Cave painting

He also painted with shades which were becoming a big part in paintings that were realistic for example Leonardo painted a piece called Madonna in this painting there is a women and a child. The child is the main idea of this picture because Leonardo captures the realistic body form using shades the description according to the book Leonardo da Vinci they say…

master of various media, has long since been recognized the genius in modern art. Picasso is known for producing an estimated 50,000 pieces of artwork, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and even tapestries and rugs. Yet the medium in which was Picasso’s most important contribution was painting, or oil painting on canvas. During the intervening years, Picasso’s work methods were constantly changing, giving him the title, “Master of Metamorphosis” because, “. . . he…

Curry were a part of a modern art movement called regionalism. Romance (Fig. 1) was one of the many paintings that Thomas Hart Benton created during this time, the painting was made with mediums of tempera and oil varnish glazes in gesso panel on board and is 45 1/4 inches by 33 1/4 inches. Romance represents everything that a painting created during the Regionalism era should represent. The painting also represents everything that a visual piece should represent. There are diagonal lines being…

Leonardo’s love and connection with paintings started in small age of 15 years. As living with his father he had an excess to scholarly texts and paintings owned by his father’s family. Therefore seeing this, his father apprenticed him to the renowned workshop of Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence filled with new energy…

Chen Yiqi GEM1902P Reflection Piece Punggol – From Kampung to Developmental Heartland On the walls of the void decks of towering blocks of HDB flats in Edgefield Plains, one would be surprised to find a series of murals filling the public space. Painted along the outer edges and corners of the HDB flats, being incorporated into dents on the walls and pillars, its cartoonish style is juxtaposed with the sleek and modern architecture of the buildings that house these murals. Figure 1: Mural…

Take a Closer Look: An In-depth Analysis of Alexa Hoyer’s Cone with Balloon and Hose Circle First impression can be the base of any relationship, but the great thing about this concept is that it can always be altered. This type of situation can be paralleled to any piece of artwork. When the audience first encounters an artwork, they establish an interpretation of the meaning behind the art. Although, as they look deeper, their interpretation of the art begins to change so a relationship…

Both of the paintings to be described have been selected from the time period of the first World War. The first painting is called The Front Line – At Night by J.A. Churchman (Figure 1), which shows soldiers fighting at nighttime, demonstrated with the use of black paint for the sky, contrasted by the bright white paint of an explosion in the distance and intentional spots of red for fire, flares, and explosives. The brushstrokes of the white explosion are very visible, which add to the effect…

Absurdity is key to this exhibition and bringing some humour or levity to minimalist art which otherwise is too often seen as confrontational, anti-humanist, emotionless and intellectually cold. Minimalism may hide its humour behind imposing machine-made structures or recontextualized ready made industrialized forms, but curator John Hampton attempts to show a lighter side of minimalism, he attempts to show us that it is inherently absurd that we take it so seriously. Upon entering the space,…

a beautiful piece of art designed to be printed and bought by patrons. Its visual depiction of what can initially be associated with Roman architecture after the fall of its empire is what initially captivates the viewer into looking deeper. The painting communicates using the placement of seemingly foreign figures amongst ruins to signify the survival of life and human civilizations even after the destruction and fall of a great empire such as Rome. The author uses the placement of the figures…

distraction of details. The lines in the painting are very curved, following the natural contour of the flower and draw the eye vertically. The flower is nearly symmetrical, drawing the eye to the center. The subject of the painting is colored in dark tones, while the background is light, drawing even more attention to the flower. There is no clear source of light, but O’Keefe’s shading does add depth to the flower, making it seem multi-dimensional. Overall, the painting is an excellent…