Expressionism

Thomas Cole was one among many pioneers of the Hudson River School of art, an aesthetic movement that took place alongside the American Romantic period. This movement sought to highlight the beauty of natural landscapes through paintings and to accentuate the beauty of nature over industrial and societal progress. However, ancient ruins were of interest to Cole, and many of his European counterparts viewed America’s lack of ruins as a fault. As a result, Cole created the series of paintings, The…

Pride and Prejudice was written during the Georgian Era. This time there was little artificial lighting and structures were made in a way where natural light was meant to light up the whole room. The lighting in the film used a combination of lighting that attempted to make the film seem like an authentic representation of the time that the story took place. The scene at the very beginning when they are discussing the arrival of Mr. Bingley is a great example of lighting indicative of the…

The Golden Coach is a 1952 film directed by Jean Renoir. The film tells the story of a commedia dell’arte troupe in 18th century Peru. Renoir is a French film director, and the son of impressionist painter Pierre Renoir. His films, in both silent and later eras, are noted for their realism and narrative. Inspired by both Mérimée's short play, “Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement” and Vivaldi’s music, Renoir's film unfolds naturally in a dramatic atmosphere that is both theater and life. Indeed,…

Thomas Hart Benton painted The Wreck of the Ole 97 uses a variety of elements and principles to highlight the importance and the realism in his piece. Benton uses lines to create the train,the people, and the plants which are mostly made from irregular lines.Because he painted shapes with irregular lines the figures are not geometric but organic especially the people and plants. He does paint few regular lines like the track, the train and the wagon. The track is made from one geometric…

Throughout the ages of art, there have been many an odd character. Likely the most well-known skew ball would be Van Gogh, an artist who is widely renowned for lobbing off his own ear and painting the Starry Night. However, he was not the first nor will be the last to become famous off questionable behavior. For example, Joseph Beuys. After some exposure to the tragedies of life, he began to share his point of view through a series of performances and painting style expositions. From I like…

One of my most famous artists is Joseph Mallord William Turner (J. M. W. Turner) He was an English Romanticist landscape painter, watercolorist. He was born in 23 April 1775 in Covent Garden in London, England and was died on 19 December 1851 (aged 76) in Cheye walk, Chelsea, England. His education from the Royal Academy of art. His paintings of William Turner, Romanticism landscapes, mostly a spectacular show in England, especially the sea. His oil paintings, Turner are also one of the greatest…

The Fox in the Snow by Gustave Courbet was written in the year of 1860. This painting shows much detail of how colors, lines, and shading are used throughout the painting. Describing just how each color compliments other colors and which colors fights other colors showing their difference in the painting, giving it that exact detail and richest of the painting. In the following paragraphs will describe the many characteristics shown in the painting. When looking throughout the painting, and…

Gauguin made his first visit to Tahiti (a French colony) in March 1891, and did not return to Paris until May 1893. It was a hugely productive period in Gauguin's career, saying himself that, “In the two years I have spent here, with only a few months lost, I have produced sixty-six more or less fine canvases and a number of ultra-primitive sculptures. That is enough for any one man." One of the works that came from this time Gauguin spent in Tahiti is called “Manao Tupapau” or “Spirit of the…

Stand there, right in front of the painting; what do you see? Look closely, very closely and see the paint on the canvas flow through each brush stroke, see the colors expand and blur, and see how the lights play off the soft, vibrant colors. Watch the swirls expand out into an infinite space in time . The paint flies beyond the canvas and the shadows and reflections blur into one. The pinks, blues, reds, yellows, oranges, purples, and browns blend together to create a symphony of colors.…

What decides what art is? Over the years, there have been many discussions about what decides art and it is this question that many artists have toyed with. From the aesthetic appeal to statement works to the viewer's own perception, many aspects of art have been explored. However, the value of art is decided by that of the history of the artwork itself. One could look to Vincent Van Gogh; whose works became no more extraordinary after his death, but his tragic story assisted in him to become a…