Impressionism

of life introduced new ways of thinking about and reacting to society’s modern aesthetics. In regards to the creation of new ways of thinking for the modern era, the realm of art was not left out of this. New artistic styles such as impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, surrealism, and many other styles, introduced new ways of creating artwork for the modern period. This essay will discuss three paintings of this period, namely Henri Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (1906), Pablo Picasso’s…

Photography’s Effect on Art When I was a senior in high school, I was able to attend a technical school for the second half of my day each day to take photography classes. I had always been interested in photography, but without any real knowledge on composing, taking, or editing pictures, I was unable to pursue the interest. I was nervous at first, a lot of the students there were in their second year and many of them had part time jobs in industry. It took a lot of work, but I started to…

Late 19th century American art was influenced by a number of art movements such as, impressionism, realism, and symbolism. Some artists were inspired to create genre paintings to enforce their significance in subjects from everyday life including figures, landscapes, and objects. These scenes of everyday life in America did not, however, include people of color. Thus, this segment of the population was being portrayed in an infelicitous angle due to the prejudices of the period, with biased…

Vincent van Gogh’s, Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Most definitely, well known painter Vincent van Gogh, certainly led a most intriguing and captivating life within the tough art world. Early in life, van Gogh did not have it easy. With the loss of his older brother-who had the same name and birthdate- van Gogh felt miserable, and fell into a state of gloom at a young age. Throughout his life, Vincent Van Gogh suffered through many forms of rejection. One of them being, love. When…

I choose to review one of the most romantic restaurants in Las Vegas - restaurant Picasso in Bellagio Hotel and Casino. First of all, this restaurant located right next to the famous fountains of Bellagio and “you get a nice view over the artificial lake and the spectacular fountain display.”(2) Room with a view of the fountains at the Bellagio and the walls are decorated original paintings by Pablo Picasso, the different stages of his creative life, they say that the restaurant Picasso - can…

Continually popular, art is a platform for social and political ideas, in addition to expressions of beauty and harmony. However, countless other media exist today that may improve on a story being told. As a result, painting as an art medium is a fraction of what it used to be. Over the centuries, art styles, and the interpretation of art, shifts. Today, we have contemporary art, pop art, minimalist art, to name a few, but the artistry of painting is still present. Consequently, painting is no…

Nurses are expected to practice with compassion; it’s an integral aspect of providing quality care. “Compassion in nursing is still seen as a moral virtue, something that nurses are just expected to do and has been described as the essence of caring, therefore the essence of nursing” (Bramley & Matiti, 2014). Compassion care ties in with one of the most basic nursing theory, the Theory of Human Caring by Jean Watson. One of the key characteristic of this theory is to develop a trusting caring…

For my painting I choose to do something called “Oak Leaves” by Georgia O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe is known for her paintings of over sized flowers and has been called the “Mother of American Modernism”. Georgia is a very good artist and most of he paints are by things that inspire her. O’Keeffe trained to be a artist in Chicago. Her life revolved around her art. Georgia was born on November 15th,1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a wheat farm. During her childhood she lived in mainly lived in Wisconsin…

to the women. Leaving me with the feeling that I’m on the beach with them. Gauguin usage of warm hues creates the feeling of warmth. The colors pink and red and white symbolizes maturity and innocents. Since the painting was created in the post-impressionism era; Gauguin distorted reality in the left women hand and foot for expressive effects. The usages of bold colors create a feeling of a tropical oasis. The white lines…

this period seem more like children seeing what they can get away with rather than anything that was inspired or created from passion or purpose. Like I said before, Art is truly experienced in the senses of the beholder. My best friend hates Impressionism. She prefers Post Modern, she embraces weird. My husband thinks classic muscle cars with bikini girls on them is art. My little brother has tattoo sleeves, and he calls that his art. Whether or not I agree really doesn’t matter, that’s the…