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January 2013 What We Really Miss About the 1950s Summary In What We Really Miss About the 1950s, author Stephanie Coontz explores the infatuation that many Americans have with the 1950s and attempts to set the record straight regarding the various positives and negatives that are associated with the decade. She begins by explaining that…

“The Birth of Venus” was painted in 1863 and is currently on display in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, France (Rosenbloom, 1989). Nude paintings and similar erotic subjects were popular during this time and as a result, Napoleon III immediately purchased this painting for his own private collection (Rosenbloom, 1989). This painting can be considered…

The Hope Athena For my visual analysis assignment I chose to go visit the Los Angles County Museum of Art. It has been an extremely long time since I last visited a museum. Took my twelve year old son with me to explore what the museum had to offer. We found the art to be…

The Renaissance Period revolutionized Western art by breaking away from the strict and religious themes of the Gothic era. It was characterized by a naturalistic realism that highlighted the human qualities of religious subjects. Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto di Bondone were both pioneers of this movement. In this essay, I will compare and contrast…

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 an artistic visionary and major influence on Cubism, Paul Cezanne’s use of color, perspective, and structure greatly inspired 20th-century art. His planar compositions influenced Picasso’s development of Cubism, while other artists such as Matisse admired…

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, born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland on December 18, 1879, was a highly influential and uniquely talented artist. He resided mainly in Germany throughout his artistic career and was acknowledged as both Swiss and German. Even from an early age, Klee exhibited a strong fascination with drawing and music but held a negative opinion of…