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Born on February 1st, 1962, Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine art as a sculptor and painter, but he also works in commercials with the fashion industry, merchandise, and animation. Murakami is also well known… Continue Reading →

Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker, he is generally considered the foremost realist painter in the 20th-century of America. Hoppers is best known for his oil paintings, conveying a sense of melancholy or isolation, but he has… Continue Reading →

Born March 22, 1599, in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands Sir Anthony van Dyck was the seventh born of the 12 children of Frans van Dyck, a well-known silk merchant. Van Dyck’s first surviving work, Portrait of a Man, is dated 1613…. Continue Reading →

Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830, on St. Thomas, in the Danish West Indies.   He is a painter and printmaker who is a key member in shaping both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, continuing to paint until his death… Continue Reading →

For my Historical Artifact assignment, I was researching on the internet and came upon an article about “The History of Baseball Cards”. As a child, I used to collect various type of trading cards which is very similar to baseball… Continue Reading →

Growing up Asian-Canadian I have always been drawn to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters, therefore I have chosen Japanese characters because I wanted to further my knowledge of its alphabet and history. For my design, I wanted to stick to… Continue Reading →

HISTORY Ruled from 618 to 907, The Tang Dynasty was known as the Golden Age of Ancient China, with many individuals believing Taizong was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Taizong took over the throne in 626… Continue Reading →

For my mood board, I was drawn to survey 9: color theory and cool type. My main topic was how designers during the 1930’s changed the design. During this assignment, I’ve learned that there’s no rule to create art. For… Continue Reading →

Tintoretto (born c. 1518, Venice Italy – died May 31, 1594, Venice) is a well known Mannerist artist from Italy’s venetian school. Tintoretto, otherwise known as Jacopo Robusti, took the name tintoretto because of his fathers profession as a dryer… Continue Reading →

Hieroglyphics is originally a Greek word with “Hiero” meaning holy and “Glyphics” meaning marks/writing – together meaning “holy writings”.The Egyptian hieroglyphics are picture-like carvings implemented by Egyptian priests or scribes around 3000 B.C.E. there were over 700 unique signs that… Continue Reading →