Arts 1301 - Art Appreciation Haya Hachem 1110239 Instructor: Caroline Attie‚ PHD Art Critique Assignment 1: Part 2: Interpretation & Judgement Title: Landscape with Butterflies Artist: Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 40 cm Date: 1956 Location: Private collection INTERPRETATION: Looking at this painting for the first time‚ you literally see a ‘Landscape with Butterflies’. The setting is in a desert on a hot summer’s day with clear blue skies‚ and
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Rami El-Abidin Miss Hansen First Year Writing Seminar 22 February 2012 The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali’s 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory is a hallmark of the surrealist movement. Dali famously described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs” and The Persistence of Memory is a prime example of that description. The Persistence of Memory depicts striking and confusing images of melting pocket watches and a mysterious fetus-like structure all sprawled over the dreamscape
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Final Self Assessment Rachel Olson The piece of work I’m choosing to talk about is Méret Oppenheim‚ Object‚ 1936. This piece of art is in the Gateways to Art textbook and is on page 73. It’s a fur-covered cup‚ saucer‚ and spoon. MOMA‚ New York. This piece of work took these dishes and covered them in fur. This three-dimensional form could be considered a ready-made because of the fact dishes are everyday objects‚ or it could be considered surreal. Oppenheim was shooting for creating a surreal
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Like many artists Meret’s work was not originally recognized for what it was worth‚ infact it’s amazing how soon her work took off considering that she was a female artist of of the 20’s in a field that was so consistent of men. Born in Berlin-Charlottenburg‚ Germany on October 6th 1913 and died on November 15th of 1985 of a heart attack. She came from a family background of psychoanalysts‚ which gave her a different level than the other surrealists in how her work affected people and their mind
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Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities‚ but here refers to the visual arts‚ which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. The Son of Man is my favorite piece of art. The Son of Man is a Belgian surrealist painting. It was painted in 1964 by Rene Magritte. The painting was originally intended to be a self-portrait. The painting conveys a man in
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Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figuera in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter‚ named Ramon Pichot. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist
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A clear commonality between all of these works is that each artist looks to older masters for inspiration when creating these masterpieces. In Manet’s earlier painting of ‘The Spanish Singer’ he touches on influences from Velasquez and Goya who were seen as innovators in the Spanish European art world. In ‘Le Bain’ Manet keeps those Spanish influences in mind‚ but also touches upon classical Renaissance inspirations‚ as he wants to have a modern day feel with a hint of classical influences. Caravaggio
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Throughout my travels‚ I have been blessed with the opportunity to visit many museums. Through those visit‚ I have learned that every museum has something different to offer. From the art they display‚ the decoration and architecture of the museum itself‚ to the people in the museum all those factor shape the ambiance and ultimately influence our experience. For this assignment I chose to go to the Dallas Museum of Art in downtown Dallas TX. I chose this museum because it is an art museum‚ which
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In the Artwork The Light of Coincidences‚ Rene Magritte utilizes space‚ balance‚ and high contrast to expose a quiet and eerie feel of the two-dimensional composition. Magritte‚ a Belgian artist‚ created this oil painting in the year 1933 . It is currently located in the James H. and Lillian Clark Galleries of Twentieth Century Art at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas‚ Texas. The work is small in scale‚ roughly two feet on each side with a gold distressed frame‚ and is made up of just three objects
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Title: Diego and IDescription:Diego and I was a self portrait painted by Frida Kahlo in 1949. This work was created in Mexico using the media oil on Masonite. It is 29.8cm by 22.4cm and features an abstract portrait of Frida and Diego. Analysis:The portrait includes a variety of symbols and objects including tears falling down her cheeks‚ a third on Diegos forehead‚ Diegos face on the middle of Fridas forehead‚ hair closing around Fridas neck and her mono-brow. The paint has been well blended and
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