Chinese 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…

Predominantly occupied by Malays and some Chinese, it was one of the oldest settlements in Singapore and believed to have existed for over two centuries. Being a coastal region, villagers reared farm animals and traded fish, vegetables and fruit. Even at the height of Singapore’s development during…

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,…

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…

wilderness (Kosiacka-Beck 266). The painting itself itself is a 56 ½ x 67 in. landscape oil painting on canvas (famsf.org) within wooden frame. Brushwork is slightly layered, but mostly focuses on using a chiaroscuro effect to help guide a…