Pointillism

In Antonioni’s Blow-Up, symbols are a large part of the characterization of the main character Thomas, and play a huge role in the execution of the themes and overall plot. The film is rarely direct, having many scenes and interactions whose intended purpose is complicated and usually hard to decipher at first, leaving the watcher very confused after it’s completion. While many aspects of the film seems disjointed with no connection or meaning whatsoever, most of the meaning is symbolically…

“The Persistence of Memory” is a surrealist painting. It was painted by Salvador Dali in 1931. It is arguably one of his most popular works. I like this painting because of its’ merging of real and imaginary. Dali utilized actual locations as a reference for many of his paintings’ backgrounds. When Dali created “The Persistence of Memory,” he went to a beach and used the setting as background for his painting. He then proceeded to paint what he could imagine on that beach. Dali’s process makes…

France was the home of the Impressionist movement, providing a vast array of landscapes, people and lifestyles as inspiration. The famed impressionists used the bustling nightlife of Montmartre, studious industrial areas, and open landscapes of rural France to influence their works. Specifically, Maximilien Luce used the rural province of Brittany in Western France to inspire his work Camaret, Moonlight and Fishing Boats painted in 1894. Brittany was used as inspiration by many impressionists…

In Woman in a Purple Coat (1937), Matisse painted his assistant and companion, reclining in a Moroccan costume, set in an interior with exotic patterns and abstract ornamentation. He has avoided straight lines in this composition, however the colours clash in such a way that the image still works. He uses colour and light to rejoice in life. This was amongst the last of Matisse’s oil paintings. He soon began making paper cut-out collages instead of working in paint, due to ill health. The…

be answered correctly. This logic can be connected to sight and perception. When we see something it is not enough. We have to have previous knowledge about the object or objects that are similar to it so we can have a basic knowledge about it. Pointillism was one example used in the article. You may be looking at a canvas with several dots on it, but with basic knowledge and recognition of shapes and color, you see a picture and not just a collection of dots (Smith 583). Smith argues in this…

The Baroquen Period of Art As Clogsworth would put it, “If it is not Baroque, don’t fix it!” When the Renaissance came to its cessation art did not cease to become magnificent, but seemed to mature with the sway of new discoveries. The Baroque period expanded from 1600AD to 1750AD, and was like the child born out of the pregnancy of the Renaissance. Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Spain, and France each experienced their own Baroque period of art. Italy mothered Baroque art. From…

Recently my grandparents came to visit me from Virginia, and when I said I needed to go the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum for my Art Appreciation class they were more than happy to take me. I don’t really go there that often, and my grandparents had never been. Even though I had gone a few times before, it was a new experience for the both of us. Downstairs they had some really awesome exhibitions and it was very difficult to pick two pieces to write about. After a thorough examination, I…

is one of the most famous and well-known artists to ever live. Through many hardships during his life, he never gave up and pushed himself to do things that no one has ever done before. The way he knows how to mix colors (similar to Seurat and pointillism) is incredible and a mystery to almost all people. His work has changed modern art and has influenced countless people to strive to be the best person they can be. I. Background- Chuck’s childhood was not an easy and happy time. His adult life…

Synopsis The term Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s within the reduced design of Bauhaus (form follows function) and is still present in our century. Also, the Japanese ideas such as Zen or Ma influenced the Minimalism. „It is a more meditative approach [...], designed to encourage mental peace and quiet.“ (Brown., 2016) The clean lines and the neutral color palette is essential for it. Minimalism is also considered as an important movement of postmodernist art known as the…

impressionism movement was caused by young artists and critics who wanted art pieces to have more focus on the subject matter of the piece, resulting in many artists placing more emphasis on the subject. Various art styles were created in this era, such as pointillism, a technique involving the use of dots that, when viewed from of a distance, appear as a painting piece. The movement began in France before spreading all across the world. This era was also when people focused on the subject…