New Shoes for H (Chapter 22-Blog #12-Nov.22)

             

                  

                                                    Don Eddy. New Shoes for H 1973-74.

                                                    Acrylic on canvas, 3'8" X 4'

             New Shoes for H was an acrylic on canvas painting by Don Eddy in the early 1970’s. This painting was portrays the advancements during this time. At first glance you would think this was just a painting of a store window, however, in reality it is a painting of a photograph taken of a store window. At this time in era, people were fascinated with the works of camera lens and the realism photographs could portray. The original copy was actually black and white, but was transferred to color for an incisive focus and full intent view of color.

            There are almost every color in this painting, from primary colors to secondary colors and even neutral colors. Red (warm) colors on the bags, shoes and signs. There are cool colors such as blue on the man’s jeans, shoes, purses, trash bins and signs as well.

            This photograph has many perspectives put into one piece. The different focal points create a dizzy illusion. I believe this photograph is very important because it not only uncovers the new creations during this time but also gives us a better understanding of when artworks such as this came into place. 

Title: Eddy: New Shoes for H

Author: Tom E. Hinson

Source: JSTOR: http://0-www.jstor.org.rosi.unk.edu/stable/25152614?seq=1&Search=yes&term=shoes&term=new&term=H&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dnew%2Bshoes%2Bfor%2BH%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don&item=1&ttl=29924&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null

Carnival of the Harlequin (chapter 21, week 11)

Title: Carnival of the Harlequin
Artist: Joan Miro
Editor: Scot Borofsky
Size: 26 X 36 5/8" Canvas

In the early 1900’s, artists were making new changes in modern world art pieces. This was the point in time when the first museum opened up, when photography was taking a toll on viewers all over. People were focusing on realism, cubism, impressionism and much more astonishing inventions created on canvases.

In 1924-1925, Joan Miro created the Carnival of the Harlequin, which was one of the most famous Spanish paintings created. There are little animals, unknown creatures, insects, and many other unusual living objects. There are musical instruments including a guitar and an instrument look-alike with legs and arms. This oil canvas has a lot of movement, which enforces the eye to move about in a fast motion to capture each image. There are colors, that mainly of primary colors of blue, red and yellow. A Green Earth-like object along with white and black squirmy snakes are easily focused on due to their color and shape. This canvas suppresses so much movement that it is said to interpret that dreams are lively ones. This canvas is made completely of lines, patterns and shapes; the square window, cones, circles, cubes, triangles, and much more. Lines make up the squiggly “snake” objects, the shapes themselves, the line in the center connecting objects, the thread being played with by the yellow creature, the arrow and much more.

This painting was to bring out a better society that would allow people to believe that there was no more horror left from World War I. This would create a new environment for those traumatized from the terrors.