LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: eye

Chuck Close (American, born 1940) Lucas, 1986–87 Oil and pencil on canvas; 100 x 84 in. (254 x 213.4 cm) Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Gift of Arnold and Milly Glimcher, 1987 (1987.282) Associated with the Photo- or Super-Realist movement of the late-1960s and 1970s, the American artist Chuck Close initially became known for the minutely detailed portrait heads he painted on a monumental scale in black, white, and gray. These works, which were based on photographs, were factually rendered but magnified every pore and imperfection to unexpected and unnatural proportions. The subjects for all of Close's portraits are drawn from his wide circle of relatives and friends, many of whom are connected to the art world as artists, dealers, and collectors. Their identification in the titles by their first names only lends a casual informality to otherwise imposing images. Paintings such as "Lucas," which depicts fellow artist Lucas Samaras, are representative of Close's later, more colorful and painterly style. They go beyond the hyper-reality of his earlier portraits and elaborate on his pictorial investigation of the act of perception, breaking down the visual information into component parts that describe the actual process of seeing, not just the end result. To create these portraits, Close begins by taking photographs of the sitter, then draws a grid over the photo, from which he methodically reproduces the contents of each tiny square on a magnified scale with small dashes, dots of pigment, thumbprints, or applied pieces of colored paper. Viewed close-up, the elements of the picture are seen as separate abstract markings; from a distance, they coalesce into an illusionistic portrait. In order to assimilate all of the multi-hued daubs of color on an eight-foot-plus canvas, the viewer is forced to stand quite a distance from the work. From this perspective, the subject stares coolly, anonymously, and unwaveringly at the viewer. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/Lucas_...

Chuck Close. American, born 1940 Mark, 1978-1979 Acrylic on canvas On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from a private collection, Accession # L.2008.13 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Pair of eyes Bronze, marble, frit, quartz, and obsidian Probably Greek, 5th century BC or later Accession # 1991.11.3a, b Greek and Roman statues were designed to give a colorful lifelike impression. Marble and wood sculptures were brightly painted, and bronze sculptures were originally a pale, fleshlike brown. Lips and nipples were often inlaid with copper, and teeth with silver. Eyes were usually made separately and set into prepared sockets. This pair, designed for an over life-sized statue, gives a sense of the potent immediacy that ancient sculpture could convey. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

René Magritte. (Belgian, 1898-1967). The False Mirror. 1928. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 31 7/8" (54 x 80.9 cm). Purchase. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78938

René Magritte. (Belgian, 1898-1967). The False Mirror. 1928. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 31 7/8" (54 x 80.9 cm). Purchase. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78938