Art 2D
The Denver Art Museum is located at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway. I attended the
exhibit of the "The Painters and the American West" on November 24, 2000.
The piece of artwork I critiqued for TECHNICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY, I chose
the "Girl with the sunburned nose". The dimensions and media were painted with acrylic on
canvas. The date this piece was created was 1927-29. The artist who created this piece was
Victor Higgins. Victor Higgins was born in Indiana in 1885. At the age of fifteen, he enrolled in
the Art Institute of Chicago against his parents'. He studied Academy of Fine Arts. Higgins
found the strong light and color in New Mexico and this refreshed him to his academic
upbringing. He joined the Taos Society of Artists in 1917, but did not settle permanently in the
region. Though primarily remembered as a landscape artist, his unique transitional style also
extended to still life and figure works. Higgins died in 1949. Using Elements this artwork had
many. He used Color, which has a value from lightness to darkness because of the wallpaper
behind the girl; it begins from light blue to dark blue. Form, was used with her coat it was
painted in a three dimensional way. Space, had a lot of positive space because the wallpaper
behind her took up all of the space. Texture, the painting had a unique way of making the piece
of art look real. Using Principles Higgins used Movement, in his painting the wall lead the
viewer to look at the girl. Balance, was symmetrical because it was of a still life figure,
which had to be balanced. Emphasis, was the background of the painting. Rhythm,
was irregular because not everything was the same shape from the background. Contrast,
was from light to dark. He also used Unity in his painting, this gave completeness to
the background. The materials used in this painting by Victor Higgins were acrylic on canvas.
I critiqued a piece of artwork for a PERSONAL RESPONSE, I chose "Another Church,
Hernandez, New Mexico". The dimensions and media of this artwork were acrylic on canvas.
This piece was created in 1937. From the painting of Georgia O' Keefe I found that she has a
religion due to the cross in the middle of the painting and how the painting is of a church.
I think O' Keefe is trying to communicate to the viewer that God is a part of nature.
J.D. Beazley, 1984, Attic Red Figure Vase Painters, Vol. 2 (New York: Hacker Art Books), 124-127
Again, I had difficulty selecting which piece to use for my second piece. Ultimately I selected Temptation, 1880 William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The dimensions are 39x52 inches and is oil on canvas.
The paint is spread thinly along the surface showing no raised areas for texture. The objects within the painting have similar line weights. There are different directional lines as well
Caillebote’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day”. The painting was begun in 1876 and finished early in
Looking at different pieces of art work at the art museum and one-piece in particular impressed me. It’s called “View of Molo”, painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal. Giovanni Canal was born in Venice, Italy in 1697. This particular piece was painted circa 1730-1735. The piece hangs at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas. The painting is part of the permanent collection donated by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1961. The art work was done on canvas using oil. The painting can be found in the Baroque and Rococo Period Gallery.
My second piece that I choose was Vincent van Gogh’s, Olive Trees made of oil on canvas in 1889. I have always loved this piece so this was an easy piece to choose. When looking up the dimensions of the piece it was hard to find. There are fifteen different canvases of this series, so it told me all of them. To make a rough estimate I would say it is about 4 feet high and 3 feet width wise.
First, the size of the painting drew me in before all. It measures at 339.1 by 199.5 cm, surrounded by a large golden frame. The size alone is enough to bring in any person passing by. Once getting close, the really wonder happened. The story told by the painting
· Picasso, Pablo. Bull's Skull, Fruit, Pitcher (Tete de Taurea, Fruit Pichet). Exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1939.
This piece is acrylic, oilstick, and spray paint on wood panel that is 186.1 centimeters in height and 125.1 centimeters in width. This piece features a human-like figure in the center that is mostly half red and half black. This figure has a gray head with one yellow eye and one light gray eye and above its head is a black halo. The background consists of patches of various colors such as light blue, black, dark red, light green, beige, turquoise, pink, and yellow. On the bottle left corner there is a figure drawn that looks like a fish and has a strip of mustard yellow painted through it. Also towards the bottom right of the artwork, there is some drawn on letters that almost look like words but are messily painted over with a desert sand color. This piece is my favorite because I find it aesthetically pleasing. There is a lot going on in this piece that makes looking at it genuinely interesting. The colors that Basquiat choses for the background go very well together and overall compliment the figure in the center. I like how incredibly expressive this piece is and it makes me want to buy a canvas and start painting that I desire. I also like how the human-like figure is drawn. One could see what looks like an outlined ribcage on the figure, which makes me believe that the head is actually a skull. Upon further research I learned that Basquiat was
Keeping in harmony with colors was an important task to explain women's behavior as wells as making artwork acceptable to every body. Crossing the social boundaries and limitations would only bring void and controversy in the created artwork, which can happen by wrong use of color or wrong presentation of women's image. But for the artists like Pablo Picasso explaining the things without any boundaries and social limitations was the important thing first. Since the artwork he created have crossing boundaries both culturally and artistically, a viewer can have broader perspectives and critical analysis of life, death, and desire or the morality as well as science and technology or fiction. Picasso explains all these things in one artwork called "Girl Before the Mirror", Oil on canvas, 5'4" X 4'3."
his own paintings. His artwork was emphasized in his tones that brought him through new free
...ause the look of curiosity of the girl extends beyond the frame. This gives the painting a sense of curiosity.
The painting is organized simply. The background of the painting is painted in an Impressionist style. The blurring of edges, however, starkly contrasts with the sharp and hard contours of the figure in the foreground. The female figure is very sharp and clear compared to the background. The background paint is thick compared to the thin lines used to paint the figures in the foreground. The thick paint adds to the reduction of detail for the background. The colors used to paint the foreground figures are vibrant, as opposed to the whitened colors of the Impressionist background. The painting is mostly comprised of cool colors but there is a range of dark and light colors. The light colors are predominantly in the background and the darker colors are in the foreground. The vivid color of the robe contrasts with the muted colors of the background, resulting in an emphasis of the robe color. This emphasis leads the viewer's gaze to the focal part of the painting: the figures in the foreground. The female and baby in the foreground take up most of the canvas. The background was not painted as the artist saw it, but rather the impression t...
My first experience at the museum was a good one. I had so much fun even after we were done with the Norton-Simon. Being a business major, I did not know that art could speak to me as it did. It has not influenced me so much as to change my major, but it did open my eyes to a whole new world. Now when I look at art, I do not just see a pretty picture, but what the artist is actually trying to say.
Color is used to draw attention to important characters and objects in the painting. The red of Mary’s shirt emphasizes her place as the main figure. A bright, yellow cloud floating above the room symbolizes the joy of the angelic figures. De Zurbaran uses warm colors in the foreground. The room, used as the background for the scene, is painted in dark colors utilizing different hues of gray and brown.