Art Contraction All throughout history, different art eras have been created. In these eras, typically at least one major piece of artwork has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm Typically, at least one major piece of artwork from each time period has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm of the art movement. Two of the major eras are the renaissance area and the impressionism era. During the renaissance era, one of the most famous painting ever was created, called the Mona Lisa. Over 300 years later, in the late 1800s, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh was created during the impressionism era. Those two paintings have many similarities and differences, including the artists, styles, and eras. Vincent Van Gogh was very different compared
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Portraits started focusing on high quality detail, textures and shading, while impressionism focused on showing the different effects of light, and how light impacts images. Trade was enormous during the renaissance, so dyes were very abundant for the use of a wide variety of colors and shades (Renaissance). This allowed for high quality characteristics of faces and bodies, from muscle tone to shades of skin. Contrary to the style of the 1500s renaissance, impressionism consisted of very low detailed images, but had emphasized brush strokes and shades. Impressionism was unique because not only did it want to emphasize on meanings or images, but the physical application of paint onto a canvas. Shadows were the main aspect of impressionism art, because all of the different shades of light were crucial to the form. Some impressionist works even attempted to emphasize the thickness of paint. Instead, regarding portraits, blending and precision were crucial to the art style. Brush strokes were typically only seen in backgrounds in portraits, while in impressionism paintings, the entire picture has visible brush strokes. This was due to the amount of realism that brush stroke effect. The more smooth, the more real a painting appears (Portrait). Realism and precision represented skill in the days of the renaissance, so many church buildings had their walls painted to show prestige. The different styles also had different amounts of time it took to produce the work. Some portraits would take days, and multiple sessions, while impressionism paintings could take as little as a couple of hours
Portraits started focusing on high quality detail, textures and shading, while impressionism focused on showing the different effects of light, and how light impacts images. Trade was enormous during the renaissance, so dyes were very abundant for the use of a wide variety of colors and shades (Renaissance). This allowed for high quality characteristics of faces and bodies, from muscle tone to shades of skin. Contrary to the style of the 1500s renaissance, impressionism consisted of very low detailed images, but had emphasized brush strokes and shades. Impressionism was unique because not only did it want to emphasize on meanings or images, but the physical application of paint onto a canvas. Shadows were the main aspect of impressionism art, because all of the different shades of light were crucial to the form. Some impressionist works even attempted to emphasize the thickness of paint. Instead, regarding portraits, blending and precision were crucial to the art style. Brush strokes were typically only seen in backgrounds in portraits, while in impressionism paintings, the entire picture has visible brush strokes. This was due to the amount of realism that brush stroke effect. The more smooth, the more real a painting appears (Portrait). Realism and precision represented skill in the days of the renaissance, so many church buildings had their walls painted to show prestige. The different styles also had different amounts of time it took to produce the work. Some portraits would take days, and multiple sessions, while impressionism paintings could take as little as a couple of hours