EXPRESSIONISM

A. Expressionism is basically an art movement that deals with altering objects in an artist’s approach. The art can be changed by altering the colors, or the forms of the objects.
Cognitivism is more about whether an issue is true or false.

B. Leo Tolstoy views sees art as a way for people to express themselves in a visual way. He thinks that people respond to art in a way that in a way that may persuade them to help others and become more aware of the way people respond and their feelings toward certain issues.

C. According to Collingwood, the artist and the viewer have certain roles that make art possible. He sees the viewer is the addition that exposes the art for what it really is. For the art itself to work, the viewer must use their imagination. His main motive is to make the viewer use their minds to create the image, story or feelings that are presented before them.

D. What I got from the reading about Louis Bourgeois was that due to her past she was affected in a way that her art portrays her thoughts. The metaphors that she made apparent to me were that she felt caged and secluded in an uncomfortable environment. I feel that Kiki Smith has a sense of relating women with powerful positions and that women are capable of many things.

E. Cristi Rinklin I feel is the artist that has a similar style to my work for this project. I really like the vibrant color that she uses in her pictures and the wild shapes that are beautiful. She also talks in her artist summary about her forms which are beautiful but also have a negative meaning behind them.