Project Three - Style

Project Three was about the specific style used by artists around the world from any period of time in history. Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) was an artist who created artwork within the field of surrealism. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the 1920s, and is best known for it's visual artworks and writings. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects, and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconsciousness to express itself. Surrealist works usually feature the element of suprise, unexpected juxtapositions, and are non sequitor, however, many artists consider their work to be a philosophical movement first and foremost. Some consider surrealism to be above all, a revolutionary movement. Rene Magritte may in fact be the most famous artist in the field of surrealism. The media I chose to use for this project was colored pencils. What inspired me to create my art was a picture that Rene Magritte painted called La recherché de I'absolu (The search for te absolute). This painting inspired me to create a parody of his work. The actual painting shows a tall tree standing alone, with a perfectly round sphere to the left of  the tree. In the parody I chose to create, I drew a picture of Barad-dûr, which is the tower in the land of Mordor from The Lord of the Rings. To the left of the tower I drew the Eye of Sauron. Barad-dûr takes the place of the tree in Magritte's painting and the Eye of Sauron takes the place of the sphere. In the background I drew mountains and a dark sky resembling the land of Mordor. I am a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings, which is why I chose to use that specifically as the base for the parody I created. What I feel is most successful about the art I created is how I was able to apply the right colors in the painting to make it look as evil as possible and accurately make it resemble Barad-dûr, the Eye of Sauron, and Mordor. I also think that I was able to create a well constructed parody of an incredible painting by the one and only Rene Magritte.