Engraving

“Illustrated papers have become a feature. Every newspaper stand is covered with them. Every railroad is filled with them. They make the battlefields, the coronations, the corruptions of politicians, and naval heroes. They are, in brief, the art gallery of the world.” That was Frederic Hudson’s perception of the illustrated newspaper, emphasizing the importance of pictorial reporting in a newly developed nation. Pictorial reporting was introduced to America by Frank Leslie, giving way to a…

533 m Le Corbusier - (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) – 1887 - 1965 Bio/Key Information - Le Corbusier or Charles Edouard Jeanneret, his birth name is an Architect/Artist. He was born in Switzerland Oct 6th, 1887. In Art School he studied Watch Engraving under Charles L’Eplattenier. Later on in the Arts School he entered the Advanced Decorative Arts Course, where he was taught more in depth about ‘Art Nouveau’ the director of the course Charles L’Eplattenier interested Le Corbusier in…

Listen my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…(Henry Longfellow, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”). Whenever you hear the name Paul Revere most people automatically think of his midnight ride and how he warned his fellow rebels of the incoming British and how he rode from town to town yelling “The British are coming! The British are coming!” Which, by the way, he didn’t yell “The British are coming!” he yelled “The Regulars are coming!” British soldiers were…

The Founding Fathers, when they declared the independence of the Americas, were motivated by personal desires. In order to get the power over the colonies, they manipulated the colonist into believing that the British were to blame, and not the wealthy in America. The founding fathers did this to gain the power that Britain had over the colonies. Some historians however argue that the colonists liberties were violated and that subsequently lead to the colonist revolt. But as evidence shows, the…

from his father, he married sarah Orne on August 17, 1757. He eventually became the father of eight children. As early as 1765 Revere began to experiment with engraving copper and produced several portraits and a songbook. He was popular as a source for engraved seals, coat of arms, and bookplates, and he began to execute engravings that were anti-british. In 1768, Revere undertook dentistry…

discovered these works of art after traveling down the narrow entrance leading into the caves (History.com). The Lascaux Caves have different sections based on the collections of artwork painted on the walls, including the Hall of Bulls, the Chamber of Engravings, and the Shaft of the Dead Man. These paintings tell the stories of these ancient peoples lives and invites archaeologists into their culture. Upon entering the caves, not far down the hallway is the Hall of Bulls. As listed in its…

clothed with a cloud,” an engraving etched by Albrecht Dürer in 1498, depicts an angel, covered in a cloud, descending from the heavens, with one pillar-like foot on the land and one on the sea. The angel is almost comically shoving a scroll into the mouth of a man sitting on shore. Behind the angel in the ocean, there is a sea monster, two geese, and a few boats. The angel has one hand on the book and one pointing towards Heaven, where small angels sit on clouds. The engraving is framed on one…

With specialized tools and shelter, we see artwork never seen before – from iconography, figurines, reliefs, engraving, and even figurines. Such uses delved into artistic decoration, sculpture, cave paintings, and pendants. For example, the Upper Paleolithic period was best known for its wall paintings and animal engravings in Altamira and Lascaux. This transcends back to a creative explosion because the function for these paintings remain unknown. For example, this…

The Baroquen Period of Art As Clogsworth would put it, “If it is not Baroque, don’t fix it!” When the Renaissance came to its cessation art did not cease to become magnificent, but seemed to mature with the sway of new discoveries. The Baroque period expanded from 1600AD to 1750AD, and was like the child born out of the pregnancy of the Renaissance. Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Spain, and France each experienced their own Baroque period of art. Italy mothered Baroque art. From…

Europeanisation of the world Imperialism began around the sixteenth century and lasted into the nineteenth century, but you could still see the effects of imperialism all the way into mid twentieth century. Under imperialism many European countries developed to become a stronger countries. Multiple nations after becoming stronger, attempted to gain power over other weak nations. By the early to mid-seventeenth century, many European countries were developing economically and trying to expand…