Chinese painting

throughout his career in painting. Those works of art include The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, these being his two most famous works. Since the 1500s copious amounts of money have been spent on protecting and restoring these works of art to ensure that future generations get to experience the artistry of Leonardo Da Vinci. These two works of art are greatly valued because they represent Da Vinci's passion for art, experimentation, and his new discoveries in his craft. Although these paintings are…

M.C. Escher was a Dutch artist who created over 448 original pieces, and spent over thirty years perfecting his techniques. He weaves complicated concepts and images together, creating the style that represents him and his works. Escher uses many techniques like wood cut, transferring, and the use of 2D and 3D ideas, to make his pieces what they are. In Escher’s pieces Metamorphosis I-IV and Day and Night he demonstrates how everything and everyone is connected, and how change is inevitable. Day…

Taylor Bieschke Image Making II Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh is a portrait photographer. He is best known for his shots of Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemmingway and Audrey Hepburn. He was asked to shoot countless icons in film, politics, and literature during his time as a photographer. Yousuf was often asked to take photos of his subjects. Only early is his career did he have to ask to take his photos, but once the iconic shot of Winston Churchill was printed by Life, he no longer had to go out…

There are many artists well recognized around the world for the marvelous works they have done as individuals. The two artists that caught my eye in the early stages of the course were Tom Otterness and Magdalena Abakanowicz. Their artwork just stood out the most among their colleagues to me. In this essay, I shall speak about their backgrounds and some of their artworks that they have produced throughout the years. Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. He moved to New York City in…

(if we consider the Arnolfini Portrait (fig.2) as a kind of certificate rather than a portrait), but the depiction in Christus’s painting seems immature and the depth of the room defies common sense. As the figure seems too large for this narrow space, it could be inferred that the perspective may not accord with nature and that the background was added to the painting to suggest space. Hans Memling, a German-born artist who was apprenticed under Rogier van der Weyden and then moved to Brussels…

This painterly device, in which the color of the horizon of the sky turns out to be more dull and dry, is known as aerial perspective and was utilized by Renaissance artist to make the fantasy and illusion of profundity in landscape scenes. The painting shows that Jesus Christ interceded the table, his twelve messengers are arguing with each other about who among them had double-crossed and betrayed him. On the dinning…

were carved out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills during the period of 6th and 10th centuries, the same times the Ajanta caves were abandoned. Reminiscent of the Ajanta caves, the Ellora caves are also world famous for their spectacular paintings and sculpture. Even after extensive research, the experts are still unable to tell how these magnificent caves were carved. There is no concrete evidence available that explains the process or information about the builders. The caves took…

of the ghostly angels above. The painting shows a dominant characteristic of Tintoretto’s, the recession of the table cutting the picture and creating an illusion of rapid spatial movement (Adams 374). This use of dramatic perspective was mixed with the unusual artistic device of the ‘exploding center’ (Murray et al 608). The focal point of this image, Jesus and his halo, appear as a sort of explosion in the receding calmness of the rest of the image. The painting is dominated by darkness, the…

Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. He was one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance, and his influence on the painting of the following generations was enormous. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of Florence, who…

The painting is a intricate portrait of a woman by Renaissance artist Rafael Sanzio. The woman shares many similarities to the woman in many of Raphael’s other paintings and almost seem to be the same person. The painting has a lifelike feel not only because of her warm, yet, captivating eyes, but, because of the intricate detail in her attire. His way of accentuating each and every detailed crease, the perfect contrast of light which not only shows the detail of her dress, but, adds the…