Matte painting

Delaware is an oil on canvas painting by Emmanuel Leutze. Leutze was a German - American artist who lived from 1816 until 1868; Washington Crossing the Delaware was created in 1851 (metmuseum.org). The painting is 12ft 5in. by 21ft. 3in and is in good condition; there does not appear to be any damage. Washington Crossing the Delaware is currently on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is displayed in a gallery with other American paintings from the same time period.…

The oil painting View from Mount Holyoke by Thomas Cole is a stunning aerial view of the landscape at Mount Holyoke. The painting was painted at Northampton Massachusetts after a thunderstorm. View from Mount Holyoke was first shown to the world at the National Academy of Design in 1836. The painting was long known as The Oxbow. Using the elements and principles of design, Cole created a masterpiece in American landscape paintings. Cole incorporated many elements of design in View from Mount…

Hello! The theme for today is about an artwork made by George Catlin the creator of this quote “Thank god it is over, That I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world” and the first great painter to travel beyond the Mississippi to paint the Indians, and his Indian Gallery, staggering in its ambition and scope, is one of the wonders of the nineteenth century. This artwork started in 1834 and he finished in the same year. To do this artwork he used a technique with oil on canvas and the…

they want to learn and to have more knowledge to the possible course they want to take in college while In the Philippines it is not like that. I took the chance to take all the art classes I want. I learned using different mediums in my drawing and painting class. I learned to create mugs in my ceramic and sculpture class. I learned to create a character and make it move in my animation class. I learned how to used AutoCAD in my drafting class. Lastly, the graphic design gives me the knowledge…

She then brought this inspiration to life as she began to create photorealistic paintings. One of her first photo-realist pieces was called “Macarena of Miracles” that she created in 1971. Macarena of Miracles was also one of the first photorealistic paintings in America. Most photorealist would create still art (motionless objects that are recreated through art) but, unlike them Audrey felt she couldn’t reach her audience…

depiction of the earlier painting of the French town by Paul Cezanne. This painting’s present location is in the Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts in the Beck Collection; its original location is in France. The piece is oil on canvas, and it can only be viewed from the front because its hanging on a wall. The style of the piece is Fauves; Fauvist use bright colors in their purest and strongest states, which is very graphic in this particular piece. The title of the painting comes from the curving…

As a child I would always color or draw on anything in sight whether it was the table, chair, and even one time the wall. Once I was done creating my masterpiece, I would run through the house in hope to find my mom so I could show her my work of art. Now looking back on these moments I have considered them to be what started my passion for art along with exercise. After researching many careers, I found two completely opposite careers but they both involve my passions: interior designer and…

I have enjoyed art of many forms all of my life. Much of my spare time is spent drawing and experimenting with many different art techniques. I have also always loved animated movies such as films from Disney, Pixar and many other not as famously known companies. That is why I chose to major in Media Arts in college. With my passion for art, I would like to inspire others to create their own art or become more interested in art itself. My main goal is to create animated films. I want to be…

In order to view the Ebstorf Mappa Mundi as a likeness of Christ, one must consider the ways in which his body is visually represented and functions within the context of surrounding entities, and how the map was perceived based on these constituents. The representation of Christ’s body is visualized by the dismemberment of the body and placing each part at the cardinal points on the map. The orientation of the body, like most Mappa Mundi, situates the head to the east, right hand to the south,…

Vanitas paintings are symbolic, strongly linked to the bible and coincides to the meaningless of life. The paintings, human life by Harmen Steenwyk and Audrey Flack may seem different from each other but both both portray the same message in through two very different ensembles of objects. 'Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life' by Harmen Steenwyck is a typical example of a Dutch 'Vanitas' painting. Harmen steenwyck mostly painted fruits so this painting is a lot different to…