American fine Arts
American Fine Arts 1945-1970
By: Anonymous
PREFACE: Art during the mid-twentieth century contained some of the most important changes art history. These explosive times were counter-balanced with explosive popular culture. More historical events, abrupt changes, and turbulence occurred from th....
Claes Oldenburg - pop art
In Claes Oldenburgs essay I am for an art he summarises what he thinks art should be, in over a hundred demands each starting with I am for an art He writes that anything and everything should and can be art. Explaining that in the society he lived in art is only for the bourgeois. Old....
Red Disaster
A Personal Take on Red Disaster
I was drawn to this striking canvas as soon as I walked into the room. Red Disaster is a silkscreen on linen painting produced by Andy Warhol in 1963 and is on permanent display at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A vivid and very poignant image of twelve electric ....
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Pop art emerged in England around the mid 1950s, and soon after in America. It continued to develop in both countries through the 1960s. The pop artists of this movement shared an interest in popular culture. They borrowed images and objects from everyday life including the ....
Salvador Dali: The Life and Legacy of an Insane Genius
Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure that of being Salvador Dali (Miesler, 2005). These were the typical sentiments of arguably the Twentieth Centurys most eccentric and successful artist. Dali, the mere mention of his name conjures images of a ....