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  • Artist's family asks Google to take down Thursday's `painted' logo

    04/20/2006 1:17:57 PM PDT · by Battle Hymn of the Republic · 48 replies · 1,357+ views
    mercury news ^ | 4/20/06 | Elise Ackerman
    After angering authors last fall with a wide-ranging book-copying project, Google may now be alienating some visual artists as well by allegedly reproducing famous works in drawings on the search giant's home page. On Thursday, the family of Joan Miro was upset to discover elements of several works by the Spanish surrealist incorporated into Google's logo. ``There are underlying copyrights to the works of Miro, and they are putting it up without having the rights,'' said Theodore Feder, president of Artists Rights Society. In a written statement to the Mercury News, Google said that it would honor the request but...
  • Art Appreciation/Education “class” #6: Dada and Surrealism

    07/01/2005 4:13:38 PM PDT · by Republicanprofessor · 31 replies · 2,891+ views
    7/1/05 | republicanprofessor
    As the sixth class in this mini-art appreciation set of lectures, it’s time to consider Dada and Surrealism. The roots for this movement of art fantasy goes back to Henri Rousseau and de Chirico in the late 19th and first decades of the 20th century. These unusual, dream-like settings provoke our imagination more than the emotion of Expressionism and the intellectual structure of Cubism. Henri Rousseau Sleeping Gypsy and de Chirico Mystery and Melancholy of a Street Note in the street images, how the long shadows create a mysterious, imminent mood, and that the “girl” is only a shadow of...