The surrealismo the surrealismo arises shortly after the dada?smo, and in 1924 Andri Bret?n du Surr?alisme publishes the Manifeste, where it gave the following definition: n. m. pure psychic Automatismo by which somebody sets out to express, verbally, in writing or of any other way, the real operation of the thought. Dictation of the thought, in absence of any control exerted for the reason, to the margin of all aesthetic or moral preoccupation? That is to say, the surrealismo grants to the object a new sense to him, recontextualizar it plastic or symbolically.
The surrealista object persecutes the unusual thing, falling in absurd and the incongruous thing and we could define it like the pure expression of the thought, is in painting, sculpture, writing, etc., but without the element of the reason, leaving of outside aesthetic or the moral. Freud has been perhaps the thinker who has influenced more in the surrealismo. The psychoanalysis was an attempt to elevate the irrational bottoms of the conscience to a rational structuring. When proclaiming that the reality is also in the dream or the automatic impulses of the spirit, the surrealistas are put in the same line of Freud. and truth? Read more…
Kasimir Malevich was born in 1878 in Kiev.
In the late 1800’s he studied at the Kiev School of Art. In 1900 he left and started working on his art. These early works were described as ‘Impressionist’. From his early days, Malevich was not concerned with nature or analysing his visual impressions, “But with man and his relation to the cosmos”.
From 1905-08 Malevich painted a number of works that were appealing. They were executed with a highly rhythmic brushstroke, different to many artists of this time. In terms of construction they were based on and influenced by the work of C?zanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Derain whom he had studied.
‘The Flower Girl’ of 1904-05 is typically Impressionist, with a strong horizontal division cutting the background scene, with a “rhythmic brushstroke” being used. (Not near Abstraction). Read more…
During the Italian Renaissance Raphael was one of the most influential artists. He painted many brilliant pieces, mastering the use of depth, perspective, and the use of shadow and light. Throughout his life, Raphael used the Madonna as a reoccurring subject in his work. One example of this subject is the Madonna of the Candelabra. This dark shadowy portrayal exemplifies the pure and humanistic ideals of the Madonna that made Raphael’s versions so well known and loved throughout the ages. The timeless beauty and grace that he captured and the realistic qualities of his work are unparalleled.
The Madonna of the Candelabra is oil on panel, a medium common to the time. It was completed between 1513 and 1514, and stands 25 3/16 by 25 7/8 inches. The Madonna of the Candelabra is a part of the permanent collection of the Walters Art Museum located in Baltimore, Maryland. When purchased by collector Henry Walters in the early 1900’s it was the first Raphael Madonna to be incorporated into an American collection(www.thewalters.org). This painting was originally in the Borghese Collection in Rome, and changed hands numerously before it reached its present location. The way that Raphael positioned the Christ Child and Mary suggests that she was looking towards the infant John the Baptist that originally occupied the lower right of the painting. This conclusion comes from an earlier documentation of the original work. Although recognized as authentic, the exact compilation of artists that contributed to this work has been scrutinized. Read more…
Love is a very complex subject and some couples may think they have found it, but in reality only a few may have had the privilege of experiencing it. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan and his wife Daisy, along with Jay Gatsby, are entangled in relationships based on wealth, possession, and obsession.
Tom viewed his beautiful wife Daisy as a possession rather than a soul mate. He seemed to think that to love someone you had to dominate them. His relationship was based on him controlling his wife and he loved being able to do so. Mr. Buchanan obviously didn’t care for Daisy and proved it by cheating on her with Myrtle Wilson. Money was extremely important in keeping his marriage alive and Tom used it to buy Daisy expensive things such as a string of pearls worth $350,000 which in the present day would be worth well over $5,000,000. Tom did not think much of Gatsby and when Daisy told him that she was leaving him for Jay he replied, “She’s not leaving me! Certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring to put it on her finger!” That statement revealed that he felt superior to Gatsby and was very confident that Daisy would remain with him. Later, he even let Daisy ride home with Gatsby, again showing his assurance in their partnership. Read more…
Art morality and reality is a subject that is touched upon by many people, from different backgrounds, and cultures.
Art in itself is hard to explain and give a clear cut definition to, there have been many lines drawn as to what is and what isn’t art. Quote “What constitutes good art and bad art, and how different individual’s opinions can in effect erase the importance of the dictionary definition of art. Especially when art is under so much scrutiny as to discover its meaning and origins, why it was created, and what the message trying to be conveyed really is.
From a religious point of view, art is something that glorifies God, and makes people more aware of the goodness and powerful loving nature of God. To these religious types, art is simply a means of expressing God and spreading the news, nothing else.And these works of art are ‘true’ art because of the substance they contain and the pure love beauty and truth that form the lifeblood of the art work itself, no matter which form it takes, sculpture, poems, songs, pictures ect. Read more…
The oak altarpiece of about 1510 from Brussels in the Royal Ontario Museum is attributed to the Borman workshop. Similar to other altarpieces of the time, the corpus assumes the form of an inverted “T”. In the central compartment, there is a representation of the Nativity / the Adoration of the Shepherd. The left compartment features Presentation in the Temple, at the moment of Christ’s circumcision. On the right, we see an image of the Adoration of the Magi. Above the central scene, there is a Coronation of the Virgin. In the bottom compartment contains two prophets holding scrolls of the Holy Scriptures. The retable’s possible placement on the high altar, where the Eucharist is celebrated, explains the limitation of its subject matters. The carved altarpiece functions as an illustration of the central themes of the Mass, and aid for meditation and a suitable backdrop for the moment of consecration. The examination of the original position and appearance of the reredos provides insight to the ritual practice of the Mass, the religious sentiments and the creative process of the early sixteenth century. Read more…
I have chosen to compare and contrast the different representations of the female form by researching artists Andy Warhol who is known for his pop art, Brett Whitley who is known to be more romantic, Gyula Hasz Brassai who was a photographer and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec who was a painter. One focal point which links all these artist together is there different perspective on women and the female form, also the way they express it. I plan to compare the different eras, from the 1800s to the 1980s, also the different ways they express their lives and surroundings.
Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec was a famous painter of parison nightlife. He stayed in the Montmartre section of Paris, the centre of the cabaret entertainment and bohemian life. Another similar artist around the same era is Gyula Hasz more famously known as Brassai a photographer. Brassai photographed prostitutes, opium addicts, lovers, street hoodlums and performers, similar to Lautrec. Brett Whitley is an Australian born artist recognised for his paintings of his wife and the female figure. Andy Warhol raised in America is best known for his pop art. Read more…
For this assignment, I chose to read the modern Canadian fiction book, Unless by Carol Shields. I first noticed this book was when reading BC BookWorld for assignment 1. However, I did not have much interest in this book at first, not until I was doing research on the internet. When I was trying to find a Canadian fiction book on the internet, I found out Unless by Carol Shields appeared almost everywhere. Therefore, it started to grab my attention. Then, I found out that the book, Unless, will be Carol Shields last novel due to her illness in breast cancer and it may be her most despairing book. Therefore, I decided to read this book for my assignment. In this paper, I will briefly summarize the book and talk about my reaction to it. Also, I will discuss what seems to be distinctly Canadian about this book.
In Carol Shields Unless, the main character, Reta Winters, is a forty-four years old writer living in a suburb of Toronto. She has a loving husband who is a successful family doctor and is faithful to her. Although they were never legally married, but they have lived happily together for twenty-six years and have three teenage daughters. Read more…
By 1962, the term New Realism was being used in the United States and France (where it was called Nouveau Realisme) as a name for Pop Art. That use never caught on in the United States, and then the term began to signify instead, a new breed of Realism.
Today’s realists are signaling a return to values rejected by te abstract, minimalist and conceptual art movements that have dominated most of our century. They’re bringing back the art of fine draftsmanship and showing new respect of shape, color and proportion. In the process, they are using such classic genres as landscapes, still lives and portraits to pose important questions about contemporary art.
By contrast, New realism (although an extreme withdrawal from the Abstract Expressionism that dominated the 1950’s) incorporated the flattened space, large scale, and simplified color of Modernist painting. Some New realist artists, such as Alfred Leslie, switched from abstract to representational painting. Read more…
The three works that I chose to analyze were done in two different periods; two were post impressionistic and one was impressionistic. Vincent VanGogh and Claude Monet are artists that are both memorable and timeless in their expression of art. Impressionism was developed in France and the followers of the movement were dedicated to make their art reflect contemporary realty in their society. On the other hand Post-Impressionism does not denote a single style, while the artists sought to bring meaning to their work while trying to retain basic values that prevail throughout impressionism. Claude Monet and fellow colleagues united in their discontent against traditional artistic conceptions gave birth to what we now term as “impressionistic art.” One such work that conceptualizes this phrase is The Stroll. Post Impressionism sought to build on the fundamentals of impressions but give it a depth and meaning; two works of Vincent VanGogh’s that epitomize this are the Starry Night and Wheat Field with Crows.
Impressionism emphasized painting directly from nature, eliminating the black and white outlines and shadows that were typical of academic painting. Claude Monet’s The Stroll epitomizes the Impressionistic concept of “the glance”. Read more…
