National Gallery of Art

CHAPTER TWO -Baroque- "Baroque" is a style in Europe since the early 17th century. Bqroque from the Portuguese "barroco", meaning an irregular pearls. Renaissance humanist writer used the word to criticize those who do not follow the classical works of art produced by the specification. Although inherited Baroque Renaissance illusionism establish up to reproduce the traditional, but abandoned the pure, harmonious, stable classical style, the pursuit of a complicated hyperbole, magnificent,…

Ed Ruscha is an American artist whose oeuvre joins parts of the dialect and iconography of Pop Art with deft Reasonable execution. With a practice that traverses drawing, painting, photography, film, printmaking, and distributing, Ruscha's experience as a visual creator is obvious in his excellent eye for typography and design. He is maybe best known for his craftsman's books, for example, Twentysix Gas Stations (1963)— a pictorial investigation of the fuel stations he experienced on an…

and late on he worked on the cathedral at Piacenza. Leonardo and Ambrogio de Predis were told to finish/make the famouse Madonna of the rocks painting in 1483. Only two of these painting exist. One of the versions in Lourve and the other in the National gallery in London. Supper Leonardo’s fresco painting was begun in 1495 and completed by 1498. The painting is now terribly damaged. In the Last Supper painting Leonardo did not use the same fresco technique to make it. A big and bad restoration…

One that stands out is the Château Frontenac. This hotel stands out among the rest of the Old city and has had many famous visitors over the years. In 1980 it became a Canadian national landmark, the building itself standing 177 feet at it’s tallest peak. The building can be seen over the rest of the city and is perhaps the most well known spot in Quebec. It’s style type resembles the rest of the city itself: European and quaint…

The Lansdowne portrait is a famous painting of George Washington which now resides in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. (George, np). The painting itself has become a national symbol of America and the freedom of democracy. The mastermind behind the painting, Gilbert Stuart, used subtle symbolism to evoke a sense of freedom and triumph in order to portray Washington as the ultimate American and the father of freedom. Gilbert Stuart was a native to the colonies of early America.…

As political intentions increase and the focus into personal issues such as Australian identity and mental health gain the mass media’s attention, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 accurately depicts the psychological inner life an individual and the constraining forces that make them into the individual portrayed in the image. The exhibition displays 43 photographs from photographers around Australia, the collections representing modern…

include the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and Circus Maximus. Circus Maximus was the biggest sports stadium ever made and was built in the sixth century. Circus Maximus is not only a stadium but also a band in America and Norway. The Pantheon is another national landmark. The Pantheon shows that Rome was a multicultural empire because the inscription on the front is Latin and is spoken by many in Rome. The Pantheon itself is dedicated to the Roman gods. The Pantheon inspired architecture in the…

The earlier art period; Impressionism is a distinctive time in art history that took place from 1870-1890. Artists during this period focused on ordinary subjects and objects found in nature. They paid close attention to optical effects, and how the light reflected off their subjects during different times of the day. Painters during this period were known as “Impressionist’s”. Characteristics of Style An impressionist painting is identified by the characteristics of small, thin yet, visible…

Women's modern life in Iran and the Arab world, negating the dominating images of Middle Eastern women concealed and oppressed in Western media. This exhibition was launched in 2012 at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts…

floors could withhold items that are thematically grouped together. The designers took advantage of the space given to them; the objects are arranged in groups or sets in simple rectangular rooms. When one enters, one has the impression that the galleries are spacious and well-lit. The circulation is easy. However, the rooms are a bit bare and this gives an overall ambiance that is not warm and welcoming. Note that the total area of the museum is 900 square…