Friday, March 27, 2009

Picture This

EXTREME CLOSE UP













David Pope



Tricia Askew

Emily Byron

-computer keyboard














Erica McCullough

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Emily's Diorama

I feel strongly about the ocean. It has been a part of my life since I was a little girl. People don't realize how amazing it is and they pollute it like crazy. There are so many unique creatures in the ocean that are being harmed from the trash and it's not fair.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Surrealism

Surrealism
*Cultural movement that began in the 1920s
*Dada activities of World War I
*Centered in Paris
The works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur, however many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost with the works being an artifact, and leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.

Andre Breton





Salvador Dali





¨http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXG7KZwxGc

Cubism




Founders of Cubism Art Movement:

}Pablo Picasso

◦Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso
◦Spanish
◦Born in 1881 and died in 1973
◦Son of an art and drawing teacher
◦Passed entrance examination for the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the age of 14
◦Never completed college degree
◦Moved to Paris at the age of 19
◦Married twice
◦Began Cubism in 1909


}Georges Braque

◦French
◦Born May 13, 1882 Died August 31, 1963
◦Son of house painter
◦Fought in World War I
◦Moved to Paris
◦Adopted fauvism
◦Shifted attention to Paul Cezanne
◦Analytic Cubism 1910
Cubism

*Revolutionary style of modern art that evolved at the beginning of the 20th century
*Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age
*Four decades from 1870-1910
*The problem for artists at this time was how to reflect the modernity of the era using the tired and trusted traditions that had served art for the last four centuries
*Influences on early Cubism have been linked to Primitivism and non-Western sources African art
*Also called "hermetic"