Joseph Stella
Here is my finished presentation of Joseph Stella:
http://www.glogster.com/paulperryman/joseph-stella/g-6ksd5o57d0ao0qjfvpu90a0
Note:If you can't see the picture well, you might want to click on the link above.
http://www.glogster.com/paulperryman/joseph-stella/g-6ksd5o57d0ao0qjfvpu90a0
Note:If you can't see the picture well, you might want to click on the link above.
My Interpretation
Here is my interpretation of how a Joseph Stella painting would look like. I took a picture of the Golden Gate bridge and used lighting effects, smart blurs and smart sharpens on photoshop.
20 Facts about Joseph Stella
So for Joseph Stella, here are the original 20 facts I found on this particular artist:
1. Is best known for his paintings of the Brooklyn Bridge.
2. He was born in Muro Lucano, Italy in 1877.
3. In 1869, he migrated from Europe to the United States to study medicine.
4. He realized medicine wasn’t his passion, and art was. So he turned to William Merritt Chase in the New York school of art.
5. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as an illustrator, publishing his realist drawings in magazines.
6. Stella began as an academic realist, but his mature work is in a modernist style, notable for its sweeping and dynamic lines. Stella returned to visit Italy in 1909 and became associated with the Italian Futurists; he began to incorporate Futurist principles into his art.
7. In New York during the 1920s, Stella became fascinated with the geometric quality of the architecture of Lower Manhattan. In these works he assimilated the elements of Cubism and Futurism.
8. Stella worked on the Federal Art Project in the 1930s and later traveled to Europe, North Africa, and the West Indies, locations that inspired him to work in various modes. His works shift from one style to the next, changing from realism to abstraction to surrealism.
9. In 1934, Stella settled in the Bronx with his wife Mary French Stella.
10.In the 1940s, his health got worse and his reputation as a prolific painter suffered. At the age of 60, he developed heart disease, and was eventually confined to his bed in 1942.
11. Stella underwent an unsuccessful surgery for thrombosis in his left eye, and he suffered a serious injury from falling down an open elevator shaft.
12. In 1946, he died of a heart attack.
13. He favored industrial structures, and thought of them as a representation of power and energy and great strength.
14. He can be considered as America’s first futurist.
15. Taken as a whole, they demonstrate the artist’s own vision for modern art to be driven by the emotion of the artist and not to be pinned down by the precepts of a single style.
16. Many of his paintings include industrial buildings, lush gardens, and religious depictions.
17. He uses several elements of art in his style. Line and color are his major ones, if you notice the strokes on his brooklyn bridge paintings, and the variety of colors on his garden works is very enticing.
18. He also uses several principles of design in his works. Especially because he painted such a variety of paintings, you can say he used all of them. But the most noticeable include Pattern, Rhythm, and Movement.
19. He met Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and a number of the Italian futurists, including Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, and Gino Severini.
20. He spent most of his years in Europe, but made trips back and forth to America for art exhibits and shows
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/stella_j-bio.htm
http://www.sullivangoss.com/Joseph_Stella/#An
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/joseph-stella
1. Is best known for his paintings of the Brooklyn Bridge.
2. He was born in Muro Lucano, Italy in 1877.
3. In 1869, he migrated from Europe to the United States to study medicine.
4. He realized medicine wasn’t his passion, and art was. So he turned to William Merritt Chase in the New York school of art.
5. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as an illustrator, publishing his realist drawings in magazines.
6. Stella began as an academic realist, but his mature work is in a modernist style, notable for its sweeping and dynamic lines. Stella returned to visit Italy in 1909 and became associated with the Italian Futurists; he began to incorporate Futurist principles into his art.
7. In New York during the 1920s, Stella became fascinated with the geometric quality of the architecture of Lower Manhattan. In these works he assimilated the elements of Cubism and Futurism.
8. Stella worked on the Federal Art Project in the 1930s and later traveled to Europe, North Africa, and the West Indies, locations that inspired him to work in various modes. His works shift from one style to the next, changing from realism to abstraction to surrealism.
9. In 1934, Stella settled in the Bronx with his wife Mary French Stella.
10.In the 1940s, his health got worse and his reputation as a prolific painter suffered. At the age of 60, he developed heart disease, and was eventually confined to his bed in 1942.
11. Stella underwent an unsuccessful surgery for thrombosis in his left eye, and he suffered a serious injury from falling down an open elevator shaft.
12. In 1946, he died of a heart attack.
13. He favored industrial structures, and thought of them as a representation of power and energy and great strength.
14. He can be considered as America’s first futurist.
15. Taken as a whole, they demonstrate the artist’s own vision for modern art to be driven by the emotion of the artist and not to be pinned down by the precepts of a single style.
16. Many of his paintings include industrial buildings, lush gardens, and religious depictions.
17. He uses several elements of art in his style. Line and color are his major ones, if you notice the strokes on his brooklyn bridge paintings, and the variety of colors on his garden works is very enticing.
18. He also uses several principles of design in his works. Especially because he painted such a variety of paintings, you can say he used all of them. But the most noticeable include Pattern, Rhythm, and Movement.
19. He met Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and a number of the Italian futurists, including Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, and Gino Severini.
20. He spent most of his years in Europe, but made trips back and forth to America for art exhibits and shows
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/stella_j-bio.htm
http://www.sullivangoss.com/Joseph_Stella/#An
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/joseph-stella
Glogster
For this particular presentation, I used Glogster. Here, you can make a collage of photos and text to your choosing. I personally did not like it. Trying to select each individual photo or clip art or text was nerve-wrecking. Especially because the selecting tool was inaccurate. There was also a limited amount of photos. I wouldn't recommend this as a professional presentation tool. Maybe it would be used just for something fun.