A few weeks ago I went downtown to the Art Institute for my computer graphics class to see how drawings/paintings have progressed, developed, and changed over the years, and more specifically European art. These are a few pictures I took at the Chicago Art Institute as proof that I was there.
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| The pillars in the main staircase of the Art Institute. |
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| "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" |
Out of all the paintings in the museum there is one that stood out to me as the masterpiece of the whole place in regards to craft, composition, and concept, that painting happens to be the famous painting called "The Old Guitarist" by Pablo Picasso. When it comes to the craft of this painting, Picasso used different shades of blue, grey, and black oil paints on a canvas. He crafted this painting very well because you can very clearly see the image he is portraying unlike some of his other pieces of art. I think he arranged the elements of this painting the way he did to give the painting of the guitarist a sad and sort of depressed feeling, especially with the colors and shades used to create this piece of art. What I think Picasso is trying to communicate in his painting is the tough times he was going through along with the tough times the world was going though also. You can clearly see that this is a painting of a guitarist but until you read the description of the painting do you realize it is an old blind man playing a guitar on the streets of Barcelona, Spain. I'm sure this painting has a much deeper meaning then just the depression of the artist but it is hard to fully understand it just from reading the description of the painting, but rather you would need to talk to the artist. This is a picture of this famous painting.
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| "The Old Guitarist" |
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