How do you put in the faces on the glass?
The faces and other details were painted onto the back of the glass to create a greater illusion of depth.
The combining of painting and chemical coloring of class was an innovation of Lamb Studios.
Is #10 functional?
Certainly! This is another example of Postmodern design coming out of Italy.
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How long was Picasso in Paris?
Picasso visited Paris many times as a young artist, beginning around 1900, and lived there off-and-on throughout his career.
Picasso did stay in Paris throughout the Second World War (1939-1945) during which he painted this work.
What would this amulet have been used for?
It would have been used in much the same way we think of them today. They could be carried like a charm, used as an offering, or even strung to be worn as a necklace or other adornment.
This one is particularly special because it is made of one of the most valuable materials in ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli.
The form of the flower was popular for its connotation of rebirth!
Were these European-American artists formally trained by Japanese artists or did they just study the art they saw and replicate or incorporate it in their own way?
The latter! During this time, right after the travel restrictions were lifted at the close of the Civil War, American artists were found inspiration abroad, either through firsthand travel or encounters with Asian materials and objects through exhibitions, such as world's fairs, or numerous publications.
Why is the head sideways?
Often in Egyptian Art you'll see a unique combination of perspectives that allows a viewer to get the maximum amount of visual information from a single point of view!
We aren't certain how exactly this figure was used, but it seems likely that it was attached to a piece of furniture and it may be that the head is facing in the direction that would be most visible.
Was there a connection between O'Keeffe and Chicago besides just admiration?
While Chicago greatly admired O'Keeffe's work as an artist and a trailblazer, O'Keeffe actually deeply resented being categorized as a "woman artist," she had always wanted to be referred to as an artist, full stop. While working on her autobiography “Through the Flower,” Chicago wrote to O'Keeffe to ask if she could include one of O’Keeffe’s paintings, but O'Keeffe expressed that she did not want to be included in a context that centered on her gender. Judy Chicago replied that O’Keeffe was a trailblazer who was essential to the feminist art movement, and later included her here, at The Dinner Party.
Why is this called a charger?
In a Western context, a charger is a decorative plate used in formal dinner services. It is placed underneath the plate that's being eaten from to add a splash of color, though no food actually touches it. Although these dishes could have been placed on a table, often they were hung on the wall as decoration (they don't fade like a print might) or on a wooden sideboard to provide color. This charger is decorated with images of King William and Queen Mary who reigned in England 1689 to 1702. The design on this charger would have been copied from a print celebrating the reign of the monarchs.
The word comes from the Middle english "chargeour".
How is the FLOAT exhibition used as a framing device for the other paintings, like Intimacy-Autonomy by Semmel?
Wynne chose "The Moon Viewers" to pair with "Intimacy-Autonomy" for a few reasons. On the surface, they're both blue, a color significant to Semmel's work. She uses blue as a means of making her naturalistic depictions of the human body feel more surreal and otherworldly. Wynne uses butterflies in some of his works as a representation of air; the title Moon Viewers also suggests night and could even connect to something alien.
Are glass colors built out of primary colors like paints?
It is a very different process. You would have to mix the colors you wanted to blend to a certain extent beforehand, you would not be able to mix glass exactly like paint, since it is less forgiving, but the effect Tiffany was able to achieve was more freeform than was previously possible. Tiffany Studios employed teams of chemists to determine the proper chemicals and combinations of chemicals to add to the molten glass in order to produce the desired colors.
