Painting

Discovered only recently, the oldest cave painting was found in Spain, believed to be left by the Neanderthals and is now the oldest and historical cave paintings discovered. A previous painting found in France was dated to be from 37,000 years ago, is now replaced by the Spanish cave painting, believed to be more than 48,000 years ago. Now in modern days, paint is very common. There are many different varieties of paints and uses, such as acrylic, water-based, oil-based, sheen, latex, and…

Lines are usually used in every art work and in Mostaert’s painting you can see the use of lines in various ways. The clouds in the background of the painting have many different lines fading away. The cross in which Jesus is hung on is also an example of how actual lines are being used vertically and horizontally. The author of gateways of art, states there are two types of lines ( DeWitte 54). There are the actual lines and the implied lines. The actual lines are lines we are able to see in…

Melina's painting for Artists Against Slavery, one can see 3 eerie hands reaching through these uneven bars with chains on their wrists, and some are binding the bars together. The text that says “Is freedom too much to ask for?” and it is handwritten in cursive, telling from the thin lines. The word “Freedom” is different from the others. It is written with bold red letters that look like it is written in chalk, the font is also different for this word. 5 bars are in the frame of the painting…

childhood passion of painting, surprising all with his delft strokes on the canvas. His source d 'inspiration for his paintings is based on experiences and observations from daily life. Noted global painter late M.F. Husain described Choudhary 's paintings as a "living art form". Body Text: “My paintings are essentially a form of rebellion. The key idea behind my paintings is to use abstraction…

by Eugene Delacroix. I admired this specific painting because it reminded me of my hiking trips. I’ve gone hiking in Lake Poway (Potato Chip Rock), Cowles Mountain, and Torrey Pines State Reserve. There’s a hike called Three Sisters Falls that I have not visited, but plan on doing one day. I’ve seen pictures and videos of people sliding down and lounging by the waterfall which was similar to the Turkish women in Bathers. When I looked at this painting, I instantly felt relaxed, calm, and happy.…

Describe: This portrait is an oil painting on canvas. It is located in the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. The subject in the foreground is an African American man mounted on a rearing horse in the style of Napoleon Bonaparte. The painting has a decorative, Baroque theme that looks very much like wallpaper in the painting’s background, reminiscent of luxurious French fabric. The background is also filled with tiny paintings of sperm which is Wiley’s way of parodying the style of art…

Modern art can be abstract and alluring, simple and complex, provocative and soothing, but as pointed out in chapter four of Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art, some people love to hate it. Hate, as it seems, is not nearly a strong enough appellation to encapsulate the contempt experienced by ordinary people and art critics alike when faced with an original work of modern art. As in the case of Georges Braque’s 1907 oil on canvas Landscape at La…

viewer. In the articles, Modernist Painting, by Clement Greenberg, and, The American Action Painters, by Harold Rosenberg, the two major art critics, influentially contributed to the interpretation and understanding of the Abstract Expressionism movement. Through contrasting beliefs based on their assertions on the new expansive painting styles to emerge in the early 1940s, Greenberg focused on the limitations and elements that constitutes the medium of painting, while Rosenberg emphasized the…

The painting Allegory by Ben Shahn was produced in 1948 and is on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The medium of the painting is tempera on panel. The artist’s style consists of slightly visible brushstrokes with an almost surreal form. There is not much variety of color, but that quality unifies all the separate, differing shapes. Since the same colors are usually placed in every part of the painting, the entire work is balanced. However, Shahn still effectively applies emphasis…

reality. An example of how modernism in the visual art world contrasts from the traditional chiaroscuro and realistic scenes, can be found in the 8 ½ by 13 ft oil painting by Henri Matisse, The Dance, 1909-10. Looking closely at Matisse’ oil painting, a few important components make this work stand out against the traditional ways of painting. As explained by Greenberg, the use of color and line are just two factors of many that create this effect. Matisse’ color choices…