Findings Through Art

Inspiration Pieces Watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper Etching Etching; only state  1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces? I selected these pieces from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC due to there simple, yet, unfinished look. I wanted to mostly use my linework to capture the most detail. In these pieces I liked the shading of the two pencil ones, they created depth and realism to simple sketch like portraits. 2.  Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait? The media I selected for my self-portrait was Photoshop, I enjoy photoshop and I just recently changed my major to Graphic Design so I wanted to check out what I can do in that application.  3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them? I find proportions slightly difficult, but, with Photoshop there are guides to help with that. I always struggle with finding a really great brush on ...

1.) Describe this artwork. "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso is a large piece with a page of a story in each part of the canvas. This piece is a monochromatic cubist piece. Looking at this piece straight ahead, there are many places the eye is drawn. I viewed "Guernica" in person at the Reina Sofia and it is grand in its dimensions, almost panoramic. The painting is done with oil paints. From the left of the canvas, you see four faces, three of the faces are human-like, the mouths of the white faces are expressionistic. Two dead soldiers are presented in the first section of the painting, one is in the arms of a screaming woman, the other one has it's bludgeoned arm laid out above its head extending to the left corner of the canvas. The next face you see in the left section is a bull, its mouth is ajar, its head is turning towards the noise of the screaming woman. The middle of the painting is mostly white, there is a horse with a face of pure agony, the scene takes...

What is the theme of your exhibit? My exhibit is entitled “Geometry and Movement”, the exhibit has Orphism works, Abstract works, Cubism works, Suprematism works, and Expressionism pieces. All my pieces share the common theme of included shapes and the visual movement the shapes are meant to create. Why did you select that theme? Why did you select that title? Challenges? I chose the theme of Geometry and Movement because a lot of geometric paintings go overlooked, and I believe they are the paintings that take the most precision to do well. The linework is stately, and I wanted to teach myself about artists that I may not know due to them being lesser-known or from a country other than America. I chose the title because I wanted to keep the name minimalistic and to the point. My main objective with my exhibit is that it is meant to get more abstract and energetic as the slides go up. It was more difficult to find information on lesser-known artists I found. Name 3 artworks...

An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 .) Key points Philippe de Montebello is the eight and longest-serving Met curator Study of a Young Woman by Vermeer was one of De Montebello's first major acquisitions as director of the Met 2 million objects in the Met, and counting Otto Dix's modern-day portrait was urged to be purchased by De Montebello, he disliked his work at first but then found huge respect for Dix as an artist  Before any work of art is acquired, conserved, and put on display, it is subjected to a strenuous vetting process  You have to get the approval of the director first to see if they will have any interest in it To express, to convince, to touch us de Montebello states that it is hard to put aside personal taste sometimes de Montebello built up the photography exhibits in the Met Curators are writing history to an extent with what they choose to acquire Identifying outstanding works for the Met is th...

Jacob Lawerence  1.) Key concepts Form and content become one with successful work. The Great Depression offered art programs and centers of recreations for any age of a person. The Harlem Renaissance allowed for new attitudes, the culture grew, the ideas of intellectual black people piqued the interest of young Jacob Lawerence. The Harlem Renaissance enabled the older people of the community to appreciate the arts. The Harlem Renaissance had a great influence on people. Lawerence wants to express to young people that getting exposure to things that they like to do can be beneficial.  2.) How do the videos relate to the readings? The reading states that Jacob Lawrence was a figurative artist that shared formal concerns. Jacob Lawerence also has a spirit of inclusiveness. The reading broke down the inspirations for the artwork of the Harlem Renaissance, one of these being jazz music. 3.) With this video, I learned a lot about the Harlem Renaissance and its impact ...

Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50s and 60s 1.) I chose this video because the decades in the title stood out to me, I knew there would probably be a lot of colors involves and interesting pieces. 2.) Key concepts The painting “C and O” by Franz Kline in 1958 is meant to draw viewers back into it, described like “the strength of tonal contrast, of thin white lines painted on solid black, or the subtlety of other shades, green, blue, or brown, mixed in with ease”, the painting is one with the imagination. It is often with Kline’s abstract works color is meant to spark imagination, with his first paintings, this wasn’t the case. The painting “C and O” at first glance is not very colorful, once you look deeper into the painting you can sense differences, and “C and O’s” objective is to capture emotions. “C and O” is a form of an action painting, the gestures create abstraction and Kline made sure to focus on the surfaces of his paintings Helen Frankenthaler’s “Mounta...