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Situated in the heart of Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery comprises 3 buildings: Main building was built as Royal Manchester Institution, a learned society, in 1823. Designed by Charles Barry in the Greek Ionic style. The Athenaeum, built in 1837 was also designed by Barry, in Italian Pallazo style. A third, newer building was constructed in […]
DOWNLOADABLE VERSION Assignment One – Introduction to Art History – Reflection Demonstrate subject-based knowledge and understanding For the selected works I believe I have identified the salient points according to the criteria identified: Political and social context, Materials and processes etc. It was challenging within the available structure to provide much comparison between the selected […]
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Artists influenced by non-Western art African art Picasso – Les demoiselles d’Avignon. ‘African (or black) period’. Inspired by African statues at Trocadero museum (or possibly by statue shown to him by Matisse). Angular poses, bold colours, figures have features in style and poses similar to African masks. Matisse – Blue nudes (1952) inspired by his […]
Art critics have a range of functions, motivations and influences: They may be engaged by different employers with different drivers: Newspapers, magazines, websites, galleries, exhibition and auction catalogues, academic research/publications. Increasingly, they may also dance to their own tune and review via personal blogs and vlogs, unfettered by outside influences (although they may be looking […]
What is style in art? Individual – what distinguishes a person’s art from someone else’s. May apply to the medium or combination of media used, the means of application of media to the substrate, the nature of the substrate/s, the method of construction (sculpture, installations), innovative use of materials, subject matter, image composition, influences. Collective […]
Difficult always to identify what makes an artist successful. For these purposes I would define successful to be either financial and/or reputationally well-known with the additional consideration of well-known in the art/collectors’ world or by the wider public. Perception is that in art (much as in music) one route to success is to be ‘discovered’ […]
Modern artists influenced (inspired?) by political events: Art has historically been a source of expression, highlighting social iniquities, challenging politics, being outspoken about the world (Hogarth’s ‘An election entertainment’ 1755), . However, there has always been a large body of ‘gentle’ art, art simply for beauty, admiration or commissioned art for personal vanity (Constable, Rembrandt, […]
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