Pointillism

Vanitas paintings are symbolic, strongly linked to the bible and coincides to the meaningless of life. The paintings, human life by Harmen Steenwyk and Audrey Flack may seem different from each other but both both portray the same message in through two very different ensembles of objects. 'Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life' by Harmen Steenwyck is a typical example of a Dutch 'Vanitas' painting. Harmen steenwyck mostly painted fruits so this painting is a lot different to…

To start, van Gogh’s depiction of a landscape is different and similar to what I thought a landscape would look like. I imagine a landscape to be sunny and have a pretty sky with bright colors such as reds, oranges, and yellows. Also, I imagine buildings and homes to be in a landscape. To add, green grass and rolling hills would be beautiful in a landscape. Basically, I think of a landscape to make someone feel happy. My thoughts of a landscape are similar to van Gogh’s because he has buildings,…

The article titled, “Francis Wey and the Discourse of Photography as Art in France in the Early 1850’s: ‘Rein n' est beau que le vrai: mais il faut le choisir’, was written by Dr. Margaret Denton who is an Associate Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Photography. Dr. Denton is a part of the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Richmond school of Arts & Sciences. The title of the article expresses that although there is nothing that is as beautiful as the original…

Juan Linares Mr. Maust 2 February 2016 Nocturne An Analysis of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh “This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big,” wrote Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo. Fascinated by oil and water brush style painting, and brooding in a slow gloom of the mind, van Gogh remains the most well known impressionist artist around the world. Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night has risen…

Merleau-Ponty describes the painter’s way off being in the world as unique to that of a writer, scientist, philosopher or musician. The act of painting – the physical relation of the painter to the world – is detached from the direct demands of life. Within seeing and painting the painter’s eyes and hands discover a skill to which the painter gives himself over to drawing from the world. Before we go onto investigating the nature of painting, we must first understand what it means for a human…

Vincent van Gogh’s, Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Most definitely, well known painter Vincent van Gogh, certainly led a most intriguing and captivating life within the tough art world. Early in life, van Gogh did not have it easy. With the loss of his older brother-who had the same name and birthdate- van Gogh felt miserable, and fell into a state of gloom at a young age. Throughout his life, Vincent Van Gogh suffered through many forms of rejection. One of them being, love. When…

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. He was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland. “He was named after his grandfather and stillborn brother who died a year earlier than Van Gogh’s birth” (Riter). He was the oldest child of Theodorus van Gogh, which was a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Community, and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Gogh grew up in a very religious family, and his father was a very strict man. “His father was a quiet, dignified, ordinary man, from whom Gogh inherited…

Chronological/Timeline: Vincent Van Gogh (Dyson) My name is Vincent, Vincent Van Gogh.I am am a Dutch artist who lived in the 1800s I was not very known or popular in my time but later down the road I became well know in the art community world wide. People never really treated me the best of all people but I got some respect from other artist.I was always depressed, and later became mentally unstable because of life problems,The biggest were with my luck with women,I did not have the best luck…

This is where his art began to take on the style that would make him famous. He discovers Impressionists and Post Impressionists, discussing art with some of the most avant-garde and influential artists of his time – painters like Gauguin, Bernard, and Toulouse-Lautrec. He was using more color, applying the paint with thick, bold brushstrokes, and painted all that surrounded him. Van Gogh arranged to show his work, to positive reviews, but was still unable to sell any pieces. Vincent lived in…

1) Why do you think critics labeled Matisse and other artists who made paintings in a similar style as Wild Beasts? Do you agree or disagree? Why? What do you think these "Fauvist" artists were trying to express? The reason why critics labeled Matisse and other artists who made paintings in a similar style as Matisse is due to the fact they had an abstract or semi-abstract style as well as the use of strong or intense colors that were labeled as wild. It also is labeled as Wild Beasts because…