Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Final Exam Paper Pictures



Final Exam- Museum Paper

Pablo Picasso
Bullfight Scene & Tragedy


Pablo Picasso a Spanish Artist, one of the most famous and successful artists of his time, career had spanned most of the twentieth century and had taken part in some of the most important art movements of the twentieth century(Laura Payne,6).During the twentieth century Pablo Picasso painted several paintings. I choose the “Bullfight Scene one of Picasso favorite, painted in 1901 and the ‘Tragedy’ painted in what Picasso called The Blue Period in 1903. Both of Pablo Picasso artworks were painted in Barcelona, Spain. Picasso used oil on cardboard canvas and oil on wood canvas and naturalistic style in order to create the “Bullfight and the “Tragedy”. In my final art project I will compare and contrast the two artworks by the use of elements of design and principles.



“Bullfight” was painted during the Modern Period, which spans from 1800 to 1945. The modern period consist of 145 years, beginning in 1800 to 1945. This period was driven by technological progress and characterized by rapid change of society (505).This artwork was painted in a Spanish Culture.



Bullfight was one of Picasso earlier painting after going to see a Bullfight with his dad, which influenced him to paint the Bullfight Scene. Realism has influenced this work. Realism is broadly, any art in which the goal is to portray forms in the natural work in a highly faithful manner. Specifically with Gustave Courbet, which fostered the idea the everyday people and events are fit subjects for important art (Getlein, 587). Picasso painted this artwork to show art in a different perspective. Impressionism has also influenced this artwork. Impressionism portrays the daily life, especially the leisure activities (Getlein, 584) and in this painting the activity show’s a bullfight between a bull and the matador (the man).



The theme of the art work is Human Experience and Art in Nature
(Getlein, 69, 74). As such art can be its own theme, with no other purpose than to give visual pleasure or to pose another answer to the ongoing question: What is art? (Getlein,76). The mood of the painting can be view by the following; excitement, the violence, and ultimate challenge of the life or death glowing from the canvas (Laura Payne, 16). Picasso use elements of design and principles to capture the eyes of the viewer by using primary colors. Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue are labeled with the numeral 1 they cannot be made by any mixture of other colors (Getlein, 95). Picasso placed a pile of dead horses at the bottom left corner of the painting to show the use of the principle emphasis in this artwork. Emphasis means that our attention is drawn more to certain parts of a composition than others (Getlein, 134). Picasso appears to use thin brush strokes to outline all the figures in the painting and naturalistic style which all the objects are clearly defined in the Bullfight Scene. In the painting the artist used color to show the negative shapes in the background. The images in the Bullfight are neither 2 –dimensional or 3-dimensional nor do the artwork has symmetrical or asymmetrical to show balance.



" Tragedy” is a painting which portrays human beings of destitute. Picasso painted this artwork in what he called The Blue Period which concentrated on images of poverty and emotional depression. (Getlein, 525).The Blue Period was when Picasso painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green. This painting was too painted in the Spanish culture.
The theme of this art is “Looking outward: The Here and Now. “ The Looking outward: The Here and Now is a theme which art does not always have to reach so high. Sometimes it is enough just to look, around ourselves and notice what our life is like here, now, in the place, at this time (Getlein, 64). Picasso used emphasis to support his theme by using the color blue and many elements of design and principles in this artwork. The artist purpose of the painting was to show how the lives of people can change by the blinking of and eye. The painting doesn’t tell us much about the people in the painting, but it lets us know the viewer that people in the painting are homeless. Picasso used size and placement to emphasize the figures of the man, the woman and the child in the painting. Picasso set the figures in the foreground so that their visual weights combine to form a single mass. Visual weights refers to the apparent “heaviness or lightness” of the forms arranges in a composition. (Getlein,125).



In the painting, the thin bare feet, shabby dressed figures are carefully drawn and the contours of their bodies reveal their thoughts. The painting was reflected by the expressionism movement. Expressionism is an art movement of the early 20th century, which claimed the right to distort visual appearances in order to express psychological or emotional states, especially the artist’s own personal feelings (Getlein, 583). The artist use naturalistic style to portray the visible world that emphasizes the objective appearances of the figures in the painting.



Picasso focus on the figures by the use of defined lines to distinguished them from the background. Picasso uses primary and secondary contour lines to express definition of the figures in the painting. The shapes of their bodies are noticeable to the naked eye of the viewer. To bring out the texture of the ground Picasso used a mixture of cool colors to make the ground appear soft and smooth. The artist also use light blue and dark blue colors to show their relative value between the sky and ocean. The mood of the painting is sad, because Picasso painted the Tragedy after the death of a friend. The images in the Tragedy are neither 2 –dimensional or 3-dimensional nor do the artwork has symmetrical or asymmetrical to show balance.



In comparing and contrasting the two artworks, you can say they both were painted by the same artist Pablo Picasso and were painted on the same canvas but one was painted on cardboard canvas in oil and the other painted in oil on wood canvas. Picasso painted the painting in the same century but the movement is different. My opinion of the two artworks is that Picasso was looking at art in two different perspectives when he painted them. This art class was fun and exciting, because I new nothing about art until I took this class this summer. So I can say I learned a lot from this class. This fall I will be taking an art class at Frostburg State University. I would like to thank you professor Brew for correcting my mistakes on my essays, I hope that this essay will be a joy to read and hopefully not that many mistakes.





Getlein, Mark. Living with Art. 8th ed. Boston Burr Ridge, IL, McGraw-Hill, 1988
Payne, Laura Essential Picasso. Bath BAI 1HE, UK, 1999
enwikipedia.org/wiki/picasso’s__Blue_Period.html
webexhibits.org/colorart/mood.html

http://www.nga.gove/feature/picasso/images/full/fig11.jpg
http://www.nga.gov/feature/picasso/images/small/tragdey.jpg
www.rentspain.com/cultur/picasso/picasso_blue_period.html

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Activity # 13 Styles and Movements

“Bullfight was painted by Pablo Picasso in the year 1901; Tragedy also by Pablo Picasso in 1903. Both painting are from the 19th century, they were both painted by a French artist. They are from the same culture and period, but the movement and the style are different.
The Bullfight Scene by Pablo Picasso was painted in 1901, oil on canvas which reflects the French culture. This art work was one of Picasso own experiences which brought him to painted such painting. He used a naturalistic style which all the objects are clearly defined, the use of complementary colors and ground to create kinetic art that is related to his style. It also demonstrated the use of the open palette which all colors are permitted. This painting was reflected by Fauvism, art movement which was introduced in the 19th century. Fauvism a short-lived but influential art movement in France in the early 20th century that emphasized bold, arbitrary, expressive color ( Getlein, 583).This painting focuses more on the pile of dead horses, which the artist painted a red spot on the white horse in the left hand corner of the painting. This painting was also reflected by the movement realism. Realism is broadly, any art in which the goal is to portray forms in the natural work in a highly faithful manner. Specifically with Gustave Courbet, which fostered the idea the everyday people and events are fit subjects for important art (Getlein,587).
“Tragedy” by Pablo Picasso painted 1903, oil on wood canvas was said to be painted over the painting Bullfight by the National Art Gallery. Tragedy was also painted in the French culture and after a personal experience of Picasso. The painting was created in the 19th century during the Blue Period. During this period the artist painted paintings essentially in the shades of blue and blue-green , like in the Tragedy. He painted the figures in dark clothing to show misery and despair. The painting was reflected by the expressionism movement. Expressionism is an art movement of the early 20th century, which claimed the right to distort visual appearances in order to express psychological or emotional states, especially the artist’s own personal feelings(Getlein,583). The artist use naturalistic style to portray the visible world that emphasizes the objective appearances of the figures in the painting.

Both artworks were painted by the same artist and same period, but different in style and movement was used to create the artworks, “Bullfight and Tragedy.”

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Activity # 11 Rewrite

“Bullfight” which has a medium of oil on canvas was painted during the Modern Period, which spans from 1800 to 1945. The modern period consist of 145 years, beginning in 1800 to 1945. This period was driven by technological progress and characterized by rapid change of society (505).The culture of this painting is the French Culture. Bullfight was one of Picasso earlier painting after going to see a Bullfight with his dad, which influences him to paint the Bullfight scene. Impressionism has influenced this artwork. Impressionism portrays the daily life, especially the leisure activities (584) and in this painting the activity show’s a bullfight between a bull and the matador (the man).
The Blue Period of Picasso is the period between 1901 and 1904, when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, like in the “Tragedy.” The artwork was painted in the French Culture. Tragedy” was painted by the same artist in 1903 oil on canvas. The color blue was chosen to show misery and despair of the figures and the death of a close friend. He used the different shades of the color blue to underline the melancholic styles of his subject. The use of expressionism was to express the psychological or emotional states, especially the artist’s own personal feelings (583).

Both painting were painted by French culture , but painted in different periods, reflecting how the artist felt.





“The Bullfight by Pablo Picasso was painted in 1901, one of his earlier paintings. It was one of his first paintings after going to see a Bullfight with his dad. It was painted in the French Culture. Theirs not much information about this painting, because Picasso used this canvas several times to paint his work of arts. Like the painting “Tragedy was painted over the’ Bullfight’ in 1903. The National Gallery of Art has shown ample evidence to suggest that he painted a large Bullfight composition on the wooden support (NAG), which now support the paintings the ‘ Tragedy ‘which was painted in 1903.

“Tragedy “by Pablo Picasso was painted at the turn of the 20th century. His personal life was very difficult at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as being a late teen, away from home for the first time and living in very poor conditions. “Tragedy” was painted from a French culture and painted in what he called the “The Blue Period”. The Blue period lasted from about 1900-1904. He used different shades of blue to underline the melancholic styles of his subjects. He was focusing on human misery and the death of a close friend, who committed suicide. This tragic loss added another layer to the psychological depths of the paintings from the Blue Period.

http://www.rentspain.com/culture/picasso/picasso-blue-period.html
http://www.nga.gov/feature/picasso/large/fig11.htm

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Creative Post Famous Black Faces

Barry Bonds the soon to be the alltime homerun recorded holder
Hank Aaron one of the greatest Black baseball players to ever play

Condoleezza Rice speacial assistant to the president for national security affairs


Thurgood Marshall one of the first black surpreme court judge



Rosa Park played a huge role in the civil rights movement




Ophra Winfrey the richest talk host in the world





Obama a candiate for the up coming presidential election






Nelson Mandela the first black president in South Africa




Maya Angleo one of the best poets ever



Malcolm X was a militant Leader



Mae Jemison first black woman to go into space



Louie Armstrong a famous Musician




Jesse Jackson have a dominant role in American Politics


James B Sanderlin first black judge in the state of Florida



Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights leader



Harriet Tubman help lead the slaves through the underground rail road


Colin Powell former general of the United States




Clarence Thomas appointed by Bush to the federal court of appeals






Al Sharpton established National Youth Movement



Jackie Robinson-Infield for the dodgers


























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Activity#10-Mediums and Techniques

Pablo Picasso used oil on wood and oil on canvas in order to create his artworks the “Bullfight and the “Tragedy. Oil is a non aqueous medium which can be diluted with turpentine or mineral spirits.(Getlein, 168). Medium a liquid that holds the particles of pigment together without dissolving them (Getlein, 168). The medium effects the way I see the artworks though certain oils used to create the paintings.

In the “Bullfight” the artist appear to use thin brush strokes to outline all the figures in the painting. He used a symbol of a dying horse being brave and the bull being the brutality and darkness. The dead horse in the Bullfight is the most important thing to me in the painting because the artist made the dead horse standout by using the color red . He used oil painted consist of pigment compound with oil, usually linseed oil. The oil acts as a binder; creating as it dries a transparent film in which the pigment is suspended (Getlein, 172).
In the “Tragedy” the paint is thin because of the hidden brush strokes to show that the painting appear to be painted over an earlier painting according to the National Gallery of Art. For -example, the thin paint from an earlier images on the same canvas one can see the development of the artwork. The figures in the painting Tragedy stand out because the artist painted them in the color blue to let us see that the figures were cold and alone.

In both paintings , the characteristics of oil paint is that it dries very slowly. It means that the colors can be blended subtly, layers of paint can be applied on the top of other layers with little dangers of separating or cracking and the artist can rework sections of the painting almost indefinitely ( Getlein, 173). The two works are similar, because the paint is applied to a support, which is the canvas, paper, wood panel, wall, or other surface on which the artist works. The support may be prepared to receive paint with a ground or primer; a preliminary coating (Getlein,168). The qualities in both paintings let me see that the artist intentions was to paint how he felt in what we call the Blue Period and the Rose Period.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

activity #9 rewrite

The wide spread use of the camera has change the appearance of visual art by the use of film making, video cameras and the computer. Photographers use a variety of techniques to undercut the objectivity of the camera to produce gauzy and atmospheric images that seemed more like art ( Getlein, 219). It opened photography to amateurs, and it quickly became a popular hobby. Almost any where a person could go, a camera could now go; almost anything a person could see, a camera could record ( Getlein, 215).

In film, new technology made it possible so that visual art could tell stories through film and that stories could unfold over time and in motion, as they did in life or on stage in the theater (Getlein, 229). The first filmmakers were entrepreneurs. They worked alone or started up their on business.
We can now view images through what we call a video camera. It was not until the 1960s that a portable video camera was marketed to the general public together with magnetic tape for recording (Getlein, 243). Video cameras has brought new life to the meaning of visual art, because you can video special events, like weddings and sporting events.

The personal computer, the compact disc, the scanner; the World Wide Web, the digital video disk and the digital camera has change the visual art in which we can download images from a camera onto the computer.

In the invention of the camera, it has brought new technology to the world of art as well as visual art to those who want to explore the making of films or taking pictures.



The invention and the widespread use of the camera has brought a phenomenon effect on the world today .One way is that the camera has changed the world by the quantity of images that could be created. Photographers use a variety of techniques to undercut the objectivity of the camera to produce gauzy and atmospheric images that seemed more like art ( Getlein, 219). It opened photography to amateurs, and it quickly became a popular hobby. Almost any where a person could go, a camera could now go; almost anything a person could see, a camera could record ( Getlein, 215).Visual art can be seen through film and video cameras today.


In film, new technology made it possible so that visual art could tell stories through film and that stories could unfold over time and in motion, as they did in life or on stage in the theater (Getlein, 229). The first filmmakers were entrepreneurs. They worked alone or started up their on business. We can now view images through what we call a video camera. It was not until the 1960s that a portable video camera was marketed to the general public together with magnetic tape for recording (Getlein, 243). Video cameras has brought new life to the meaning of visual art, because you can video special events, like weddings and sporting events.

In the invention of the camera, it has brought new technology to the world of art as well as visual art to those who want to explore the making of films or taking pictures.