Art That Kills

Andy Warhol Guns was painted by Andy Warhol with acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas in the 1981 or 1982. In the 80s, Warhol had been painting iconic objects. He described himself as "an American artist who was merely depicting his environment." The gun in this painting was a .32 snub-nosed pistol. This specific gun was once used on him by Valerie Salonas in her assassination attempt on him.

This painting reminds me of the Shooting at Fort Hood. An Army psychiatrist, who was faced with diployment to Iraq, took a gun and shot and killed 13 people and injured another 28. He was taken down by a Sergeant Munley. who gave and recieved many bullet wounds in the process.

Some unidentified people thought it fit the gunmens personality and they could see him doing it. Others, like General George Casey, said it was "a kick in the Gut." These violent actions remind me of this iconic painting.

The Scream

The Scream is an expressionist painting painted by Edvund Munch. The Painting was of a man that was agonized against a blood colored sky of Oslofjord in Oslo, Norway.

Munch did many version of the painting. There was two painted versions, pastel, and lithograph. The Scream has been the center of many art thefts. It was once stolen in 1994 from the National Gallery. It was recovered a little bit later. It was also stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004 but was recovered in 2006. after restoration it was put back on display in 2008.

The original title was german and was Der Schrei der Natur, which means The Scream of Nature. The painting was once was once called The Cry. Munch was inspired by a experience he had when he was with friends crossing the bridge. They were crossing the bridge at sunset and when the sky went red when it set he stopped on the bridge and his friends walked on and he felt like he wanted to scream. He thus came up with his inspiration.

Today it is group into popular culture. This photo is used often in movies, shows, or they would put in someone in the place of The Scream.

The Starry Night

The Starry Night is a painting painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889. This painting is a painting of the scenery from outside the sanitarium room window at night. Interestingly however, Gogh painted it from memory during the day. The Starry Night is refered to as Vincent VAn Gogh's magnum opus. The Starry Night is an 73 cm by 92 cm oil painting. It was done on a large canvas. It was later sketched with a reed pen on paper that was sent to Gogh's brother to see what he thought about the painting along with other works.

The Starry Night was once an inspiration to composer Henri Dutilleux's orchetra works. He was also inspiration for the American Poet, Anne Sexton, who wrote The Starry Night. In addition to those two he also was an inspiration to other composers and singers. The painting was so beautiful to Andrew McMahon, a singer from the 1980s, that he had the painting tatooed onto his arm.

The Painting is now hanging in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. This Awe-inspiring piece was is and will be hanging for all to see and learn from.

The Mona Lisa: Famous Art

The Mona Lisa is a famous oil painting, painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci painted it during the Italian Renaissance during the years 1503 to 1506 give or take. It is a painting of a women who as described as having a mysterious expression. Her stature is what has caused it so much fascination. It was once stolen and then recovered from the Louvre. Hardly any other artworks have ever been so studied as the Mona Lisa.

It was said that da Vinci never finished it, but is thought that da Vinci continued painting it and finished it right before he died. It had traveled throughout France before it was finally noticed, appreciated, and associated with feminine charm in the mid-19th century. The Mona Lisa was a painting of Lisa del Giocondo. He named it Mona Lisa because the word Monna was a contraction of Madonna, a respectful form of address to someone similar to how we call some women ma’am or madam. So, he called it Mona Lisa for Lisa del Giocondo’s husband.

This spectacular painting is now put up on display in a special frame. It is also cleaned and touched-up in order to preserve it. The painting is being displayed in the museum's Salle des États. It is in a purpose-built, climate-controlled enclosure behind bullet-proof glass and is seen by millions at the Louvre each year. The painting is currently worth $700 million dollars.

The Art of Expression

Expression is defined as an indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice, or in artistic execution. It is an art that not all people have a grasp on and not all people know how to do it on perpose and not just naturally. In drama, actors use Expression to help the audience know how they are feeling and make the play, musical, or movie better. Without the art of Expression the world would be very boring. Can you imagine if everyone looked bored when they talked or if everyone was always hyper? It would be very tedious.

Expression is an everyday art that people take for granted. Expression is an art that is a natural beauty.

The Art of Person

A person has two kinds of arts. There is the art of personality and the art of physical appearance.

A person can be beautiful in how they act, and how their personality is. A person who is nice, kind, generous, and considerate has an inner beauty. A person who is mean, disrespectful, rude, and selfish looks ugly and acts ugly. People tend to be drawn to a beautiful person either inner or outer beauty and beauty is art. All the time, people assess people by their outer beauty and want to hang out with them because the outer beautiful people are more popular. The inner beautiful person takes longer to see. People are assessed by the outer, a fast assessment. What we need to do is as the old saying goes, stop and smell the roses but in this case, stop and look at the art.

The Art of Poetry

One definition of the word poetry is the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. Poetry is a form of expression just like any other art form. Poetry is used by poets to express what they feel or what they are experiencing.

Words, especially in poetry, are beautiful. When they are spoken in just the right way, they make the picture in your mind very beautiful. They can be awe inspiring words that paint pictures.

Poetry is an art of words. It has always been art and it will always be an art.