Johannes Vermeer was born on October, 31st 1632, in Delft, Netherlands, and died December, 16 1675. Jan was one of the best artists during that period of time. He, had many successes, but one painting that capture everyone’s attention was, Girl with a Pearl Earring, an 18 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. Size portrait, painted in 1655, and represented to be an oil on canvas painting. This portrait can be viewed in Mauritshuis, The Hague. The genre of this painting is a historical fiction, as in the subject it was about daily life situations, and an ordinary girl. Johannes Vermeer made this painting be a representational, because it showed is emotions, patients, and dedication. Also, it represents a woman and how this painting became to be. Girl with a Pearl Earring,
The Sistine Madonna in the Royal Gallery at Dresden, Saxony The most beautiful picture in the world is the Sistine Madonna in the Royal Gallery at Dresden, Saxony. It was painted by Raphael as an altar-piece for a church in Piacenza, Italy. In a far corner of the great Palace of Art it is now placed, probably to remain until the colors shall fade. It is the only picture in the room. The figures are of life size.
The first characters who were affected by this painting are Johannes and Magdalena Van der Meer. Johannes is the artist who painted the work of art, and Magdalena, his daughter, was his inspiration for it. Johannes was changed by the painting in an odd way. He had been struggling to make his next great piece and found inspiration in his daughter, however he asks himself “Was it possible to paint with good conscience what he didn’t understand?” (162). He
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, located in the Art Institute of Chicago, is one of the most recognizable paintings of the 19th century, a painting made by Frenchman Georges Seurat. Finished in 1886, it has gained much of its recognition over the time of its completion; the pop culture of today has played a pivotal role into the popularity of it. An example of that is being apart in one of the most recognizable scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where one of the main characters is solely staring at the painting until he can’t even recognize the artwork. This painting also gets much attention because it was an early example of the style of pointillism, at the time; pointillism was becoming a new way of expressing one self with the new technique. It also brought upon about the way we saw paintings, and what we gained from the artwork as whole. In all this painting has become an icon in the art scene, due to the technique it used, and how much of an impact it has had in today culture.
In Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace (1884), we are shown what happens when people are not grateful for the circumstances they do have. We meet Mathilde Loisel, a selfish, conceited and ungrateful wife to M. Loisel. M. Loisel is not rich, but he does everything in his power to bless his wife, Mathilde, with material things to try and make her happy. What he is unaware of is the toils and trouble that awaits him for bending over backwards for Mathilde. Mathilde is always unhappy where she feels destiny has placed her unjustly. She, in the end, learns the trouble of her ways and thoughts, and becomes the essence of what she told herself she has been given – poor. Mathilde must become humble in order to live her life without fear of being
Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned and Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn share several visual attributes. While observing the works beside each other the viewer can locate multiple similarities, but in order to understand these works we must picture them separately first in order to then link the reasons for these overlaps in depiction. While also the pointing out the differences that show the uniqueness of the artist's hand and the era in which they were created. Both works depict the image of a woman with a gold background, yet with this over simplified assertion, one must add that these women depicted hold large influence and significance for the era they represent. For Gold Marilyn Warhol looked back at Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned to parallel elements such as the feel of opulence and nobility, a flat but meaningful composition, and the depiction of a vastly represented public persona,
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which he began in 1503 and left incomplete at the time of the his death in 1519. Leonardo da Vinci worked on the painting in both Milan and Florence and The Virgin and Child with St. Anne currently resides at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. The Virgin and Child with St. Anne depicts the virgin Mary sitting on the lap of St. Anne, Mary’s mother, while Mary reaches down and gently restrains her son, the Christ child, who is playing with a lamb. The painting was executed in oils on poplar wood and is still in excellent condition today. A picture of The Virgin and Child with St. Anne can be seen at the following web address http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/The_Virgin_and_Child_with_St._Anne_%28Leonardo_da_Vinci%29.PNG
Vincent Van Gogh was a really unique individual. He was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland. He was raised by both his father and mother while growing up, and shared his parents with three sisters and two brothers. He was sixteen years old he when he started working at an art gallery and started to learn a lot about being an art dealer. He ended up moving away in order to sell art, but in 1875 he decided to leave the art dealing and devote his life to evangelism. His parents supported the decision and helped him to begin a ministry with miners in Borinage. By age 27, Van Gogh ended up moving back home to live with his parents and decided he was going to focus on art and drawing even though he did not have any experience. He ended up moving away to live near his cousin to take drawing lessons. While he was taking lessons from his cousin Mauve, he started dating a pregnant prostitute whom had a child out of wedlock already. Her name was Sien Hoomik. When his cousin Mauve found out about the relationship, he turned on Van Gogh and stopped lessons immediately. Soon after the lessons ended, Van Gogh ended up breaking off the relationship with Hoomik. Van Gogh ended up moving back home once again shortly after the relationship ended. When he got home, he discovered a new artist, Millet. Van Gogh was fascinated by his work. He started to try to copy his techniques and work and make it his own at the same time. In 1884 He started focusing on weathered hands and completed his painting, The Potato Eater’s. Though this painting was never known as his best after his life, it did get some attention at the time. In 1886 Van Gogh ended up moving to Paris to live with his brother, Theo. Theo always supported Van Go...
Van Gogh was a Post Impressionist artist who painted expressively to portray emotions subjectively, like Gauguin, rather then objectively, like other artists such as Cezanne and Seurat. He used thick impasto paint application with short yet heavy brushstrokes. Other works include; Sunflowers, 1888, Self-Portrait 1889, Night Café 1888. Van Gogh was born in the 30th of March 1853 in Netherlands. During his life time he fell in love with many different women, including a cousin, a prostitute, and the neighbour’s daughter.
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In 1434, Jan van Eyck would paint a masterpiece that would mystify scholars and artists for generations. This masterpiece, one out of many, was known as the "Arnolfini Wedding." The elements and details of the painting would arouse many questions that still do not have solid answers today. Jan van Eyck was born approximately in 1395, although the exact date of his birth is not known, and died in 1441 in Netherlands. He was born in Belgium, or Flanders as it was known then. (Biography Channel) Jan van Eyck was distinguished as a talented artist in several ways. First, by the influence of his brother, by the mediums he used, and how innovative he was. Second, what characterized his work, and what is written on the wall and reflected in the mirror. And thirdly, his use of symbolism in his painting and whether he was typical of a Renaissance artist.
The Necklace deliberates over many very important deleterious effects over lying, immorality, and ethics. During the story, Guy de Maupassant's view on morality discloses many opinions over cheating, lying, and poverty. The Necklace has exponential resonance that acclaims throughout history. This story resounds even today.
Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter born in 1890 known for his paintings that provoked symbolism, and also for his very different artistic styles. According to The Art Story, “Schiele’s portraits and self-portraits helped re-establish the vitality of both genres with their unprecedented level of emotional and sexual directness and use of figural distortion in place of conventional notions of beauty.” Schiele was a fan of Gustav Klimt, and in his first paintings someone can see the similarities between Klimt and Schiele. Egon Schiele’s painting, Death and the Maiden, exhibits the same design elements as Klimt’s paintings. The similarities can be seen how the figures in Schiele’s painting are consumed by their clothes, and by the very abstract
Van Rujivan the painter one day comes to the house and asks Vermeer for a painting of himself with Griet. Apparently, we can find out that Rujivan wants some sexual relationship with Griet. Knowing of this, neither Griet nor Vermeer likes the idea so “he” decides to draw them separately. In order for the painting to be complete, Griet needs to wear pearl earrings which only Catherina has, which Griet knows she would be dead if Catherina notices if she wears them. Despite the fact, Vermeer forces Griet to wear them.
Pieter Bruegel was born on September 9th. No one knows for sure what year but is said to be between 1525-30. Bruegel was born in Netherlands. He is the only member in his family that is artistic. Living in the Brueghel dynasty he dropped the “h” and signed his paintings with Brugel. Pieter worked in many places like France, Italy,and Antwerp. When in 1551 in Antwerp he was accepted as a master in the painters guild. Visiting many different cities he would draw many religious paintings and organic views on the different landscapes, while in his early years.
In The Jewelry, Guy De Maupassant introduces us to a happy couple that lived a happy life together. There are many themes explored this short story such as, irony, happiness, and how looks can deceive. Through the character’s characteristics, death, and debt we are shown the irony behind their happiness and just how much looks can deceive a person.