Norman Vincent Peale

Eastern Landscapes Eastern landscape artist have both followed and challenged artistic conventions through their use of the natural world being a major focus in their works. By the late Tang Dynasty, which occurred from 618-907, landscape painting had evolved into an independent genre. As the dynasty disintegrated, the concept of withdrawal into the natural world became a major focus of painters. The images of nature remain a potent source of inspiration down to the present day, and it has been…

Edward Hopper created the beautiful painting titled Nighthawks. It is made from oil on canvas. He created the painting in 1942 and he was inspired to create it because of a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue. Fluorescent light came into use in the early 1940’s. Nighthawks is a painting showing four people in a restaurant late at night. The lines in the painting are mostly straight with a few curves. The lines are mostly straight to make the buildings more structured. The shapes are…

“As a question of architectural ambition, art museums are the new churches…” Jason Fargo states his point rather decisively. But what would induce one to agree? How does Fargo present his case in a way which attracts the reader to both continue reading and eventually, support his statement. Fargo targets an assortment of points with intelligent wordage, elaborate historical background, evidence, and emotional appeal. He paints us a picture to gaze upon, and, eventually, praise. Pathos:…

Depression is one of the worst things someone can go through. They do not feel themselves and if they do not talk to somebody about it and do not get treatment then they may never feel like themselves again. Sometimes if someone notices that their friend or family member is acting differently because they are depressed and they do not tell anyone because they do not want the person to get mad at them. Depression is a mood disorder in which someone feels so sad that they cannot function normally…

Painted in 1891 by Paul Gauguin, “Tahitian Women” (also known as “Tahitian Women on the Beach”) is very popular oil on canvas painting. It features both bold vibrant colors, as well as many subdued tones. Other notable aspects of this painting include its visual texture, the people portrayed, and the overall subject matter. Although there may be some story behind this artwork, it is up to the viewer to decide what they believe the piece is about. Focusing on the colors, it is obvious that some…

multiple preceding artist movements like the impressionists, who have impacted artists that were a part of other subsequent movements, like the fauvists or expressionists. The similarities between Maurice de Vlaminck's "Chatou Bridge" (1907) and Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" (1889) reflect some impressionism qualities that have positively influenced Vlaminck when composing this fauvist painting. Vlaminck reinforces this notion when he declares "I love van Gogh more than my own father",…

communicate a message to their audience. Media describes the items that the artist used to make that particular art. Vincent Van Gogh is an artist who used two mediums; oil and drawing to create his work of arts, Irises, and Sorrow. Van Gogh also used different techniques along with the media to visually communicate his art works with his audience. Irises is a very famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh used with oil paint. Van Gogh used oil paints in this particular art work to get that perfect…

In 1888 Van Gogh created The Night Café using oil paints on a canvas. It's title alone depicts it almost to a tee, however, what one might envision without seeing it would be completely subjective. The same concept can be applied to what one feels when looking at this work. The painting depicts a very eerie room with colors that clash and are almost painful to look at. However, you’re drawn in by a man standing off in the corner of the room who appears to be staring at you. He almost looks as…

All Chuck wanted was to be a normal kid like everyone else but, why couldn’t he? Chuck Close is a seventy-seven year old american painter. He had disabilities which was the biggest crisis in his life. Chuck close was born July 5, 1940. Chucky Closes parents; Leslie Close and Mildred Close, had no idea that he had these learning disabilities. Chuck enjoyed painting because it helped him cope with his life and what people thought about him. Chuck had face blindness, he had dyslexia, and he was…

Alex Colville’s piece titled Horse and Train from 1954 depicts a dark horse, viewed from the rear, galloping past the viewer’s right and toward a black train, which emerges from the works horizon to face the viewer. This painting is a gift of the Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd. and can be found hanging on the walls of the Art Gallery of Hamilton. This piece combines contrasting shapes and lines to aid viewers in imagining the speed of both the horse and train. High-speed objects utilize…