Decisive Moment

The artist waited until a busy businessman ran across the water and broken ladder.  He captured the contrast between the man's hurry and the water's stillness in this 1932 gelatin silver photograph.   (www.nazeermkhan.wordpress.com/about).

Carving

Michelangelo’s friend and biographer, Giorgio Vasari, explained how the master carved his figures.  He says Michelangelo laid his model into a box. He filled the box with water until the figure was submerged. Then he slowly let the water run out of the box or dipped some out. The first parts of the figure to emerge from the water were the parts Michelangelo had to cut out first on his stone block.

http://100swallows.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/how-michelangelo-carved-his-figures/

Michelangelo lived in the Medici home at the age of 13.  He was raised amongst future princes and popes and absorbed cutting-edge intellectual theories. He crossed paths with the Medici the rest of his life, caught in a constant struggle to escape their control.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/michelangelo.html

Casting

Luis Jimenez lived from July 23, 1940 to June 13, 2006.  He studied art and architecture at the University of Texas.  He celebrated the life of everyday people.  He humanized the exploitation of laborers and families as they crossed the border to the United States.  The artist wanted to put a human face on the issues illegal aliens constantly faced.

Instant Collage

The story behind this picture is that the votives would be burned as a prayer for the afflicted body part.  A heart, a child's arm, and an adult's arm dangle alongside the candles.  This
photograph was taken on a New York City avenue.
(http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=51909)

Assemblage

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Information taken from www.pacegallery.com/artists/327/louise-nevelson

Portrait

Artist Annie Liebovitz initially studied painting at San Francisco Art Institute.  She then developed a love for photography.  At age 21 she landed a job with Rolling Stone magazine.  Within 2 years she was made chief photographer.  She moved on to work for Vanity Fair because she was able to photograph a wider range of subjects.  The artist uses bold primary colors in surprising poses.  She was chosen as the photographer for the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as the Disney Dream Portraits (www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372).  The artist said her work is more about being good than being famous (www.vogue.com/voguepedia/annie-leibovitz).

Collage

Although Jess (Collins) was educated as a chemist, he switched to focus on his artwork.  The artist used chemistry, alchemy, and occult in his artwork.