Target by Jasper Johns stands 66 x 66 in the Art Institute of Chicago (Figure 1). The large size of the painting draws the viewer in. The scale also makes it so the viewer is forced to look at the painting, it is not something that can be ignored. Johns created this piece in 1961, and it was one of many works in his Target series. Target was his last major work in this series and it ended up being the largest as well. The painting is surrounded by a simple wooden frame. This painting was created by using encaustic paint. Encaustic painting is also known as hot wax painting, and it involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. This paint forms a surface of lumps and smears that gives Target a more worn look. Johns paints …show more content…
During this time Johns began painting motifs and transforming them into actual art. His most well-known motifs being the American flag and the target. Johns was interested in taking objects and icons that everyone knew and simplifying them to give them a personality of their own. He wanted to use the most ordinary objects and create a work that would evoke some type of expression. When asked about his reasoning behind picking symbols such as the flag and the target, Johns said that it made his work. Since these objects were already in the minds of people Johns did not have to design them, and thus had more room to work on different levels. Given the fact that these symbols were already well known, Johns did not have to create anything. Instead he could focus on using his painting style to relay the message that he wanted. John’s paintings of common symbols in culture led to him becoming well known as one of the first Pop Art artists. His work taking common symbols in popular culture and breaking them down to just the symbol itself with no added motive was very well …show more content…
It is well known that Johns and Rauschenburg were lovers for around six years. Both artists in different ways took ordinary elements from popular culture and turned it into art. The artists together are credited with leading the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art.3 Johns played a major role in paving the way for art that was not abstract expressionism. Johns lived in New York and was also largely influenced by the works of John Cage and Marcel Duchamp. These influences can be seen in Target as both these artists challenged what art was. Cage was well known for his 4’33” concert which is four minutes and thirty-three seconds of only the sounds in the environment. Cage does not touch the piano throughout this piece, so it challenges the very definition of what music is. On the other hand, Duchamp used ready-mades such as his famous “Fountain” and would put them on display as art. The idea that the art piece was just an ordinary object not even created by the artist was a direct challenge to the art world at the time. Similarly, Johns pushed the envelope by having common symbols, in this case a target, become pieces of
The structure of AGMIHTF by Flannery O'Connor is interesting and is a good place to start the discussion. It is divided into two different parts. The boundary between the first and second part is when the group has their accident. As this is the moment when the trip suddenly becomes extremely unpleasant, it is a significant event that creates a sharp difference in the tone and the mood of the story. In the first part, the focus is mainly on the family and the personalities of everyone in the family.
Also, in terms of style, Roy Lichtenstein’s way to use the strokes really inspired me, and I believe, using visible and heavy strokes is a sign that shows artist’s control on
The appealing factor of this paintings comes from its message and juxtaposition of colours and stroke
Throughout this semester as a class we have gone over many different terminology, seen many artists from all different countries and time periods. We have also learned about different kinds of art and media that the Artist work with. Over the entire semester I have gained a greater appreciation and understanding for art. Taking all of the new information that I learned this semester I choose three pieces of artwork from the St. Louis Art Museum. Two are similar to each other and the other is very different.
The main focus of the painting is the architectural aspect. The scene is dominated by the main building and the large arched bridge that juts out in front of it. It is proportionally placed within the canvas. The width of the central façade makes up the central portion of the painting with the doorway being centered within the entire composition.
The meaning of symbolistic metaphor expressed incisively and vividly in the six panel illustration narrative of John Cornella’s work. The illustrator crated a character who addicted to follow the trends. We can clearly see the bright color using and funny dots print arrange into a “S” curve in this frame which produced the strong visual effects. The last panel is the climax of story by following the similar phenomenon analogy in above, it looks like the character broken his leg into a creepy L words and express a creepy felling to audience, but actually the illustrator demonstrated into a side way to satirized the people who following blindly and bringing out the people who lost independent thought. It becomes the key feature to attracted audience
The book Wonder by R.J. Palacio was filled with eye opening precepts. As I read the book I felt that one precept stood out most of all. This was the September precept “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”- Dr. Wayne Dyer. I fell this means that you should choose kindness over the ability to be right.
These symbols present an idea of duality, compelling the reader to decide if it is a tale of two men or of a mad man. The similarities that occur throughout the novel assist the reader in concluding that both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact
Imagine being a 17 year old African American kid always being judged just because of his skin color. Everywhere you go you feel like all eyes are on you, especially when you go to a school that only has eight black kids. That's exactly how Justyce McAllister felt in Dear Martin by Nic Stone. In the book, the main character Justyce goes through a lot of conflict involving his skin color. Even though he has a full scholarship at Braselton Preparatory Academy, and is a very smart student, he still gets judged.
Agatha Christie uses symbolism to set a mysterious mood. The main use of symbolism in the story was the little Indian china figures. One piece of evidence comes from page 177 when one of the main characters wonders, “Six of those little China figures... Only six- how many will there be by tonight?”. This shows how the china figures make the mood ominous.
Alfred Hitchcock used various symbols throughout the film Psycho to allow the viewer to get an insight of what is happening in the film. Symbolism is an exceptional way to entice the viewer as it creates suspense and makes it better to understand the film. Alfred uses paintings as a symbol, which can be seen in multiple scenes, to symbolize a certain character in the film to the painting and foreshadow events in the film. This allows the viewer to get more detail on the character’s personality and what is about to happen.
Symbolism can use an object (like a tree of birds), or art, (like Melinda’s art project or Mr. Freeman's canvas) to represent an abstract idea. Laurie Halse Anderson uses symbolism to hint at a certain mood or emotion, rather than just blatantly saying it. So, the use of symbolism is important because it helps create meaning and emotion in a story. Symbolism makes a book fun to read, the symbolism produces a thought provoking work of art and it, (like in this book), adds meaning to seemingly unrelated objects and elicits emotions in the
The painting’s size alone does wonders to draw viewers
Suzanne Berne starts out describing Ground Zero with the sense of the moist air of the earl spring season in New York City. She finds a large crowd of people from various nations waiting patiently in line. In the third paragraph, her symbolic description captures our attention when she describes the following: “Nothing is what it first looked like, the space that is now ground zero. But once your eyes adjust to what you are looking at, "nothing" becomes much more potent, which is absent. " Berne expresses her emotional feelings revealed through this paragraph.
Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American artist who had a substantial role in the movement in the art world known as “Pop Art”. He had many different works that stemmed from multiple bases such as celebrity culture, artistic expression, and advertising for many giant corporations. Warhol turned into quite the success as a commercial artist and when he finished that part of his career he turned out to be a unique artist. He used different techniques for producing art, anywhere from photography, painting, printmaking, silk-screening, film, sculpture, music, and hand drawing.