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Cutting-Edge Art — On Glass Art & Dale Chihuly
2008-02-03 07:50:00 By Bronwen Roberts Art glass usually refers to the modern art glass movement in which individual artists work alone or with colleagues, creating works from molten glass in relatively small furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. It began in the early 1960s and showed an incremental growth through the end of the century. The glass objects created are not primarily utilitarian. From a creative perspective, they have to make an artistic statement. Their market value depends on the work and the artist involved, and prices range from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. The best known of the modern glass artists is Dale Chihuly. In 1971, he began the Pilchuck School of Glass near Stanwood, Washington, which is a source of a great deal of the current American Studio Glass movement. In an art glass studio, “production work” (goblets, vases, pitchers, art marbles etc.) show more hand worked variation than was allowed in a pure factory work environment, and each piec... More About: Cutting Edge , Edge , Cutting
A Brief History of Caricatures
2008-02-01 08:09:00 By Natalie Aranda A caricature is a portrait of a person that exaggerates certain features in order to express the essence of the person and still make the subject easily identifiable. Although it is often viewed as a comic type of art today, it has a rather long history. The earliest forms date back to ancient days. In the excavations at the Roman city of Pompeii, crude pictures were found drawn on the walls of some buildings that very much resembled caricature. At least, the purpose was obviously the same. The word comes from an Italian verb that means “to load.” The true purpose of caricature was conceived as “loading” the portrait with as much meaning as possible. Some of the earliest preserved examples come from the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, who sought out models with deformities for his portraits. In the 17th century, Caricature emerged as a distinct art form with the works of an Italian artist named Annibale Caracci. Caracci’s concept was called the “antithesis ... More About: History , Caricatures
Reverse Glass Painting - Centuries Old Art Form
2008-01-31 07:43:00 By Alan Beggerow Reverse glass painting is the art of painting an image on the reverse side of a piece of glass or glass object so that the image can be viewed from the unpainted side. It has been done since early in the sixteenth century in Europe, and was known in China during the early 18th century. This style of painting has been used for religious art, abstract art, clock faces, realistic landscapes, and scenes with people and portraits. It is a very exacting art form, especially when done as a realistic painting. The image is actually painted in reverse order on the glass. The finishing details of the painting must be put on the glass first, and must be done accurately as this is immediately covered with the next phase of the painting. So for a portrait reverse glass painting, the pupil of the eye would be painted first, then the eye, and so on in reverse order, finishing with the background. When the glass is turned over, the actual intended image is viewed from the unpainted... More About: Painting , Glass , Form
What to Look For in Monumental Sculpture
2008-01-30 07:56:00 By Beau Smith Monument al sculpture is exceptionally large sculpture. It is called “monumental” because monuments are often large sculptures. But such sculptures are not just monuments. Any large public sculpture, or any large sculpture, for that matter, is monumental. What should you look for? It should be sturdy and long-lasting. It should have a powerful presence. It should be the product of a big idea. Last but by no means least, it should be safe. I will review these criteria. A public sculpture has to be a lot sturdier and a lot more structurally sound than a sculpture that goes in someone’s backyard. The collector who buys art for the home or outdoor landscape would hope his purchase was as structurally sound and sturdy, but it rarely is. One should not be too upset about this. Public sculpture has to be exceptionally sturdy. The sculptor who attains public placement usually has a level of professionalism that recognizes the demands of public sculpture, deman... More About: Sculpture
Julian Beever - Video of Creating a Chalk Artwork
2008-01-29 19:10:00 A time lapse video of Julian Beever creating the Aveeno Fountain of Youth chalk drawing in Union Square, NYC on 01/15/07. More About: Video , Artwork , Creating , Chalk
Sotheby?s and Christie?s - Are They in Conflict of Intrests with the Natura
2008-01-28 09:20:00 I would like to reiterate my ‘warning’ posted at part 1 of the article: this is an unusual rant/rave article, that nonetheless gives an insight in the functioning of the art market. I therefore consider it relevant for publication. Personally I am neutral in the conflict. Further, this situation is now a few years ... More About: Christie , Conflict , Art Gallery , Natura , Sotheby
Outsider Art - Is It Really Art? - part 2
2008-01-28 09:19:00 Continuation of part 1 of the article: Naive and Primitive Artists Dubuffet was working with the mentally ill artists, while “Outsider Art” outside of France was known to be a much more general term. It included not just the psychotic art, but also naive, self-taught, and primitive art as well. On the American scene in the ... More About: Part
Sotheby?s and Christie?s - Are They in Conflict of Intrests with the Natura
2008-01-28 09:01:00 Warning: the below article is a ?rant and rave?-article, which you will not usually find on this site. I do however consider it a worthwhile read for all art investors to help better understand the art market, including art auctions. Besides which, it?s not a bad read to boot! By Gerard Van Weyenbergh ?Are Sotheby ?s and Christie ?s ... More About: Conflict , Natura
Who Needs TV When You Can Watch a Painting? -2
2008-01-28 08:20:00 Continuation of part 1 of the article by : Sometimes a painting really draws you in. Growing up, being fascinated by the Civil War and looking at illustrated histories of it, there was always a specialness to the naval battle scenes. I could spend hours looking at the pictures and playing the scene in my head, ... More About: Watch , Painting
Who Needs TV When You Can Watch a Painting? -1
2008-01-27 08:19:00 By Daniel Kretschmer When I look at a painting, the artist speaks to me. I can picture the painter at work at his easel, making the brush strokes, mixing the paint and pigments. I see the blank parts of the canvas and the colors and I can almost imagine what they are thinking. And I listen ... More About: Watch , Painting
Tips on How to Buy and Shop for Authentic Native Indian Carvings
2008-01-24 21:50:00 By Clint Leung Many visitors to the Pacific Northwest will be exposed to Native Indian art while touring the region, especially in British Columbia. Among this aboriginal artwork are the magnificent hand made Pacific Northwest Native Indian wood carvings by the Canadian aboriginal artists in BC. While in some of the major Canadian cities (Toronto, ... More About: Tips , Shop
Leonardo Da Vinci - A Legacy of Immortal Genius - II
2008-01-23 21:50:00 By John Keaton – part II of his article on Leonardo Da Vinci : MONA LISA DEL GIACONDA Began in 1503, the Mona Lisa was a commissioned portrait of the Florentine nobleman, Francesco di Bartolommeo di Zanobi de Giocondo’s third wife, Lisa di Antonio Maria di Noldo Gjerardini at the age of twenty four. Painted on poplar wood, ... More About: Leonardo da Vinci , Legacy , Genius
Constructionist Artist Varvara Stepanova
2008-01-23 17:12:00 By Astrid Lee The great Russian artist Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova (1894-1958) delved into to a wide range of artistic trends from Social realism to Symbolism. However, Stepanova is mostly known for exploring and furthering Constructivism. New Abstract Art in Russia began around 1909 ? some say, actual Constructivism started in 1919 when first mentioned ... More About: Artist , Pano
Leonardo Da Vinci - A Legacy of Immortal Genius - I
2008-01-23 06:47:00 By John Keaton LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) Heaven smiled and he was born Da Vinci , Leonardo . The impact and resonance of his contribution to humanity is not measurable in mere mortal terms. Driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, his life’s work is an awe inspiring synthesis of art, science and technology. How is it that a figure ... More About: Leonardo da Vinci , Legacy , Genius
Regarding Rene Magritte?s Letter to Michel Foucault
2008-01-20 07:14:00 By Rajesh Shukla Surrealist painter Rene Magaritte After reading postmodern philosopher Michel Foucault ?s book ?the order of things? wrote a letter to him with some photographs of his paintings. Letter was about relationship between things and words, thought and visuals, resemblance and similitude, Magaritte seeks confirmation on what he believes about thought and things. He says ...
Rembrandt?s Religious Art
2008-01-19 02:19:00 Throughout his long and prolific career, Rembrandt repeatedly turned to the bible as a source of inspiration. He produced many paintings, drawings and etchings that depicted scenes and characters taken from the Old Testament and Apocrypha. He also devoted his talents towards bringing to life people and places found in the New Testament, but most ... More About: Religious
Salvador Dali Art - Surrealism At Its Best And Weirdest
2008-01-15 05:02:00 By Alan LeStourgeon Whether you are a fan of the eccentric Salvador Dali or not, most everyone agrees his work is brilliant in its scope and intense imagination. Salvador Dali started his life as a reincarnation of his brother also named Salvador. At the age of 5 Dali was taken to his brother’s grave and began ...
Canadian Art Resources
2008-01-14 08:14:00 There are several resources that are dedicated to serving the Canadian Artist community. These include, but are not limited to: CARFACCARFAC stands for Canadian Artists ’ Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC). This great organization supports and unites artists. They have an array of forms and services for artists to help them be professional and ... More About: Resources
Rembrandt Impasto - A Master in the Shadows
2008-01-13 06:05:00 By Jessie Corbett The Baroque period is characterised by dramatic art pieces that are direct and visceral. Paintings of that era depict scenes that imply energy, tension and movement. Rembrandt , a major contributor and forerunner of this period, was a virtuoso with luminosity, as well as a master at infusing his paintings with sympathy and spirituality. Chiaroscuro ... More About: The Shadows , Master , Shadows , Aster
Edgar Degas - Biography of the French Artist Renowned for his Figure Painti
2008-01-10 02:17:00 The career of Edgar Degas was a long one - about 60 years out of his total 83. And his style, unlike that of most famous artists who worked into their old age, never ceased developing, always seeking out new means of expression and technique.The art dealer Ambroise Vollard one day asked him why he ... More About: Biography , French , Artist , Figure , The French
Quality Art Materials Benefits Art Professionals
2008-01-06 08:37:00 By Astrid Lee As an artist myself, I have found that whenever I choose quality artwork, somehow the artwork gains a new dimension of worth. I find that I am mentioning little quality factors to buying candidates that just help things along. Of course, potential buyers have to first find the work and love it. Then, ... More About: Materials , Benefits , Quality , Art School , Professionals
Abstract Art and Its Future
2008-01-05 17:02:00 By Devi Sri Precision is not reality, said Henri Mattisse the great artist. Thus the search for exactness begins and authenticity struggles. In art, everything is precise. That explains the genuineness of art in a broad scale. But art need not carry accuracy. The reason- there is no clear-cut rules. The rules in art depends on an ... More About: Abstract Art , Future , Abstract
Simonetta Vespucci - The Face That Launched A Thousand Prints
2008-01-05 08:45:00 By Brenda Harness The visage of a ravishing, young woman appears again and again in the art of Sandro Botticelli, Early Italian Renaissance painter. It is a face that is almost as familiar to art lovers all over the world as that of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Botticelli’s model for his most famous art work, ... More About: Face , Thousand , Launched , Prints
Graffiti Sketches, Tags, Pieces & Labels explained
2008-01-04 16:31:00 Neil Campbell Graffiti sketches is where most newcomers begin but really you should start by asking yourself - graffiti - what does it really mean to you? Most people see it as something that emerged only in modern society, scribbled by urban youth on railway bridges. However, its use can be traced back to ancient civilisations, such as the ancient Egyptians whose hieroglyphics could be considered a form of what we know today as graffiti. One can even say that graffiti or writing, as it is more commonly known, dates back to the origins of mankind itself, when Neanderthal man’s sense of his environment was expressed through cave drawings. More often than not graffiti has been characterised as vandalism due to its associations with the spray-painted drawings you often see plastered over buildings and walls in cities. Graffiti art can be categorised in three common forms: Tags , Pieces and Labels . All of us have walked down a street and seen various walls covered with gr... More About: Sketches
The Guggenheim Museum - Solomon R. Guggenheim’s Great Gift to New York Ci
2008-01-03 07:13:00 By Andrew Regan New York is more than America’s largest city: it has been and continues to be the inspiration behind much of the country’s most enduring pieces of art and literature. From Langston Hughes to Jonathan Safran Foer, and Jackson Pollock to Mark Rothko, New York City has been the thriving hub of many an American cultural movement since the beginning of the 1900s. This fact is made even more evident by the city’s wide array of museums and art galleries, the most prominent of which are The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum, among a host of others. Both artistically and architecturally, New York’s Guggenheim Museum (technically called The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) is one of the city’s most interesting landmarks and artistic forums. The eminent novelist E.B. White once said, “New York is to the nation what the white spire is to the village,” and it might be possible to say... More About: Great , Gift
French Impressionism In The Heart Of Paris
2008-01-02 07:56:00 By M. Davies It?s safe to say that for many of us, when we think of the centuries of art that have served to fix Paris as the cultural capital of Europe, what comes to mind above all else, perhaps even the soaring towers of Notre Dame and the Place de la Concorde?s gold capped obelisk, ... More About: French , Heart , Impressionism , The Heart
Abstract Art Defined
2007-12-31 22:25:00 The article below is really about defining abstract art. It is not an easy definition, however the article does provide an introductory guide to this art genre. The Beauty of an Abstract Painting “Have you ever been to an art museum and looked at an abstract painting? Did you find yourself asking what was this artist ... More About: Abstract Art , Art History , Genre , Defined
The Purpose of Creativity - Playtime for the Soul
2007-12-30 09:13:00 By Judith Waller Creativity is an essential part of being human. And your purpose in life is to understand and express the gifts that are uniquely yours. Creative play is one of the most nourishing ways you can do this for yourself. It doesn’t have to be about creating works of art — it’s a process ... More About: Playtime , Soul , Purpose
The ?Other? Museums of Paris
2007-12-30 07:02:00 By Gaizka Pujana These are perhaps the best known and most widely visited of the Paris museums. But Paris is also the home of many other fine museums that often get overlooked by the casual visitor — museums well worth seeing and well worth adding to any visitor’s itinerary Among those that should not be missed ... More About: Museums
How To Select An Art Piece In An Art Auction
More articles from this author:2007-12-28 18:24:00 By Ricky Lim Nowadays, there are many art auction houses available online such as sotheby and ebay. However, before attempting to bid for a fine art auction, there are some points you need to take note especially if you are a beginner to art auctions. If you are new to fine art auctions, you might first decide ... More About: Auction , Piece , Select , Art Gallery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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