Katelyn's Exploration In Art

  Ukiyo-e is a form of woodblock printing that originated in Japan during the Edo period. Ukiyo-e was a form of mass entertainment for the time period in Japan, being sold as small mass printed pieces. While each piece of ukiyo-e is usually attributed to the artist who drew the design, many people are needed to produce ukiyo-e. The initial design gets sent to an artist who can carve the wood press, or presses if color will be added using presses. Another method used to color the images would be for another person to paint the ukiyo-e by hand. Publishers would organize all the pieces and figure out the distribution. Initially ukiyo-e featured mainly promiscuous images, but slowly began to take on more themes, addressing cultural and socio-political topics. Ukiyo-e was also used for mass marketing, appealing because of its low cost of production and catchy style. The first piece of Ukiyo-e I want to highlight is actually from a collection commissioned to increase tourism along the Tokaid

  Diversity was one of many themes in the contemporary art scene of the postmodern era. The art world had opened up to allow both men and women of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds a voice in the mainstream western art world. Right next to the theme of Diversity having a part in the dramatic shifting women’s roles was the women's movement. Women began to get politically involved in demanding equal pay for equal work along with better access to childcare and abortion rights.  I am going to be examining three artists that are known as icons of feminist art and a couple of their works.    The Beastie Parade by Betye Saar, Color etching on cream wove paper, 1964. You can view this piece here:  https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/BETYE-SAAR-(1926-----)-The-Beastie-Parade?saleno=2323&lotNo=66&refNo=677984   The first artist is Betye Saar, through this artist’s prints and assemblage work she uses symbolism to attribute meaning to black women’s place in the

            The Regionalist movement in the 1930s came at the peak of The Great Depression. At that time, America was in complete economic turmoil and was facing cultural and financial insecurities. Regionalism embraced subjects of the heartland, depicting what was around them in the present time, the art of storytelling. The American country was yearning for any type of reassurance and relief. I am going to examine three pieces of art from the Early Modern era from three different artists that depict art in relation to The Great Depression.        This iconic painting has held audiences' attention for almost a century. American Gothic was created by Grant Wood in 1930, painted on beaver board in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wood is one of the most famous Regionalist painters. In 1930 the United States was suffering from the heaviness of the Great Depression and Americans around the nation were aching for simpler times. Inspired by a home decorated with a single Carpenter Gothic style wind