In the year 1932, on the 4th of July, Frida had a miscarriage at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Frida painted herself after the miscarriage, lying back on the bed in the hospital, which turned into this terrifying self-portrait. The woman in the portrait is naked, the sheets under her stained with her blood, and a huge tear drops from her left eye. The bed drifts in an intangible space, encircled by six different images, which act as metaphors relating to the miscarriage. These are secured by umbilical cords and she holds all of them tightly in her fist, never wanting to let go.…
The expression that here she is, take it or leave it kind of expression which is expressed with a sarcastic look. Judith’s self-portrait on the other hand shows a mood of happiness as she paints an image of a faceless violist. It most likely is faceless due to the already joyful expression on her face is supposed to transpire the feeling of violist upon the picture. These self-portrait’s show very optimistic expressions which makes it very simplistic in picking them apart as very different in most accounts. Frida painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism (The Complete Works).…
Tastefully developed and carefully curated, The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University now holds one of the largest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The museum prides itself on displaying widely diversified paintings, a statement I do not fully agree with. Although the two-story museum’s walls are furnished with with a wide variety of subject content there is a chauvinistic sense about their collections. I am not saying there is an unequal ratio of male to female portraits because there isn’t. The museum has a plethora of women as subjects, but they only seem to only display women painted by men.…
In the following essay I’m going to compare and contrast two 17th century artworks – “Las Meninas” by Diego Velazquez (1656) and “The Allegory of Painting” by Johannes Vermeer. Paintings depict artists working on a portrait, however, in Velasquez’s work the viewer is the person who is being painted and in Vermeer’s the viewer is just an observer of the artistic process. The only reason the observer knows that he is the center object of the future fictional painting is in the mirror on the back wall. The couple in the reflection is King Philip IV and his wife, Mariana. (Foucault, 8).…
In Richard Misrach exquisite photograph, it displays a portrait of Border Cantos as a land separated by a dark red fence and a split road heading three different ways. The purpose of art is evoke emotion and thought in the viewer. Admirers of the art piece will see the physical characteristics, or the explicit portion and the deeper meaning and emotion, or the implicit portion, of the art. As you look at this artwork that portrays the 2,000 miles long border between the United States and Mexico, many thoughts run through viewer's head, as this border stirs up a lot of opinions. But there a few key features of the photograph that will bring the explicit and implicitness more forward.…
Charles Emile-August Carolus-Duran’s piece titled Portrait of an Artist in her Studio represents the action of a women painting. This piece was made in the late 19th century (c. 1880) and was considered one of Carolus-Duran’s great society portraits. The piece’s present location is the La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its original location was *****. This portrait is oil on canvas, and the “quick, loose brushwork” technique can be accredited to masters such as Diego Velasquez and Edouard Manet (placard.) Just as the painting suggests, the painting’s subject is an artist, many say Carolus-Duran’s wife or mistress, in her studio.…
As I walked through the museum, I looked for a piece of art that spoke to me on a personal level, having picked a Mexican Museum it wasn’t hard seeing a sculpture or painting and relating it to my childhood or connecting it to my visits to Mexico. As I was leaving, I stopped by a colorful painting that really grabbed my attention, and looked at the description and the painting for some time. I was with my younger brother and had explained to him the details of the museum visit for this class, and told him I had trouble finding a painting. He looked around and his eyes landed on the same painting that I was analyzing moments before and with a smirk he said to choose that one. The painting is by Oscar Moya and is called Nopal En La Frente/Cactus…
Frida loved Diego so much she couldn’t stop thinking about him. In this painting she paints him on her head, meaning she is thinking of him day and night. Frida’s marriage was not going so well. Diego kept on cheating. Frida was a strong woman she hide her pain.…
This paper will discuss eight different images from eight different locations based on their themes as well as photographs and images from Exhibition 100+ and Exhibition American Modernism. The different artwork for discussion in the paper comes from China, Italy, and Cyprus. The eight artworks from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts were quite fascinating and poignant for me in terms of their richness in history, culture, religion, and nature. Every piece that I picked held a special message and an emblem of information that put into perspective that I learned in class.…
In Pursuit of a Perfect Pose at Gallery 44 Gallery 44 is going to host the exhibition ‘In Pursuit of a Perfect Pose’ exploring demonstrations of internalized femininity. The image based art and installations in the exhibition explorer what it means to be the ‘Other’. ‘In Pursuit of a Perfect Pose’ is an introspective critique on the preformed ideas and the expectations of the society, that define the female gender and culture in the modern society. The participating artists are Rah, Shellie Zhang, Tau Lewis, Dalia Amara, and Rajni Perera.…
Many of which she created after experiencing a painful event or while recovering from one. Pain and anguish, through her artworks, have become parallel to Frida Frida’s identity. Not only does the theme of pain correlate with Frida’s…
By the end of the 1800s art was considered a subject of study just like science and math. For an artist to be taken seriously and considered a proffesional attending an art college was a neccesity. There they learn about line techniques, shading, colouring etc. Some artists believed that art was meant to be “studied” in schools. Art was meant to be felt like an emotion and the lines show flow from the conciousness to the paper.…
One may also say that the variety of shapes are the variety of horrific characteristics that described his wife at that time of his life. Uniting the variety of elements and principles of design, the ones brought up within this assignment and the others that can be inferred from the artwork itself, the overall artwork provides a redeeming beauty. It is like the uneasy characteristics come together and soothe things out, and provide a beauty that is in the eye of the…
“Discuss how artists from different times and cultures have created aesthetic qualities in artworks, communicated ideas and developed styles.” Throughout the history of art, there has been so many famous art styles and famous artists. Two of the most famous artists were Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo. Both of these two artists were in the same era but their work were two different styles.…
Milestone Two Final Explaining how the theme of beauty is expressed in contemporary ideas and pieces of art, for the final project I will contrast two works of art. Starting with the literary art piece, an epic poem written by Angelo Poliziano, named Stanze per la Giostra, in 1480 Italy. The visual work being a painting by Sandra Botticelli titled The Birth of Venus. Botticelli's The Birth of Venus was painted in approximately 1485 in Italy and it carries an classical style. Using both the visual and literary outlets I will compare the theme with the mood of the works of art.…