Iconoclast Image

The image shown depicts the turmoil during the Middle Ages.  The Timurids (Islamists) were in power and are shown whitewashing the face of Christ.  Iconoclasm is the destruction of images and can be used to attack the beliefs of others.  The Timurids wished to destroy these images because they conflicted with their own beliefs.

This picture is an illumination or miniature.  It was painted by Hermann Paul and Jean Limbourg for the Duke of Berry. The artists used a variety of colors obtained from minerals, plants or chemicals (www.artlex.com/ArtLex/ij/illumination.html).

American Icon

I believe everyone can relate to this icon. According to the following website, www.makingitmagazine.net/?p=4773, the poster was created by illustrator/designer Maya Zankoul.  It reflects women's economic empowerment during the 1940's.  It represents the movement of women into the industrial workforce.  It has become a cultural icon whenever women's empowerment is discussed.  Advertisers take advantage of it by using it to sell cleaning products.

Abstract

The architectural drawing entitled "Traffic Study" was created by American architect Louis I. Kahn.  He used ink, graphite, and cut and pasted paper on paper.  The drawing was a proposed plan of traffic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to see the movement pattern.  It is an abstract drawing because one can understand what it is the creator is drawing.  It is simple, yet emphasizes the pattern.

FORM AND CONTENT

This artwork is entitled, "Suprematist Painting" and was created by artist Kazimir Malevich.  It is an oil on canvas made in 1916-17.  This is an example of form and content.  The form is the image(s) we see and the content is the meaning.  The artist believed in reduction and founded what he called Suprematism. He uses geometric shapes and a low range of colors.  The content is one of objects producing power with no reference to reality.  The main theme is the internal movements of the personality.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/malevich/sup/

Representational Art

This artwork entitled, "Young Women on The Bank of The Seine" is by artist Gustave Courbet.  The artist used oil on canvas for this piece.  It is an example of representational art because it is realistic.  It was painted in 1856.  The artist captured the real world including the wooden boat in the background giving a natural overall appearance.

Pacaembu Painting

The painting, Pacaembu, is by artist Beatriz Milhazes.  She used acrylic on canvas for this artwork.  It is a non-representational or non-objective piece.  Her artwork is contemporary and is based on a square as depicted by a pink square in the center of Pacaembu.  This artwork shows the aesthetic features of lines, shapes, and colors.  It does not make any reference to the natural world.  The artist starts with a square then adds whatever shapes, lines, and colors she chooses.

Aesthetic

Artist Gilbert Adrian created this artwork entitled Dinner Dresses.  Mr. Adrian uses bright colors in varying combinations.  The picture is aesthetically pleasing to the viewer.  Medium used is silk.  Gilbert Adrian is inspired by Pablo Picasso.  The designer's wife, actress Janet Gaynor, owned the dresses.  She donated them to the Brooklyn Museum in 1963 (www.metmuseum.org).

Jesus Carrying The Cross

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Kitsch

I found this on www.pinterest.com.  The beer bottle opener was created by Rustic Vision.  It represents kitsch.  According to the Youtube video with Allee Willis in it, in our instructor support material, kitsch can be anything.   It can be a person, place, object, or anything a person thought of and wanted to share with the world.  Ms. Willis said "kitsch is something so over the top it makes you smile."  The beer bottle opener is a gadget I never thought of, but it is funny.

Running Shoe Coffin

The running shoe coffin was created by artist Samuel Kane Kwei.   He was trained as a cabinet maker and owns a workshop in Teshie in Africa.  He was introduced to American audiences by art dealer Vivian Burns.  This work represents the third role of the artist:  making functionable objects more pleasing.  These objects, or sculptures, are more appealing because they reflect on the life of the deceased.  Samuel Kane Kwei's sculptures have been collected and exhibited internationally. 

Architect: Mixing New With Old

This represents the first role of the artist:  helping others to see the world in a new and innovative way.  Notice the contrast between the stone building on the left to the glass building on the right. The glass building was designed by Renzo Piano.  It was designed to house the Peek & Cloppenburg store.  The stone building is the Cathedral of St. Antoniter.    Due to the site of the cathedral, the P&C building was designed horizontally much like a greenhouse.  The structure has vertical arc-shaped bands and is sustained by pillars and diagonal tie-rods.  (Information obtained from www.architecture.about.com/od/greatarchitects/p/piano.html.)

JING ASSIGNMENT 1 - GIVING FORM TO FEELINGS

This artwork was created by Cai Guo-Qiang.  The artist
gives form to the fourth role of artists, namely ideas and
feelings.  This is shown by depicting misuse of authority
by adults over children.  The child in front appears to be
crying.  The adult behind the child has an arm raised.  The artwork on the other side shows individual sets of two persons engaging in combat.