1. The "Raising of Lazarus" was created by Duccio di Buoninsegna in 1308-1311. It is made of tempera and gold on wood and measures 43.5 X 46.4 cm. It is located in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. 2. Within the image there are 27 people. Jesus stands at the front center of the crowd. He wears a red and blue robe and His right hand is extended outwards towards Lazarus. There is a golden halo around Jesus's head. To his right is one of Lazarus's sisters, either Mary or Martha. She…
with anger and confusion and she only knows one thing. She is going to that event. Whoever burned her paintings and stole her most prized possession is somehow seeking revenge. As the time rolls around she cannot wait long enough. She is the first one there violently opening the door ready to get to the bottom of this. A man in a suit with hair drowning in gel is standing by an all too familiar painting explaining it to a civilian. Fiercely walking up to him she interrupts the conversation…
Question : Is there a significant relationship between the hight of a person and the wingspan of the person. Background study : Leonardo da Vinci, a famous Italian renaissance inventor and painter, was greatly influenced by a man named Vitruvius. The drawing shows a man standing in a square, which is inside a circle. The man has two pair of outstretched arms and two pair of outstretched legs. These are some of the proportions given for the Vitruvian Man: The span of the man’s arms is equal to his…
Van Gogh’s side of the story, by using the darker side of color wheel, that represent the inner part of his fantasy. Adding the wave-like rapid flow of brush strokes, which show us that the inner part of his mind was in darkness. He can leave the painting as it without adding the yellow moon and stars, but that touches of yellow is the way of him telling us that how it brighten his inner heart. Same happen with…
The painting depicts two educated and upperclass men. Jean de Dinteville, is pictured on the left, and Georges de Selve stands on the right. Both of these men were powerful, French diplomats and the painting illustrates their intellect and prestige. The men are classic Renaissance men because on the top shelf in the painting there are books and instruments, such as a globe and sundial; while on the middle shelf there…
between a young boy and an older gentleman while still maintaining an honest realism. To better understand this painting, one must first gain a basic knowledge about the history of Ghirlandaio. Ghirlandaio…
Chuck Close is a famous artist who draws huge portraits which he also uses photorealism (photorealism is a genre of art that ecompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium). He is known for using that method on real life photographs. Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940, in Monroe, Washington. Yes, Chuck close is still alive. In fact, he is about 76 years old.…
tell someone else, but that someone else walks away mid-story. You are that someone else, the artist is giving a story to a canvas, and if you don’t give the canvas the same amount of time that the artist gave it, you won’t hear the whole story. Paintings that are abstractions are the most important applicant to this rule. They are the hardest to understand and are never truly felt the first time you look at them. The title of this piece is called “Summer Image (For My Mother)” and is an…
drawn to Jesus. The painting might look like it is proportioned correctly, but in fact it is not. Jesus , who is seated, is the same size as the apostle standing on the left side of the painting. By making Jesus bigger than all the other apostles Leonardo is showing Jesus’s importance, something older artist did called hieratic perspective. Leonardo was always experimenting and his “Last Supper” is a result of his experimentation. Leonardo did not take the traditional route of painting on…
A Critique of Hunters and Warriors The painting Hunters and Warriors from Camille Rose Garcia's 'Snow White and the Black Lagoon' series is a colorful interpretation of the Snow White story, full of curves guiding the viewer's eye. Painted with acrylic, glitter and gold leaf on a 6' by 10' wood panel, this large scale artwork is packed with detail, taking advantage of the painting surface by letting the wood grain add texture through her paint. People, apples, hearts and animals all flow…