Essays on Visual Arts

The dark printed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light ground. This is an example of the principle of contrast One definition of this element is “a mark that connects two points” line The line that defines the edge of a shape is called the…

            “The Birth of Venus” by Alexandre Cabanel 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…

It was because of the lack of purity and crispness within Adams’ first hotplate that drove him to develop a better way in which he could capture the raw beauty of nature. By searching for ways to better nature and landscape photography, Adams construct the Zone System and Group f/64; which helped Influence the development…

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…

Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto di Bondone The Renaissance Period changed the way Western art was conceived following the strict and religious tomes of the Gothic era.  The Renaissance was inspired by a naturalistic realism emphasizing the human qualities of the religious subject.  Both Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto di Bondone were at the forefront…

The creative process From where do we get our notion of art? The assumption is that art is something that takes talent, patience, and hard work, and thus should be appreciated for the considerable skills of its maker. Another assumption is that art is supposed to look “like something”. But who is to say that…

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…

Kokoschka was born in P^chlarn, a Danube town, on March 1, 1886. He studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1905 to 1908. As an early exponent of the avant-garde expressionist movement, he began to paint psychologically penetrating portraits of Viennese physicians, architects, and artists. Among these works are Hans Tietze and…

Katz is probably best known as a printer but he also did paintings, drawing, sculptures, collages, and painted cut-out figures. He has also done some set design for the choreographer Paul Taylor in 1960. Alex Katz was born on July 24, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY. In 1928 moves to St. Albans, Queens with his family….