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and glassware. For example, in the Dutch Golden Age period, the Dutch artist Pieter Claesz painted a vanitas still life, oil on canvas artwork called “Vanitas Still-Life” in 1630 which sizes 39.5 x 56 cm. Furthermore a while later in the contemporary period- the pop art movement, the American artist Roy Lichtenstein had painted a pop art still life, oil and Magna on canvas artwork called “Still…

Christ Rejected by the Elders in the Temple The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) houses some of Philadelphia’s oldest, most historic and most renowned pieces of artwork in its Landmark Building built in 1876. Naturally, I felt it was my duty to peruse PAFA in hopes of finding a Philadelphian artifact that interested me. I stumbled upon the gigantic 200 x 260 in. (52,000 in2) oil painting, Christ Rejected (by the Elders in the Temple), created by Philadelphian artist of the 18th-19th…

Pollock was not your typical painter that everyone would describe in their mental picture. He did not use the same style of painting as others.Most painters place their canvas on a stand. It made it easier to reach as well as easier to see. Jackson Pollock took a different approach. He placed his full-sized canvas on the floor. He did that because it let him approach his painting from all four sides. Pollock believed that painting from all four sides would put him "inside" the painting. Many…

this work, Rothko used acrylic paints directly on a white canvas. He used different shades of black for the top rectangle, and shades of grey, brown, and lavender on the bottom rectangle. The colors chosen symbolize a dark period in his life, as during the time when he created this work his physical health was declining and he suffered from depression. Unlike many of his previous works, the rectangles almost extend to the edge of the canvas and are surrounded by a thin white border. They do not…

Women in History: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting Surrounded by portraits of and by male artists, Artemisia Gentileschi’s (1593-1652) oil on canvas Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) 1638-39 stands out in the midst of Vancouver Art Gallery’s “The Royal Collections: Portrait of the Artist” exhibition. As one of the only woman artist portraits, it pronounces itself in entirety to symbolise the prominence she has given females in history as she…

thatches. It was about 150 square feet, there was not much space to put artwork, however, every single piece there were, made me so delightful at the same time sorrowful, also inspiring. As an eight years old girl, I wondered, how could paint on canvas, and sculptures made me feel so emotional, and could it be so powerful. My heart was unsettled, so I went to join the small art class. Being in the poor ruler country did not give me more then basic art lesion and it was the end of art world…

invited to Gatsby’s party. Although he heard many rumors about the party, but he was still amazed by the party when he first arrived at Gatsby’s mansion. He says “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby’s enormous garden” The imagery of the sentence gives out a picture…

abstract expressionism, the painter expresses their personality by the use of color and shapes. Abstract expressionist art does not necessarily consist of painting an object or image, but instead focuses more on the interaction of color, paint, and canvas. The varied works share the theme of using abstraction to convey strongly passionate and emotional content. Artists of this movement retracted themselves from European customs of painting to produce a noticeably American kind of art, which both…

Pollock painting did not look like art to me it looked like a lot lines on a canvas. To me the painting all where lines of different colors with squirrels. Pollock painting could be identified by the type of canvas. Over the last five weeks, I learned about many different artists and saw beautiful pictures of art. Pollock stood out the most for his painting because it was so different. The other artist work told stories and gave moral. Pollock was an American painter who painted abstract. He…

Lavoisier’s chemical instruments are prominently displayed on the right side of the canvas, rendered in the sharply naturalistic style characteristic of many of David’s portraits. In particular, the meticulously constructed interplay of light between the chemical instruments and their surroundings elevates the portrait for the observant…