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Non-Western Blog
Polynesian Art Easter Island – Rapa Nui Culture Rapa Nui, more popularly known as Easter Island, is one of the most isolated islands in the world. The island lies 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile and its nearest neighbor, the Pitcairn Islands, are still 1,700 miles away. Papa Nui is a small island, only… Read more
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Mid-Modern Blog
Movement: Pop Art Theme: Commercialism in the 1960’s Roy Lichtenstein Born in 1923 in New York City, Roy Lichtenstein was one of the most influential Pop Artists in the late 20th century. Lichtenstein served during WWII, earned an MFA in 1949 at OSU, and created over 5,000 works of art during his career which ended… Read more
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Early Modern Blog
For this blog exhibit I chose to focus on the influence of African Americans on the Early Modernist Art movement. Cubists, like Picasso, used African tribal masks as inspiration for their own works of art, but the culture they came from was rarely recognized as a source of civilized art. The artists I chose operated… Read more
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Romantic Era Blog
Preferences and Perspective Impressionism ~Not my favorite~ An American-born artist, Mary Cassatt lived and worked in Paris for most of her life where she exhibited with other Impressionist artists. Her self portrait, finished in 1878 while she lived in Paris, exhibits the signature loose, visible brush strokes of Impressionism while transitioning to a softer, more… Read more
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Classical Art Blog
Focused on: The French Revolution This portrait of Marie Antoinette was painted in 1787 by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Set inside the Palace of Versailles, the portrait has a more matronly portrayal of the Queen as she is seated with her three surviving children, the empty crib standing in for the child she lost shortly… Read more
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Baroque Art Blog
Introduction Artemisia Gentileschi painted Judith and Holofernes in Florence around 1620. In this same period of her life Gentileschi became the first woman to be accepted into the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (The Academy of the Arts of Drawing). The version of the painting I am focusing on is a recreation of an earlier version Gentileschi painted in… Read more
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Renaissance Blog
Introduction Donatello’s, David, is a bronze free-standing statue that depicts the biblical figures of David and Goliath. The sculpture was completed around 1430 in Florence, Italy and currently resides in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello. The bronze David is the second sculpture of the same subject that Donatello created, the first was completed in 1408 and was carved… Read more
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Art Elements Blog
Overview For this assignment I chose to focus on Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Pieta, a marble sculpture finished in 1498 depicting a popular religious motif. In religious art, specifically Judeo-Christian, Pieta is the name given to works portraying the moment Mary was holding Jesus after being removed from the cross. The sculpture was completed in Rome and… Read more
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Hello There,
My name is Kayla Messina, I am currently attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks for a Bachelors in Art with a Minor in Art History. My official concentration for my degree program is in Metal Smithing and Jewelry, but I am also a self taught painter. I have a preference for acrylic paint, but I… Read more
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