Impressionism

Andre Derain piece titled The Turning Road (L’Estaque, 1906) is a famous work of an Avant grade art movement. It represents the village of L’Estaque. Frederic Edwin Church piece titled Twilight in the Wilderness (1860) was made near the mount Katahdin in Maine. It is the beautiful view of a tremendous sunset. He sketched the painting before two years of painting this original version. The work in Andre Derain artwork is a colorful presentation describing the village life. However, in the…

While not as famous as Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, or Mark Rothko, artist and painter Morris Louis was kndown to be instrumental in developing the Color Field movement, which is an abstract painting style that was commonplace during the 1940s and 1950s. The movement is largely described as large fields of solid and flat color stained into or spread across a canvas; thus, creating unbroken surface areas and picture planes that are flat. Such examples of Louis’ paintings in the Color Field…

My aesthetic experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and the art work with the biggest emotional reflection on me was, “Dance at Bougival” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883). This piece is often noted as “one of the museum’s most beloved works.” The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, just outside of Paris, was a popular spot of recreational activities for city dwellers. The Impressionist painters would often visit these areas, seeking inspiration for their paintings. Renoir, utilizes fierce color…

In much of her work, Mary Cassatt explores the politics of gender and ‘the gaze.’ Born in Philadelphia to a wealthy family, Cassatt settled in Paris in 1866 and became actively involved with the Impressionist movement, finding inspiration in the works of Manet and Degas. However, during this time equality between men and women was seemingly absent: whilst men were encouraged to pursue a career, women were often confined to domestic life, deprived of many personal and social freedoms. By choosing…

Everyone has something artistic they adore, whether it be art or music. It’s very rare to meet someone who doesn’t enjoy anything. Art, music and films all have the capability to affect my thinking, feelings and emotional state. It is intriguing how just thee hearing sounds of films or music and looking at art can have a huge impact on my life. They all comfort me, take me to a whole different world. These things can affect your life in a number of ways, but I believe that the most important…

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer created “Monoliths #2,” in 1978. This piece of artwork is a mixed media that incorporates chalk, paint, water and other mediums to create an engaging piece of art. “Monoliths #2” focuses on different shapes, colors, and lines to create an abstract view of the world around her. The artwork is four feet by four feet but seems much larger when one actually stands in front of the piece which is located at Ackland Museum of Art. This artwork is displayed in the “European and…

During the 20th century, poetry changed what the idea of what was proper poetry. One of the main focuses during this time while writing poetry was imagery. Imagery is using ones words to paint a picture for the reader in great deal of detail. There were many poets and authors during this time that used imagery as a main focus point in their literary works. Some of the authors during this time were William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell and Carl Sandburg. Using imagery, the authors that will be…

The art works, “The Haywain” by John Constable and “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, are two different types of painting that represent the two movements of art work which is Romanticism and Expressionism through their style of art paintings. The well known and well represented the style of art work of romanticism, which is “The haywain” painted in 1821, Constable was the English painter during 18th century. He was a mainly outdoor of landscapes painter that he painted the nature scenery as he saw…

In some courses in which, maker Alexa Meade could be an old figure painter, duplicating the daylight and shadow that falls on the form during an authentic strategy. Be that as it may she takes a shot at relate degree unprecedented canvas: the specific shape. besides, he or she takes a set up manufacture — trompe l'oeil, the claim to fame of making a two-dimensional portrayal look three-dimensional — and turns it on its head.. Her point is to do to the inverse, to fall profundity and make her…

Art Investigation Describe and Analyze: Starry Night is one of Vincent Van Gogh, a French post-impressionist, many famous paintings and is also the most well-known. This painting was created in 1889 and is an oil on canvas landscape painting. According to Wikipedia Vincent Van Gogh painted this painting while in an asylum and is actually a view out of his window. Today, Starry Night is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York and has been since 1941. The night sky background was…