Frank Stella An American Artist Frank Stella is an American painter who remains poplar after almost four decades of work. He was born in 1936 and studied at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts under Patrick Morgan and at Princeton University under William Seitz and Stephen Greene. After 1958 he lived in New York. He came to the fore in the 1960s as one of the most inventive of the new school of Post-Painterly Abstraction, a reaction against Abstract Expressionism. He was then exhibited
“My five year old can do that!” Is a statement made by many when viewing abstract art. For those who do not value abstract art much, it might seem like a simple art with randomly thrown together shapes and colors; however, those who are familiar with it understands it’s complexity and significance. Each line, shape, color, structure and pattern helps to contribute to the attitude and meaning of these types of artwork. Abstract art holds many psychological aspects to it. Abstract art can erupt different
chose this because I enjoy being on boats and this really caught my attention. In this art work it shows a ship being tossed around by the stormy ocean waves. The artist who painted this piece is named Thomas Birch. The medium is an oil painting on canvas. This painting was made in 1841 and it’s from the Putnam Foundation. This work does fit into a genre and it’s a waterscape. The subject of this artwork is a shipwreck. I see it looks like a storm in the ocean and there’s a ship but the ships mass
description of the image above including medium, dimensions, technique, style, composition, and content is, as noted. The medium that is used is oil paint. The dimensions overall are 46 inches by 35.24 inches. The technique used is oil on unprimed canvas. The style of the work is specified as an American art painting. The composition of the work may be broken down into eight parts. Unity, balance, movement, rhythm, focus, contrast, pattern, and proportion. The unity in this work all belong together
A student with a compulsive longing for the explanations of why and how things work is a science professor’s dream student. Thus, it would make sense for the first few steps within the science building to intensify that essential characteristic of its students by its very construction. The foyer of the science building evokes this sense of scientific wonder and rational thought through its methodical design, which is embodied at its center by a Foucault pendulum. The Foucault pendulum is named
Ten Days That Shaped America 1) May 26, 1637-The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War On May 26, 1637, English settlers under Captain John Mason, and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River. The fort only had two entrances, and anybody that tried to flee the fort was shot by awaiting enemies. The only Pequots that survived were those who had followed their sachem Sassacus in a raiding party outside the village. This attack on the fort almost entirely wiped
Starting at about the 1920’s up until the 1950’s people really feared communism. The Cold War, Ronald Reagan, and the Red Scare were all major contributors in the unreasonable fear of communism during this time period. These three factors helped shaped America’s ideology about communism during this time period. The Cold War put us on the brink of war with the Soviet Union. This could have possibly been the one thing that started the fear of communism. Russian spies are everywhere. People suspected
The L-shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks The narrator's views of social prejudice are conveyed through the experience of Jane the main character. "My father and I hadn't said a word to each other when I went home for my things. He's told me to go and I was going; he didn't care where and so why should I tell him?" The above opening quotation is from 'The L-shaped Room' written by Lynne Reid Banks. It captures an insight into the attitudes of the time. The author mainly focuses on reflecting
Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man Salavador Dali was a very talented artist from Spain. He was born in 1904 and died of heart failure in 1989. A lot of his work was influenced by his dreams and he depicted them on canvas. Dali's work was also influenced by surrealism, a style of artwork that expressed images through unconventional techniques and distortions. Although the work seems to be a little out of the ordinary, I still find it very interesting and extra ordinary
to be gazing at a sculpture of Voltaire. The sculpture appears to be at the foreground of the painting. Upon closer inspection, the image of the sculpture is made up of a variety of people in the background. Voltaire’s head is outlined by an arch shaped hole in a crumbling wall. Two people, who are merchants in the slave market, are wearing old-fashioned clothing which give shape to Voltaire’s face. Their white ruffled collars form his cheekbones, their faces form his eyes, and their dark colored
Visually, both Wassily Kandinsky’s Composition VII and Jackson Pollock’s No. 2 constitute a chaotic arrangement of colors and images with no apparent relation to one another. The randomly scattered paint, large canvas, and over-clamped figures all build a similar visual chaos in both paintings. Despite the mayhem, the two paintings differ in the inner emotions each artist wanted to express and the nature of the “chaos.” While for Kandinsky the chaos represents the smooth and melodic sentiments raised
Bob Ross and his happy little friends have introduced millions of PBS viewers to the world of art. Bob may be gone but his gentle legacy of painting technique continues to charm and instruct. Not only are there books and DVDs available, but a full line of Bob Ross painting supplies are sold on-line and in select venues. There are also over 3000 certified Bob Ross instructors nationwide and internationally. How Does He Do That? The Bob Ross painting method is the wet-in-wet technique. Artists
The difference in the approach between Margaret Kilgallen and Julian Schnabel can clearly be seen on the canvas. Ms. Kilgallen preferred to paint images that were flat yet striking; she favored street art over the main stream types of fine art. Street art is considered graffiti by a large number of people, since it is frequently placed without the property owner’s knowledge. Mr. Schnabel chose to engage in the Neo Expressionism method of art, that style of art dominated the art market from the 1970’s
This essay is about Dances at the Spring. The art work was painted in 1912 by Frances Picabia. The size of the painting is 49 5/8x 49 7/8x 2 inches. The painting is housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The form represents abstract art. The artist used geometric angles with swirling motions that are kaleidoscopic using vivid colors. The content of the art work are two girls dancing at a peasant dance at a festival. The painting represents the art form of Dadaism, which is a movement in the art
one artist Claude Monet or most famously just Monet. I was drawn to putting these painting in my exhibit because these images depicted in these painting are of haystacks (I will refer to them as wheatstacks or grainstacks also), large piles of hay, shaped with a pointed top, and typically left out in fields to dry. The shape protected the deepest hay from the elements. “Monet could see haystacks from the door of his home in Giverny” (Dominion Post), and as such, began painting them in his series
It is one thing to act, and it another to tell a story. Acting is described as playing the part of someone you are not, while telling a story is described as the vibrant recollection of events of the past which have shaped the future. Much of my childhood was spent with my father reciting story after story of his experiences as a Zimbabwean man who went from being dirt poor to achieving the American Dream. Every once in a while, he would order books filled cover to cover with the fables and tales
which all running shoes are still based on. Yet as innovative as the shoe was, had Nike not had his former steeplechaser, Phil Knight, marketing the shoe, none of this would have mattered and casual runners today most likely would be still wearing canvas shoes. Phil Knight was born in Portland in 1938 to Oregon's only billionaire, where he became interested in track in part because it "Allowed the people that trained the hardest to succeed." So in college, he studied shoe design while being coached
were farmers. African Americans were not allowed to be in the army. White men were paid $11 a month in 1861, and in 1864 they were raised to $18 a month. Most of the men had to carry around 30 to 40 pounds of supplies in knapsacks or that they When canvas was scarce, most of the soldiers were forced to make “open-air beds” by piling straw or leaves between two logs and covering up with a blanket. During winter months, basic huts were constructed from wood when it was available. During the civil war
Best Sling Backpacks Sling backpacks are comfortable to wear and it is convenient to bring. It leaves you with even weight on the shoulder and it still gives you two hands for you to use. The best sling backpack is a fashionable bag to wear, but this fashion item takes you back from the Stone Age where cavemen use this to carry around items that they got from hunting. You may want a backpack that is fashionable, but you are also encouraged to purchase one that is durable, functional, usable, and
artwork is deep in depth within the picture itself. It shows more than one mountain range and it also shows the depth of the river as it flows from afar to up close. Cropsey created this artwork with oil paints on a canvas. He could have used a small sharp tool to spread the oil on the canvas. The strokes in the painting look small but very detailed. The painting employs bright and more natural colors. The colors are blended in a way to make them look realist. The artist even blended brighter colors into