Painting

The artist Martin Van Meytens created this painting as oil on canvas in 1763. It is called the “Wedding Supper” as it depicts the celebration of wedding activities in the 18th century. The dimensions are w300 x h44cm which is a rather small painting but the detail makes up for the size. The artist used great proportion skills in this piece. It looks as if you are standing above everyone on a balcony…

Duccio and Giotto paint, arguably, their most influential pieces during the first decade of the twelfth century . Giotto is commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni in Padua to fresco the Arena Chapel to reconcile himself with God over the sins of his father’s usury. In contrast, Duccio is commissioned by the Church fathers of Sienna to paint a panel altarpiece for the Duomo . Giotto utilizes his private patronage to develop new principles of dramatic narrative while Duccio sticks to the Bible stories…

I have been doing art all my life with the influence of my father, who is a professional artist at inka gallery, Salamanca. He has introduced me to art and the techniques of oil painting, such as never to use black paint but use purple, brown and blue to make a dark paint colours, the way to use the art brushes properly and many more influences and techniques. From all the variety of art that he has showed me I would have to say that oil paint was my favour medium to use in the art world, due to…

survivor of the First World War and he was tasked with uncovering the huge wall painting of the church. He went to the place that was called as Oxgodby to be able to earn money even if it was a less amount of money because he needed money to make a new beginning to get rid of the effects of the First World War. The main character seemed as an artist whose wife left him alone. The place he has spent his summer to uncover the painting was a village which was silent and has gravestones around the…

When he was about fourteen years old, as was custom during the time to work under the apprenticeship of a master, da Vinci studied under Andrea del Verrocchio. While in his apprenticeship he learned, “metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting, and sculpting” (Leonardo Da Vinci Biography). One of his first independently commissioned pieces was “Adoration of the Magi”. In 1495, da Vinci was commissioned by Ludovico to paint “The Last Supper” in a dining hall in a monastery of…

artwork being exhibited and sold out in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. Analysis of Artworks Namatjira places objects such as trees, rocks, animals and buildings which are juxtaposed in contradiction with the land or hills. The foreground of his paintings are constructed by trees,…

figures. An example of one is a painting of Pope Paul III, which took him six months to paint. He was also invited into Charles V court to paint his portrait. A lot of Titian’s paintings had to do with Roman goddesses, usually Venus. An example of a Roman inspired painting was “Venus and Adonis." Which he created for Philip II, and got inspired by Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” Titian’s soon developed a new style which was much different than his beginning style. He made his paintings new by using…

and had no experience as a fresco painter. However, he quickly changed his mind and accepted the commission and then spent the next four years painting his most famous masterpiece. The Sistine Chapel’s center panel shows a series of nine stories from the Book of Genesis. Since Michelangelo was by trade, a sculptor, he used this knowledge when painting the frescos and had to first apply plaster to the ceiling before he was able to paint. Originally, the ceiling was painted blue with…

the floor and are painted with frescoes by early Renaissance artists. Michelangelo painted the artwork and completed it later on in his life and when revealed people admired and praised his work that seemed unrealistic because it didn't look like a painting. The nine scenes that are present in the ceiling move across the central panels representing the story of mand which also refers to the beginning of Chritianity and represents humanism. For example, the scenes that took place from the…

Sieste” (Millet, Jean Francoise, and “La Sieste”) and “Siesta” (Van Gogh, Vincent, and “Siesta”) illustrate an assumed couple resting after a long day’s work, however the emotional tones depicted by the artists are distinctly different. Millet’s painting “La Sieste” seems to display a more distressed or uneasy feeling whereas Van Goughs piece “Siesta” appears to be a more pleasant slumber. Millet’s use of colors and line work undeniably portrays a harsher and more realistic view of how an…