“A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter… one must paint its atmosphere.” Umberto Boccioni Happy New Year from The Art Minute.
Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze, 48
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Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze, 48
Carving by the Makonde tribe of East Africa of an Elephant Shetani, c. 1974, African blackwood, Photo by Gadfium, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Just a Second: Shetani
Shetani (noun) The Makonde tribe that lives in Tanzania are master sculptors who create unique and powerful objects that are collected by museums as well as tourists. These works of art that are based upon tribal myths and stories are … Continue reading
Edward Ruscha, Standard Station, 1986, oil on canvas, 51
In Their Own Words: Edward Ruscha
“Good art should elicit a response of ‘Huh? Wow!’ as opposed to ‘Wow! Huh?’” Edward Ruscha
Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Building, Chicago, 1899, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
In Their Own Words: Louis Sullivan
“It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the … Continue reading
Attributed to the Brygos Painter, Red-figured cup from Athens, c. 490-480 BCE, ceramic, 5" high, British Museum, London, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Just a Second: Red-figure
Red-figure (adjective) A type of pottery painting from ancient Greece that shows red figures against a black background. The Brygos Painter is one of the best known red-figure vase painters of his era. This scene of a symposium, or a … Continue reading
Pyramid of Cheops, El Giza, Egypt, 2560 BCE, limestone, 455' high (originally 481' high), photo by Hedwig Storch via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
The Great Pyramids
“Man fears time, but time fears the pyramids.” Arab Proverb
© 2012 Sally Whitman Coleman, PhD. All rights reserved.
Just a Second: Linear Perspective
Linear Perspective (noun) A technique for creating an illusion of three-dimensional space in two-dimensional artwork that was invented by Filippo Brunelleschi during the early Italian Renaissance. In a work of art that uses this system to create space, all straight … Continue reading
Andy Goldsworthy, Stone Room, 2007, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Photo by Barkaw via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
In Their Own Words: Andy Goldsworthy
“Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.” Andy Goldsworthy
Man Ray, Les Larmes, 1932, gelatin silver print, 9
In Their Own Words: Man Ray
“I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.” Man Ray
Dikka in the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, 1356 CE, marble, photo by Mbenoist, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons, GNU Free Documentation License.
Just a Second: Dikka
Dikka (noun) An elevated platform upon which a cantor stands in a mosque.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater or the Kaufmann House, 1936-1939, Mill Run, PA, Photo by Happy Via via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
In Their Own Words: Frank Lloyd Wright
“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it.” Frank Lloyd Wright
© 2012 Sally Whitman Coleman, PhD. All rights reserved.
Just a Second: Fractal Analysis
Fractal Analysis (noun) A type of mathematical analysis that finds patterns and translates it to a set of numbers with a particular mean and standard deviation. About a decade ago, physicists used fractal analysis to examine paintings by Jackson Pollock … Continue reading