illuminated letter lovin'

An illuminated letter is an embellishment that enhances a page. Illuminate means to fill with light, or a glowing effect. History: illuminated letters used to be included in primarily manuscripts, which made it easy to find the beginning of a section. Illuminated books were representative of wealth and power; the letters started out drawn by monks, but grew to illuminators and scribes. There are four types of illuminated letters in history- celtic, romanesque, gothic, and renaissance.

My 6 artists:

Ron Mueck is an Australian sculptor a year older than my mother. Mueck is known for his super-realistic sculptures, which include humans at the key stages of their lives. These sculptures happen to be HUGE - several times life size. Several of his works can be seen here: http://www.boredpanda.com/13-hyper-realistic-sculptures-by-ron-mueck/ Ugh! Crazy. I chose him because his work is unbelievably creepy, and gives me the chills even seeing the images via my computer.

Mary Cassatt is a well-known woman impressionist painter. She generally portrayed images relating to the social and private lives of women, especially women and children and their relationship. Cassatt has a very distinct color palette, as well as very visible brush strokes. I chose Cassatt for my Drawing II final, where we had to recreate several works from a particular artist, thus I chose her again, she did not let me down before.

Jackson Pollock was an abstract expressionist painter. He once said "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own." His style is very recognizable, with splattered paint filling his canvases. We just learned about Jackson Pollock in Modern Art History, as well as some of the other artists on my list.

Max Mikulecky is a friend. He is a brilliant student photographer. He earned his recognition for his work on old, rusty cars, but has since grown to shoot several things, my favorite being his fashion photo shoots. Max went to my high school and now goes to KU and is a freshman. I chose Max because I love his work.

Georgia O'Keefe is associated with the American Art movement in the 1920s. She painted several flowers and landscapes, which she transformed into abstract forms. She also painted some cow bones, which to her represented the landscape of New Mexico. Georgia O'Keefe was one of the few artists that I had heard about before taking Modern Art History. I knew some of her work, and thus chose her for this project.

Piet Mondrian was a dutch painter, associated with the De Stijl art movement. He created a non-representational form, which he named neo-plasticism. This included white ground, with a grid of horizontal and vertical black lines, as well as the three primary colors. Mondrian's style could be easily translated into an illuminated letter.