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Dora Carrington, Artist: Object of Desire, But Sexually Confused
Carrington was involved with noted 20th century artists and literary giants. Her story is a journey through damaging relationships, but her art is respected
Sep 13, 2010
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Jacqueline Pye
Picasso's Still Life with Chain Caning
Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the Modernist Movement. His work 'Still-life with Chair Caning' marked a distinctive shift in art history
Sep 7, 2010
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Jade Wildy
American Artist Marjorie Phillips
America's renowned Phillips Collection was strongly influenced by the artistic sensibilities and talents of painter Marjorie Acker Phillips.
Sep 1, 2010
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Meg Nola
Futurism and Umberto Boccioni's The City Rises
Futurism was a Modern Art movement that epitomised Modernisms reverence for technology and speed, for example: Umberto Boccioni's The City Rises.
Sep 1, 2010
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Jade Wildy
Cubism and Braque's Woman With a Guitar
George Braque's Woman with a Guitar is an excellent example of the Cubist style in Modern Art, reflecting the visual changes as well as mood and colour.
Aug 31, 2010
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Jade Wildy
Changes in Modernism and Art History
Some of the most important changes in art history occurred during the Modernist period, which allowed new forms of art to take shape.
Aug 30, 2010
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Jade Wildy
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice includes some of the most stunning examples of Modernism utopian ideals, dystopian concepts and kinetic art.
Aug 23, 2010
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Jade Wildy
John Heartfield: The Meaning of the Hitler Salute
Formal analysis of the politically critical photomontage produced for the cover of the German Communist Party magazine Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung.
Aug 22, 2010
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Zuzana Minarikova
John Cage and Leo Steinberg on Art of Robert Rauschenberg
Essays published by the artist's close associate and by a prominent art critic illuminate the significance of the painter's contribution to art.
Aug 22, 2010
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Zuzana Minarikova
Pablo Picasso - The Birth of Cubism
Pablo Picasso followed in the footsteps of Paul Cezanne leaving Impressionsim behind to create a new art movement called Cubism early in the 20th century.
Aug 21, 2010
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Theodore Haddad
Neo Avant Garde Art Returns to the Ordinary Life
In Robert Rauschenberg's work, anything could become a subject of art. Democracy was re-introduced into art after the autonomous rule of Abstract Modernism.
Aug 21, 2010
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Zuzana Minarikova
Robert Rauschenberg and Invention of Combines
The major figure of New York based neo-avant-garde invented combines in response to the exclusivity of Abstract Expressionism in the early 1950s.
Aug 21, 2010
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Zuzana Minarikova
Book Review: The Art of Dora Carrington by Jane Hill
Dora Carrington is now recognised as a significant British painter. This book examines Carrington's life and features many examples of her varied output.
Aug 17, 2010
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Kathleen Duffy
British Environmental Artists: Hamish Fulton's Walking Works
British environmental artist Hamish Fulton was one of the first environmental artists to use the act of walking as his art.
Aug 11, 2010
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Jade Wildy
Pop Art Emerging – Jasper Johns and American Art
American artist Jasper Johns helped to bridge the gap between such artist as Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol and brought attention to Pop Art.
Aug 11, 2010
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Theodore Haddad
Definition of Environmental Art
Many terms are used to define Environmental Art and there are many types, including Ecofeminism, Eco-Art, Bio-Art and Earthworks and Land Art.
Aug 9, 2010
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Jade Wildy
American Artist Isabel Bishop
Combining social realism, classicism and her own unique perspective, artist Isabel Bishop captured fascinating glimpses of American city life.
Aug 9, 2010
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Meg Nola
The Golden Ratio in the Work of Vincent van Gogh
While ignoring the boundaries of convention, the works of Vincent van Gogh express the spiraling form of the golden ratio underlying sacred formations.
Aug 4, 2010
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Fransi Phillips
A Commentary on Modern Art – Minimalism as an Art Form
There is a time and place for each movement in the world of art, yet just like athletes, art styles must learn when their time has gone.
Aug 3, 2010
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Theodore Haddad
American Artist Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses
Born in 1860, hard-working farm girl Anna Mary Robertson later became the internationally famous American folk artist known as Grandma Moses.
Jul 31, 2010
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Meg Nola