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of or for works of art or artists art gallery, art colony

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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and author. He is also known as a catalyst of the scientific revolution. Although Bacon never attended art school, he began to draw and work in watercolor. Upon his return to London in 1929, he established himself as a furniture designer and interior designer. In the fall of that year he began to use oils and exhibited a few paintings as well as furniture and rugs in his studio. His work was included in a group exhibition in London at the Mayor Gallery in 1933. In 1934, the artist organized his own first solo show at Sunderland House, London, which he called Transition Gallery for the occasion.

Bacon painted relatively little after and in the 1930's and early 1940's destroyed many of his works. He began to paint intensively again in 1944. Pablo Picasso's work decisively influenced his painting until the mid 1940's. From the mid 1940's to the 50's, Bacon's work reflected the influence of Surrealism. He soon developed his distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950's, the paintings include images of either friends or lovers, or images of people found in movie stills, reproductions of historic paintings and medical photos. His people scream in physical and psychic pain, seemingly tortured in bedrooms, bathrooms and cages. His work was always expressionist in style with distorted human and animal forms, potent images of corrupt and disgusting humanity.

The artist died April 28, 1992, in Madrid.

Bacon contrasted the new approach of the development of science with that of the Middle Ages. He said: "Men have sought to make a world from their own conception and to draw from their own minds all the material which they employed, but if, instead of doing so, they had consulted experience and observation, they would have the facts and not opinions to reason about, and might have ultimately arrived at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world."

This series was inspired by sophisticated designs for reception invites, posters, and advertisements. It's fun to know that when things are just made up in art as something futuristic, that it would be used as a basis to make real furniture. These chairs were only dreamed in the late 50's, and modern day furniture is all starting to take that design. I think this is important for art, because people can dream up new kinds of things that would be practical in a matter of years. I like that it was single pedestal seat because it's a lot different than a normal four legged chair.

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Dining Room Table, Miller House
House and Garden Magazine

This work was eye-catching because it wasn't just a picture on the wall. The picture was accompanied by a set table made of glass. The symbolism seemed to be emitting the tone of sheer fanciness. A set table is already a sign of an occasion of high importance, but the fact that it was all made of glass made it look more fragile and delicate. Hanging on the wall, the actual photo was apparently printed in an issue of Home and Garden. The setting was a fancy set table, complete with candles and silverware. The room was more bright and clean than an average home would be. To me, I think that this work was showing the impracticalness of having everything so neat. Everything was placed in abnormal perfection, and who would eat with a glass fork?

This is my FinalCut Pro Video project presentation :D

Her works of art art are very powerful because she can take a picture of an object and it tells a story. She also likes to focus on the historical aspect of art in her works. I really like how she uses thee objects to tell the stories of who humanity is through her silver gelatin and palladium/platinum print processes. The most powerful I found was her project called "Faith". It was a collection of theme images that were arranged together in the shape of a cross. Each of the picture contained a picture of an object that relates to a faith story. Individually, one might not see its correlation with an overall goal, but the images together really portray the essence of the organized christian religion.

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David Brian Dobbs ~ D = rt series

The other work that I found specifically interesting was Dobb's "D=rt Series". His art was more relating to me just because his art had a mathematical process. M Most of the time I notice art being defined as a complete expression of ones self, and it was really refreshing to read that his art was based on certain equations. Each of the works in the series created a new system of measuring time. I also liked his concept of trying to trick the mind into seeing color where there was none by use of carefully placed black lines on a overall white canvas. It really made you think about lighting and how we see the world through it. I liked how he described light as a tool to help interpret something that is more complex than we can observe. It also made me reminiscent of the days with those pictures on the back of cereal boxes where the images pop out, so his art was still a lot of fun just to look at.

**animation is only 56 seconds long.... when exporting it decided it wanted the whole song.... sooooooo yeah.

http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embedqt/23085