Fine art

hour painting and have every detail like the actual object or area. Stephen seems normal from the outside but he struggles with autism he struggles with verbally expressing himself. To overcome this with his painting. All paintest speak with their art, people will find meaning behind a photo or drawing. He may not verbally express himself but can do it with his painting. Stephen’s skills pop out to people. Very few people are able to memorize a place or location to perfection the way he does.…

Portinari Altarpiece Hugo van der Goes is credited with uniting the scholarly dexterity of Jan van Eyck and the sensitive feelings of Rogier van der Weyden, creating his own style of art. In Ghent, Hugo was the dean of the painters’ guild. An artisan guild was organized by occupation and exerted quality control of its members and administered education with an apprenticeship system. It was a master-apprentice system, where apprentices commonly finished the smaller details on a piece of work…

Since cast bronze was becoming the new medium for all different types of works. Smaller sculptures were made out of a lot of different materials. The reason the ancient Greeks used fine marble and some other materials were because there was an abundance of it in the surrounding territories. Even marbles such as, Parian and Pentelic marble which were some of the most highly prized marble in all the land. Not only was marble an abundant…

nineteenth century the work was cleaned with an old-style varnish that before long had darkened the work with a yellow tone, leading to a further cleaning in the mid-nineteenth century. The most important and discussed restoration is in 1967, many of the art industry were actively against the proposed restoration by the National Gallery, there was contention because the other artworks in the series were not going to be restored leading to this artwork looking very different. Decisively, the…

and art. Pilsen, The Heart of Chicago, is beautiful in and out. From the art located in almost every corner, to the kindest hearts that live in the people who live in Pilsen. Pilsen has many murals that have stories behind them. Stories about our ancestors' culture, traditions and history. Some murals also have messages that have to do with present day problems that many immigrants face. If you would like to know the stories behind each mural, you can go ahead and walk to the Mexican Art…

The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light Claude Monet’s The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light is one of a series of thirty paintings of the Rouen Cathedral that Monet produced from 1892-1894 (Harris, Beth, and Steven Zucker. “Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series.”). The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light was acquired by The J. Paul Getty museum in 2001 and is on display as a part of their permanent exhibit on Impressionism in The Getty Center (“The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in…

When people do not agree with a topic or trying to raise awareness for a cause, they are taking part in activism. The topic of activism is evident in just about everything we do in our daily lives. One example of where activism is evident is in art work. Activism is evident in a majority of artwork, for example in the work of Susan Crile. Susan Crile used drawings in chalk and charcoal to exhibit activism. Crile made drawings of chalk and charcoal to create activism against the events that…

of modern art. To the untrained eye, there is nothing particularly extraordinary about it, but experts claim it is worth millions. All the while, in the outskirts of the city, a gorgeous, sprawling mural covers the side of an abandoned building, catching the attention of everyone who catches sight of it, yet it is labeled as vandalism, as mere graffiti. What is the role of art in our modern society, and what is the true nature of human self-expression? Perhaps, in the realm of art, there are…

‘time-based art’ was also beginning to emerge. Muybridge’s 1878 photographs of horses in motion are an early notable example. In order to capture a horse’s running, Muybridge set several cameras in a line and photographed images moments apart as the horse passed by. The photographs taken together create the illusion of movement. This idea of ‘freezing time’ was the first notion of film, a medium that would come to fundamentally change the way people see, opening the possibility of an art that…

Each year, millions of tourists flock to art museums hoping to squeeze in some moments of culture in a very limited time frame. Viewing art in the modern context is a sprint; one tries to see as much as they can in only an hour or two. As a result, the pieces on display must vie for attention, even if they were originally commissioned for private consumption. Giovanni Paolo Pannini’s huge 5 ½ by 8 ft. canvas captivates passersby, enticing its viewers to engage with the illusion of space. Located…