...Upon first glance of Cézanne's paintings; it's evident that they're strikingly different; both paintings have distinct styles that represent differentiating opinions of the scene that have been painted. Despite the difference in the application of paint and technique, both paintings seem to share one similarity; the focal point. Mont Sainte-Victoire is their central focus, insinuating they have been done from a 'photographic point of view'. 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine' approaches the depiction from a realistic angle, which draws the impression that Cézanne was trying to capture the view in detail. Whilst it's still evident in his later work, 'Mont Sainte-Victoire from Les Lauves', the artist took a different approach – using blocks...
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...Part 2 Cézanne Compare and contrast Cézanne’s Bathers (Plate 1.3.4) with Correggio’s Leda with the Swan (Plate1.3.8). The first painting I will examine is one piece of a long series of paintings by the artists’ artist Paul Cézanne. The collection is known as Bathers, which hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Said paintings have been produced over a long period of time, from 1894 to 1905 – a year before Cézanne’s death. The painting in question displays an array of six naked females in an outdoor setting. Other than this the narrative seems to be missing. The figures in the painting seem strangely distanced from each other as the landscape dominates the front of the image where the bathers are backwards in the painting. The faces of the females are devoid and lack expression and their bodies seem to merge with the landscape. The figures are not defined, uneven and appear unpersuasive. It is as if the painter had finished painting the figures and returned to the finer details of the landscape. The dense space between the figures caused to become a difficult image to read to the average spectator. To the left of the image we see parts that do not seem to make sense, due to their ambiguity of form. Even though Cézanne did not conform to the century’s norm, the formal way of the painting – i.e. how the artist lays the painting, the way the painting is composed and the colours the artist chooses, is constructed in a very traditional manner. He depicted the human...
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...Jordan Miller Art History III November 4, 2015 The first piece of art I want to look at is The Red Tree by Piet Mondrian. The red tree is one of the most important in Mondrian’s series of paintings that share the tree theme. It was actually done in the same year as the Windmill in sunlight. One of the many amazing points of emphasis Mondrian makes is in the range of color and brush-strokes that he uses, as well as hidden above all, in its conception of nature. How it shows multiple points of contact with nature at its core in the picture. The painting recalls certain similarities of Vincent’s (Van Gogh that is) pictures of trees (part of a series), particularly olive and cypresses trees. The brush strokes, in conjunction with the simplification...
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...TOPICAL VOCABULARY 1. GENERAL TERMINOLOGY amateur - любитель an amateur painter - художник-любитель; amateurish-любительский art - искусство antique art - античной иск; applied art- прикладное иск(pottery-гончарное дело, glass, jewellery, weaving - тканное дело and textile design, embroidery-вышивание); Fine Arts - изобразительное искусство; folk art - народное искусство; graphic (black-and-white) art (drawing, engraving-гравирование, etching-гравировка, lithography-литография, hence: engraver-гравер, etcher, lithographer); (the) Academy of Arts; a work of art - произведение искусства; art-collector-коллекционер; art critic - знаток иск; art history; art historian-; art-lover-; art student - студент, обучающийся живописи; art teacher - преподаватель живописи artist-художник a fashionable / self-taught / mature artist a graphic artist e.g. Rembrandt was great not only as a painter but as a graphic artist. Note. The name of an artist can be used like a common noun to denote a work by him. e.g. It looks like a Gauguin. How did you like the Goya? The Hermitage has the largest collection of Rembrandts in the world. artistic artistic skill-артистические способности; artistic taste-артистические наклонности benefactor, patron-благодетель, покровитель block (in/out) набрасывать вчерне to block in a picture (drawing) connoisseur (in/of) эксперт, expert (in) crayon 1) цветной карандаш; цветной мелок; пастель; 2) рисунок...
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...(RESEARCH PAPER) HISTORY OF PAINTINGS AND ARTISTS IN THE WORLD ADRIAN M SITCHON PROF. PEREZ 4TH YEAR/BS.HRM/NS (SUBMITTED BY) TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION HISTORY BODY * EASTERN PAINTING * WESTERN PAINTING * 20th-CENTURY MODERN * AND CONTEMPORARY DEFINITION OF TERMS * FAMOUS PAINTERS * AND BIOGRAPHY * Paintings of famous painters CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION REFERENCE INTRODUCTION: Painting can be done in a variety of media. For example, Oils, Watercolour, Acrylics, Gouache and Tempera. Paints are made from a pigment, and a binder. Binder is relatively cheap, while pigment is much more expensive. Pigments are a colored powder, made from organic or inorganic materials. (This is different than a colorant, which dyes or stains a color.) All paints use the same basic pigments, but the binder changes. The binder for acrylics dries quickly and the paint is more like a plastic than oils which have an oil based binder and dry slowly. Oil Paints are often built up in layers or glazes. The other paints---Watercolour, Acrylics, Gouache, and Tempera---are water-based, meaning the paint can be diluted with water and clean-up can be done with soap and water. Oil paints, on the other hand, require paint thinner to clean brushes. The number and variety of painting techniques is endless. Besides quality of paint, factors affecting color quality include: paint opacity, glossiness of painting surface, lighting, transparency...
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...* What was the 1913 Armory Show? Do you think that edition of Armory Show had a lasting effect on the arts? Why or why not? The 1913 Armory Show was an International Exhibition of Modern Art organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors to display an amalgamation of independent and unregulated art work. The 1913 Armory Show is known to be the first large exhibition of modern art in America -- boasting a significant number of paintings, sculptures, and decorative work done by some 300 plus European and American artists (“Welcome to the 1913 Armory Show”, nd). Since its occurrence, the Armory Show event has made a lasting impact on American art in general. Many lauded it as one of the most influential events in the history of American art (“Welcome to the 1913 Armory Show”, nd). As a result of the impact of the event, museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and displayed pieces from the show. It was not customary for traditional museums and art galleries with Gilded Age concepts and perspective on art to purchase ‘freestyle’ ‘rebel’ art. The Armory Show became somewhat of a true ‘trend-setter’ for modern art. Furthermore, according to Doss (2002) “In the five years following the Armory Show, some 34 galleries, and organizations mounted more than 250 shows of American and European modern art.” These occurrences following the Amory Show has been a testament to the effects the event has on modern art in America. References: Doss, E. (2002...
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...diverse approach to representing the figure, yet has being ongoing from around the 18th century. It depicted what was happening in a contemporary way, an attempt to define what was real with no bias or personal preference from the artist. Only portraying what they saw. The movement originated in france in the 1850’s after the 1848 revolution. These Realists positioned themselves against Romanticism, a genre dominating French literature and artwork in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Seeking to be undistorted by personal bias, Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the Romantic movement. Truth and accuracy became the goals of many Realists. Many paintings depicted people at work, underscoring the changes wrought by the Industrial and Commercial Revolutions. The popularity of such 'realistic' works grew with the introduction of photography, a new visual source that created a desire for people to produce representations which look “objectively real.” Thereafter this new approach to representing the figure grew and new forms such as American realism and social realism where introduced to the art world. Therefore in view of this i will be looking at the American realist Edward Hopper and the realist painter Lucian Freud. Both these artists where at the forefront of modern art and both took different approaches to representing the figure even though both are classed under the...
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...in, what’s left is a sunlight tone. Here I began a quick placement sketch and established the highest light somewhere about one-third up and in, on the canvas. Aside from that, as a gesture, this allows me to figure out how to get the eye moving in and out of the canvas. Step 2: Starting with the Clouds In this case, since the sky takes up a major portion of the painting, I placed it first. Starting with the shadows of the clouds, I used a mix of cobalt blue, ivory black and white. Step 3: Mixing in Rocks After laying in the shadow parts of the sky, using the same colors as in step 2, I next mixed a darker value to lay in the rocks. Step 4: Adding Color Value Once the rocks were in place, I began to address the green foreground by putting in some of the color to represent the beginnings of sunlight in the value of cadmium yellow deep (sunlight gray, black and white, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light). I also added a few darker accents. Step 5: Laying the Sky I next began to lay in the clear part of the sky. You can see how the toned canvas helps in the progression. If I think it works within the painting, I’ll let some of the tone show through and even allow some of it to be left undisturbed. Step 6: The Highest Light Finally I applied the highest light. At this point, if the values are in the right place so that the highest light reads true, you won’t have to repaint everything you’ve done. This is the major advantage of working with a prepared palette. Step 7:...
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...social, or even sexual nature to his viewers. Using iconography, he sends messages about life, death, rebirth, social justice, sexuality, consequences, guilt, and dread. In his work, Haring often used familiar figures repeatedly to depict various acts in different ways. One example of such a figure is the body. Haring draws the shape and form of the body as well as the motion and actions that the body can produce. He demonstrates the movement of the body and in some cases just focuses on certain parts. In some of his works, he obsessively draws the male penis. He uses lines to represent motion or action that is happening within the painting. There are also other common pictures in his work, such as dogs, pigs, dolphins, and spaceships. Haring sometimes uses color to send a political message about the work that depicts the oppression of black man or the concept of death associated with religion. Haring was also outspoken on gay issues and gay Cistone 2 subculture. Several of his pictures...
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...important it is. They think of it as a poster with an image that is colored, but art is much deeper than that. Art is when you express yourself or your feelings through your skills and imagination in visual medium such as painting or sculpture. It is not that easy to be an artist, there are many things that the artists should have. For example, imaginations, being able to draw, have a taste in colors etc. There are many artists that are well known to us these days even though they died many years ago, e.g. Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, and Van Gogh. They became famous because of there high quality work that gave an affect on people when they saw the painting. In my opinion not all paintings are thought to be art because some of them do not make sense. Maybe the person who drew it understands what it meant but for me I don’t understand it. The painter should be straight forward when trying to tell the audience something in his painting. Putting many different pictures or shapes in a painting in a weird way makes the quality of it very low without any form of organization. A person before painting should organize his/her thoughts at first so when drawing he/she will have a goal that he/she want to show. The image above is one of my favorite paintings. It is called Leaf Album and it was painted by Chen Hongshou. I liked because it gave me the sense of sympathy and harmony. The colors of it are very soft and...
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...specifically to encourage people to drink Coca-Cola even in the cold weather months. Coca-Cola targets all different age group but in this ad it targets children because of the characters used in the ad. The ethnicity group that this ad targets is White Caucasian. Red, and Times New Roman Typography is used threw out their ads. Red colored font is used because Coca-Cola associates it’s self with it. Times New Roman typography is used in the ad because it shows that they are professional yet bold with different font sizes and arrangement. Coca-Cola did not go the traditional route when making the ad they chose to come up with a different look. Coca-Cola makes the ad look like a fine painting from a famous artist. Giving the look of a fine oil masterpiece and the timeless effect of oil painting. Since the beginning, Coca-Cola has use their ad’s to implentated advertisement techniques by utilizing typography, setting, target...
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...carefully across her head. I moved from the sofa to stand closer to her armchair and watched her rearrange the flower bouquet that she was commissioned to paint for her neighbor. I could smell a mix of the familiar waft of her Chanel N°5 perfume and the gentle but evident odor of her watercolors, but I couldn’t pick out any flowery smells. I looked at the painting, which was nearly complete, and saw her penciled signature at the bottom. It read “B.E. Cartwright” in beautiful printing. The “B.E.” stood for Barbara Eileen, although everyone called her Bobby. I moved back over to where I had been sitting, in front of the lightweight set of drawers that I was using as a hospital-on-wheels for my stuffed animals and dolls. Before settling down to her painting, Granny had cleared out the drawers for me and helped me wrap my little animals in the dry washcloths that I used as bandages and slings. I cradled my teddy bear, who suffered from a broken leg, in my arms and sang it a lullaby. My dulcet tones clashed somewhat with the Christmas carols that Granny had playing on her little portable boom box. She looked up from her painting, not to tell me to stop singing, but to ask how long I thought that Teddy’s recovery would take. I answered that he was looking a lot better and would be able to leave the hospital soon. After expressing her...
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...Certificate 3 Fundamentals Drawing and Design Principles Teachers: Rachel Bowak an Naomi Zouwer My self portrait is view of a Brazilian beach. I used the beach to try describe myself because that is where my family and I spend a lot of time together. I would like talk about principles oj design. I made the harmony between the colors by using the same colors to paint the umbrella and with these colors I painted all the elements of myself portrait. The umbrella is a collage and also it is a non-representation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which is a martial art from Brazil. I have done it for 15 years, and I am teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Canberra, and the jiu-jitsu is a good job for me because it gives me some security here, The umbrella is a metaphor for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in my life. The mountain, the sand and the ocean are made with the same kind of lines. I used organic lines to draw it, so these lines are in harmony between them. Jesus Cristo on top of the mountain is a representation of my religion, so it is high because it is really important for myself. I made it with black ink. There are chairs and these chairs are empty. It is a metaphor about how I feel now in relation with my family, and again i used the black ink. I scrub the green leaves on the paper to make the mountains. The sky is purple, and it represents the freedom in my life. I made the sky, the sand and the ocean with gouache. ...
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...The rooms lighting was bright. The whole room was bright in lighting and the curator had lights facing the portraits themselves. The lighting made the portraits stand out more to the viewers. All the paintings were mostly dark in color. Therefore, the lighting helped brighten up the paintings. The second room was filled with ancient mythologies and allegories. The room paint color was a dark red. The lighting of the room only reflected the paintings themselves. The lights weren’t to light up the room. The main focuses were the paintings. The people in the paintings were clothed in bright colors, such as oranges, reds, etc. The light hit the paintings to have it make the colors stand out more, creating a more beautiful nature of the paintings. Fabrics were on display in this room. For example, silks. The fabrics represented what he put in his paintings and how it resembled them. The third room displayed sacred paintings and paintings made especially for the church. The room color was grey. The lights were a little dimmer than the second room. The lights didn’t really shine as bright towards the paintings. Lights and fabrics themselves were darker in this room. The room gave off an eerie vibe. It also felt very gloomy. The fourth room was filled with paintings displaying the life of...
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...I chose a painting called In Deep Thought by Alfred Stevens, which can be found at the St. Louis Art Museum in Gallery 217. Stevens painted in it 1881 and it is oil on canvas. It is 18 3/4 x 23 1/4 in. I learned he was known for painting scenes of modern life during his lifetime. The painting shows a woman in a pink dress sitting at a table with her puppy at her feet, near the shore of a port in La Havre, France. In this painting a young woman in a pink dress is gazing out at the sea, sitting at a glass table where her matching hat is resting. The woman’s pink dress is long-sleeved and ruffled at the bottom. Her hat has pink flowers and a black ribbon. It is sitting on the very edge of the clear glass table. The chair she is sitting in is in the only chair by the matching table. The lady has all of her reddish-brown hair pulled back, except for her bangs. She is wearing a simple, silver bracelet on her left wrist. I wish her shoes were visible, but they are lost under her dress. Her small, brown and white dog is sitting near her feet. There is a rock border and a fence separating the shore from where she sits. There are trees covering half of her view outward. It is a cloudy day, and in the distance you can see several ships out to sea. This painting has a vertical line and horizontal line variation, like the one that can be found in our art book (Frank 22). Several shapes are noticeable in this painting. The ground beneath the woman’s feet appears as a triangle, the rocks that...
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