Etching

1936 the Spanish Civil War started and military officers who were led by Francisco Franco began revolting against the democratically elected Second Republic. At this time Picasso, who was a Republican supporter, completed a series of anti-Franco etchings. The artist expressed his feelings by saying that the military caste was “plunging Spain into an ocean of misery and death”. One of his most notable paintings is “Guernica” painted for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, France. The painting was…

has lost faith in God after his frail mother died The doctors, thinking that Regan only believes she is possessed, recommend an exorcism be performed. Chris arranges a meeting with Karras. After recording us speaking backwards and witnessing the etching of the words "Help Me" on her stomach, Karras is convinced Regan is possessed. Believing her soul is in danger, he decides to perform an exorcism. The experienced Merrin is selected to…

By discussing the conditions during the Postmodern era we can understand why artists such as Tracey Emin, Cindy Sherman, The Chapman Brothers chose to reject traditional aesthetics instead conveying their intentions through shocking subjects and media to convey their intentions to the audience. “In both Britain and New York contemporary artists have shunned the tradition of aesthetics, preferring to communicate their meaning through shocking subjects and media, what is now referred to as the…

the candy dries into the hardened shell. . Printing • The single colored batches are combined with different colors such as red, yellow, blue, green, brown and orange. They are then transported to a machine that stamps the ‘m” on them. This is the etching machine. Packaging •…

Pieter Lastman, taught him how to master genre. The genre included placing figures from biblical, historical and allegorical scenes in complex settings ("Rembrandt Biography"). Many works that Rembrandt did included figures from the bible, such as the etching he did of Jesus Christ called “Christ preaching”. Rembrandt repeatedly turned to the bible for inspiration. Rembrandt was a very religious man and his way of comfort during the dark times of his life was through his paintings he did,…

This particular work was made using an interesting print making technique of drypoint etching, when you engrave an image usually with a small item like a needle in a plate to create a image then use ink to transfer it on paper. At a first glance I thought it was done by pencil and I was so amazed at how simple and detailed it looked but when discovering it done by drypoint etching I was even more amazed. This piece is an image of an older lady sitting on a chair with a young girl sitting…

Julian Merrow-Smith was born in 1959 in Buckinghamshire, England. From 1978-79 he studied at the North Oxfordshire College of Art. He then went on to study at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts from 1979-82. After losing his job at London’s Lumiére cinema in 1997, Julian moved to the south of France and began painting for a living. Merrow-Smith mainly paints still life along with portraits and landscapes. When Julian first moved to France he decided…

Humans need to socialize and express themselves with other human beings to stay happy and sane, if this is Not met, we would go down into a deep spiral of depression and anxiety. This is the case with Melinda being neglected for the her calling the cops on the party. She is constantly ignored and made fun of by her peers in school. not only that, but her friends have tried to cut connections with her add that with the horrible act of being raped, caused her to feel alone and having almost to no…

What I like about this piece was that even though it was a drawing, Birk had the capability to make it look like an etching. Not only was this piece in a large scale (as well) but he covered all the ground with values done by fine lines. In this piece Birk decided to portray a monument based off laws that are personal to civilians (citizen rights) for equal protection…

his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought…