Chiaroscuro

behind Jesus’s head that way the viewer’s attention is 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…

The choosing of an art piece to write about was difficult. I was stuck between a couple of pieces, which were “Flowers in a Basket” by Osias Beert and “Cagnes sur Mer” by William H. Johnson. I choose “Flowers in a Basket” because I relate to it the most. I heard about floral design and I choose to take that class in my 10th grade. Ever since then my life changed for the best. In that class I heard about Future Farmers of America(FFA) and I signed up. From there I entered floral arrangements into…

atmosphere of the film is presented as an environment where everything is obscured and indistinct, where we view subject matter from hidden behind layers of smoke, rain and smog. Lighting in most scenes contrasts between dark and light, reflecting a chiaroscuro style of lighting that is most commonly rooted in the film noir cinema of the 1940s and 50s. In films like Double Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder, harsh light shone through blinds or thin bars was often used to represent a cage or bars…

paint, which helped him add tiny details, such as wrinkles, dimples, and whiskers. The images in the painting were made to look 3D through Titian’s use of perspective, which also made the front heads seem closer than than the heads in the back. Chiaroscuro is utilized by Titian to show where the light is coming from in the scene. Careful shading can be seen shadowing the left human face, and a small portion of the middle human face. Meanwhile the human face on the right is rather bright,…

In this essay it will be explained how Alfred Hitchock used influences of Soviet Cinema, German Expressionism and Classical Hollywood and how this is evident through the production of the film Rebecca (Hitchock, 1940). Alfred Hitchock believed that everything within a film should be less important than the technique used to film. In his quote “I am against virtuosity for its own sake. Technique should enrich the action...The beauty of image and movement, the rhythm, and the effects- everything…

the Style of Mi Fu’ has a very opposite approach to using color. In fact, Dong only applies one color, the black paint on top of the beige background. Instead Dong’s approach to depicting depth and manipulating light is a loose yet proper use of chiaroscuro. This difference in their approach is something that is very obvious when looking at each artist’s background and considering his school of art. For Claude, coming from the baroque era in France, it was common and accepted, even encouraged,…

I have chosen to compare and contrast the following two works of arts: (1) Leonardo Da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, c. 1495-1508. Oil on panel, 75 in. x 47 in. The National Gallery, London, England, and (2) Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. c. 1625. Oil on canvas, 72 ½ in. x 55 ¾ in. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan. These two arts are similar in theme, but differ in styles. There similarities and differences show us why they are important.…

In the Renaissance, religious subjects were more common in the North and there was less focus in mythology unlike the paintings in Italy at the time. Both the engraving and the panel depict the resurrection of Christ. He appears above his tomb, partially wrapped in a long shroud and there is a halo of light around his head. His arms are splayed out on either side of him, loosely mimicking his position on the cross and he is in the classic contrapposto pose. Grünewald’s Christ has a…

characteristics, including a spiritual element as it depicts a story from the Old Testament. The painter Artemisia Gentileschi, used dramatic lighting to cast a shadow on Judith’s face to create a feeling of danger, urgency and suspense, a technique called chiaroscuro. It is even more intensified given the context of the painting as Judith and Abra prepare to leave Holofernes’ tent after killing him. Emotion is also conveyed in Judith’s tense grip on the…

The Hallucinogenic Toreador is an oil painting done by Salvador Dali in-between 1968-70. It seems to be an attempt to help show his viewers the way he sees things. It is hard to discern whether or not the work is a tragic, or celebratory painting. The painting is a very ambitious, and a complex double image where the face of a bullfighter is implanted into Venus de Milo figurines. Dali put a lot of work into this painting as with a lot of his other works, but this one especially is very unique…