Decorative arts

Portinari Altarpiece Hugo van der Goes is credited with uniting the scholarly dexterity of Jan van Eyck and the sensitive feelings of Rogier van der Weyden, creating his own style of art. In Ghent, Hugo was the dean of the painters’ guild. An artisan guild was organized by occupation and exerted quality control of its members and administered education with an apprenticeship system. It was a master-apprentice system, where apprentices commonly finished the smaller details on a piece of work…

Normandy, France. The painting is in portrait orientation with an intermittent rhythm of repititous verticals. The cathedral is not rendered in a way that is strictly realistic and much detail is lost, but the pointed arches, elaborate towers, and decorative niches are recognizably Gothic. Space and volume in the painting are strictly represented by shifts in hue, such as the shift towards warmer color in the niches and portal, indicating reflected light. The range of value is limited strictly…

definition of art says that it is “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects”. But the thing about art is that it’s so diverse that there are as many ways to understand it as there are people. The fact that art is quite connected to human experience makes it unsurprising that we have always made it part of our ways of living. This is why ancient and present-day indigenous groups from all over the world have a knack for mixing art and…

and the world over. From a young age, Louis Comfort Tiffany aspired to create art. His career progressed and changed forms in many ways while he developed as a creator and designer. Tiffany created a prolific amount of design pieces. His innovation and designs brought him international acclaim. Louis Comfort Tiffany was a markedly successful American artist and designer; a true pioneer in the glassmaking industry and Art Nouveau movement. Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in New York City on…

“Graham Todd: Imaginary Spaces” is a memorial exhibit at the McMaster Museum of Art celebrating artist and McMaster Studio Art professor Graham Todd passed away in June 2013. This memorial exhibit features twenty sculptural works from 1982 to 2013, and also includes six of Todd’s sketchbooks. Each work is placed against a white backdrop and under soft spotlights. The works featured at the exhibit are from collections of Lorraine Samuel, Karen Hendrick, and Briana Palmer. In collecting…

Art has many different layers that overlap each other making this painting a good example of the two elements of Rococo and Baroque art. This painting is titled, Diana and Endymion, the tools are oil paint on canvas. Painted by Michel Francois Dandre-Bardon. There is little to no information of his life as an artist. He was a French visual artist that had 77 known pieces of work. He was born 1700 and died in 1783. In the original story of Diana and Endymion, her name was Selene. Diana was the…

Fabiola Fabiola has been working in polymer since 2010 when she discovered all the possibilities that the material offered. One workshop at a local arts and crafts shop was all it took to become captivated by the cheerful colors of polymer. Fabiola has taken those bright colors and crated art work that she describes as work filled with vitality and vibrant passion while inviting viewers to live life filled with sensitivity and beauty. She enjoys crating pieces that are filled with rounded…

Formally, my practice has predominately focused on digital media and performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the university studio design to be functional for a productive art practice. Therefore, I have worked mainly at home leading to the creation of works that are often introspective and feature conceptual concerns surround the domestic, the representation of…

“The typist “really stands out of the whole series of the magazine and was one of the quirkiest covers at that time. It was by Cubist collage, he created a unique decorative vitality by combining materials of diverse shapes and textures. The typist's face is formed from everyday office equipment, while the cigarette in her mouth is the ultimate symbol of the modern independent woman of the time. The light-hearted humor…

The expression of art in all of its visual forms is produced to be appreciated and invoke an emotional response towards the viewers that consume it. The Philbrook located here in Tulsa, Oklahoma features various works from the European Middle Ages that succeed in accomplishing such a feat. Particularly, The Coronation of the Virgin, an Italian painting by Andrea di Cione, dated back to circa 1375 left me enthralled when visiting the museum (1). The material is composed of egg tempera on a linden…