Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism. German-Born
Max Ernst was a provocateur, a shocking and innovative artist who mined his
unconscious for dreamlike imagery that mocked social conventions. Ernst emerged deeply traumatized and
highly critical of western culture. These charged sentiments directly fed into
his vision of the modern world as irrational, an idea that became the basis of
his artwork. In later life, in addition to his prolific outpouring of
paintings, sculpture, and works-on-paper, Ernst devoted much of his time to
playing and studying chess which he revered as an art form. His work with the
unconscious, his social commentary, and broad experimentation in both subject
and technique remain influential.
Giorgio de Chirico, born July
10, 1888, Volos, Greece died Nov. 19, 1978, Rome, Italy, Italian painter who, with Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Maranda, founded the style of Metaphysical painting.
After studying art in Athens and Florence, de Chirico moved to
Germany in 1906 and entered the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts. His early style was influenced by Bucklin’s and Max Klinger’s
paintings, which juxtapose the fantastic with the commonplace. By 1910 de
Chirico was living in Florence, where he began painting a unique series of landscapes that
included The Enigma of an
Autumn Afternoon (1910),
in which the long, sinister, and illogical shadows cast by unseen objects onto
empty city spaces contrast starkly with bright, clear light that is rendered in
brooding green tonalities. Moving to Paris in 1911, de Chirico gained the
admiration of Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire with his ambiguously ominous scenes of
deserted piazzas. In these works, such as The Soothsayer’s Recompense (1913) and The
Mystery and Melancholy of a Street (1914),
classical statues, dark arcades, and small, isolated figures are overpowered by
their own shadows and by severe, oppressive architecture.
Artist’s
Name: Max Ernst
Title: Ubu Imperator,
Date: 1923
Description:
Like many of Ernst's paintings during his Paris
period (1922-1941), Ubu Imperator resembles a collage in painted form. The
artist's knowledge of Freudian theories, familiarity with myth and extreme wit
are reflected in this early painting, which is now considered proto-Surrealist
due to its strange juxtapositions.
Analysis:
This
painting just concentrates on the chicken-looking thing in the center of the painting.
The picture is a vertical picture and has formal balance.
Interpretation:
I think the
painting is half chicken and half human. I think he is trying the say that we
are all trying to balance our lives on this thin needle and it is very hard.
Judgement:
I enjoy this piece for
its rich color use. Even though it is surreal I still understand why it was
made. I can tell you what its reason behind its creation and what it is trying
to tell us. It is telling us to keep our lives in balance.
Artist’s
Name: Giorgio de Chirico
Title: Love
Song
Date: 1914
Description:
It depicts an outdoor architectural setting
similar to other works by de Chirico at this time. This time however, the main
focus is a small wall on which is mounted a Greek sculpted head and a surgeon's
glove. Below it is a green ball. On the horizon is the outline of a locomotive,
an image that recurs several times during this period of de Chirico's career.
Analysis:
The persons
head takes up a lot of the space. The Ball and glove take most of the
attention. This has informal balance and is a vertical portrait.
Interpretation:
I find that
if you just take a quick glance at this picture you will not see the full
theory behind it. The picture by itself represents, in my opinion, the whole
roman era. It is a beautiful picture and it reminds me of roman statues that
you would see today.
Judgement:
I enjoy this
piece because of all the beautiful colors. There is perfect color balance and
the scenery is beautiful. It is overall a great piece of artwork and it all
matches the same culture.
Comparison:
I think both
of these artists are very creative. They are easy to understand and they tell
me something about their reason for their creation. The chicken picture is
telling me to keep my life in balance, and the roman in themed one is telling
me about the roman era. They both tell me about the artist lives and how they
view things.
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