Impressionism

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 40 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Preserve on Artwork The artwork that I chose to Preserve was "Gray Tree", because it caught my eye on the way it looked. The caption of "Gray Tree" is a simple way of explaining the artwork. "Gray Tree" Contour Lines are wavy and thick which bring out the form of a tree. I believe this was Piet Mondrian's goal to make it a simple and understandable painting. The caption of the artwork, the painting itself, and the colors he used to create the tree are simple. Value and Contrast come together in…

    • 443 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The final project of the semester pushed for creativity. Delving into my artistic past proved to be a challenge, as it’s been about three years since I last picked up a pencil for fun. The process began with the search for inspiration; at first a window scene and then a simplistic everyday design. For this project, I completed two paintings, but will only discuss the one I presented, which I call “New York Blues”. The first attempt at a painting rendered a window with a flower box. The image…

    • 621 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The piece La Mer by Claude Debussy drew much criticism in its early years. “I see no sea, I hear no sea, I feel no sea,” a Parisian critic remarked following the piece’s deplorable premiere. But over time, La Mer has matured into a classic, hailing today as one of the most famous seascapes ever composed. Inside Dallas’s own Meyerson Center, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra command the group’s powerful volume and musical interpretation toward a phenomenal performance…

    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My artist is Paul Cezanne born in January 19th 1839 Aix-en-province well coming from Primary facts .com he was born into wealth and his father was a co-founder of the banking firm and his art work influenced the 20th century abstract art he is called the master of design color and, tone both Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were influenced by his art work. He died in October 22 1906 his education is from Ecole des beaux (school of art) he also attended the college of bourdon.paul is a post…

    • 256 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Art Review Monet

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages

    I chose to review a painting for my art review. I went to the Baltimore Museum of Art on October 1. I chose to focus on two pieces of art by Claude Monet in the Modern Art wing. The Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight effect with Smoke, 1903, and Charing Cross Bridge, Reflections on Thames, 1901. Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight effect with Smoke depicts a misty, blueish scene of a vague bridge in the background and billows of smoke rising over the peaceful water during what appears to be early morning or late…

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Edgar Degas was making drawings of the ballerinas and dancers in the 19th century. French artist Edgar Degas created hundreds of artworks that captured the ballet world of 19th century Paris. Degas regularly went to the Palais Garnier Opera House to observe the ballerinas (Edgar Degas). His focus was on their natural movement as they practiced. Exploring the way the dancers' bodies flowed through performance. Edgar showed a talent for drawing while young and wanted to become and artist. Edgar…

    • 602 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Judy Cassab was born in Vienna in 1920 to Hungarian and Jewish parents. After surviving the horrors of the Second World War by assuming the identity of her German maid, she migrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children and settled in Sydney. In Australia, she quickly gained a reputation for her distinctive expressionist technique and portrait abilities. Since her first solo exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney in 1953, Judy Cassab has held well over fifty solo…

    • 438 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Born in 1867, Pierre Bonnard was a French artist with a unique style that flourished from his interactions with some of the most influential artists of the time. Bonnard developed as an artist during the Post Impressionist movement (1886-1905), which influenced his aesthetic in painting and printmaking. His painting, After the Shower, completed in 1914, is currently exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of their Modern Exhibition. This composition was completed shortly after the…

    • 1429 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The extensive collection of impressionist paintings and post-impressionists, the largest outside of the Louvre in Paris. It is so powerful, it could stay there for hours. It is located between the presentations more significant of the paintings and sculptures European. It is including more than 3,500 works from the twelfth century until the twentieth century A sunday afternoon on the island of la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat is the most famous piece in the collection of the Art Institute…

    • 405 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In a letter to Emile Schuffenecker, Gauguin advises, “…don’t paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! Study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result…to create like our Divine Master.” Gauguin makes clear his intention not to portray nature with complete accuracy and, as a result, his place-ideas for Brittany and Martinique are more based in the mythical and imaginary realm. However, in Martinique he found an environment that was foreign, primordial…

    • 946 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 50