History of painting

imagism, which depended on concrete images instead of poetic diction, so many critical views have been presented to interpret this piece of art. Ashbery endeavors to depict the beautiful vision of artist’s mind by focusing on the proclamation “as is painting, so is verse". Through verse he commends and praises the painter's conflict to locate his actual imaginative structure and slant towards a particular method for being creative in the poem "The Painter". The poet hoped to find independence…

Art is a means of independent expression. Paintings provide opportunities for the appreciation of hidden messages. This idea is evident in Pablo Picasso´s paintings. Guernica was Pablo Picasso´s most famous painting, his masterpiece. Painted in 1937, Guernica was to portray a powerful political statement. During the Spanish Civil War, Picasso painted Guernica as a response to the devastating bombing on the Basque town of Guernica. Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential painters of the…

Van Gogh “Lust for Life” and “Midnight in Paris”. These movies were Academy Award winners. As far as it is known, supposedly this artist sold only one painting in his lifetime. His most celebrated art work is “The Starry Night” and this painting became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941. Painting by candlelight To be able to paint late into the night Van Gogh supposedly the artist painted with candles lining the brim of this straw hat. You…

artist’s started to create works of art that meant something to them. This period started geometric painting which lead to cubism, and later non-geometric art which lead to more abstract works of art. Starry Night can definitely be seen as a work of art from the Post-Impressionism period because it is abstract. It has figures that can be seen as houses, but sky and the black figure create a more abstract painting. Although I feel like I could have created Starry Night, I could never have…

Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto): Analysis on 2 of Canaletto’s paintings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Canal_and_the_Church_of_the_Salute This painting is called “The Grand Canal at the Church of Salute.” I can see that this painting looks like it has been drawn with different sizes of brushes. The painting looks really realistic because Canaletto must have used a lot of different strokes to get the three dimensional look. The tone and shadow of the buildings are…

came with a plane ticket. I devoted my full attention and focus on reading the paper. My heart sank, like the feeling of yourself falling on the giant drop at Six Flags. The Museum of Modern Art wanted me travel to showcase my calavera or skull painting, for the hispanic art collection. The chip in my brain prevented myself from sensing any joy from that moment. That chip filled of traumatic fear,…

Edward Hopper’s dark oil painting, Nighthawks inspired me. Nighthawks is something I never want the world to look like. His art inspired me to be the change. The dark colors used made New York City feel like a sad and lonely place. I wanted to change this. The city is bright, loud, and filled with energy and this art goes against what the city is known for. This is related to me because I am not a sad and lonely person. I deviated from the original to show my bright attitude. I used color to…

“In an Artist’s Studio” is a short Petrarchan sonnet written by Christina Rossetti in England during the year 1856. The sonnet encompasses the persona of the author who is watching an artist paint a portrait of a young woman. As the work progresses, the painter fails to capture the realistic beauty of his model, and begins fantasizing of the perfection she could be. Rossetti, being aware of gender inequality in this era, uses the subtle message of this sonnet to propose that the value of a woman…

Botticelli, is a beautiful artwork from the 1400’s most likely sanctioned by the Medici family in celebration of a wedding. The first element of this painting that draws me in is the exquisite talent of the artist shown in the drapery of the clothes the figures wear, particularly by the three women standing together on the left side of the painting, most likely picturing the Three Fates, characters from Greek and Roman myth. The drapery is very much realistic. I am also amazed by how Botticelli…

It is filled with imagery of death, suffering and pain. Otto Dix was a German, who strongly disapproved of war, as is shown in this painting, Dix felt that the war was pointless, which is shown with the unnecessary gore and despair shown in his work. This masterpiece is also very representative of the suffering of those who fought, boldly shown in the painting, contrary to the patriotic and honour the leaders wished the artists to show in their work, and which offended many people who believed…