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Kurt Schwitters Kurt Schwitters, (1887-1948) is generally acknowledged as the twentieth century’s greatest master of collage. Just as collage is essentially the medium of irony, so Schwitters’ life is characterized by paradox and enigma. Born in Hanover, the only child of affluent parents, he was a loner in his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks, introverted and…

When talking about a masterpiece, you need to include the painting of Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world that created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. This painting is a masterpiece because it is a superb piece of a design due to being realistic, it maintains communication with immediate past because it…

By the Piece created by Robert Colecott entitled the Bilingual Cop, a bull is positioned in the centre of the work standing behind a brick wall. The bull is shouting racial slurs at two work forces who are passed out; one adult male is an African American and he is tilting up against a rubbish…

 Introduction Information hiding is a general term of implanting messages in the substance. The term concealing alludes to either creating the information to be covered up or making the presence of mystery data unnoticeable. The word steganography was developed by Trithemius. It got from the Greek words Steganos, which signifies ‘secured,’ and graphia, which signifies…

Have you ever seen an inquisitive monkey who accidently causes chaos in a city just by poking into things? In the book Curious George written by H.A. Rey, that is exactly what happens. In every page turned, the reader can see how George puts on a yellow hat, gets captured, attempts to fly, calls the…

The name of the artist I am researching is Claes Oldenburg. They were born in Stockholm Sweden on January 28, 1929. Their family life was mainly spent in USA, Chicago due his father’s occupation as a Swedish consul. Some of their early influences include working as a reporter, publishing drawings in magazines, painting pictures influenced…

            The untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquait is much like that of graffiti because it is colorful and primitive.  In fact the painting has childlike qualities that would make one think that an untrained artist was at work with this particular piece.  However, on a deeper level, it is obvious that Basquiat was successful in…

Since the beginning of time, art has been a part of this world. I am not only referring to paintings and drawings, art comes in all different shapes, forms, and sizes. Art includes designing, sculpture, painting, drawing, coloring, and so much more. The earliest undisputed art originated with the Homo sapiens Aurignacian archaeological culture in…

The town of Pisa is located in the Tuscany region on the western coast of Italy. From the 1 lath to the 13th centuries Pisa was the commercial empire of southern Italy, expanding Italy’s power over the islands of Corsica, Sicily, and Sardinia and controlling most of the Tuscan coast. During this time and subsequent…

During this critique I will begin by dividing the composition in two disproportionate halves that will be referred to as “left side” and “right side” of the composition. I will begin my description of the composition by describing the background. The Persistence of Memory contains a background of a light blue horizon, which horizontally slowly…