Early Netherlandish painting

Australian landscape artists have been in existence for over 40,000 years with the indigenous totems, symbols and portrayals. In comparison, European Australian artists have been in in early stages of their progression since colonisation, each with their own style, subject matter and connection to the land. Clarice Beckett was a tonalist from the 1910’s, her work only recently recognised. Whereas, Emily Kame Kngwarreye was an indigenous Australian artist who used lines and dots in traditional…

to Adele by using symbolic language in his portraits. He did two paintings of her, one of which was supposed to be displayed at her wedding. The purpose of this paper is to find out how Gustav Klimt uses symbolism to portray Adele elegance and grace which insinuate at a relationship between them. It also seeks to explore the inspiration and the idea behind Adele’s portrait. He specialized mostly in architectural and landscape painting; he also drew portraits of people. Growing up Klimt main…

This is a prime example of how Klimt was highly influences by symbolism. It has his signature idea of the subjects locked in some sort of embrace. On the right side of the painting there is a mother holding an infant against her bosom in a symbolic gesture of security and protecting. There are flower entwined in the mother’s hair as a symbol of fertility and life. She holds the child in a way that shows unconditional love.…

Angelico would never start a painting without a prayer and could not paint a Crucifixion without tears running down his cheeks. Yet, even in circumstances when the theme is one of death and bloodshed, Fra Angelico tells the tale with “such a naïve sincerity and rare beauty of expression” that the audience forgets the horror of the scene and rather focuses on the martyr’s triumph. Cartwright considers the “Crucifixion and Saints” as one of the most impressive paintings in the world. Instead…

In the painting I chose, you see many different elements of art that come together to form one unified piece. The art I chose to criticize is “Music – Pink and Blue II.” In the painting you see many different colors coming together to form a beautiful piece of art. This painting is an oil painting, with no identifiable shape. The art work is a 35 x 29 1/8. The artist of “Music – Pink and Blue II” is Georgia O’Keeffe. Today, this painting can be found at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.…

Creativity and Artistic ability have always come naturally to me, drawing more than anything else. From childhood it was dream to go to The Art Institute; I would watch the commercials about the pamphlet with the three pictures to draw and just knew that was where I wanted to go. When I was younger drawing was my passion, anything I look at I can put on paper and that's what I wanted to do. But as life happened years went by and I hadn't even attempted to draw anything let alone decide who I…

It is believed that first evidence of artistic activity is a diagonal itching on a stone with a shark tooth, associated to Homo erectus around 500 000 years ago. However the oldest undisputed form of figurative art is a sculptured Venus figurine around 40 000 years ago. A time where human behavior hadn’t yet developed behavioral modernity which consists of abstract thinking and symbolic behavior among other things, yet art found its way. These first forms of art were not pure creation of the…

Carefully look at the painting That Gentleman applying the Analyzing Images routine we have used in the past. Step 1: Of a person looking away from viewer Dark surroundings Mysterious Looks sad Step 2: I see shoes on a table scissors hanging on the wall Person sitting down facing away The person is African American Step 3: What is the object on the right side of the painting? When was this painted? Step 5: I think that the piece is trying to say that black people have to endure hardships and…

Maurits Cornelis Escher is one of the world's most famous artist. Escher created unique and enchanting works of art that "explore and exhibit a wide range of mathematical ideas" (Smith). Escher was born in 1898 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Escher was born as the youngest and fourth son of a civil engineer. According to Smith, Escher's family planned for him to "follow his father's career of architecture". After failing his high school exams, Escher eventually was enrolled in the School of…

My initial impression of the image is that it is a picture of a race riot copied four times and colored to look like the American flag. By changing the color of the picture Warhol might be commenting on the subject matter of the race riot by saying that it doesn’t matter that the people are black or white everyone deserves to be treated the same. Maybe Warhol feels that this picture is the best representation of America at that point in time. It is most important for Warhol to imbue this image…