Originating from a commercial assignment, Miners' Wives is one of four paintings and nearly one hundred drawings Shahn created in response to a 1947 mining disaster in Centralia, Illinois, in which 111 miners died in an explosion.
Why miners wives is the title of Ben Shahn painting?
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (born Lithuania), …
Title: Miners’ Wives
Classification: Paintings
What was Ben Shahn known for?
Painting IllustrationGraphic artsPhotographyWriting Ben Shahn/Known for
What is the artist of miners wives?
Ben Shahn Miners’ Wives/Artists
What is the art movement of Ben Shahn?
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In what year the miner’s wives is produced?
1944 Miner's Wives, 1944 – Ben Shahn – WikiArt.org.
What influenced installation art?
Because of its flexibility and three-dimensionality, installation art is influenced by developments in computer art – such as software developments in video and film projection – as well as techniques used in avant-garde theatre and dance. Architectural and interior design are other influences.
What is the purpose of Impressionism?
Impressionism is a 19th century movement known for its paintings that aimed to depict the transience of light, and to capture scenes of modern life and the natural world in their ever-shifting conditions.
What is in tempera paint?
True tempera is made by mixture with the yolk of fresh eggs, although manuscript illuminators often used egg white and some easel painters added the whole egg. Other emulsions—such as casein glue with linseed oil, egg yolk with gum and linseed oil, and egg white with linseed or poppy oil—have also been used.
How do artists view installation art?
Installation artists are less focused on presenting an aesthetically pleasing object to viewers as they are enfolding that viewer into an environment or set of systems of their own creation. Tweaking the subjective perception of the viewer is the artist's desired outcome.