How To Write an Art History Paper - Art History 101: Writing an Art History Paper You have been assigned an art history paper to write. You would like to finish your assignment on time with a minimum of stress, and your instructor fervently hopes to read an engaging, well-written paper. Here are some dos and don'ts to guide you, written by an art history professor who has graded thousands of these papers ranging from the superlative to the good, the bad and the phenomenally ugly. Preparation: 1. Look through an art history book, slowly and leisurely. 2. Remember: a car works on gas, a brain works on info. 3. Ask yourself questions while you read and look up what you can't find or don't understand on the page. Writing Your Essay: Introduction, Body and Conclusion 1. Compose a thesis statement. 2. If you are going to include the artist's/architect's biography, begin with a short summary. 3. Reiterate the thesis. Editing: Be sure to footnote/cite your sources in the body of the paper when you use information or an opinion from a book, article, website, etc. Above All:
IMAGE JUNIOR Max Ernst Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story "Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation." Synopsis German-born Max Ernst was a provocateur, a shocking and innovative artist who mined his unconscious for dreamlike imagery that mocked social conventions. Key Ideas Max Ernst attacked the conventions and traditions of art, all the while possessing a thorough knowledge of European art history. Ernst was profoundly interested in the art of the mentally ill as a means to access primal emotion and unfettered creativity. Ernst was one of the first artists to apply Sigmund Freud's dream theories investigate his deep psyche in order to explore the source of his own creativity. Interested in locating the origin of his own creativity, Ernst attempted to freely paint from his inner psyche and in an attempt to reach a pre-verbal state of being. Most Important Art From Our Sponsor. Max Ernst and More at Online Auctions Biography Childhood Legacy
Thoughts About Design And Art - Vanseo Design Design is not art. While they share some similarities the two are not the same. Designers solve problems and artists express themselves. Yet art and design are often linked, especially when it comes to the aesthetic layer of design. Note: This post includes an audio version. If you don’t see the audio above, Click here to listen. Every so often I see someone mention that design isn’t art, but there’s something more in the mention. I don’t agree with this attitude and think it equally wrong and quite honestly a bad message to be sending. Today I want to talk about design and art. Design is not Art Design and art have a different purpose. Designers can increase their value the more they know and understand art Art on the other hand is its own end. Design and art have a different process to creation. Art has no constraints initially and ultimately only those constraints imposed by the artist or the work itself. Both art and design are observed and judged differently. Design is Similar to Art
Looking At Art Search Jeff Koons, (Sandwiches), 2000. Oil on canvas, 9 feet 10 inches x 14 feet 2 inches (299.7 x 431.8 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG in consultation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2006 2006.8. © Jeff Koons In Preparation Make sure students have paper and pencil. Questions for Investigation What do you see? Artwork Essay Jeff Koons rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning of art in a media-saturated era and a perceived crisis of representation. For the series This work, along with others in Easyfun-Ethereal, is part of Koons's new brand of Pop painting, recalling in particular the advertising iconography and billboard-style painting technique present in James Rosenquist's canvases.
Jean-Michel Basquiat Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story Synopsis Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged from the "Punk" scene in New York as a gritty, street-smart graffiti artist who successfully crossed over from his "downtown" origins to the international art gallery circuit. In a few fast-paced years, Basquiat swiftly rose to become one of the most celebrated, and possibly most commercially exploited American "naif" painters of the widely celebrated Neo-Expressionism art movement. Key Ideas Basquiat's work is one of the few examples of how an early 1980s American Punk, or graffiti-based and counter-cultural practice could become a fully recognized, critically embraced and popularly celebrated artistic phenomenon, indeed not unlike the rise of American Hip Hop during the same era. Basquiat's work is an example of how American artists of the 1980s could reintroduce the human figure in their work after the wide success of Minimalism and Conceptualism, thus establishing a dialogue with the more distant tradition of 1950s Abstract Expressionism. Biography
Modern Artists Full List Modern Artists Full List New Artists Driven by passion, liberty, and sexual experimentation, Fini was arguably the most rebellious, theatrical, and autonomous of the female Surrealists. X Andy Wyeth was a twentieth-century American artist known for his rural landscapes and figure studies. Artists by Movement Artists by COUNTRY Modern Artists Full List Below are biographies and analysis of the work of all the artists who were central to modern art. Total: 320 Artists Serbian-American Artist Movements and Styles: Performance Art, Feminist Art Born: November 30, 1946 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia Marina Abramović's is one of the key artist in the performance art movement. Swedish Painter Movements and Styles: Expressionism, Symbolism, Modernism and Modern Art, Abstract Art Born: October 26, 1862 - Solna, Sweden Died: October 21, 1944 - Sjursholm, Sweden Hilma af Klint created abstract art before the first canvases by Kandinsky, becoming a pioneer in devotional, and yet scientific interpretations of nature.
A "Psychological" Optical Illusion A "Psychological" Optical Illusion: The influence of culture and environment can have an effect on our visual perception. This theory was first explored by Robert Laws, a Scottish missionary working in Malawi, Africa, during the late 1800's. Take a look at the picture below. What you see will largely depend on where you live in the world. After you have examined the picture, scroll down for a more detailed explanation. So What Did You See? You Can Find More Unusual Optical Illusions In The "Just For Fun" Section Here. Jenny Holzer Jenny Holzer was born in 1950 in Gallipolis, Ohio. She received a BFA in printmaking and painting from Ohio University, Athens, in 1972, and in 1975 she entered the MFA painting program at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. While there, she began to introduce language into her work. Holzer moved to New York after earning her degree at RISD in 1977 and enrolled in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. That year, she created her first all-text works, the Truisms series, printing them on paper, which she pasted up anonymously around the city. Holzer has been the recipient of several important awards, including the Blair Award, presented by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1982, and the Leone d’Oro award for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1990.