Monica Vazquez
HUA 101
Professor Harmon
November 22, 2013
MoMA Artwork
Roy Lichtenstein was an American artist
who was an abstract expressionist. In his painting Girl with Ball Lichtenstein uses pop art. He begins by recreating a
picture that was used as an advertisement for the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania
and remakes it into a painting that makes it look like it is from a comic book.
The original image is in black and white, but Roy Lichtenstein recreates this
image and as he does this he intensifies the colors. He creates brighter yellows;
the ball becomes bright red with white stripes. The woman he is creating seems
to be creating more sex appeal than the girl from the original Pocono’s advertisement.
Lichtenstein is able to recreate a completely new version of the original
photograph, and in 1961 he is not only creating art but he is challenging what
are seen as the “norms” of art during that time period.
Post-Impressionist artist painted with
intellect and their eye yet the also gave their artwork a lot of emotion. In Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh he uses
complementary colors to create similar repetitive circular and round-looking patterns
to create what seems to be a beautiful scenery when seen from a far. Post
impressionism is shaped by impressionist artist, but unlike them, post-impressionist
artist including Van Gogh likes to go beyond what they see. In Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh few colors
are used, yet the variations of a single color gives the painting a sense of
emotion when looking at the sweeping brushstrokes created in this painting. The
thick brushstrokes all come together to create the imagine for a small village
early morning just before sunrise. Even though
this art piece was created in 1889, all the emotion we get from viewing this
painting remains the same.
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