuous term. I’ve heard it all already… why there? That’s trashy… well I’m sorry I’m not on your biceps‚ thigh‚ or chest‚ but I just prefer being on your lower back. I’m art get over it. So please stop judging me with your dunderhead remarks. People love me. Why? Because I’m part of their body
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ART TECHNIQUE REPORT Charcoal is perhaps the oldest artistic medium‚ dating from the time of the caveman. Charcoal is used in art for drawing‚ making rough sketches in painting and is one of the possible media for making a parsemage. Charcoal drawings often begin with a pencil drawing. The charcoal is layered in‚ blended with a stump and final details are added. Once completed‚ it is usually preserved by the application of a fixative. Artists generally utilize charcoal in three forms:
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Birth of A Nation: Art or Propaganda Mankind‚ engaging in war‚ driven by whatever instincts guide him‚ seeks to keep the defeats and victories of battle in his memory and on his conscience. To accomplish this men have used paint and canvas‚ ink and paper‚ or instrument and song in their effort to communicate the tragedy and glory of war. Never‚ before the career of D.W. Griffith had anyone attempted to bring the subject to film. The result of his efforts‚ weaknesses aside‚ mark a change in attitude
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The aftermath of World War II‚ The Holocaust‚ and the age of the atomic bomb instilled in the sculpture of the mid-1940s a sense that art should return to its pre-cultural and pre-rational origins. In the literature of the day‚ writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre advocated a similar reductive philosophy.[36] At an introductory speech in New York City for an exhibition of one of the finest modernist sculptors‚ Alberto Giacometti‚ Sartre spoke of "The beginning and the end of history".[37] Moore’s sense
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ON ART GALLERY CONTENT Introduction An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art‚ usually visual art. In its most basic form what we call a gallery‚ has come to mean a collection of something. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects‚ however sculpture‚ decorative arts‚ furniture‚ textiles‚ costume‚ drawings‚ pastels‚ water colors‚ collages‚ prints‚ artists books‚ photographs‚ and installation art also regularly shown. Art galleries
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What do people think of when they see graffiti? Is it art‚ vandalism‚ or could it be both. Graffiti is a relatively new and developing art form that presents a lot of controversy due to its involvement of illegality. A lot of people see graffiti and instantly label it as vandalism and not an art form; however‚ by legal definition that’s not always the case. According to Oxford Dictionaries‚ art is defined as “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination…producing works to
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