A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Julian Opie is an English sculptor, painter, printmaker and installation artist that was born in London in the year 1958 and was raised in Oxford and he belongs to the New British Sculpture movement, he is one of the UK's best-known contemporary artists. He graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1983 The new British sculpture movement started in the United Kingdom and is a term that is applied to a group of young sculptors that first started emerging at exhibitions at the start of…

When it was found, it was returned to the original owner, Paul Rosenberg. This painting was left in a vault by famous artists who didn't want it stolen. Seated Woman was found in Cornelius Gurlitt’s apartment, who was a man the police became suspicious of. He was the son of a Nazi looted art dealer. Lady with an Ermine was created in 1490. It is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani This painting is so valuable now, that if any damage were done, it would cost about 1,822,102,500 US dollars…

The Mona Lisa is one of the famous world-renown paintings in our era today. One reason why people say the Mona Lisa is famous is because many people are fascinated by the mysteriousness the woman in the portrait displays. I never understood why Mona Lisa why? But I did some research and I found out back in the day around the 1850’s to the 19th century the Mona Lisa was not the most famous painting in the world. Paintings made by Raphael were much more popular than any other paintings during…

in forms of patterns, I needed to stop and watch for a while in front of the paintings to understand them. The paintings performed just as the introduction suggested: cubist artists break up subjects human figures landscape still life into independent line sandboxes lapping planes. Among all the art works, the painting “young girl” with the main color of red impressed me the most, because when I look back to this picture, it gave me another feeling compared with when I looked at it the first…

Historical Painter: Leonardo da Vinci The Italian Renaissance was well known for the famous artist, Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was well known for his curiosity with science and nature which greatly influenced his work, not only as a painter but a “sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer, and draftsman” (Bio.com 1). Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in what is now present day Italy. At the age of five, da Vinci moved in with his grandparents and uncle in nearby Vinci. Leonardo never…

Essentially, “Aurora Leigh” written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning tell us a young lady’s feelings on the idea of love and how art accommodates the idea as she tries to understand her own circumstances. In regards to love and art, she feels that the two is strongly connected. It was understood that the Aurora felt that women posses a certain role when it comes to love and art. The author questions the role of a woman artist because there are preconceived roles women are born into and become…

of the artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The Italian Baroque Period lasted from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. Gentileschi was a female artist who worked around the period of 1593 to ca. 1652. In order to narrow down the intricate details of the Italian Baroque Style, this essay will be focusing on the struggles of Gentileschi as a female artist in a male dominated period and further elaborate the misunderstood complexity of her works. By comparing Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait…

A Closer Look Into Chuck Close Introduction: Chuck Close is one of the most famous and well-known artists to ever live. Through many hardships during his life, he never gave up and pushed himself to do things that no one has ever done before. The way he knows how to mix colors (similar to Seurat and pointillism) is incredible and a mystery to almost all people. His work has changed modern art and has influenced countless people to strive to be the best person they can be. I. Background-…

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th, 1907 in Mexico. Although she had dreams of becoming an intelligent young doctor, she turned to painting after a traumatic accident that left her damaged both physically and mentally. Her paintings, with their deep and riveting meanings, were left even after her death to enter the lives of those who had not yet seen them. She was, and still is seen today, one of the greatest painters in all of the spanish and english culture. Frida grew up in her family home with…

about a young man named Dorian Gray. Dorian his a young handsome man. One that every man would like to be like. Dorian Gray had Basil Hallward create a full-length oil portrait. Dorian grey meets Lord Henry Wotton through Hallward. Lord Henry Wotton loves the portrait so much he trys to buy it from him. Knowing that he wont stay beautiful Dorian expresses his wish to sell his soul so that the picture NOT himself will age and fade. All his sins and imperfections were showed on his portrait, not…