Autumn’s Exploration Art

 Post Modern Art Blog Women’s Movement   – Feminist Art Movement (1960-2000)      I really enjoyed the choice in this week's assignment, I chose to go with the Post Modern Era (1960-2000). During this time period, we see many movements that carried from the Mid Modern Era into the late 20th century including, The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the war, and a lot more I'm sure.  This was a time of continued growth, expansion, and many forms of conflict as  one of the biggest conflicts of this time was equality, for both African Americans and women.  I wanted to focus on the growth and expanding the rights of women. Sadly it was common to see women as sexualized objects incapable of doing the job a man could. Some common problems women faced were mockery, unequal pay, and working rights. With limited access to services such as child care and abortions. Luckily, things began to shift during the Post Modern time period; women became more politically involved and deman

Early Modern Blog: The Influence of The Great Depression  (1900-1939) “Rust Red Hills,” from 1930 Georgia O’Keeffe I chose to go with Georgia O’Keeffe’s  Rust Red Hills  from 1930 because it was simple and the start of new techniques. The Rust Red Hill is one of the Brauer Museum of Art’s most beloved paintings, a masterpiece by the artist. T he Great Depression is a great epoch in American history.  It was a period in time when the economy in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized countries in the world collapsed.  It started in 1929 when the stock market crashed in the United States and lasted until about 1939.  After World War I the United States aided many countries financially to help recover from the war and when the stock market crashed millions of people lost their savings and became unemployed.  The Great Depression lead to the election of a Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.  President Roosevelt developed programs with the intention of helping bo

  Romantic Era Blog When asked to decide on my favorite style, I found that I was more drawn to Impressionism over Romanticism because of the drastic use of color and brush techniques. Some of the loose brush strokes and bold colors that are present in Impressionism paintings are appealing to me because I'm often drawn to earth tones. The like the messy look, because it's a bit more realistic, and has a better flow in the technique in the paintings. Impressionism paintings have such a freeing feeling to them because it leaves something to be imagined by the audience since the paintings are often not as clear as their counterparts in Romanticism. Interestingly, the piece Starry Night,  by Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known images in modern culture, Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in the Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889. This image is of a night sky that is filled with stars, a crescent moon, and swirling clouds. The picture has a sense of movement throughout the star

Classical Blog: Classical era & Major Influences in this Era. Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1786, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Artist: Jacques Louis David Art Name: Oath of the Horatii  Location and time: Paris 1786 I chose to go with these artists;   Jacques Louis David,  Benjamin West, and  Peter Paul Rubens  because they were a perfect example of Classical art or Classicism which refers to artwork that draws inspiration from ancient Roman or ancient Greek culture. Classical art was most popular in Western art during the Renaissance period and often depicted scenes from mythology through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Classicism informs much of the subject matter depicted in history painting.    Benjamin West, Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before Iphigenia, 1766, Tate, London. Artist: Benjamin West Art Name: Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before Iphigenia Location and time: London 1766 Ancient Greek and Roman cultures and their artwork valued nobili

  The Apotheosis of St Ignatius (1685-94) Artist: Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) Medium: Fresco painting Genre: Religious history painting Movement: Baroque art Location: Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Campus Martius, Rome      I chose the r eligious history painting The Apotheosis of St Ignatius (1685-94) by Andrea Pozzo because it was so chaotic and crisp.  Andrea Pozzo, entered a monastery in 1665. He studied painting in Milan, Genoa, and Venice and was invited by P. Oliva, general of the Jesuit order, to come to Rome where he arrived in 1681. He would express that  the viewer in the nave looking up would see a lofty dome when in actuality the church's ceiling was flat. A metal disk was placed on the floor of the nave, marking the spot where the viewer should stand to see the work with full effect, as the artist said, "To deceive the eyes, a certain fixed point" is needed.  The  connections between the art piece from Pozzo and the Baroque era was the major influences such

  Medusa Source on Artist: Caravaggio Merisi       I chose the Medusa painting by Caravaggio Merisi ,  because it really captured my attention, mostly due to the message it served. Medusa was often used to represent military power during this period of time. It can be connected to Humanism in a way too because it can be tied to morals and philosophical inquires. I really felt a connection to it, because I look at Medusa in another way. She overcame a lot of grief, but she still emitted power and showed resilience.  In 1598 Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte gave this painted shield to Grand Duke Ferdinando I. It was put in the Armory of the Uffizi without any attribution; in 1631 it was registered as a work by  Caravaggio  and was displayed as part of a suit of Persian Armor worn by a mannequin seated on a wooden  horse .  The way artist used different hues with the use of darker colors, such as dark greens, browns, and blues for the background. I also enjoyed that the artist used th