Painting

color they can easily tell when something doesn’t work, that is why the colors choices in a painting can bring it to life or destroy it. Picking colors can be difficult because there are so many to choose from, and I have had paintings turn out strange looking because I try to fit every single color the human eye can see in it. Adding all the colors also doesn’t help to convey what I what the mood of the painting to be. Cool colors (green, blue and purple) convey the feeling of being cold,…

This is a prime example of how Klimt was highly influences by symbolism. It has his signature idea of the subjects locked in some sort of embrace. On the right side of the painting there is a mother holding an infant against her bosom in a symbolic gesture of security and protecting. There are flower entwined in the mother’s hair as a symbol of fertility and life. She holds the child in a way that shows unconditional love.…

pliable brush quickly consumes the ink within its fibers, and I begin my personal journey with the meditation of Sumi-e painting. Sumi-e is a form of traditional Eastern Asian painting. Originating in China. The goal of this form of painting is not capturing photographic likeness of an object, but rather its spirit. A successful Sumi-e painter combines simplicity with deep meaning. Paintings are often judged upon their use of simple brush strokes, unity within the art form, and the poem that it…

jacket is invaded by his flowery images. This kind of cartoon frame reflects Seal’s childhood when he was raised by television icons such as gilligan and he-man. However, the content of images shows me a great sense of impressionism. Many of Seals paintings depict still-lifes with floral patterns, which reminds me of a19th-century art expression: impressionism. Although color is formless, it can be squeezed into a specific object. Seal uses George Seurat's The Models twice as the background’s…

One aspect that could have hampered his growing popularity, is that his art did not follow current social issues that shaped the time. In the 1980’s and 90’s was a decade of change in the art world. There was a rise in cultural inequalities that was expressed with different medium and style. Along with this, there was the growing media exposure and the technology of the Internet (Allenchey). Lots of changes of social issues and media technical developments that Chia’s artwork did not confront.…

One of her paintings simply titled “Hope” gives a feeling of an optimistic future. The painting media is oil on canvas. The painting presents child with her back to us. She is wearing a white dress with red and blue flowers, as she seems to be walking away slowly. She is surrounded by children drawings floating all around…

Throwing a wringer into their plans, Henri Matisse captures a moment of pure shock, awe, and despair through his composition, painterly line work, and vibrant use of color. Within his painting, Bathers with a Turtle, Henri Matisse displays an intriguing and outspoken representation of human condition and expression. The painting towers over those around it, both in the grandiosity of its canvas, having its figures being only slightly smaller than life size, but also in the complexity of its…

than 200 pieces of sculptures, paintings, sketches, and even poems that he has done through his life time. Some of these are rare to see on exhibit because they fragile and hard to come by. Three of these pieces are Torment of Saint Anthony, Bacchanal of Children, and Punishment of Tityos. One of the most important painting is the first painting Michelangelo ever did, the Torment of Saint Anthony. The first painting is where he began his career. This painting was done while…

dancers”, 1925. This piece is filled with Picasso's personal feelings which expressed the heart-broken suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas. In this painting Picasso captures the essence of love, sex and death in the form of three women dancing. Picasso found refuge in Surrealism from 1926 till the end of his life. This dream world of subconscious paintings formed from biomorphic shapes found deep in Picasso’s subconscious. In Surrealism Picasso would create recognizable form but would distort…

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Fig. 1) was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci on 1510. The painting depicted St. Anna, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Roma Pietà (Fig. 2) was created on around 1499. The sculpture depicted the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. Mary and Jesus are shown in both of these two artworks but in a different period of their life. Christ is shown sliding off his mother’s knee and…