Expressionism as Its Name Implies,
As its name implies, Abstract Expressionism deals primarily with abstract subjects, although some are based on reality. The product of imagination, emotion, and the political frustrations of the Great Depression and…
Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Mass, Color, and Space
Line: Not all artwork contains lines, and those that do not seem extraordinary because of the presence of line in almost everything we look at. In fact, the following image of a painting by Jackson Pollock is composed…
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Undergraduate
Andy Warhol: Art, Commerce, and the Pop Art Debate
Over the course of the 20th century, commercial design emerged as a vital and highly influential aspect of both design and art. And key to the rise in importance of commercial design was Andy Warhol, whose art was…
Bauhaus to Black Mountain College: Art, Education, Legacy
After World War I, the nation state of Germany under the direction of architect Walter Gropius created a "consulting art center for industry and the trades" (Bayer 12). Called Bauhaus, "house for building," the school…