Action Painting Changing concerns in the field of theory and practice reflected developments in the social and economic structures after the horrible events of World War II. The complex relationship between the loss of faith in the Enlightenment’s promise that rationality would produce increased freedom and changes in cultural value systems caused by revolutionary developments in science and technology brought into focus natural contradictions in modern thinking. Abstract Expressionists of
The paintings Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, by Guido Reni and Cupid Chastised, by Bartolomeo Manfredi are both 17th century visual representations of a story. The story behind Salome is the interesting biblical story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, as it’s title suggests. The story goes that Salome performed a dance for the king and his guests. Herod Antipas saw Salome’s dance and was so impressed, and drunk, that he promised to give her whatever she asked of him. After
Now that there is an understanding of the paintings and their history we will compare and contrast the elements of design of each painting. The first element of design that will be looked at is line. Line has two characteristics, one is direction and the other is linear quality. Direction of line is “related to our experience of gravity” (Notes). These lines can be either horizontal or vertical. Horizontal lines are calm and balanced lines as seen in “The Death of Socrates”. Vertical lines “defy
watercolourist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1881) best known today for creating painting often featuring expressive colours and violent maritime landscapes. Turner Flint Castle is a landscape that measures 26.5 cm high by 39.1 cm wide. It was recently sold in 2010 at an auction at Sotheby’s in London for £541,250 to an anonymous private collector, therefore it is not known where it is currently exposed. The painting represents fishermen and shrimpers working while the sun is rising behind Flint
it is not always possible to identify a stylistic link between his paintings. He appears to have emerged out of no major apprenticeship, and to have had little immediate influence in terms of apprenticed successors, but his works are now considered to have been revolutionary and influential on subsequent artists" (1). One of Correggio's famous paintings was the Disposition From The Cross. The subject matter discussed in this painting in Jesus Christ taken down from the cross that he was ... ... middle
Reproduction Businesses of Thomas Kinkade’s painting When I read the article by Susan Orlean, I am very aware of the big business Thomas Kinkade is trying to create by reproducing his original paintings mechanically using digital technique, but I have also carefully examined whether this article which discusses about the reproduction of his art works has a correlation with Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”. A certain emotion or an “aura” is said to
“The Four Seasons” by Leon Frederic was the most stood out painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “The Four Seasons” is named appropriately to describe the meaning after the oil paintings. When I look at these oil paintings I see or think about the different seasons we have in a year, and the change it brings to the nature. This particular art piece by Leon Frederic seems to be about the different seasons and what makes each of them different. “The Four Seasons” shows the different seasons by
attention from the bottom to the top. Meanwhile, the styles are different from each other and Peter’s painting is full of dramatic expression. The Baroque painting technique was brushy and often eliminated outlines. When comparing the works of Raphael’s “Madonna in the Meadow” 1506 to “David slaying Goliath” it symbolizes the influence of Leonardo’s pyramidal composition. The styles in both paintings are different because one is dramatic and the others as a more classical feel like the “Madonna in
is rather easy to see nature as momentary and ever changing. Monet’s haystacks were constantly yet subtly changing with the passing hours of the day and with the changes of the seasons. Wheatstacks, snow effect, morning is the particular haystack painting that will be focused on. Van Gogh’s The sower (in the setting sun), focuses on complementary colors and symbolism which allows us to view nature in a monumental and more eternal way. One of Van Gogh’s main interests were to paint farming subjects
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel. It a full length dual portrait, of the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is one of the most original and intricate paintings in Western art, because of its beauty, and allowance of the picture space with the use of a mirror. His wife is not pregnant but holding up her skirted dress in the present-day fashion. The Arnolfini Portrait provides a clear
will be evaluated is the painting Souvenir I, 1997 which represents the loss of cultural figures such as John F. Kennedy, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy and it represents civil rights. The first part of this paper will provide a general description of the visit such as the surroundings of the museum and the reactions of the patron’s and personnel and other exhibits that were viewed. Furthermore, the creation, location, and function of this painting will be discussed a long
The paintings of Van Gogh and Jacques-Louis David are two art works that at first glance seems very different. For instance, they have dissimilar content, but they do use the same elements. Therefore, they contain some similarities. Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles looks straightforward and natural. It is a modest portrayal of a scene that we see every day. It vividly displays variation in colors through the objects, as well as other elements like directional lines and implied depth. The perspective in
1870. The Argentinian was widely known for possessing exemplary skills in portrait practice but also included rural genres scenes in his artistic productions. In 1861, the artist released a 76 by 166 centimetres painting known as El Rodeo or The Rodeo, which is a rural genre. The painting was an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Ontario but originally donated to the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Buenos Aires by Alberto V. Lopez in 1386 (Picturing the Americas, 38). The Rodeo, painted by Prillidiano
Although they both belong to the ‘Early Italian Collection (c.1400 - 1500)’ and share some similarities — as many Renaissance paintings do, they are still very different works. This may be due to a number of reasons: their training, their handling of the medium, or simply the desired function of the painting. In
depiction of a subject was very straight forward. A painting had to look like what it represented. The truth was absolute and right and wrong were clearly defined. For Modernists, the world is much more obscure. In Impressionist paintings, lines are not definite and things tend to blur together. Faces usually do not differentiate one person from another. Cubism takes the opposite route for the same effect. Solid lines are drawn, but the painting itself is usually more abstract (as with Picasso)
anonymity. The portrait itself is named after the monk, but a vast expansive sea drowns out any thought that the monk is the actual subject of the painting; rather it alludes to how man truly occupies little space in this world and a need to heel to the divine.
Araspas (1631) and Bartolomeo Manfredi’s Cupid Chastised (1613) contain three central figures, two male and one female, and engage with classical information. Both of these rectangular oil paintings present ideas on the danger of love and repression of sexuality. However, each artist's construction of the body, action, and interaction colors these discussions. Through these modes, Manfredi presents a more physical conception of erotic love while De La Hyre presents a more detached idea of temptation
specialized in gruesome, dramatic paintings that masterfully employ Baroque techniques. This is one of her paintings from a series of paintings depicting the death of Assyrian General Holofernes entitled Judith Slaying Holofernes. Religious imagery was one of the main focuses of at the time, and the death of Holofernes was a popular topic to paint. Many other artists painted this scene, but none of them embodied the Baroque spirit as well. This a dramatic, gruesome painting where you can see the effort
A proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality, Rubens is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. Rubens departed Flanders for Italy in 1600 and remained there until 1608. During these years he studied Italian renaissances and baroque. When he went back to home, he painted “The Elevation of the Cross”
Dali; Reborn into Religion Salvador Dali's painting, The Sacrament of the Last Supper (Oil on canvas, 65 ¾ x 105 ½ in., c. 1955), portrays one of the most famous scenes from the Bible. This painting has been created many times throughout history by many different artists, one of the most famous is by Leonardo da Vinci, but Dali’s version is very different. Salvador Dali is most famously known for being a Surrealist artist, but that is not the only style he experimented with. After a big life change