commenting on human mortality assignment
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commenting on human mortality assignment
Identify three visual elements and three principles of design in each work of art, giving examples of how they function in the compositional aspect of the artwork. Give evidence to your claims. Identify one artwork from the textbook dating from a similar timeframe as the artwork in the museum, and in a few short sentences compare and contrast both artworks.
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Both of artworks used acrylic on canvas in the same period. Compare and Contrast these two. (Style, Color,…)
Information for Audrey Flack, Marilyn (Vanitas), 1977.
Photorealist Audrey Flack (b. 1931) also built on the Dutch-inspired tradition. In addition to commenting on human mortality, Marilyn (Vanitas) (4.3.15) is a homage to the American film actress Marilyn Monroe. The photograph on the right is reflected in the mirror on the left, showing Monroe’s public persona as a blonde beauty. As we saw in Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror, mirrors in art are understood to symbolize the transience of youth, beauty, and life. As with similar objects in Claez’s work, the calendar, clock, and hourglass further represent the passing of time. They, too, are reminders of the brevity of life-as are the burning candle and the flower and fruit, all
of which last only a short time.
The hyper-realistic colors and floating objects within Flack’s painting give it an otherworldly quality–a dramatic contrast to the objects that symbolize time. By including a childhood portrait of herself with her brother, the artist further wishes to remind herself (and us) that the pleasures of her life are as fleeting as those of the movie idol. The mirrored compact, makeup, and pearls refer to Marilyn Monroe’s mask to the world. Made fifteen years after the celebrity died of a drug overdose in 1962, this painting helps to preserve the past in the face of earthly beauty, to reflect on the glamorization of famous figures, and to promote art as a response to the inevitability of time’s passing.