Essays on Picasso

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Movement: Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is an art movement from western Europe, which also became popular in the United States in 1880s and was one of the major trends until the First World War. Art Nouveau, which means New Art in French, is a modern art form, but it was inspired by natural world, forms and details of nature. Art Nouveau is often called ‘total’ art style, because it influenced all of the types of art, like architecture, interior design, graphic art and, of course, fashion, clothes, textiles, jewelry and so on (Gontar). Alphonse Mucha is a czech artist, ...

A native citizen of Spain and a recognized king of bohemian Paris, Pablo Picasso was a bright example of versatile talent and fantastic commitment to his lifework. He continuously tried new styles and forms, looked for new color compositions, used unusual materials, and, when two-dimensional images started to seem him boring, founded cubism to give them a new dimension. Together with Georges Braque, Picasso massively determined art development of the twentieth century. The widely recognized ancestor of Picasso’s cubism is his painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) created in 1907 during the African period of ...

Salvador Dali (1904-198) was a Spanish artist considered to be the icon of the Surrealist movement. Probably the most universally famous and highly regarded of the artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali was born in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain where his father held the position of notary public. Although well known as a painter of the Surrealist Movement, he was also a gifted photographer and film maker. As a child, Dali was encouraged in his art by his family and in particular a friend of his father’s, a lawyer named Pepito Pichot, whose brother ...

Introduction

It is not a secret that school curriculum is literally the issue of wide all-national discussion. No wonder, the effectiveness of students’ education is the main prerequisite of human future. However, very frequently one allegedly insignificant detail is not taken into account: in particular, the spectrum of skills, on which the main emphasis is made. No doubt, there would be many people, who would fervently defense the opposite position, insisting on the fact that children do obtain all necessary skills. Nevertheless, this paper is aimed at the proving of simple statement that any curriculum, which considers art education as ...

For decades, the tussle between liberals and conservatives continue to exist between people in the political environment. Each side has its values and way of working out certain perspectives of the society, and they would not jump over the fence and join forces with the others. What differentiates the two groups is their moral values and perspectives. The liberal believe solemnly in the government’s action to provide equality and equal opportunities to all its citizens. The government plays a major role in protecting the civil liberties of individuals and groups, their human rights and social ills. Hence, liberals ...

Picasso lived in Barcelona and Paris in his adolescent period after being born in Malaga in 1881. He was recognized as a great talent and a genius at the Academy in Madrid and in 1904 he moved to Paris temporarily. His talent was fostered by his father who was also a painter of not much ability. Pablo Picasso became a painter because he was encouraged by his family to explore his artistic abilities. Picasso’s early life was unsettled as he moved through Europe. “His gradual transformation from adolescence to adult was manifested in change in his personal and ...

Use of Language in the Contemporary Arts

In contemporary art, the ways and methods of artists in expressing their thought go beyond the mere replica of objects made as subjects for their art works. There are modern artists that explore various modes of expressionism. There are those who use the combination of words and letters in their works to give a message to their audience. Various artists practice the distinct combination of letters and figures and employment of words as part of the features of their practices in art. The use of words and letters in their artworks is also associated with the sense of authorship, ...

The Creative Process

The preliminary drawings of Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon were just pure sketches. He started doing these sketches between 1906-1907. These sketches served as the preparatory drawings of the actual painting. The first sketches included five nude females who posed and beyond them was a curtained surface. These drafts helped Picasso determine the final lay out that he wanted the Demoiselles to look like. After figuring out the final changes that he wanted to make, he then began and finished the final artwork using watercolor and canvas as a medium. This phase showed Picasso’s nature as ...

Without a doubt, modern art master, Pablo Picasso stands as one of the greatest, and most-influential painter in the history of art. Even for those who are unfamiliar with art are likely to recognize a work by Picasso. Picasso is the greatest art master because he showed mastery of the elements of composition, spearheaded an art movement, and was highly-prolific during his career. Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 into a creative family, and showed artistic skills at an early age (The Art Story). In the early 1900s, Picasso began to experiment, and develop his own unique style, ...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. (McNeese, 2006, p.105) Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881-1973) is one of the main representatives of the 20th century art, and the co-founder along with Georges Braque of Cubism. With significant contribution to the formation and development of modern and contemporary art, Picasso is one of the most prominent artists of the previous century, an artistic mastermind who managed to ...

Introduction

Around 1850s the, a philosophical movement in the field of art emerged. The artists started to believe that the old ways of undertaking artistic works had become redundant and new ways had to be incorporated. Ezra Pound’s poem, “Make it new” of 1934 was one of the most important touchstones in the modernization of art and literature. Modernization therefore refers to the broad movement in the artistic world which reached its exponential phase in 1850. The movement rejected the style of emphasis and innovation, and developed experimental techniques which best reflected he realities of the modern world. Modernism ...

The artist painted the picture Head of a Woman (Jacqueline) in 1962, though he had been working on its creation for a year. The painter used oil and canvas to portray a woman who was his wife. The paintings' dimensions can be considered average: 39 3/8 x 31 3/8 in. Frame: 44 × 37 × 3 in. (111.76 × 93.98 × 7.62 cm). This picture attracts with its mystery and illusion. At first glance, Jacqueline's face seems rather ordinary and does not have any notable details. However, if one looks at it closely, the "puzzle" starts a kind of a dancing. Each of ...

Dali's Bio

Salvador Dali, also known as Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech is a reputable Spanish and he is perhaps well known for his artistic works such as the Persistence of Memory and the painting of melting clocks. On May 11, 1904, Dali was born in Figueres, Spain. Since his early age, he has been encouraged to practice the art and in the 1920s, he decided to travel to Paris where he interacted with reputable artists such as Miro, Magritte, and Picasso (Ranker, Sec.1). The interaction with these artists influenced him to develop his initial Surrealist phase. However, he was ...

When one hears the name “Pablo Picasso”, or just “Picasso”, one is reminded of vivid and abstract colors that form odd shapes or cubes depicting the subject. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in the Andalusian city known as Málaga to parents Don José Ruiz y Blasco and María Picasso y López. He is the eldest of three with him as the only son in the family. Picasso’s father is a professor in the School of Arts and Crafts in Andalusia, while his mother watched over their children. Picasso easily displayed his interest in art ...