Etching

James Gillray’s piece, Comfort to the Corns, is a very intriguing work of art. Gillray is known for creating social and political cartoons and caricatures. He did the majority of his art work in the style of etching and was active during the end of the 18th century—1792 through 1810. In the artwork, Comfort to the Corns, James Gillray depicts an elderly hag attending to her feet satirically, adding subtle humor and life to the piece. The piece that I believe speaks to me is James Gillray’s…

recorded with pathos and sensitivity. However, it is debatable if Vyse knew his A Bit of Old Chelsea, had a marked similarity to an etching by George Belcher, titled A Lady of Battersea (Fig 131). The similarity between the two is possibly coincidental, for both Vyse and Belcher were keen to observe and enjoyed sketching from life. Belcher originally published the etching from his premises in William Street, Knightsbridge. Vyse The Horse Fair Vyse’s figure group of a man and horse, the outcome…

Jacque Bellange’s etching Madonna with a Rose (1595-1616) . In his work the Christ child’s hand gesture resembles the deaf sign language for ‘love’ rather than the usual blessing gesture. This piece is an old master print etching; an old master print refers to an artwork made by a printing process within the Western tradition. This work is measured at 7” 11/16 X 5.5” thus making it approximately the size of a regular sheet of paper (8.5” X 11”) bent horizontally. As an etching this…

The artwork that I chose is Edgar Degas’ portrait titled “Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery” (1879-1880). This is a portrait made with “soft-ground etching, dry point, aquatint, and etching with dimensions of 10 9/16 X 9 1/8 in” (Degas). What makes this work a form of japonisme is the overall feel. Degas’ choice of mediums have a special effect that creates a japonisme feeling. The line quality and asymmetrical composition has a lot of characteristics of Japanese art. The subject…

Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) images and spectra were obtained from various samples of silica and platinum on silica. Each sample contains unique structures which were prepared by etching the surface of silica in different conditions. A scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope that produces images of topography and composition by scanning a sample with a focused beam of electrons. Samples can be observed in high vacuum,…

Vincent Van Gogh's work of art named Old Man with His Head in His Hands has a variety use of media and marks made throughout his work. Van Gogh shows his media by drawing and expressing the grief of the old man through his drawing with pencil on paper. He shows the solidity of the old man and shows where his surroundings are. Cross-hatching is expressed in the drawing which is drawing a set of hatching over the other but in different directions. Hatching is shown too which are parallel lines…

Though it is not clear what the angel is doing, it looks as if it is going to touch the branches of a tree without leaves perhaps blessing it to prosper and grow heartily. Unlike both angels previously mentioned, the four angels at the top of the etching appear as baby angels, similar to what a cherub would look like. However, cherubs are actually not mentioned in most versions of the Bible, they only have references in the Hebrew Bible and…

Introduction The 15th – 18th centuries CE were a period of great change in Europe in particular after a millennium of relative stagnation. Scientific advancements, cultural enlightenment and socio-economic developments combined to create new artistic opportunities and to influence the thinking and directions of artists. In this essay I will initially provide a brief overview of scientific advancements during this time, and then relate these and the overall societal context to artistic…

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Want Freedom? Here’s a Pill You Can Take! Independence. Empowerment. Control. The birth control pill, for the first time, allotted women to experience the above in the sphere of sexuality with ease. 1960 was a turning point for women during the Sexual Revolution.* The Pill was the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA. Following its approval, the number of openly sexual relationships increased and sexual activity, for participants in the counterculture, heightened, as this was the first…