In order to fully understand the art of Kandinsky, it is important to start with a definition of the word \'Abstract\' (for it is not really a concept that we have come across, before in this course). Abstract art does not depict recognizable scenes or objects but instead is made up of forms and co...

\"When I am in my painting, I\'m not aware of what I\'m doing. It is only after a sort of \"get acquainted\" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come throug...

What is Art Art can be said, as an expression of one's self and the feeling from the world around them. This does not only count the traditional forms of art, painting, music, sculpting, and drama. From my point of view along with the definition listed above, I believe that it is truly an e...

The twentieth century brought WWI, Hitler, and the Great Depression to the world. It was a time of turmoil and out of turmoil comes change. The art world would also be turned upside down and forever changed. Fauves, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Fantasy, Dada, Surrealism, and early Abstract...

In the early twentieth-century, art became a form of expression through personal experiences, nature, and visual aspects of the world. Early modern artists expanded and broadened the image and value of art. They explored different styles of art that merged painting and sculpture and left no border...

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow on 4th December 1866 to a well-to-do family. This was a period of economic and cultural prosperity. He is considered the founder of abstract painting, and although he spent most of his life in Germany and France, he always retained strong emotional ties to his ho...

When one arrives in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he or she may be surprised, as I was, by its grand entrance. Upon entering this large pillared building, one is almost overwhelmed by the immense collection. Although very extensive, the museum undoubtedly concentrates on the grouping ...

When one arrives in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he or she may be surprised, as I was, by its grand entrance. Upon entering this large pillared building, one is almost overwhelmed by the immense collection. Although very extensive, the museum undoubtedly concentrates on the grouping and...

Both Cézanne and Pollock understood that although their art was turning away from traditional forms, art is continuity. Never disregarding the Old Master, Cézanne is said to be the father of modernism and Pollock the man who brought art from Paris to America. These two men, both known as avant-...

Jazz Jazz has been an influence in many artist\'s work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920s, and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that ...

The atmosphere in the Museum of Modern Art was very tranquil - the lights aren\'t too bright, and the wall itself looked like a piece of artwork. I\'d been walking around the museum for a while and I finally saw a painting that was what I\'d been expecting to find. It was located in a big room with ...

While touring the Baltimore Museum of Art one particular piece caught my immediate attention. The painting is entitled \"Evening Glow\" and was painted in 1972 by Alma Thomas, a renowned African American woman with a lifetime of achievement in painting and teaching art. Evening Glow was painted ...

Henri Matisse and Fernand Leger were two of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. Their styles, though very different, came from similar beginnings. Both of these artists took their beginnings and used them into a new world for art. Two examples of their unique styles are Matisse\'s...

Upon visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I saw many different varieties of artwork. One such painting that caught my eye was Femme au Chapeau (Woman with the Hat), painted by Henri Matisse (1869-1954). The image was made in 1905 and originated from France. The oil painting on canvas mea...

Georgia O'Keeffe"Precisionist," is the term most widely used to describe Georgia O'Keeffe's work. O'Keeffe's great clarity in painting is what identifies her well-known paintings of urban architecture, mountains, bones, and flowers. The simple, clear forms in her masterpieces "made her a pioneer o...

For this second assignment, I chose a painting by Mimi Parent, titled A Stroll in the Sun. It\'s a very bright and colorful canvas that automatically attracts your attention upon entering the exhibition room. In the foreground, we see a young girl standing to the right of a field of various flowers....

JazzJazz has been an influence in many artist's work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920's and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that we...

Jazz has been an influence in many artist's work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920's and the music form caught on and became very ...

Paul Cezanne, who was the son of a wealthy banker, became a painter in the 1860s in Paris when he quit his studies of Law. By 1874 he was painting landscapes in the Impressionist manner and had some of his work included in their first exhibition held during that very same year.He painted in the Impr...