Jean Antoine Watteau was born October 10, 1684 in France. He was a French rococo artist in the 18th century during the Rococo art movement, which was when the interest of color and movement was a new career growth. Rococo painting was light, airy, frilly and bejeweled, which is fitting as it was intended for the powerful aristocracy and wealthy upper-middle class (Biography of Jean Antonio Watteau 2017). Watteau gained his love or interest in theater and ballet after studying with Claude Guillot who painted scenery for stages. Watteau enjoyed the curved lines and decorative nature scenes, which enhanced his love for the theater and fascination with design (artble.com). He developed a unique style of painting with an elegance, which he gained critical attention. He ignored society's previous expectations of the turgid life and embraced the lofty notion of people enjoying the freedom of their own lives and becoming one with nature (artble.com). Watteau …show more content…
started painting scenes of social merrymaking and then lead him into the more sorrowful characters. Jean Antoine Watteau was known as a sickly man, he had health issues growing up but, in his 30’s he was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
He went to live a seclusion life style during his last remaining year of life Watteau continued to paint until his death, shortly after he painted figure 1 Mezzetin Watteau passed away at the age of 36 (Biography of Jean Antonio Watteau 2017). The painting of Mezzetin is an oil on canvas with the dimensions of 55.3 x 43.2 cm. The painting represents a stage setting, with a back drop behind the guitarist. There seems to be a statue of a women, with her back turned toward Mezzetin. He sits and plays his guitar with a solemn face as if he is hurting on the inside. His shoulders are turned in a way of longing or sorrow, his neck seems flushed, and it looks as if he might have a five o’clock shadow on his face. Watteau uses pastel colors with a neutral palette except for the head piece he wears on his head, along with the cloak draped over his shoulder are a bright pink or reddish
color. Jean Antonio Watteau painted the ‘La gamme d’amour’ (The Love Song) with oil on canvas. The painting seems to depict two musicians tuning up before their performance, the guitarist seems to be tuning the guitar with the woman’s singing voice. The focus of the composition is in the relationship of the guitar player, and the brightly colored costume of the woman seated on the ground beside him (Artble.com). Above the guitarist you can see a marble statue of a bearded man, to the right there are other figures in the painting who pay no attention to the main characters, but instead are in their own little groups. In figure 2, you will be able to depict the nature scene in the background and the diagonal line separating the two figures crossed by the other, extending from the feet of the girl to the top of the guitar, guitar and music book overlapping the center (Artble.com). Jean Antonio Watteau painted people living in happiness or harmony with nature. He was known for the use of color and the bright palette. It seems to me that his use of color was used in romantic themes. The way he used lighting and shadow in his themes was different for every piece of art he made. According to some, the perspective of Watteau’s paintings was simple, and his viewpoint was at eye-level (artble.com). He painted the figures close to life like with proportionate bodies of all sizes.
Philippe Petit changed numerous peoples’ thoughts about the Twin Towers when he performed his high wire walk between them in 1974. Before Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974, people weren’t certain how they felt about the construction of the World Trade Center. After Philippe performed, people began to warm up to the idea of the towers. Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974. This event prompted Andrew McMahon to write the song “Platform Fire” about this event for his band, Jack’s Mannequin. This song was not a hit for the band; however, fans of Jack’s Mannequin seem to have a special place in their heart for it.
Watteau’s last painting, the Enseigne de Gersaint, a gift to his friend, the picture dealer Edame Gersaint, was a signboard. It has to be acknowledged, that Watteau’s signboard however, is of a somewhat different nature. The painting transcended the boundaries of the commercial genre and was recognized as a true work of art.
Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter, as well as a fine draftsman. He was born and raised in a wealthy family in Paris on December 2, 1859. He lived a short life of thirty-one year of age, and in his time, Seurat not only invented his style of pointillism, but he also became the first Neo-Impressionist. In pointillism, Seurat used miniscule dots of various colors on a base color to produce the local color. This creates an optical mixture from afar for the viewer and makes the image livelier. As the first Neo-Impressionist, he systematically painted his works instead of the rough brushworks of the earlier Impressionists (Chu 410-411, Gage 452, Georges). Since Seurat first started to dig deep into the arts when he was merely sixteen, he really changed the modern art world within 15 years; barely half of his life! Seurat truly worked hard to get the reputation he has today and his works are unquestionably phenomenal through his techniques he used.
Exploring Modern Day Artists: Jean- Michel Basquiat. Jean- Michel Basquiat also known as SAMO, is an amazing and inspirational modern day artist known for his neo-expression graffiti and paintings which consist of distinctive symbols, diagrams and a series of imagery which symbolized his heritage, struggles through life, and a new youthful movement which inspired experimental artists to express themselves. Being the descendant of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry, Basquiat’s diverse culture is a main factor behind his creative tactics and his artwork. Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 22, 1960.
In 1861 Cezanne moved to Paris, but it only lasted about six months. He suffered from depression and decided to move home, wondering if he had chosen the wrong career. After a year of working with his father, he decided to give painting another try. The first six months back in Paris were very hard on the new artist. He had failed the entrance exam at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, which was the official painting school in Paris. At the same time his artwork was rejected at The Salon, the official art exhibition of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. While in Paris, he met Camille Pissarro an Impressionist painter. Pissarro was able to help the young developing artist. The more mature artist was able to mentored Cezanne and over the course of their friendship they started working on projects together, wo...
Henri Matisse, the leader of the Fauvist movement and master of aesthetic order, was born in Le Cateau-Cambresis in northern France on December 31, 1869. The son of a middle-class family, he studied and began to practice law. In 1890, however, while recovering slowly from an attack of appendicitis, his mother bought him a paint set and he became intrigued by the practice of painting. In 1892, having given up his law career, he went to Paris to study art formally. His first teachers were academically trained and relatively conservative, Matisse’s own early style was a conventional form of naturalism, and he made many copies after the old masters. He also studied more contemporary art, especially that of the impressionists, and he began to experiment, earning a reputation as a rebellious member of his studio classes.
David, born on August 30, 1748 in Paris, France, was a skilled painter during the French Revolution. He went to College des Quatre-Nations. His father was killed in a duel when he was a young boy, and his mother left him with his wealthy architect uncles. They wanted to send him to a school that centered on architecture, but finally accepted his dream to become a painter. While trying to pursue his dreams, he went to study with Francois Boucher. Boucher was a Rococo painter, but primarily a distant relative to David. Boucher didn’t have the same artistic view as David however, especially since the times were changing, so he sent him to his friend Joseph-Marie Vien. Vien was a painter who embraced the classical reaction to Rococo. While studying with Vien, David attempted to win the Prix de Rome four times. The first three trials ended in failure, but David did not give up. Finally, in 1774, he won. David met many influential people that helped him with his art while in Italy. It was the opportunity of a lifetime to mount to something so special and close to his heart. He even painted with Raphael Mengs and Johann Joachim Winckelmann. These two artists helped him to improve in his artistic abilities. Without their influential help, David’s work probably wouldn’t have sky...
Vincent was an influential post-Impressionist painter born in 1853, Netherlands. With Theo van Gogh’s association, Vincent met reputable Impressionist painters such as Émile Henri Bernard and Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin. Impressionism served as a platform for Vincent in developing his own style . He explored with colours, a stark contrast from his usual dark and sombre style. The influence of Japonisme charmed Vincent into residing in Arles where he began painting landscapes. Thereafter, Vincent voluntarily checked into Saint-Rémy sanatorium where his works reflected strong colours and lights of the countryside around him. His manic depression and epileptic condition, led to his suicide on July 27th 1890.
Vincent van Gogh lived from 1853 to 1890 and is arguably the most famous painter of the post-impressionism era of art. His painting style was often
Henri Matisse was born December 31st, 1869 to two storeowners, Emile and Heloise Matisse. His father wanted him to be a lawyer, so later on in life he could takeover the family business. They sent him to Henri Martin Grammar School where he studied to be a lawyer. There was a hint of artist in Henri because while working as a lawyer’s assistant he took up a drawing course (Essers 7). It was for curtain design but it seemed to be destiny for a lawyer’s assistant to take up such a distant hobby as drawing.
The Francois Vase is a large Attic black-figure style volute-krater vase used for wine dated 570-565 BCE. Black-figure denotes the stylistic effect of portraying Greek men in a dark colour as opposed to women as paler in shade whereas volute-krater describes the vase’s handles. This vase was molded by Ergotimos and then painted by Kleitias. Both of these figures are highly regarded Athenian artists. In 1845, it was discovered in fragments by namesake archeologist Alessandro Francois in Chiusi, Etruria, central Italy; at the moment, it is permanently on display in the Museo Archeologico in Florence. Several of its pieces are still missing, though it has been reconstructed in its original form. An image of the vase can be seen in the “For Reference” page at the end of this paper. The Francois vase is considered a landmark in the evolution of ancient Greek pottery due to its amalgamation of various related stories depicted in separate strips on a sole vase. In total, there are 270 figures that represent several mythological themes. Mythological figures, such as Meleager, Peleus, Theseus, Achilles, Patroclus,
Henri Matisse was famous for his unique movements and styles of art. He was best known as a Fauve painter, and was a large part of the modern art movement. He contributed to modern art, by keeping up with the artistic movements and trends, but also held on to the classical artistic styles of the past. While his work continued some of the stylitsic qualities of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, he was interested and involved, mostly, in Fauvism. He, like many other artists of this movement, emphasized strong colors over realistic and basic colors, found in Impressionism. One of his most famous pieces, The Dance (1909-1910) had two versions. The first piece, Dance I, resembled that of more classical styles of art, with its
“The swinging women of Watteau and Fragonard” by Donald Posner talks about the characterization of woman on swing. The author goes through with a timeline where he starts with early use of a swing in drawings with changes during the 18th century. Woman on swing in the early the 18th century was represented as feminine, the ambition of love from a man. Another statement author gives was the effect of rococo artists representing the feminine with the idea in 18th century. Lastly, the representation of love created some erotic metaphors in the paintings.
Fauve’s art were different in each other of their own exclusive ways, but they all have the same origin, different feelings but same structure. They all did different mediums as well; for an example like I said they used art to express music, literature, and an emotional vision of the world from their perspective. Artist like Henri Matisse and André Derain with many more artists’ art was bright colored, exciting, attractive, and vividly expressed within their hands. They used communicative colors like red to show pain and hurt or blood or even the items that within the painting that describes the mood. Or another example could be Henri Matisse 'The Open Window, Collioure', 1905; he used his colors wisely and intensely. Most of the artist used oil, oil on canvas, and paint. Each piece of art work was used to perfection. ...
Paul Gauguin was a leading French post impressionist artist whose focus was his imagination. He worked in a studio and experimented with color. His wo...