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of Japanese art and aesthetics on the Western culture. Japonisme is specifically used when referring to the Japanese influence on European art. Japanese art influenced many European artists, including, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Ranson. Ukiyo-e prints reached Europe in the 1800s. In Europe they became a source of inspiration for many impressionist painters. During the 1800s in France, there were exhibitions of Ukiyo-e art and it resulted in the growing popularity of Japanese style art all…

In Emily Carr’s oil on canvas painting, Big Raven, the painter designs a breathtaking image of a raven sitting on a hill. Although it is wrong to compare this piece to an Italian or Northern Renaissance painting as they have completely different styles, the lighting and composition used in Big Raven resemble the artwork of that period in respect to having a sense of three-dimensionality and realism. To accomplish such rendering, the use of a consistent light source in the scene is crucial to…

in the background and the man in the center of the painting narrating what he has been going through or what he plans to do next. Hopper does a great job of depicting the era through the look of the buildings and the peoples’ style of clothing. This art piece stands out to me because of the sense of loneliness it conveys. The lack of people in the painting and the overall darkness of the environment give the feeling that these few individuals are the only ones still awake in the city. Hopper…

I think the scream is a great painting overall. I wanted to do Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but realized that wasn’t an option after reading the paper requirements since we looked at it in class. I was going to go for another Van Gogh painting, but when I looked up his name I found The Scream and went for that one. One thing that really brings the piece together is the lines. They definitely lead your eye all around the paper. You start focusing in on the face and then the blue lines of the river…

Alanna Croysdale Mrs. Werner IB Lang and Lit SL I 15 September 2017 AZEK deck ad This print ad views a deck in the shape of a painter’s pallet from the top. It has colorful flowers placed around the edges of the deck and two people cooking a healthy, delicious looking meal in the center. It’s set on a field of perfect dark green grass and the lighting is focused on the deck. A short message, in white and gold, below the deck states “Create an enduring masterpiece”. At the bottom of the ad in a…

struggling financially. He worked at his Uncle’s art dealership. By this time, van Gogh was fluent in French, German, English, and his native Dutch. In 1873, van Gogh worked at the Groupil Gallery in London. He fell in love with Eugenie Loyer. Van Gogh suffered a breakdown when she rejected his marriage proposal. He devoted his life to God and threw away all of his books except for the Bible. He became angry and told customers not to buy the "worthless art". He was eventually fired. In the…

artist while he did not have the money to afford models to paint his portraits of. Van Gogh was a very poor man living in Paris trying to develop himself as an artist, when he first began to paint he used peasants as models. After this stage of his art, he began to experiment with his use of color in painting landscapes and flowers because he could not afford to pay models. The fragileness of Van Gogh's life was told by his stark contrasts of color on canvas and his restless strokes with his…

Van Gogh used all of the elements of art in “Starry Night”, but some call more attention to themselves than others. Line, for example is a prominent feature in this piece. Form, however must be searched for. See it? It’s hidden in the small houses tucked away under the night sky. I notice that color also dominates this piece, with strokes of blue littering the scene, with a beautiful contrast of yellow to represent stars. I see many organic shapes with the dark figure of the cypress tree, and…

Picasso was traditionally trained by his father, José Ruiz y Blasco, a Spanish painter. A child prodigy that made a name for himself by departing from his traditional training and creating works of art that revolutionized the art world. Picasso’s most famous painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, broke from the traditional style of the time. The balance of classical paintings can be seen with balance with five figures represented—one in the center of the painting, flanked by two figures on each…

Since I had visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time, I had wanted to go to the Cloisters. During the afternoon in the back of my father’s Honda civic, I sat wondering what the Cloisters would have inside or even look like. From my neighborhood of Jackson Heights to Washington Heights, the demographics changed throughout. Along northern boulevard from Jackson Heights up until Long Island City, I had noticed the demographic change. Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst remained, for…