Exploring Post-WWI Art and Poetry Movements Through the Lens of Max’s Modernity
If you have an interest in the years following WWI, particularly the art and literary movements of the period, than the 2002 film Max (IMDb) may be for you. This work of historical fiction creates a story around an age old question; “What if Adolf Hitler had been given a chance to professionally pursue his artistic talents (History)?”
What Language Does An Artist Speak?
It’s like liver and onions. Loved by some, hated by others. Abstract art has its fans and its detractors. Call it non-representational or object-free art. It does not matter. Abstraction distances itself from objective referents. It means, in visual terms, creating an image away from any literal, representational reference points. I consider myself arty-dextrous. ( I made that term up) I enjoy a variety of art styles. I can find joy in an Impressionist landscape, a Surrealist portrait, or a Cubist still life, but most often I lean towards Abstraction. It pulls me in. It makes me wonder. It tells me stories. It challenges me. I have said it before, that the experience of looking at a work of art is akin to a conversation. The artist has expressed something in his or her work, bu
The Secrets Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s First Female Portrait
Let’s consider the evidence… The fingerprint, the ambiguous expression, the juniper bush, and the mysterious emblem on the back of the painting. At first glance, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting appears to be a straightforward portrait of a young Florentine noblewoman, commonly believed to be Ginevra de’ Benci. It was Leonardo’s first portrait of a woman and one of the earliest known three-quarter-view portraits in Italian art. It is also the only Leonardo painting held in the United States. Yet on closer inspection, its finer details reveal a more intricate story, one that exposes the surprising social customs of Renaissance Italy, when the attentions of young women were shared by both romantic and platonic suitors. So what’s the meaning of the work, who commissioned it and what m
‘Susanna and the Elders’ — She is Never Alone
I first saw this painting of Susanna and the Elders when I visited the major exhibition, Titian and the Image of Women in 16th-century Venice, in Milan’s Palazzo Reale in May 2022. It was painted in 1555 by the Venetian artist Jacopo Tintoretto (c.1518-1594) who — along with his rival and colleague Paolo Veronese — was one of the leading painters in the city at the time. Both artists drew heavily on Titian, the most important painter in 16th-century Venice, with his dynamic use of colours, thickly-woven canvases and expressive brushstrokes. Tintoretto produced several treatments of the Old Testament story of Susanna, a young married woman, who is spied on by two men while she bathes. When she refuses to have sex with them, the men accuse Susanna of adultery and she is condemned to death. Fortunately, their lie is eventually exposed and the men themselves are sentenced to death instead. The story was an increasingly popular subject in
Freedom in Art : How I got Inspired by Peake and Rackham
This is from the perspective of when I was a little girl to a teen so the things that are written here might be archaic since I’ve grown and experienced things so my mind has expanded ever since then. So let me introduce myself first. My name is Andina and I was born in Indonesia on December 12, 2002. At the age of 3, I moved to Singapore for about a year. Then I moved to my hometown again. Since then, I was only with my mother. My father stayed in Singapore for about 2 years. So, we couldn’t see him as often as we liked. As a little girl, I always love to enjoy life. I’m extremely grateful for my mother and father to raise me in an environment where I could learn and adapt at a young age. Ever since I was a child, I always love to draw. At the age of 9, I buried myself to sketch and paint in my art studio. I remembered the first time I got inspired. A man on the street was painting ‘nature’ on a big canvas. That was the time when I wanted to become a painter. I asked my parents if I c
