Controversial Art & Art that holds History

Art work done by Lady Butler in 1881

The name of this piece of art is "Scotland for Ever". The painting depicts the charge of the scots Grey at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815 and is a reminder of the Historic war.

Artist- Keith Tyson and his invention and art work is known as the "Art machine": 1991-1999

This was a method in which he used a combination of computer programs, flowcharts and books in order to generate chance combinations of words and ideas. this was then realised in practice as artwork.

artist- David Scotland

Controversial art Exhibition, examples to the left.

On july 18, 2005 he displayed a highly controversial version of an "illegal" american flag with scientific lab notes from the 1930s.

Quote "If you see this piece, you'll be up all night, wondering." Could not find picture of flag

Artist- Damien Hirst

"For the love of God" This is a controversial art work and the most expensive piece of art ever created. It cost between $16 & 20 million to make, and $99 million to buy. There are 8,601 diamonds and comes in at 1,106.18 carats.

"If we could just sell this skull on the black market it could help with this recession"

Public Art & Architecture in Georgia

Monuments, memorials & civic statuary are the oldest & most used form of Public art.
This statue is located in Atlanta at Centennial Park.
Since it’s a monument it holds value to Atlanta’s past making it fit in with its surrounding society


Some artists working in architecture & landscaping use the freedom afforded by an outdoor site to create very large works that would be unfeasible in a gallery.
Unfeasible means not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
Located at the Centennial Park in Atlanta


Interactive public art is designed to encourage audience participation in a hands on way.
The Aquarium contains animals that humans can interact with.


Architecture is the activity of designing & constructing buildings & other physical structures.
This is done by a person or computer primarily to provide shelter.


This picture has economical, practical, design and has both artistic & aesthetic aspects.
It’s a visual experience
This piece of architecture appears to stand out from everything in its area

Group Theme " Morning Routine"

Ironing clothes

Eating breakfest

Brushing teeth

Making bed

Brushing hair

Chuck Close

Early Life
Born 1940 in Monroe, Wisconsin.
In 1962, he received his B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle.
He then attended graduate school at Yale University, where he received his MFA in 1964.

Art Style
Chuck uses a grid style art called photorealist painting.
It is also called super-realism or hyper-realism.
Chuck painted most of his works from photographs.

Early Art Career
After Yale he lived in Europe for a little while, then he came back to the U.S. and worked as an art teacher at the University of Massachusetts.
His first one man show was in 1970.
His first work was exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art in early 1973.

The Event
Dec. 7, 1988, Chuck felt a strange pain in his chest while at an Art Show in New York.
He gave his speech and rushed to the hospital.
Hours later he was paralyzed from the neck down. He had a rare spinal artery collapse.

The Event Aftermath
After months in rehab he was able to move hands and take a few steps.
He was in a wheel chair.
He started back painting but his assistant had to strap paintbrushes to his hands.
His later works were not as realistic as his earlier works.

Famous Work

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Chuck_Close_1.jpg

Gothic Architecture(1100-1450)
Gothic painting, sculpture, and architecture all began in the twelfth century.
It gained its dominants in Europe and remained popular until the Renaissance.( 200 years of dominants)
Gothic style originated in Italy and quickly spread throughout Europe.

Gothic art and architecture consists primarily of religious works and is characterized by arches, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts.
In the late 14th century, gothic art began reflecting Renaissance ideas and became known as the International Gothic style.
—The Gothic style was dominated by dark oil paintings that represented a shift from the dark ages Into a more civilized society.
—Naturalism helped to increase the movement during the fifth century
—During this movement Christianity was entering a new predominant phase, which encouraged gothic artists and architects to apply the style to large cathedrals and churches.
—The end of the gothic era overlaps with the Italian and Northern Renaissance period.
After the Romantic period, most people in Europe began to build Christian churches in the gothic style.
The difference between the two styles are that the Romanesque churches have round arches and gothic churches have pointed arches and bigger windows.

Sterling's Diorama

I did my diorama on 2 things, the first one being child neglect, and the other was dead-beat fathers.