Abstract Art

The Exoticism in the Work of Picasso and Gauguin * Ask of import critical inquiries in the text. * Elaborately merge treatment of the two images * Write about two pages on each image Introduction Picasso and Gauguin often deal with the thoughts and values associated with non-western civilization. This thesis looks at one manifestation…

Paul Klee was one of the most unique and influential artist’s of his time period. Klee was born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland on the 18th of December 1879. Klee, being born in Switzerland and creating a majority of his work in Germany, was considered both a Swiss and German artist. As a child Klee was extremely…

Born in Monroe, Washington, in 1940, Close studied picture at Yale University before traveling to New York in 1967. Although he greatly admired Abstract Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and, particularly, Willem de Kooning, he wrote, “ They nailed it down so wellthat I couldn’t do anything but weak caricatures of their…

The word Minimalism is often used, and more often misused in various social and cultural circles. People are frequently heard using it at an art gallery, or an exhibition of sorts, sometimes within houses while exclaiming on architecture of a certain kind, and at times, even when commenting on interior design or furniture. Therefore, the…

A Comparison and Analysis of Goya’s Don Sebastian Martinez y Perez (1792) and Cezanne’s Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1899)             Considered to be an artistic visionary and a major influence on Cubism, Paul Cezanne’s use of color, perspective, and structure greatly inspired 20th century art. His planar compositions were later turned by Picasso into cubism;…