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Art over the centuries has been created for so many different reasons, and there is no one way or one reason to create art. Art has been used to move people to feel emotions, to ponder on memories, to problem solve and create new ideas. For example, the artwork above of the gigantic dining table created by Robert Therrion was created because he wanted to take an everyday item we use and he wanted his admirers to look at it from a different angle, from a different light in order to have a greater appreciation for it. Many times we are on autopilot, we go to work, come home from work, cook, clean, eat, but we pass by all the things in life we often take for granted. Many artists take those everyday items and help us to stop and take a moment to appreciate their beauty. Art can be used to rebalance us, to recenter us in such a hectic world we live in.

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Under the Table - Robert Therrien | The Broad

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From The Broad Collection: Robert Therrien, Under the Table, 1994, wood, metal and enamel, The Broad Art Foundation.

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People create art to admire beauty. Shahzia Sikhander is a fine example of an artist who creates art to admire the beauty. She was born in Pakistan and she specializes in Indian and Persian manuscript paintings. She creates murals and installations by using tissue-paper-like materials and this allowed her art to appear free flowing. She explores her culture in a delicate way which enables us as viewers to not only admire her art but also gain an education from it. When artists open up about their culture through their art it allows for others to to have a deeper understanding of that culture, it allows for us to feel how they feel, and to put ourselves in their shoes so to speak. Oftentimes we are unaware of the rituals, the beliefs, or the customs of different cultures, but art allows us to see into their world and see things from another cultures perspective.

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Shahzia Sikander, Portrait of the Artist, 2016. One in a suite of four etchings, with accompanying collaborative text "Breath of Miraj" by Ayad Akhtar. Published by Pace Editions, Inc.

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Drawings can be done by crayons, metalpoint, charcoal, pastels and ink. Drawing is considered two dimensional artwork, It is done on a flat surface like paper or a canvas. To draw an object takes a lot of concentration and attention to details. When an artist draws an object they are in essence trying to bring to life as much detail as they can. When ancient cavemen would draw the animals around them it was because they were familiar with them and they studied them thoroughly enough to capture their details in a drawing. We can see the amazing attention to detail in the replication of the cave drawing above.

Another example of a drawing is by George Suerat. Seurat drew Edmond Aman-Jean another fellow artist at work in black crayon on textured paper. The harder conte was used for detail and contouring and it was drawn in black to make discrete marks (Sachant et al., 2016, pg 39)

References:

Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). Introduction to art: Design, context, and meaning. University of North Georgia Press.

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/georges-seurat-aman-jean-portrait-of-edmond-francois-aman-jean

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Painting is a form of art that uses brushes and it can be done on paper, canvas, wood, and even walls. many famous artists use paint such as watercolor, oil, acrylic and tempera, which are different forms of painting. Leonardo da Vinci painted the eyes of mona lisa in such great detail using oil painting. The details in Mona Lisa's appearance, her hair, her eyes, her skin, made it to be one of the world's most famous studied artwork in history. The beauty Leonardo was able to capture in his artwork of Mona Lisa shows us all the talent that he has as an artist to be able to capture such remarkable detail using oil painting.

Watercolor is also another example of painting that many artists use. Watercolor is mixed with water and then brushed onto an absorbent surface. In the watercolor painting by Winslow Homer, The Sponge Diver, we can see how the paints are mixed together to create a realistic effect of the water and the details of the diver (Sachant et al., 2016, pg 42)

References:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/mona-lisa-brief-history-da-vincis-famous-painting

Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). Introduction to art: Design, context, and meaning. University of North Georgia Press.

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Leonardo da Vinci's iconic , the world's most famous, recognizable, and copied artwork, has a storied history. Painted between 1503 and 1519, it was owned by French royalty for centuries. Liberated by Revolutionary forces, the painting briefly adorned Napoleon's bedroom, then was installed in the Louvre. Over 80% of Louvre visitors come specifically to see . Due to new queuing practices, visitors have only 30 seconds to admire the painting's legendary mystique.

Thought by most scholars to be a portrait of Italian noble Lisa del Giocondo, this beautiful, dark-haired woman with an enigmatic gaze has fascinated people for ages. Unlike most 16th-century of nobility, which showed off their social status and wealth with flamboyant clothing, hairstyles and accessories, Mona Lisa is dressed in elegant simplicity, which draws attention to her face.

Painted in a revolutionary ¾ length pose-contrary to typical Italian portraiture, which used full figure poses-Mona Lisa is not stoic or demure. Deviating from traditional female portraiture, she meets our eyes directly, as a man typically would, turning slightly towards the viewer, smiling at some secret amusement. expert portrayal of a subtle smile illustrates exhaustive understanding of human anatomy, while his deliberately irregular brushstrokes over her face give the skin a realistic texture.

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The Mona Lisa: A Brief History of da Vinci's Famous Painting | Art & Object

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Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa, the world's most famous, recognizable, and copied artwork, has a storied history. Painted between 1503 and 1519, it was owned by French royalty for centuries. Liberated by Revolutionary forces, the painting briefly adorned Napoleon's bedroom, then was installed in the Louvre.

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Printmaking is transferring an image onto a final surface which is usually paper. Some examples of printmaking can be stencil prints, silkscreen printmaking and lithographic printing. Lithographic printing is done by using aluminum plates where the ink is transferred from a metal plate to a rubber cylinder and then to paper. An example of printmaking is seen in the above photo of the Rabe children.Shadow was the artist of this print and he was primarily a sculptor, but he created several portraits of children including the one above.

Another example of an artist who did printmaking is Andy Warhol who was a famous pop artist. He created space fruit which focused on shape, color, space, and shadowing. Warhol would use collages and drawings to create imagery in prints. We can see this in his space fruits print how the shadowing, colors, and color bring out the detail in the fruits.

References:

Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). Introduction to art: Design, context, and meaning. University of North Georgia Press.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/357710?&pkgids=528&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=20&amp;pos=5

https://www.warhol.org/lessons/silkscreen-printing/introduction-to-photographic-silkscreen-printing-and-color-theory/

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<img src="https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/357710/773287/main-image" alt="Portrait of the Rabe Children:  Hermann, age 14 and Edmond, age 7; verso:  proof before corrections of small faults in the images, Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, Berlin 1764–1850 Berlin), Lithograph; proof ">

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Sculptor is perhaps one of the most fascinating works of art to me. Sculptor can be freestanding or relief. Low relief and high relief are two examples of relief sculptors. In low relief the projection from the background is limited. In high relief more than half of the sculpted form projects from the background. An example of this would be the mythological scenes depicted on the parthenon, an ancient greek temple. We can see how the image above projects from the background covering much of the background.

An example of low relief would be coins on a surface. They do not project as much as the mythological scenes do instead they lay flat on the surface and seem to take up less space (Sachant et al., 2016, pg 46).

References:

Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). Introduction to art: Design, context, and meaning. University of North Georgia Press.