Claude Lorrain

Summary and Response to “The Thing on the Wall” In the section “The Thing on the Wall” of the book An Introduction to Art, the author teaches us the important factors which determine the successful concentration or focus of our attention on a single painting when we view it in public. He says the first thing we should consider is the lighting and claims that the natural sunlight and artificial light sources differ in intensity. Daylight is generally less bright and goes well with ‘cool…

In the documentary film In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles, produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1984, the life of misunderstood artist Vincent van Gogh is depicted, particularly his works done in Arles, France. The film takes the viewer on an in depth journey of van Gogh’s life highlight points such as his inspirations and specific paintings all the while weaving it into the story that is uniquely the artist’s own. Through the introduction of the artist’s inspirations…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Do you know what impressionism means? A lot of artists are Impressionists, which developed in the 1960s in Paris. It is a style of painting mainly with French artist. Impressionist painting seeks to recreate the artist’s or viewer’s observation of a scene. It characterized by outlines from small brushstrokes of different colors. In impressionist paintings, pastel colors are frequently used. One of a popular impressionist painter is Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who is best known…

Andy Gjata Museum Paper Michael Coyle Art appreciation 1301 The subject I will be writing about is Martin Johnson Heade’s painting called “Passion Flowers with the Three Hummingbirds.” It is believed to be painted around 1875. The medium is oil on canvas height 17 ¼ in. (43.8 cm); width 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.). It is part of the American Art exhibit located in the San Antonio Museum of Art. This painting is part of a series of many pieces of art that depicted the Central and South American…

Assessment 3: Annotated Bibliography By Marcel Duchamp ‘Fountain’ E. Kuenzli, Rudolf & M. Naumann, Francis “Marcel Duchamp: Artist of the Century” Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain: Its History and Aesthetics in the Context of 1917-William A. Camfield (1996): 64-90. William A. Camfield writes about Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ as one of the most famous and equally infamous objects in the history of modern art. He goes over the history of ‘Fountain’ in high detail and answers all the questions…

Thomas Cole was an artist in the early and mid 1800s bringing his own new style of painting to the art world taking it by storm and really breaking away from the normal traditional ways that we have studied through this last semester. I chose Thomas Cole because I have experienced pieces of his work for years of my life through my previous courses. I have a love for the country and he depicts the woodland and beautiful landscape of the world making you appreciate where you are no matter what is…

In the nineteenth century the Royal Academies of Art in France and England were significant art societies in Europe. The schools held annual or semi-annual exhibitions, where artists could display their work to gain critical notice, known as the Salon. The Salon was run by the art academies, as a result the art that was selected to be shown had the technique and style that was taught there and nothing else. Edouard Manet was one of several artists at the time that challenged the academic…

My work explores the relationship between what artist sees and what the artist creates. My work is my interpretation of an eye of a lioness. It reproduces a close up image of a lioness’ eye as a small part of a portrait of a lioness. In my work, I created what I saw without focusing in on the details. There is no symbolism behind my work; it is just an oil pastel of an eye of a lioness. By visiting The Metropolitan Museum of Art online, I was inspired by the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe. My…

Intentions and Interpretations Cézanne’s painting of the bathers influenced the representation of the nude people during the Renaissance.The abstract nude females represent the Large Bathers, giving the painting tension and density. The scene shows figures of different shapes and sizes in a variety of forms. The triangle shape brings the viewers attention to focus on only the lake, trees and the small figures in the background. The use of blue and green tones in the background bring an overall…

Susan Derges was born in London in the year of 1955. All of her work is mostly visual metaphors. She captures the relationship between nature and self. In one article it said the, “she endeavors to capture both visible and invisible scientific and natural processes. The physical appearance of sound, the evolution of frogspawn or the reflection of the moon and start on water.” Most of her famous work is her capturing water that goes into river and shorelines. Lately she works on photographs that…