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Arnold Roche Rabell, "We Have to Dream in Blue"
Arnold Roche Rabell's painting "We Have to Dream in Blue" is a very powerful painting. The oil on canvas is an old medium which painters have used since before the Renaissance. Using a traditional material adds to the quiet power of Rabell's piece. What is immediately striking about the painting is the subjects face for that is what comprises the majority of the space in the artwork. The subject of the painting seems to be a black man or woman, most likely a man because of the narrowness of the face and the unfeminine appearance. At first it seems that this painting is a direct one of a dark-skinned face, but there is texture. The face and the hair are covered in what first looks like fur, but then the green in the hair makes it clear that the coverings are plant materials. The face is covered in red and green plant life. The subject also seems to be standing in front of a lattice of red leaves, some of which are attached to the...
The effect is that the subject is either coming through the natural world in order to invade the space of the person viewing the painting, or that he is in some sort of prison and trapped in the nature along with the audience member. Either way it is unsettling and unpleasant. The most striking thing about this painting and what the eye is drawn to first and most often are the sky blue eyes of the figure at the center. The eyes do not show any obvious emotion. They are not hooded from exhaustion or sadness nor are they lit up with excitement or happiness. Instead, they are resolute eyes; they know something and understand that there is nothing they can do to prevent its happening again. Blue eyes are not traditionally seen in black people and so they seem off in this very dark face. The meaning behind such a painting seems to be about the imposition of the white European culture on those from other ethnic backgrounds and how that imposition affects the people who do not fit into that…
The viewer is compelled to walk around it to see the different aspects of it and perceive its changing nature. The viewer is caught in the middle between David and Goliath and, as such, interprets a fraction of time of energy and feels the momentum of passing time. The observer of Absinthe, however, is sucked into a pit of stagnation and apathy of depression where the woman and companions
The style used by Hayles on this writing is much more appropriate for the topic under discussion. The tone is much more official and adapted to the subject as well as the format of the writing. Being an article in a professional magazine, the language is much more accurate and standard, while addressing an issue that relates to the core nature of her assignment as a professor. The second reading on
Art Culture: Public Space Art Public art like that of Koon's Train (2011), Serra's Tilted Arc (1981), Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1981), and James' Sea Flower (1978), ignite discussion to the point of its modification, re-arrangement, or removal. The reason for this controversial treatment of public art is its ability to embrace a variety of aesthetic practices. The adoption of different aesthetic values like poster art, outdoor sculpture, earthworks, multimedia projections,
Art History Of the Western World Raphael's Madonna of the Meadow is from the High Renaissance period, which lasted from the 14th Century to the 16th Century. The Italian term "Madonna" is a medieval term for a noble or important woman, but in Western art it has come to specifically refer to work that depicts the Virgin Mother Mary. Biblical subjects such as the Madonna were very important to Renaissance painters
Splashes of color like red and several shades of blue are added to the collage in a "dragonfly, wing-like" formation. A cutout photograph of a boy is pasted on the "wing" of a lighter shade of blue, perhaps to note a sense of calm to his surroundings. The Hawkins' exhibit will consist of 80 objects, a retrospective of his nearly a quarter of a century career. The work is described
The concept of color value may be better illustrated by impressionist artists like Renoir. In "The Skiff," Renoir depicts a boat on a placid pond using different shades, or values, of blue: http://smphoto.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/renoir-the-skiff.jpg Capitalizing on color value in this case adds considerable depth and nuance to the painting, as well as texture. Texture: Texture is most obvious in three-dimensional and especially in multimedia artwork. Sculptor Giacometti molded metal, preserving its naturally bumpy texture