Matte painting

The murals on the second floor of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology are scaled watercolor replications of the those painted on the walls of the so-called Villa of the Mysteries in Italy. They were commissioned by Francis W. Kelsey in 1924 to preserve the amazing images of the frescoes from continuing deterioration and were re-created by Maria Barosso, an Italian artist, over the course of two years. The original images were first painted on the walls of a Roman villa outside of Pompeii and…

“The Love Letter” is a painting by Jan Vermeer, made in 1669 during the Dutch Golden Age/Baroque period. It is an interior scene, typical of both Vermeer and Dutch art during and after the Counter-Reformation. Due to both the success of the Dutch Republic and the rebellion against the Catholic Church, Dutch art was generally more materialistic, everyday-life centered, and focused on wealth, as the Dutch enjoyed massive success as bankers and as seafarers. Many of these elements are incorporated…

After Rustin completed his creation of Playing fetch with Nash, I looked at this artwork objectively and noticed many different details he included in his artwork. At first glance, a viewer can see that it was created using markers with the use of primary, secondary, and neutral colors. I also see that Rustin drew a person to represent himself, he gave himself two arms and two legs and glasses. There is also a dog, however if he would have not told me what animal it was, it could possibly be…

Humanities 1101 Art Analysis 1 The painting “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso is a masterpiece that gives great insight into the artist’s troubled life. Picasso used oil on canvas, and painted this work of art in 1903 while working in Barcelona. “The Old Guitarist” was one of Picasso’s most prominent pieces of his “Blue Period”, which lasted from 1901-1904, and was caused by the death of his good friend, Carlos Casagemas. In this “Blue Period”, Picasso’s paintings featured flat expanses of…

The mural on the side of Roosevelt Community Church depicts a man with his arms spread wide like an eagle. This mural is beautiful but very confusing. It is a man without skin whose arms are spread wide, since there is no skin passerby’s can see are muscles bones and tendons. When I first saw the mural I thought to myself, “what the heck could this possibly stand for?” I sat there staring at the mural and after about ten to fifteen minutes I still just sat there dumbfounded as to what the mural…

The Oxbow, painted by artist Thomas Cole, is a beautiful landscape painting with numerous details and color, used to depict a scene from Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts, after a thunderstorm. Cole was an American painter, born in England, where he spent the first part of his life. When his family moved to Ohio, he began by painting portraits, but later moved to New York where he began painting landscapes, which he is primarily known for. He experienced great success in New York, and was promoted…

Discuss the depiction of women in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s images. In what ways does he engage with the notion of ideal women and the cult of feminine beauty in these works? In pre-Raphaelite paintings, a famously known model, Elizabeth Siddal appears as an idealised form of the female body. In the 19th century, she was the central figure of the muse that often combined with man’s fantasy and sensuality with poetic idealism. Although Rossetti and Siddal’s marriage was not so idealised rather…

Leakey is convinced that the images depicted in Paleolithic art reflect more than their everyday diet, or environment. Paintings of chimera-like creatures are evidence that these paintings are “greatly mediated by cognitive reflection” (Leakey 109). Leakey’s most interesting attempt to uncover exactly what these drawings represent is when he explores the idea that Paleolithic paintings represent hallucinations. The author relates Paleolithic art to art from the San people to further develop the…

It takes a very special painting to evoke a response in me, but when it does, it is unforgettable. I have to admit, looking at and studying artwork is not my favorite thing in the world. However, if I have the chance to learn about the artwork I am observing and know what I am seeing instead of just paint on paper, it suddenly sparks an interest in me. As soon as I saw Daphnis and Chloe, I almost could not take my eyes off of it. The scenery, the 3D perspective, and the incredibly textured…

elements such as mountains, water, and a rainbow combined seem to present a pure innocent statement of the beauty of nature and all its elements. You can see in the background that the sky in the picture looks stormy with plenty of thick dark clouds painting the sky. The more I look at this photo the more it seems to be jumping out at me that the photographer may not have just been wanting to show a pretty picture of…