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My Learning Journal – Reading
Name
劉曉慶 Doris
Date
2012/10/19
Cool. Commercial. Unmistakable.
Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/arts/design/roySource
lichtenstein-a-retrospective-at-the-national-gallery-ofart.html?ref=design
First, on Jan.13.2013.in National Gallery of Art, there
is a retrospective in memory of Roy Lichtenstein, one of
the most influential artists in Pop art .In this traveling
exhibition, those significant works of art of Roy
Lichtenstein will be showed without detainment.
Second, about Roy Lichtenstein, he is an important
Pop art artist as well-known as Andy Warhol, Jasper
Johnson, and Frank Stella. His works are prevailing in the
Three main ideas I
world from1960s. The style of Roy Lichtenstein is clearly
read from this article
bright, direct, and colorful like cartoonish, and the
are…
content in his work expresses lives of people in that era
when electronic technology develop and the popular
trend in that time.
Third, the fascination of Roy Lichtenstein is close-up
images of lovelorn affection of young woman, the
Vietnam War, and more important history events in his
opinion. Even the last series he finished before death, he
painted China’s Song dynasty.
The thing I learned in this art review is complete
introduction of Roy Lichtenstein’s life and works.
Although the form of Roy Lichtenstein looks simple,
cartoonlike, and interesting in his paintings, I experience
One thing I learned
not only positive power but also I read the critical view of
in this article that I
him. For instance, Roy Lichtenstein drew a serious event
may be able to use in
like wars with the way of cartoon. What Roy Lichtenstein
future is…
created is clear images and close to lives of most people.
Because of his depiction, people know how to remember
those important incidents with such a special form via
Roy Lichtenstein’s painting.
Topic
I’m still unsure
about…
I’m still unsure the meaning of paragraph
“Lichtenstein would later say that he painted it for his
kids. In reality, he painted it for himself, to get as far away
as possible from where he’d been.”
Issues that
interested me a lot,
and I’d like to study
in more detail
New words/phrases
I learned from this
article are …
Word Count
The point interested me a lot is “Landscapes in the
Chinese Style” Roy Lichtenstein’s final series. I feel
surprised at the motivation of creating adapted from
China’s Song dynasty. After reading more details, Roy
Lichtenstein said he painted because he was impressive
about China’s Song dynasty when he was in art school.
The other thing makes me interested is Lichtenstein
was once inspired by Matisse and Picasso. I think it is the
reason why the paintings are so colorful.
gymnast 體操運動員
Unmistakable 不會錯的
connoisseur 行家
deft 靈巧的
foolproof 簡單的
Retrospective 回顧
thematic 專題
contour 輪廓
ergonomic 符合人體工程學的
poignancy 尖銳.痛苦
dexterous 敏捷的
mist 使模糊
compatriot 同國人
adamant 堅定不移的
flaring 燃燒的.華麗的
emphatic 引人注目的
spoof 戲弄.模仿
lovelorn 失戀
agility 敏捷
528?? 377
Chinese characters should not be counted in.
Comments:
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