Waterfall (M. C. Escher) Waterfall is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M.C. Escher which was first printed in October‚ 1961. It shows an apparent paradox where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill before reaching the top of the waterfall. Waterfall‚ Original lithograph print by M.C. Escher A stylised version of the channel in Waterfall with ambiguous 3-dimensional detail added While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to create an illusion
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Canadian economy benefited from the U.S economy‚ U.S needed Canada’s natural resources. In 1913‚ Canadian newspaper printmaking was less than 20% of U.S. production‚ but by 1925 it had beaten the last. By 1939‚ it was 3.5 times as large. Newsprint production‚ which was less than 300‚000 tons in 1913‚ it reached more than 3‚600‚000 tons by 1937. Most of Canada’s economy benefited
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serving for a time as head of the art department at Dillard University in New Orleans. In the mid-1940s Catlett was awarded a Julius Rosenwald Foundation fellowship and used part of it to go to Mexico. In Mexico Catlett became involved with a printmaking workshop‚ Taller de Grafica Popular‚ which through its posters and illustrated books promoted literacy and other efforts to improve people’s
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Donatello was a Renaissance artist born in Florence‚ Italy. He was famous for his artwork in bas relief‚ a type of shadow relief sculpture. * St. Mark * Zuccone | * The Feast of Herod * David | * Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata * Judith and Holofernes | Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He hailed from Florence‚ Italy. * Fortitude * Adoration of the Magi * The Birth of Venus | * Primavera * Cestello Annunciation * St. Augustine |
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Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wasilyevich Kandinsky was born on December‚ 16th (4)‚ 1866 in Moscow‚ in a well-to-do family of a businessman in a good cultural environment. In 1871 the family moved to Odessa where his father ran his tea factory. In the year of 1886 he went to Moscow and entered Law Faculty of Moscow University. Graduating with honors‚ six years later Wassily married his cousin‚ Anna Chimyakina. In 1893 he became Docent (Associate Professor) of Law Faculty and continued teaching. In 1896
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A wise philosopher named Aristotle said‚ “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things‚ but the inward significance” (McDowall‚ Carolyn). Norie Sato the artists of the artwork One‚ Now‚ All aimed at acting out that quote in her piece by adding significance to her piece along with a deeper meaning and an understanding of her work. One‚ Now‚ All stands to be a noteworthy piece of art in Palmer‚ the Human Development and Family Studies Building and to the campus of Iowa State
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be found on commercial billboards. Growing up in the small town of Kensington‚ Maryland‚ Kilgallen was introduced to folk traditions such as Amish quilting and banjo playing; she became adept at the banjo herself. After a BA in studio art and printmaking at Colorado College‚ she moved to San Francisco‚ where she found inspiration in the city’s hand-painted shop signs‚ later telling the US broadcaster PBS that she liked "things that are handmade. I like to see people’s hand in the world‚ anywhere
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most interesting and intelligent men of colonial times. A true American pioneer‚ Franklin became a successful printer‚ talented inventor‚ important diplomat‚ and celebrated author after publishing his own Autobiography. Thriving in the difficult printmaking business‚ Benjamin Franklin was the ultimate entrepreneur. A very frugal man at the start‚ Franklin counted every single penny; this sort of self-control corresponds with the idea of self determination. Epitomizing the rags to riches’ story‚
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artist. He was born in 1760 and died in 1849. Hokusai was a painter‚ drawer‚ engraver and woodblock printer. He was influenced by western art and incorporated the western style of landscape and traditional Japanese methods into his painting and printmaking. Many of his prints were appreciated by Europeans and European artists were influenced by him. Hokusai produced over 30 000 artworks during his 89 years of life. He was interested in nature and changes in weather. He also included small scenes
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Critical graphic design essay “comparison” “Cipe Pineles” Cipe pineles was born- June 23rd 1903 in Austria‚ she was a graphic designer /art director and made a career in New York with magazines such as seventeen‚ charm and mademoiselle. She became the first member of the female art directors club‚ then later introduced to the art directors hall of fame‚ Pineles became art director at Charm‚ a magazine targeting a new demographic: working women. She designed fashion spreads showing the clothes in
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