Muriel Barclay was born in Glasgow. Along with rhythm comes the idea of rate or pace. Not every song is slow. Neither is every song fast. Tempo is the musical term that indicates the overall pace of an arrangement. Tempo markings include grave, meaning solemn and extremely slow or allegro, meaning fast and cheerful. A gamut of musical terms for rhythm exists. Her paintings are influenced by many everyday things especially the weather. The Scottish landscapes and seascapes are her main subject matter. The subjects are created from memories in a quirky manner, where figures and animals often feature in the paintings. Nikki feels that working from memory allows her art work to take on a stylized abstract feel. She paints on board and canvas which allows her to layer up mediums creating dense rich colours often discarding her paintbrush and using other means of getting paint onto canvas. In … Read the rest
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Vincent Willem van Gogh or Vincent van Gogh or Van Gogh or Vincent Gogh, was one of the finest Dutch artists, who is also called as the father of Expressionism. This is a truly shocking collection of poems and paintings from the war that didn’t end all wars. Leaders’ willingness to sacrifice their own citizens for their own ends sadly seems never to be overcome. Intermedia describes various inter-disciplinary art activities that occurred between genres in the 1960s. The areas such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre could be described as “intermedia”. With repeated occurrences, these new genres between genres could develop their own names (e.g. visual poetry, performance art); historically, an example is haiga, which combined brush painting and haiku into one composition. Rykov, M., Cohen, R., Leis, A., MacDonald, M.E., Pringle, A., Cadrin, M.L., Salmond, D., & Weeks, V. (2007). Understanding palliative care … Read the rest
Piet Mondrian (born March 7, 1872) was a Dutch painter who played a pioneering role in bringing art forms, such as ‘Neo-Plasticism’ and ‘Cubism,’ into limelight. Among the two published studies is Rumball, 79 which studied nine schizophrenia patients and found that in all the nine patients energy” (sluggishness) improved and this was implicated as improvement in negative symptoms. Study by De souse and De souse 100 is the largest randomized control trial in terms of sample size (272 chronic schizophrenia patients). Music therapy given as an adjunct to medications found that scores on positive and negative syndrome scales and on the anergia, activation and depression subscales of the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) improved significantly and also were significantly better than in the control group. Romito, F., Lagattolla, F., Costanzo, C., Giotta, F., & Mattioli, V. (2013). Music therapy and emotional expression during chemotherapy. How do breast cancer … Read the rest
A popular American ‘Pop Artist’ Roy Fox Lichtenstein or Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was born in New York City in an upper middle class family. July 8-12. Ages 13-17. Students will learn woodworking techniques to produce their own wooden hand-tools and create a Japanese style box to use for tool collection or as a decorative box. The class will discuss the natural properties of wood, structural principles, mathematical angles, design aesthetics and tool maintenance. After this workshop, students will be able to pursue their own woodworking projects with a set of winding sticks, a joiner’s mallet and a Japanese style tool box to take home. $135 ($120 advance). 701 Whaley St. 803-319-9949. Elizabeth Cropper, Pietro Testa, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1988. If publishing information is different, it may be added in parentheses. Master Drawings 1520-1990. Exh. cat. New York: Janie C. Lee … Read the rest
Urry means plenty of different things – but above all else, it indicates an affinity for cartoon creatures and other anthropomorphic animals. Newhall, Edith. Thomas Nozkowski” (Max Protetch Gallery exhibition review). New York, 10 September 2001: 90, illustrated. Graham, J. (2004). Communicating with the uncommunicative: Music therapy with pre‐verbal adults. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 32(1), 24-29. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Art for the Vice-President’s House from Northeast Museums. 6 – 13 March 1979. Traveled to the Vice President’s House, Washington, DC, 1 April 1979 – 31 March 1980. Artspace offers you authentic, exclusive works from world-renowned artists, galleries, museums and cultural institutions. Collecting with us helps support creative culture while bringing you art news, interviews and access to global art resources. Wow Suzanne! I’d get body painted too if I had a figure like these folks, but that is besides the point. This art is incredible. I imagine … Read the rest
Pieter Cornelis Mondrian Jr. (Piet Mondrian) was born in the Amersfoort area of Netherlands on the 7th of March, 1872. Altenmüller, E., & Schlaug, G. (2012). Music, Brain, and Health: Exploring Biological Foundations of Music’s Health Effects. In R. MacDonald, G. Kreutz & L. Mitchell (Eds.), Music, Health, and Wellbeing (pp. 12-24). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY. The Artist’s Mother: Portraits and Homages. 14 November 1987 – 3 January 1988. Traveled to the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 26 March – 5 June 1988. Catalogue with texts by Barbara Coller (organizer), John E. Gedo, and Donald Kuspit. Check out these two works of art here and for further information on this talented body painter. Unfortunately I may not link to them and display here as they are protected by copyright. Robarts, J.Z., & Sloboda, A. (1994). Perspectives on music therapy with people suffering from anorexia … Read the rest
One of the most renowned artists of modern times, Andrew Wyeth continues to hold the American public enthrall with his almost photographic quality paintings. All Quiet On The Western Front? (exhibition catalogue). Paris: Galerie Antoine Candau, 1990: illustrated. Cooke, M., Moyle, W., Shum, D., Harrison, S., & Murfield, J. (2010). A randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of music on quality of life and depression in older people with dementia. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(5), 765-776. Georgina McMaster’s initial interest in painting animals was linear. She was drawn to their sense of movement, but this has moved to an interest in texture, the face and character and a representation of the ‘soul’ of the animal. Using art techniques inspired by fellow Scottish artist Jenny Saville, Georgina loves to combine detail in ‘the eyes’ with loose brushwork and layering in the representation of the fur or feathers, an effect that she … Read the rest