Claude Monet

Although the painting is not as distinctively impressionistic as the works of Claude Monet, it is still undoubtedly a product of this genre. First, it captures reality; however, this reality is not glum or unfortunate as the one of paintings from the era of Realism. On the contrary, it is an optimistic scene that depicts people who are…

Their soul and rhythm captivated many whites that even their Masters would make them play for them. Fredrick Douglas through his experiences wrote that Slave-owners expected them to sing while they were working. There were many variations of slave songs. There were field hollers, usually sung by themselves. Then there were work songs, it was sung by a group of slaves working together. (Digital) Slaves used singing to express their beliefs and views towards each other. Most of the slaves relied…

impersonal which is a stark contrast to the personality of all the characters portrayed in Romanticism. Impressionism was a movement made of visible strokes that symbolized certain things. This was a movement that consisted of many amazing artists like Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Éduoard Manet, and Paul Cèzanne. The difference between Impressionism and Romanticism was the brush strokes and the lack of emotion on the characters faces. Impressionism was more impersonal and full of landscapes. Post…

Edgar Degas was intrigued by the human figure, and in his many images of ordinary women, he strove to capture the body in unusual and interesting positions.Degas was the only Impressionist to truly bridge the gap between traditional academic art and the radical movements of the early 20th century. He was a restless innovator who often set the pace for his younger colleagues. Acknowledged as one of the finest draftsmen of his age, Degas experimented with a wide variety of media, including oil,…

a Russian painter, writer, teacher, art theorist and the father of abstract art. Being a trained musician, he used music in his approach to color which he made sing from the canvas. A major turning point in his style of art came after he viewed Claude Monet’s “Haystack at Giverny” at a Moscow exhibition. Over the years he perfected his style of abstract art. He inspired other artists, wrote books on his theories, worked with museums, and ballet’s, experienced his work at exhibitions, and…

The 19th century brought about the Impressionist movement and the Parisian artists that developed their styles in opposition to the artistic ‘status quo’ in France at the time. They were specifically notorious for violating the rules of scholarly painting in not only their techniques used, but in also their change of subject matter. Realistic depictions of modern life came to the forefront, replacing the countless still life and portraits. They chose to focus heavily on effects, especially light…

Rejection, depression, and art these are a few words that describe the life of Vincent van Gogh. Born March 30, 1853 Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist who most was known for his painting Starry Night, The Bedroom, Irises, Wheatfield with Crows and multiple paintings of sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh was born to a pastor name Theodorus van Gogh and an artist named Anna Cornelia Carbentus in Groot-Zundert, Holland. According to (Vincent van Gogh Biography. (2002).…

Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English artist who gained notoriety from his landscape paintings that utilize the dynamic lights that illuminate the scenery he builds. Joseph Turner’s work innovated and popularized landscape painting, which laid the foundation for impressionism to come into prevalence after the Romantic period. This is observed in his painting Rockets and Blue Lights, painted in 1840 with oil on canvas. Rockets and Blue Lights displays a coastal view of the ocean that…

a law teacher in order to fulfill his parents wishes. When he was thirty, he decided to change careers and become a full time artist. He attended art school in Munich, Germany. At this point in his life, his art was influenced by painters like Claude Monet as well as music composers and philosophers. Kandinsky 's early paintings were landscapes that were influenced by Impressionist…

Plato’s Imitation Attributes of Music– Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Plato stated that his view of art is the imitation of reality, which is an imitation of the ultimate reality known as the Forms that exist in a heaven-like realm. Therefore, Plato believes that artists only imitate an object, which is an imitation of the Forms. As a result, the artist does not truly understand the object they are imitating because they lack the knowledge of the reality of objects.…