Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
New York artist Vincent Castiglia uses his own blood to make paintings, [2] and used it to make the artwork on the guitar of thrash metal musician Gary Holt. [3]The Anguished Man, an allegedly haunted painting by an unknown artist, contains the artist's blood in its paint, according to its owner.
Alfred Lewin Copley (1910–1992) was a German-American medical scientist [1] and an artist at the New York School [2] in the 1950s. As an artist he worked under the name L. Alcopley . He is best known as an artist for his abstract expressionist paintings, and as a scientist for his work in the field of hemorheology .
In literature, such as novels, plays, and poems, symbolism goes beyond just the literal written words on a page, since writing itself is also inherently a system of symbols. Artistic symbols may be intentionally built into a work by its creator, which in the case of narratives can make symbolism a deliberate narrative device .
All of these short films were edited by Vincent V. [17] [18] In 2013, Serrano made a work of art called Sign of the Times by collecting 200 signs from homeless people in New York City, usually paying $20 for each sign. He described the work as "a testimony to the homeless men and women who roam the streets in search of food and shelter.
Ash – The band chose the first short word they liked in the dictionary, as stated in the CD booklet of Intergalactic Sonic 7"s. Asking Alexandria – According to band member Danny Worsnop, the name was taken from Alexander the Great. Atreyu – After a character in 1979 novel The NeverEnding Story and the 1984 movie of the same name. [39]
Fluxus Manifesto, 1963, by George Maciunas Poster to Festum Fluxorum Fluxus 1963.. Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers, and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finished product.
The work of some symbolist visual artists, such as Jan Toorop, directly affected the curvilinear forms of art nouveau. Many early motion pictures also employ symbolist visual imagery and themes in their staging, set designs, and imagery. The films of German expressionism owe a great deal to symbolist imagery.
Visual artists had a similar relationship with alchemy. While some of them used alchemy as a source of satire, others worked with the alchemists themselves or integrated alchemical thought or symbols in their work. Music was also present in the works of alchemists and continues to influence popular performers.