Anne Whitney was well known for her full figured portraits of suffragist and protesters leaders, she communicated her feminist and abolitionist view through her sculpture. Whitney accomplished portrait statues of prominent suffragists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison, and Lucy Stone. The Lady Godiva statue shows lines, texture, and pattern from what I can observe as visual elements. The statue contains lines to outline the stitches in her dress. The texture of the statue is overall smooth, and the embroidery pattern can be seen on her veil, which is wrapped around her arm. I also noticed that Whitney used principle of design in her statue; Whitney was well known for her life-sized marble figures, so therefore scale played
The idea that art can be a service to people- most importantly a service to poor and disenfranchised people is one that may be disputed by some. However, Elizabeth Catlett and other artists at the taller de Graffica Popular have proved that art could be made to service the poor. Catlett in particular is someone who has always used her art to advocate for the poor and fight injustices. While her activism and political views were very impactful, they were also very controversial. Catlett`s art and activism influenced African American and Latin American art by changing the narratives of Black and Brown working class women. In their books titled Gumbo Ya Ya, The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, African American Art: The Long Struggle, and Elizabeth Catlett: Works on Paper authors Leslie King-Hammond, Samella S. Lewis, Crystal Britton, Elizabeth Catlett, and Jeanne Zeidler speak of the work of Catlett. In a paper titled -----, ---- also speaks of the work of Elizabeth Catlett and her legacy as an activist.
factors that made the work look as it is today. Most sculptures were seen as symbols of politics
“Silver Liz as Cleopatra” is a piece completed by Warhol in 1963 and is currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. This specific painting portrays actress Elizabeth Taylor as the lead role of Cleopatra, the highest grossing film of 1963. Silver paint, and silkscreen ink and pencil on linen were all used in union to achieve the final result. Here the recurring images of the queen of the silver screen resemble a strip of film or a number of inexpensive and quick snap shots from a photo booth. The representation of Hollywood stars in his works were not an uncommon subject for Warhol as he was infatuated with the world of celebrities. His ability to utilize the methods and techniques...
In the Wallach Gallery exhibition of Anna Hyatt Huntington’s sculpture (1876-1973), the viewer gets to discover different versions of the emblematic figure that is Joan of Arc, from small bronze medals, to much bigger works of art. A digital replication of the initial statue that was unveiled at Riverside Drive and 93rd Street in December 1915 is also available the public in the gallery. The success of the Joan of Arc – or The Maid of Orleans’s depictions results from the symbol that she fosters in European and American culture: a French medieval patriotic heroine who received visions directly from God and who was told to help France combat the English domination and who died burned at the stake, as a martyr.
One of Augusta Savage’s most captivating works of art is “Gamin”, a sculpture made of painted plaster. This is an image of a young street urchin who is thought to be Savage’s nephew, Ellis Ford. This sculpture represents the many young African American men of Harlem who roamed the streets. This sculpture is not very large. It is only 9 in. x 5¾ in. x 4⅜ in., but it is a suitable size considering the subject is a young urchin. He is wearing a shirt that appears to be wrinkled and a loose fitting hat. He appears to be poor and hopeless. He looks as though he is looking at something that is far away or just looking for someone to restore his hope again. His face shows loneliness or sadness. If you look closely,
...ltiple kinds of transformation on one statue. After all, Art History is a history about transformation, and how to merge different transformations into a novel category and style.
Georgia O’Keeffe is an artist known for her paints of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes from New York. She is recognized as the mother of American modernism. Georgia O’Keeffe has always been a name I remember from my art classes in middle school. We had to talk about a piece of art in class each week and I kept finding myself doing her paintings. The way she uses color and the detail of her flowers is so perfect. The reason I chose to do Georgia O’Keeffe is she is a well-known artist and when think of art, I think of her. I have always thought of Georgia as interesting artist. Not being much of an art guy, something about her paintings makes me interested in her work. I like that she is so simply with her work and she paints very beautiful pieces of work, I’m excited to look more into her work, and get to learn a little more about art. I feel like I hear this quote a lot connected with art, O’Keeffe says many times through out her life “ I found that I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way----things I had no words for.”
Egyptian art is infamous across the world - classified by the monumental pyramids, and the Sphinx. Although these are both valid forms of Egyptian art, they do not make up the entire artistic history of the country. On the contrary, perhaps the most replicated example of classic Egyptian art, from the Old Kingdom, can be found in their rendering of the human form. An interest in portraiture developed early in Egypt. (Gardner, 75) Whether painted on pottery, or cut into rock, the figures all had notably Egyptian characteristics. "The seated statue is one of only a very small number of basic formulaic types employed by the sculptors of the Old Kingdom." (Gardner, 75)
When beginning my sketch, I took a moment to analyze the work of art and found that the statue illuminated a sense of serenity. Like most viewers my initial reaction was to explore the statue from head to toe as I sought out the different elements and principles of art. The statue was close to life-size and just about my height, so looking straightforward we were eye to eye. I noticed the softness gathered about the facial structure, but all the same time the depth and complexity that was engulfed around the muscularity of the body. The rigorous symmetry was accounte...
When first looking at George Washington by Horatio Greenough first thought that came to mind was Roman Art! George Washington by Horatio Greenough is a unique piece looking much like many Roman sculptures you may have seen, but upon the statues shoulders dawns George Washington’s signature non-smiling, tightly clenched face. From the neck down you’d never think that this sculpture wasn’t created in the liking of our first president George Washington, but more that of a god like Jupiter. With his bare chest exposed and muscles chiseled, you’d think George Washington was a statue of a god if his face wasn’t so recognizable. With his face determined, brows lifted and his eyes always looking at you at whatever angle, this statue surely grabs your attention.
In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, two sisters want the handmade quilt that is a symbol of the family heritage. Alice Expresses what her feeling are about her heritage through this story. It means everything to her. Something such as a quilt that was hand made makes it special. Only dedication and years of work can represent a quilt.
Quilt making in the African American community has a long history dating back to the 18th century and has been important for ways of communicating social and political conditions. During the time when African Americans were enslaved, quilting became a popular way of communicating safety to African Americans escaping their way to freedom, up north. The tradition of Quilting was past down form generation to generation, by mother’s to daughter’s as a way of teaching the daughter about the past and giving them a valuable skill that could add to their lives. In the series Bitter Nest by Faith Ringgold, Ringgold’s communicates her life experiences with her daughters though using the art of story telling, traditional African materials, the art of quilting, and elements of art to make a unique story-quilt that appeals to African Americans of all ages.
Perhaps this is a direct response to the eroticization of owning a painting produced by a woman; the representation’s realism prevents the presumably male audience from viewing her face in entirety. Her body is shown in action and foreshortened, removing any possibility for it to be compared to the perfectly proportioned female figures so often used to
In 1865, Edvouvard de Laboulaye, of France, thought of the idea to build the Statue of Liberty while he was on a visit to New York. He commissioned Frederick-Auguste Bartholdi to design the statue. Barthholdi needed someone with experience with building the outer skeletons of statues, so he asked for the assistance of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. While designing Liberty the two sculptors kept a few things in mind of how they wanted it to look. The first idea came from an artist’s sketch in the 1870’s that revealed how a statue (not Liberty) rose over the roof tops of Paris. They also knew they were putting it in the New York Harbor for a reason and that was so it would always have an audience and could greet immigrants into America. Bartholdi’s mother and girlfriend were the models for how the arms and body were portrayed, and at the bottom of Lady Liberty are chains of tyranny which represent a women’s escape for freedom. (Statue of Liberty National Monument) (Statue of Liberty History) (Statue of Liberty) (Immigration)
Throughout history, women artists have had to face opposition from their male counterpart to be treated as equals in both society and in art. Men has enjoyed a level of personality in the depiction of male figures that have allowed for active roles while women were forced in roles deemed lesser. Their treatment in both society and in the representation of art, has limited female viewer in what types of female figures she would see. Her models were mostly passive and objects of beauty or femmes fatales.