Woman in a Purple Coat by Henri Matisse is a beautiful portrait. That is located at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ in The Audrey Jones Beck Building. It was made in 1937 during a period called Expressionism. This painting has a dimension of 81 cm x65.2 cm and has a smooth surface‚ when looking at it. This is one of the many oil painting that Matisse painted during his time. In the artwork the first thing we see is a woman wearing a long purple coat. Some might compare it to a trench coat in today’s modern
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Abstract expressionism is an American art movement that developed in the 1940’s after World War II in New York City. It was the first uniquely American art movement to become well-known worldwide. This shifted the art world focus from Paris to America. It all started with a small group of affiliated artists who created a distinctive body of work‚ which can be described as psychological portraits. To create these psychological portraits‚ the artists used a technique known as action painting. Action
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Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist artist‚ arguably one of the best during the best American Modernist during her time. She is known for her contribution to art history‚ inspired by the artist around her drive to explore new realms brought about a revolutionizing movement in the field of art. She is widely known for her 1952 painting‚ Mountains and Seas and its landmark achievement of innovative techniques and paint pouring style. Not a stranger to trying new techniques and
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not only because he was the best Dutch painter ever‚ but also because of his style. Van Gogh highly influenced 20th century art. Van Gogh also influenced the art style known as cubism and he also influenced many artists such as Pablo Picasso. Without Vincent Van Gogh we wouldn’t have many different types of art such as cubism. Van Gogh was one of the best artists because his style was so different. Vincent Van Gogh also influenced many artists such as Pablo Picasso. They learned a new way to paint
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exploring further than other artists. The cubist movement was a type of essential approach to the representation of form and space. The style was first formed from Analytic Cubism to the later Synthetic Cubism‚ in which forms seemed to be covered over one another. Picasso was seen as a modernist artist as he was the co-founder of cubism‚ as well as most of his art being abstract and full of shape. Modernism is known for being individual as well as providing artistic theories while expressing and testing
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Abstract: Modernism provides many of the major works that continue to define what literature and painting are. Understanding Modernism (between about 1870 and 1939) is essential for understanding modern literature. Can only gifted students understand Modernism? Can only gifted students understand modern literature and art? The focus here is on classics of prose‚ poetry and painting that are interesting in themselves and help to make sense of the period of cultural crisis that defined abstraction
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Art is a part of our daily life and is present in numerous cultures across the world. It can affect our mood in a positive or disturbing way. Art provides us with a broad understanding of self-awareness and emotions. It allows us to express our imagination and human creative skills. Art grants us a distinct insight into our history. Pablo Picasso is one of the most profound artist of the twentieth century‚ but was deeply rooted in the art of the past. Guernica is powerful because of color and lighting
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MUSIC OF THE 20th CENTURY Music of the 20th century Introduction In this history of music and arts‚ every period has its own characteristic style which is associated with the society from which it originated. The period of the 19th and 20th century perceived the two world wars‚ and had been a period of many changes: advancement in technology‚ a period of many inventions such as the telephone‚ television‚ electronic light‚ computers‚ cassette tapes‚ synthesizers‚ CD players‚ and many others.
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Pablo Picasso in 1937. The painting itself measures 11ftx 26.5ft. “Guernica” depicts the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica during the Spanish civil war. The whole thing is done in a cubist style not surprising since Picasso is known for his cubism. In the painting there are people and animals alike all of them in pain and or suffering. “Guernica” is also filled with symbolism that Picasso incorporated into it‚ and hidden messages. The painting is also colorless it only uses black‚ white
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will be mentioned in this paper are Neoclassicism‚ Impressionism‚ and Abstract Expressionism. I will compare and contrast The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David which is an example of Neoclassicism‚ Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre Auguste Renoir which is an example of Impressionism‚ and Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) by Jackson Pollock which is an example of Abstract Expressionism‚ as well as discuss each ones painting techniques and any formal elements they
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