In this week’s Artist Spotlight, I will cover the influential and controversial Italian painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni. Boccioni was best recognized for leading the Italian Futurist movement in the 20th century, which was a heavily politicized art movement known for its passionate support of industrial domination and the dismantling of social norms and culture which glorified the past.
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In this week’s Artist Spotlight, I’ll be covering Katherine Sage, an American surrealist artist who experienced success in the 20th century with her unique approach to surrealist paintings.
The projected overall freshman GPA for the 2023-2024 school year has dropped dramatically in contrast to the current freshman class average after Snevets released its admissions decisions for the regular decision applicant pool for the incoming class.
It is undeniable that art is one of the most influential mediums of expression. When we produce art, regardless of our skill or talent, we expose our emotions through the mediums we choose.
Some of the most outstanding vistas can be found in Norway, a mountainous Scandinavian country containing massive glaciers, coastal fjords, and inland mountains.
For this issue’s artist, I chose Huang Yongyu, a Chinese contemporary and expressionist artist who is best known for his ink paintings, caricatures, and sculptures.
The most difficult aspects of landscape painting to master are the use of perspective and color. It is easier to draw a landscape on a level plane because objects remain unchanged regardless of our distance from them or the angle at which we look at them.
J.C. Leyendecker was an American illustrator who was most popular for his vibrant and sophisticated portrayal of late 19th and early 20th century human figures, clothing, and products.
One of the most difficult things beginner and expert artists struggle with is the portrayal of the human figure. This is a struggle I relate to personally; my figure drawing has improved over the years but I still cannot say I am particularly pleased with any of the figure drawings I do.
When I was a kid, my parents and I paid a visit to the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg while we were visiting Florida on vacation.