Landscape

the significant themes of Chinese landscape painting can find their origins within the various schools of thought that were dominant during the rise of this fascinating style. In an article published in The Art Bulletin in June of 1941, Alexander Soper created a rigorously detailed timeline of this phenomenon and attached to each artistic movement the particular belief system it could be identified with it. While the contents of the article, “Early Chinese Landscape Painting”, are vast and…

the fall of the French monarchy during the rise of Napoleon, Architectural Fantasy reflects the former works of Hubert Robert while also depicting a slight change in subject matter. Although the painting is of a building, it evokes qualities of a landscape painting with its broad views. Romantic paintings from this era were defined by their use of light and color to convey emotion. Another aspect of Romantic works was that the scenes were often glorified to depict a more beautiful and perfect…

Expressionism through their style of art paintings. The well known and well represented the style of art work of romanticism, which is “The haywain” painted in 1821, Constable was the English painter during 18th century. He was a mainly outdoor of landscapes painter that he painted the nature scenery as he saw it. Another style of art work is expressionism. “The scream” painted in 1893, Munch is incredibly famous painter that he expressed the style of expressionism through his unique and…

ever changing and quickly passing away. In the year of 1836 Thomas Cole settled in the village of Catskill and continued “in search of the picturesque.” To his enjoyment that is exactly what he found and as a result painted some of the most known landscape paintings of his time. Although he did not need to write such a piece as “American Scenery,” he did and for a reason. Cole mentions the sublime repeatedly throughout when talking about nature and the wilderness which he considered the…

On Thursday, Nov. 17th, I attended the speech whose topic is Cross-Boundary Practice and Imagination in Contemporary East-West Artistic Creation, which is given by Leah Lihua Wong, a famous artist who has received several arts award in Ohio. Leah L. Wong was born in Qingdao, China. In her day, which is around 60s in China, there was no electronic products like we have today. However, she still has some hobbies such as collecting candy wrappers, cutting paper, and reading line drawings. She also…

lives, I too should not have the slightest sympathy for his poor soul. His Father warned him not to fly to close to the sun. His fall was by his own folly, yet I struggle to escape such allegations myself. When observing Pieter Bruegel’s painting, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, I cannot help but look back upon a time at which I myself failed.…

Caspar David Friedrich was a key artist in German Romanticism, and his works remain embedded in the art movement’s history. Klosterruine Eldena is a landscape painting done circa 1825 and is one of his many artworks that features his interpretation of the Eldena Abbey. Following the themes of his various other works, the painting depicts the abbey in a manner that is almost hauntingly beautiful. The ruins of the monastery stands tall despite being engulfed in the surrounding greenery. Although…

Reminded that her daughter had grown up, the mother had to accept it and allow her to grow. The poem, Still Life in Landscape, was about a family that came across a car accident. At the scene, a woman was on the floor, dead, contorted, and surrounded by fragments of her vehicle (Still Life). The father was driving, intoxicated, and his wife and daughter were passengers…

in effect. Every piece of art, music, paintings, books were shaped by the ideas drawn from the Bible. Many artists were interested in recreating how they believed events in the Bible looked like. John Martin is one artist that creates panoramic landscape paintings inspired by these historical events. The ideas of Romanticism and Realism are expressed heavily in artwork during the Biblical movement. Other artists techniques can be compared and contrasted to Martin’s. His technique is one of…

Minnesota’s landscape Minnesota is one of the many states of United States. It is located around the western region of the north United States of America. Survey research reveals that Minnesota is among United States’ largest states. The state is highly dependable by the Americans, especially when it comes to agricultural production. Minnesota’s development is what triggered me towards studying the state fully and ascertain how it really came to being, and how it has developed since it was…