Andréa Weber-Harris W-H 1
Art History 301 Professor Ravisankar
April 29, 2017
Research Project: Inspiration from Rachel Ruysch When looking at history and the art produced throughout history, it is easy to see how things change and how things stayed the same. For instance, details and compositions of art pieces improved over time, while subjects such as religious figures and people were always something that artists would continuously repeat. Though things started to change when the Reformation started to take hold. During this time, people were starting to convert from being Catholic to being Protestant. This also meant that the typical religious art pieces were no longer sought out for, instead people were looking for something …show more content…
For instance, Flower Still Life, a painting that she had done was the first picture that had made me decide to do a still life with some flowers (Robinson). Though when looking only at this piece, I knew that it would be difficult, especially due to me never painting flowers. Then when doing some more research, I had come across a few other paintings of hers that made me feel more comfortable about my decision. For instance, I had come across her paintings, A Spray of Flowers, and A 'Forest Floor' Still Life of Flowers (Art UK). When looking at these two paintings in particular, I felt more comfortable because they were smaller and were more zoomed into the flower, while at the same time they a sense of background and nature aspect added in, besides just being a pot of flowers arranged. They even reminded me of a picture I had took a few weeks prior, that I thought would be perfect to use as a reference for my project. When looking at my painting, I knew I wanted to have a flowers and a nature like feel aspect. Almost similar to how, Ruych’s A 'Forest Floor' Still Life of Flowers painting (Art UK). Though I also knew that I did not want my background to be too harshly dark as hers. Once I knew what I wanted within my project, I was immediately reminded of a picture I had taken while I was out taking a walk. It was flowers that was growing of a tree. Some of the flowers had bloomed and some of them were still bubs that had not bloomed yet. Another thing I noticed
Art History 301 Professor Ravisankar
April 29, 2017
Research Project: Inspiration from Rachel Ruysch When looking at history and the art produced throughout history, it is easy to see how things change and how things stayed the same. For instance, details and compositions of art pieces improved over time, while subjects such as religious figures and people were always something that artists would continuously repeat. Though things started to change when the Reformation started to take hold. During this time, people were starting to convert from being Catholic to being Protestant. This also meant that the typical religious art pieces were no longer sought out for, instead people were looking for something …show more content…
For instance, Flower Still Life, a painting that she had done was the first picture that had made me decide to do a still life with some flowers (Robinson). Though when looking only at this piece, I knew that it would be difficult, especially due to me never painting flowers. Then when doing some more research, I had come across a few other paintings of hers that made me feel more comfortable about my decision. For instance, I had come across her paintings, A Spray of Flowers, and A 'Forest Floor' Still Life of Flowers (Art UK). When looking at these two paintings in particular, I felt more comfortable because they were smaller and were more zoomed into the flower, while at the same time they a sense of background and nature aspect added in, besides just being a pot of flowers arranged. They even reminded me of a picture I had took a few weeks prior, that I thought would be perfect to use as a reference for my project. When looking at my painting, I knew I wanted to have a flowers and a nature like feel aspect. Almost similar to how, Ruych’s A 'Forest Floor' Still Life of Flowers painting (Art UK). Though I also knew that I did not want my background to be too harshly dark as hers. Once I knew what I wanted within my project, I was immediately reminded of a picture I had taken while I was out taking a walk. It was flowers that was growing of a tree. Some of the flowers had bloomed and some of them were still bubs that had not bloomed yet. Another thing I noticed