Analysis Of Kahlo, My Favorite Artist Of All Times

For this assignment I decided to choose this piece of art work because Frida Kahlo is one of my favorite artists of all times. Her art work always spoke to me in many ways. Through her paintings she is letting us feel and acknowledge her experience’s and struggles. While visiting the museum one of my favorite parts was being able to see most of her famous paintings face to face. Being able to see those paintings so close made me admired her work even more. B) In this painting the artist uses the element of line continuously. As we look closer into the artwork we see a variety of lines such as actual and implied lines, Horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. The lines that are most noticeable are the horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. Vertical lines mainly come from the different buildings in this painting, buildings such as skyscrapers and churches. Both horizontal and vertical lines are connecting each symbolic symbol in the painting, as this painting mainly consists of different images put together to represent culture, politics and Identity. C) Shapes are flat. If you take a shape and give it three dimensions, it has volume. A three dimensional form has volume. VOLUME can be stimulated in a two-dimensional work such as paintings. In Frida’s painting My Dress Hangs there, we see both three and two dimensional volumes. A perfect example of three- dimensional volume is the image of the Washington monument. The Washington monument is in the center-top of theShow MoreRelatedFilm Analysis : Frida Kahlo s Art1813 Words   |  8 Pagestrue self. This pure expression inspired my own work in many ways. My desire became to create something with duality, as many of her pieces have, and which expressed my sense of self as purely as possible. There were a few challenges I faced, but overall, using Frida Kahlo as inspiration showed me how art connects the conscious to the primary world. The reason I chose Frida Kahlo as inspiration was because of her ability to create herself in a way other artists do not. Kahlo’s art has always been aRead MoreFrida Kahlos Self Portraits1042 Words   |  5 PagesI choose one of Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits â€Å"The broken column†, without any doubt, one of my favorites. The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City on Saturday 6th July 1907 and died in the house in the background of this photograph, aged 47, just one week after her birthday, on Tuesday 13th July 1954. For a long time the details of Frida Kahlo’s life and work were generally not well known. They have recently become prominent mainly through the work of the Mexican art historian Hayden