In this essay am going to talk about an oil painting called ‘Joseph Sturge’ by an artist ‘Alexander
Rippingille’. ‘Joseph Sturge’ is a businessperson, English Quaker, abolitionist, activist and leader
of the ‘Birmingham Anti- Slavery Sociality’ created in ‘1826’. ‘Joseph Sturge’ worked in ‘radical
political’ actions supporting the pacifism, working class right and finally universal emancipation of
slaves. Year 1830 ‘Joseph Sturge’ published books that contained information about apprenticeship
system in Jamaica this helped persuade the British parliament to adopt an earlier full emancipation
date. Finally, he would find villages free with ‘Baptists’ to provide the living area for free slaves.
It was the positioning of the
painting that drew me to
seeing it and behind that wall
so as you walked to the next
room you will see it. In
addition, the way the black
boys was positioned made me
wonder on why he was there
in the first place because you
can see the scary emotion to
having suggesting he is scared on what’s happening. In addition, Joseph Sturge does not have a
shammed emotion he has a straight face expression suggesting he does not care.
I know that the painting is an oil painting because it is the texture quality of
it suggesting oil paint looks old but still shows that detail as well. In
addition you can tell that it is an oil paint because of the smell you see that
every type of painting has its distinct smell to it. I can actually see evidence
of mark making because you can see little lines over the background of the painting suggesting the
curator of the painting has done each line to succeed. For example you have an image and you
zoomed the fullest then you will see the s...
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...ry”. (Stephen Hobhouse, 2013, p.35)
Stephen Hobhouse. (2013). Emancipation in West Indies. In: Forgotten Books JOSEPH STURGE His Life AND Work.. London: Forgotten Books. p35.
Stephen Hobhouse. (2013). Emancipation in West Indies. In: Forgotten Books JOSEPH STURGE His Life AND Work.. London: Forgotten Books. P37.
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August Benziger . (2013). Paints Worlds Elect. In: August Benziger Portraits of Great Men and Women of Our Time. London: Forgotten Books. P7.
“President”. (August Benziger, 2013, p.7)
On Saturday, March 15, 2014, I visited the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The gallery #753, which is a part of so-called American Wing, features oil paintings of the revolutionary period in America. The paintings seen in this gallery celebrate heroes and hard-fought battles of the new nation. The most popular type of painting of that time remained portraiture. Portraits in extremely large numbers figured in interiors, where they were arranged to convey not only domestic, but political messages as well. Hence, it is natural, that such iconic figure like George Washington became a model for numerous artists of that era, including Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale, for whom Washington actually sat. Two exceptional portraits of Washington, the general and the the first President of the United States are highlighted in this paper.
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14. Turner, Mary. Slaves and Missionaries: The Disintegration of Jamaican Slave Society 1787-1834. (1982). University of Illinois Press.
The majority of the nearly 500,000 slaves on the island, at the end of the eighteenth century endured some of the worst slave conditions in the Caribbean. These people were seen as disposable economic inputs in a colony driven by greed. Thus, they receive...
The painting has realistic 3 dimensional space by the use of linear perspective and chiaroscuro. It also looks to be 2 dimensional as well, because it almost looks like some influence on the Japanese print, like flat patches of paint. The lines converge from the edges of the paint to the center letting off the effect of a background and a foreground. It looks as though the trash is in the foreground and the man is in the background. In the back of the painting, it is darker which also adds to the effect of the 3 dimensional space.
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
Klein, Martin A. “French West Indies.” Slavery and Colonial Role in French West Africa. Cambridge:
Johnson, Geraldine A. Renaissance Art, A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
9. Bouguereau, William A. Psyche et L'Amour. 1889. Private Collection. Art In the Picture. 2014. 25 Jan. 2014 .
During my trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario, I found there to be one painting that surely stood out and made an unique impression on me, it was certainly a painting unlike the rest of the in the gallery. When my eyes met those of the portrait of Dr. Heinrich by Otto Dix, I was deeply intrigued and found myself to be drawn to the piece and inspecting it the longest out of the all the options of paintings that I saw at the AGO.
Hicks, Carola. "Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfi Portrait.”
enough for it to be classed as art? To understand this we have to look
This topic was selected to widen the researchers understanding of the real reason slavery was abolished in the British West Indies as well as why sources have differing opinions.
images in this painting, all of which have the power to symbolize to us, the viewer, of the painter’s
“The “Portrait of a woman with a man at a casement” dates from around 1440-1444. It is made with tempera on wood by a Florentine artist, Fra Filippo Lippi. The painting is 64,1 x 41,9 cm. A very interesting detail is the message on the cuff of the woman, reading the word “lealtà” which is Italian for loyalty. The painting is part of the Marquand Collection and is to be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was given as a gift by Henry G. Marquand in 1889.”