...notice that it is in the style of neoclassicism. It’s obvious because it pulls from the western style of the Greeks. This style was created to show a classic style based off of the Roman and Greek background. In this painting the part that is most eye catching is the way the chair is portrayed. There are sharp edges and it lacks pastel colors. Even though it is obvious that Napoleon is in the painting your eye goes straight to the striking depiction of the chair first. In the second painting The Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir there is the style of impressionism. Being the artist that developed this style of art Renoir focused on the personal and honest of his subjects. Renoir’s paintings contain vibrant colors and light and airy brush strokes that come together beautifully. The Luncheon of the Boating Party in its entirety appears to be a very busy painting. When a closer look is take you notice that the activities are detailed and add a sense of lively hood to the painting. This painting shows how Renoir saw his world at the time and that he was a very detail orientated artist. The clothing styles, activities occurring, and food being consumed was drawn in such a way that it felt as if you were there experiencing the scene yourself. Lastly Jackson Pollock’s painting Autumn Rhythm is a perfect example of abstract impressionists. Pollock has a different approach when creating his work; He liked to be “inside” his paintings and would lay his canvas...
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...Painting Styles Chiquita M. Thomas ART/101 Instructor: Ann Wood July 27, 2014 Painting Styles “Neoclassicism is the movement that shaped the thought, minds, and civic ideals of Americans for 150 years” ("Neoclassicism", 2010). “Neoclassicism was a revived interest in classical forms and ideas that saturated European and American intellectual thought, fine arts and politics during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries” ("Neoclassicism", 2010). “Neoclassicism was a transatlantic phenomenon” ("Neoclassicism", 2010). Neoclassical artist seem to not have shown emotion in the artwork from the look on Napoleons face. “Careful examination of the details embedded in this portrait reveals the key to David's success as a painter during the time of Louis XVI, Robespierre, and Napoleon: the artist's ability to transform his subjects into politically powerful icons” (Kress, 2014). “Napoleon is standing in the center of the room wearing is military uniform” (Kress, 2014). “David strategically placed the sword on the chair to allude to Napoleon's military success, while the prominent display of the word "Code" in his papers, suggests his administrative achievements” (Kress, 2014). “Impressionism is a 19th century artistic movement that swept much of the painting and sculpture styles of the period” ("Impressionism Art of Impressionist", 2012). “It was not just a passing fad but has defined an entirely modern way of expressing one’s artistry that eventually rubbed of in other art forms like...
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...Development of Naturalistic Style: Italian Painting Byzantine art was prominent from the 5th century up until the 14th century, extracting influence from ancient Greece. Although, in the early 14th century, the Italian artists began to break out of that style of art and began a new naturalistic style. From the 1300s and on, this new style began to spread its influence throughout Italy, while still retaining some traces of maniera greca .This transition from Greek style, seen in Bonaventura Berlinghieri’s work St. Francis ( Church of San Francesco of Pescia), of c. 1236, to a more naturalistic style used partly in Cimabue’s work Virgin and Child Enthroned ( Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence) of c. 1280, and more clearly and deliberately in Giotto’s Virgin and Child Enthroned ( Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence) of c. 1305-1310, seems to come to a halt, or even revert back to maniera greca, when we look at a work of art done in Russia in the early 16th century. This work of art is known as the Enthroned Mother of God with Saints (The Menil Collection, Houston). Maniera greca is used to describe art that is derived from ancient Greece. Some of the most common aesthetic qualities are deep contrasts of highlights and shadows, gilding, lack of naturalistic qualities, and the use of icons. One of the most popular examples of classic Byzantine style is the work done by Bonaventura Berlinghieri in 1236, St. Francis, which incorporates common aspects of maniera greca. Berlinghieri...
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...In 1730, the painting titled Fête Champetre was created by Jean-Baptiste Pater using the medium of oil on canvas. This work of art depicts the visual elements of color, light, line, composition, and space, all of which correspond to the conventions of its Rococo artistic movement. After Baroque art lost its popularity, it was replaced with Rococo art. The French Monarch named King Louis the XIV, who lived at the Palace of Versailles, was very interested in classical styles and classical conventions before Rococo art became known (Rococo lecture notes). When the king passed away in 1717, the Rococo style came to light. Because his son was too young to rule, a Duke relative took over as the temporary ruler, and moved the aristocracy to Paris, France (Rococo art lecture). By doing so, more French conventions were established and their art moved away from classical styles to the Rococo style. The Rococo style depicts the well-dressed French aristocracy doing leisurely things in a park or country setting, which is known as fête galante (Stokstad, 1141) Color plays a role in this two-dimensional artwork. Like many other Rococo paintings, Fête Champetre shows the use of pastel colors. One of the key Rococo conventions was pastel pinks and greens (Rococo art lecture), which acts as the overall color scheme in this panting, though there are other colors, too. The pastel pinks and greens can be seen in the trees and some of the clothing on the people. Another color style portrayed in...
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...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 same title of realists. Edward Hopper was an American realist, who sought to portray American urban and rural life during a period of hard times. Although he has been given the title of a realist his artistic style does not completely comply with his soft approach and simplified details, thus he is depicting what is...
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...various styles of painting, many artists accomplished how to artistically make charming and elegant pictures. The style basically describes the way an art work looks like. Style can also be referred to the manner that the artist uses to illustrate his work. It also reflects how the artist expresses his own perception about the artwork. Artworks that have the same specific features are examined to have a common style. The way an artist takes care of the medium, method and technique also has a big hand in determining the style of the artwork. Like I mentioned before, there are many painting styles and methods. Impressionism and post impressionism are one of the many methods of painting that exist. These styles relate to significant...
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...Essay Revolution Of Art On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt by the French painter Claude Monet is one of the few great paintings that truly embody Impressionism. Claude Monet painted mainly with oil paints and canvas, using very characteristic small strokes and dabs of paint. Many of his paintings transmit a tranquil, soft feeling to the beholder because of this. He generally didn't use strongly contrasting colors or very strong colors. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt was painted in 1868 on the Seine River in the Northwestern Portion of France. This painting depicts Monet’s future wife, Camille Doncieux, gazing across the Seine River at a village not too far off in the distance. The ability this painting has to capture the eye is amazing and unique, and allows you to fully appreciate the Impressionist Art Movement. The scene that is portrayed here is one of a woman sitting on the grass above banks of the River Seine. The woman’s hat is on her right hand side and both are covered in a patch of shade. To her left hand side is an enormous tree that provides the shade for her and the lawn. The woman is looking away ahead with her back turned towards us. In the river ahead you can see a couple in a small boat rowing down the river. You can also see the reflection of the house in the house in the water that is covered by the trees. This painting has a fresh and relaxed tone/feeling to itself. My initial reaction was impressed. I feel as Claude did an excellent job with...
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...Agnolo di Cosimo who was more commonly known as Bronzino created Allegory with Venus and Cupid around the mid 1540’s. This painting is considered one of the strangest paintings in the sixteenth century but is also a prime example of Mannerist art. The painting has also been identified as “Triumph of Venus” and “Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time”. It is an oil on panel painting measuring 57 ½ x 46”, and is housed in the national gallery in London, England today. Bronzino was born in Florence, Italy, and began his painting career first as the student of Raffaellino del Garbo, and later the apprenctice of Jacopo Pontormo. Pontormo’s mannerist style had a great influnece on Bronzino who worked by his side not only as his apprentice but also as his partner so to speak in the cloister at the Certosa di Galluzzo. While working with Pontormo, Bronzino developed a style of mannerism that was more literal and his response to the subject-matter less sensitive, unlike his master. During the 1530’s Bronzino achieved his greatest distinction as a portrait painter, and by the early 1540s he had become the leading exponent in Florence. There are seven figures whose identities have left many scholars at great debate, two masks and a dove that takes up the foreground plane. When examined individually each figure exaggerates poses in a graceful almost dance like form, known as "figura serpentinata" (a 'serpentine' or spiralling) pose, which was ideal for mannerist artwork. Venus while being...
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...Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire Christina Kapua ARTS/100 April 18, 2013 Taurie Kinoshita Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire The Romans ingeniously display majestic art while incorporating function and purpose to build an empire. The Romans had many forms in which they created art. They adorned their city, homes, and palaces with paintings, sculptures, and grand architectural structures. Rome admired and emulated the artistry of the Greek, Egyptians, and Celtic designs. They learned engineering techniques from the Etruscans that has developed Rome’s historical development and style. With its influence of other cultures, Romans have established its own characteristics of ancient classical Rome, which has carved a pathway to many forms of artwork in the past and present time. The different genre that Rome has influenced is two-dimensional arts, sculpture, and architecture; with significant contributors, such as Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Benini. Historical Development and Evolution of Style Influenced by the Etruscans and inspired by the Greeks, the Romans artistry evolved to display realism and power. Romans learned practical and advanced engineering techniques from the Etruscans that began the groundwork for the vast buildings built to serve the needs of a growing population. After the overthrow of Greece majority of their artwork, and sculptures were brought back to Rome to adorn their city and palaces. Many Greek artists migrated to Rome to impart...
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...lot of her works.(ole Miss) She does a lot of landscape painting that include people, animals, and nature. She was basically a self-taught artist besides taking a few classes at the University(ole Miss). Theora Hamblett’s INSERT TITLE HERE, is a painting and paint is the medium used. The dimensions of this piece are INSERT SIZE HERE. The pointillist technique is used and Hamblett is known for using this technique in her other paintings as well. There are a variety of colors used in the piece including green, violet, blue, white, black, red-violet and yellow. There is a mix between warm and cool colors but the overall composition feels very warm and inviting.The warm colors mix with the cool colors gives the painting some extra depth. Color is very important to me when critiquing artwork because it has such a powerful effect on the mood. The mood of this piece is happy and joyful and she uses the right colors to help enhance that mood.Less than ten colors are used here, but the color palette is very bright and the colors stand out against each other. The four trees take up most of the composition and drawer the viewer in to see the circle of women standing underneath the trees.I would say the focal point of the piece is in the center of the circle of women, but I find that my eyes drift around the trees when I view it. The style or brush stroke to create the trees in her work is brilliant by far the best technique or style that she uses in the composition. While the trees are...
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...artisans paint in exceedingly different styles. For two reasons, both artists used different techniques to express emotion, in their subjects; as well as; their approach to their shading and attention to details. In the Dutch Baroque period shadows were used to express the tone of the painting. In Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” the setting takes place during daylight, however because of its dark background and use of shadows, it appears to be nighttime. The tone of this painting is very dramatic in emotion and reinforced by the overall darkness. Where as Vermeer’s paintings display a lighter canvas, Vermeer used a new revolutionary technique called Camera Obscura, a dark box with only one hole to allow light to shine through. As evident in “the Kitchen Maid,” the light in the portrait does not come from the open window, but instead appears to be shining through a circular hole. Even though a majority of the painting is dark, it does not portray a grave tone much like “The Night Watch.”...
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...Woodland art, a genre of painting, was originated by the First Nations people from northern Ontario and southwestern Manitoba. The woodland style was founded by a man named Norval Morrisseau, an Ojibwe artist from Northern Ontario. His paintings represented traditional oral stories and history, as well as dreams and visions. The art itself is quite distinguishable, including drawings of outlines, x-ray views of animals and humans, and many aboriginal symbols. The colours involved in these paintings are bright and vivid, and reflect the inner reality of inner beings. The Inner Child Healing of the Bear Clan Sweatlodge is a painting by Mark Anthony Jacobson that represents many aspects of the First Nation’s beliefs and spirituality. This painting uses many elements of the woodland style and while representing important aboriginal beliefs such as unity, spiritual healing, and interconnectedness....
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...Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh 1889 Oil on Canvas a. Describe the subject matter of each of these two paintings [10] The subject matter of both paintings is self portrait, in which case would be Affandi and van Gogh respectively. In Affandi’s Self Portrait, the subject matter depicted is like the title aptly puts, himself, albeit in a more unconventional and abstracted manner. This is as opposed to the more realistic manner in which van Gogh has depicted himself in Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear. In Self Portrait, Affandi has characterised himself as a semi-abstracted figure against a plain background, with the highly detailed face in stark contrast with his torso, which as suggested by its dark green contour only (without any colouring within), appears to only be vaguely apparent. Affandi also seems to be placing extreme focus on the human emotions or mood, presumably meant to be conveyed by the extremely detailed expression on the face that he has painted. In fact,everything is lumped together (in fact, most of the colours used) on the face in his painting. Upon closer examination, one would find that Affandi’s face as depicted in this work is actually more of a mass of red rather than anything else, and lined with blobs of different colours (namely yellow and green) presumably to represent the hair. Details on the face are not clearly made out, rather only a faint outline of the eyebrows, eyes and nose is apparent. This is as opposed to Self Portrait...
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...BFA in painting. She is also attended the University of Chicago, Maryland Institute, and College of Arts. These colleges led her to be the first full-time student to be featured in New American Paintings. Ever since then she has featured her paintings abroad in places such as, Germany, Nicaragua, England and Canada. Recently, she has travelled to parts of Asia, which currently influences her art. In the Tonya’s Gregg Art Exhibition at Curtis Harley Gallery, she featured some of her paintings and drawings. This series featured a woman and three cherubs. Throughout her work this woman drifts through her own life and these cherubs, or the truths of life, guide her. In one of her paintings titled Dance in the Forest, the woman and one of the cherubs are missing. This particular painting features two of the cherubs....
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...The painting on the left, Quince was painted by Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren. Painted in 1690 it is done in a quite simple manner and pattern with a concise style. It has with very little detail or depth and a plain background. The soft colors and cool tones in his paintings were usually done in ink monochrome. It is a balanced composition especially since the major part of the Quince is shown in the left lower corner which is balanced by the calligraphy in the right upper corner. Even though it is recognizable as fruit, it is done in such a simplistic manner it isn’t very realistic compared to the painting at right. The still life painting Still Life of Fruit and Flowers on the right was painted by Flemish artist Clara Peeters in 1619. It is much more formal and detailed with a wide range of colors and hues and lighting. The colors range from light to the dark background which provides depth. It is a very balanced composition with the flowers on the left, a basket of apples in the center and an elevated bowl of grapes on the right. Each vase or basket is unique in shape, size and color. All the items are painted sitting on the surface of a table with a variety of small items to add interest. It is painted in a very realistic manner and viewed...
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