Constellations Endless Night Sky
It was just past ten o'clock and the icy blades of grass, preemptively freezing for next morning's dew, brushed against my Achilles tendon, sending shivers down my spine. I began to focus the rusty telescope into the vast night sky, looking past the mammoth trees and water towers that obstructed the moonlit view. As the lens began to clear, I focused my attention on the sea of stars above me. Like my ancestors before me, I began to see the…...
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A Movement in art Known as Abstract Expressionism
The art movement known as Abstract Expressionism took place from around the time of the end of World War II and began to fade around the 1950s-1960s when Pop Art began to gain attention. The most famous artists from this movement included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism was born from the preceding art movement of Surrealism. In the previous movement of Surrealism, artists strived to produce art from their subconscious in a mostly positive context (Encyclopedia).…...
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Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman, “Statement.
The main claim in the article by Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman is that the artists of American painting believed that they should not have to elaborate or explain their works to society. Furthermore, the authors stated a list of key expectations the artists behold in which one was that they reject the idea of focusing toward painting well rather than the subject matter, claiming that the subject matter is the only aspect the artists should focus on…...
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California Light And Space Movement
In world of visual arts, we often think of artworks in the form of paintings and sculptures. But in the 1960s, a group of southern Californian artists moved away from the familiar traditions of art-making. Moving away from the traditional frame work, artist like Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler and James Turrell focused their art work on the experience of light and space. This new movement in contemporary art did not require a frame, or wall to hang on. The experience…...
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