Chiaroscuro

there where several technical innovations such as the invention of oil painting, the use of Chiaroscuro, and the use of perspectives in paintings. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael are the so called “the three giants” who were very influential and well known for their works. Some of the well known features of renaissance art was the use of linear perspective, aerial perspective, sfumato, and chiaroscuro. In this paper, I will evaluate three art works from Masaccio, Botticelli, and…

However, painters found it necessary to further draw attention to the desired subject using a technique called Chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro translates to “Light-Dark”. Chiaroscuro allowed artists to create high contrasts between the foreground and the background. This contrast usually meant using darker and bolder colors in the background, while using paler tones in the foreground. An often-overlooked…

Film noir is a genre that is characterized by high contrast lighting, non-chronological storylines, and hard-boiled main characters (Barsam 94-96). But, what gave rise to the Genre? Many will argue that is was German expressionism that inspired Film Noir. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (Wiene, 1919), is a silent film that followed a mentally ill man’s perspective through troublesome times. “Sunset Boulevard” (Wilder, 1950) follows a struggling screenwriter that is put into a unique position when…

The Renaissance was a period of advancement in various subjects. It was a time of great intellectual inquiry into all the branches of learning and fields of study. Philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, and artists began to examine the world around them with a stronger and deeper want and need for understanding the universe in which they lived. These students of the world around them also showed a greater interest in the role of humanity within this boundless universe. From this there is an…

Art as a profession has become more prevalent over the years. Even the style, mediums and techniques used have come a long way. With the contributions of many companies that helped start and progress art to film/TV animation, video games, graphic art, magazine illustrations and more, this report is meant to re-evaluate the works of one of the most influential artists known to all: Leonardo Da Vinci, a visionary of many talents that strongly revolutionized the world of art, notably in conceptual…

to New York to sketch different areas across the United States. In 1982, he and Gurney published their first book, “The Artist Guide to Sketching”. Kinkade continued his life painting thousands of paintings. All of Kinkade’s paintings’ style is chiaroscuro; using strong contrasts of light…

became more about modernism. Modernism, defined by Clement Greenberg, focused in art is more about the medium itself rather than the illusion of scenes of reality. An example of how modernism in the visual art world contrasts from the traditional chiaroscuro and realistic scenes, can be found in the 8 ½ by 13 ft oil painting by Henri Matisse, The Dance, 1909-10. Looking closely at Matisse’ oil painting, a few important components make this work stand out against the traditional ways of painting.…

is shown in Cimabue’s painting, is shown through overlapping figures, and vertical perspective, which makes the angels seem as if they are floating, instead of being planted on the ground. In contrast, Raphael uses chiaroscuro, and atmospheric perspective to create depth. Chiaroscuro, is the shading of forms to give them volume, or depth, and atmospheric perspective is used in landscapes to create the illusion of distance, by having things in the distance being blurred, and lighter, with less…

Art is influenced by everything around it, it comes as a direct result of the cultural sphere it occurs within. The Italian group of painters known as the Macchiaioli are no different from this rule, during the nineteenth-century they took outside influences to create a new esthetic that reflected their personal ideals. Although how independently this new esthetic came about, and who influenced them directly can varied. Depending on the point of view of the author writing on the Macchiaioli,…

al. (2009) as well as the Disney mold. The aesthetic merits are consistent with other Disney princess fairytales, especially with sound. Songs, music, and sound effects not only add emotion to the Disney texts but also tell the story. The dim, chiaroscuro lighting in action and scary scenes is similar in most Disney films; likewise, bright, flat lighting is used in happy, excited scenes. It is not a surprise that Beauty and the Beast conforms to the Disney mold, as it was a huge success when it…