Okumura Masanobu was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1686 and died in 1764 at the age of 78 for unknown reasons. Masanobu is a japanese artist who is mostly known for woodblock printing, painting women with long dresses, and also for discovering the art style "Habahiro- Hashira-e", which are just wide vertical prints. Masanobu was a self taught learner; he taught himself painting and print designs by studying the works of Torii Kyonobu, who was a major influence to Masanobu in his art work, which he was then called his imitator. Masanobu's work grew through monochrome prints which were drawn by expressive lines and bold black outlines. He has developed his work in various formats, from tall pillar prints to tryptics and experimented many …show more content…
Woodblock printing is the method of printing on textiles and then on paper. Masanobu has created many beautiful and as well as controversial pieces.There are two artworks that have been well known and even the first thing one might think of whenever they hear Masanobu's name if they're familiar with Japanese art. The first one is Yukihira and the Salt Maidens, which is based on an old poem by the poet Yukihira. The story is told in two different poems and is about the love affair he had with two sisters. Their names were Matsukaze and Murasame who were brought to the unfortunate Shores of Suma like Yukihira. Also how heartbroken the twins were over his departure from Shores of Suma. Yukihira left parting gifts for them. Masanobu interprets Yukihiro poem by drawing the pattern of one of the parting gifts on one of the sleeves that one of the characters in the painting was wearing, the color palette chosen was inspired by the "ink-painted" shores of Suma. Another famous piece is the Kitano Tenjin, an old Japanese legend whose spirit is said to have flown to China to learn Zen and pays for his Zen lessons with a little of a flowering plum this work incorporates woodblock
Inspiration comes from many forms; it comes from friends, family, music, television, and even strangers. Inspiration can come at one subtlety or it can hit you like a bus. Professional, amateur, or even a novice can be inspired to make something. No matter what, an artist needs inspiration in order to create something out of nothing or in order to help finish an already existing art work. Here the inspiration from Mariko Mori will be conveyed, to know what helps give her inspiration that motivates her to do the art work that she does. Whether she herself is doing the performance or it is just a sculpture in a gallery, her works are unique, just like a finger print. What gave her the inspiration on two of her works;
That form of representation or sketching involves the drawing of the skeletal structures in thick black lines, and in the case of Morrisseau’s "Astral Planes" painting, humans and animals. Lines drawn in the "Astral Planes" painting are smooth, unbroken, and with no sharp edges; mainly forming the outline of different objects on the painting. Lines get thickened in some shapes creating a volume to certain parts of the objects, such as the head and the arms of creatures. Lines and shapes integrate to produce an eye-pleasing piece of art to look at. The “x-ray” effect provides a feeling of animation to the painting observer.
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“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe is about the catastrophic fall of the protagonist, Okonkwo, and the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is a cherished and prominent leader within the Igbo community of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. He first earns personal notoriety, merit, and brings honor to his village when he defeats Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling dispute. Okonkwo determines to gain titles for himself and become a potent, affluent man in spite of his father’s weaknesses. Things started falling apart for Okonkwo during a large and sophisticated funeral for Ogbuefi Ezeudu. Ezeudu was an imperative leader in the village and achieved three titles of the clan’s four, a rare exploit. During the large funeral, Okonkwo’s gun goes off, and Ezeudu’s sixteen-year-old son is accidently killed. Because killing a clansman is a felony against the earth goddess, Okonkwo and his family are exiled from Umuofia for several years. The family moves to Okonkwo’s mother’s native village, Mbanta. Okonkwo’s kinsmen, especially his uncle, Uchendu, receive him cordially. Due to Okonkwo’s exile, he feels alienated and despite that, the exile is also an enriching experience because it forces him to live in a culture with values different from his own.
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The artwork that ignited my interest at the High Museum of Art was the Self Portrait, 2007 by Chuck Close. In this particular painting, Close was influenced by a printing technique used in Japan known as nishiki-e. The nishiki-e technique involves multicolored wooden block printings, which would have a specific engraving on it and then arranged in a particular way to make an image. Close liked to experiment and combine different styles and techniques such as employing “different media and materials, using airbrush and even his own fingertips” (Spires) to create new artworks. Close had once said, “Some of these marks look like hot dogs, some look like doughnuts, some are almost square… My paintings are built like someone would knit than the way someone traditionally paints” (Over and Over Again). Close mainly painted gigantic portraits of family, friends; usually people he knew. The portraits that Close did of people “are so big that when the viewer stands close, the surface looks like a series of blobs. But, from a distance, large face emerges” (Over and Over Again).
himself through his mediums. He used oil on canvas for his medium in this painting. There are
...h and perspective. Like most artist at the time Maso created art works which gives participants in sacred narratives and illustration great dignity and striking humanity,making them familiar (stokstad 530). These human qualities gave the people a closer feeling to Christ .
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Life depends on cell division or the reproduction of cells. Mitosis and meiosis are both used to help the cell divide. Mitosis and Meiosis both consists of 5 different stages that help it divide. These 5 stages are: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Mitosis results in two diploid cells. In prophase, it is the first and longest stage, the nucleoli begins to disappear and the chromosomes begin to condense as well. Also in this stage the mitotic spindle begins to form in the cell. The second stage prometaphase, the kinetochore begins to appear on the two sister chromatids of the chromosomes and the proteins attach to them causing movement like a tug of war motion . The nuclear envelope begins to fragment in the cell as
It seems to be his style of painting, thick brush strokes. It is not simple, there is much to the painting, there is emotion in the painting. It is a stunning piece made by him.
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