Portrait

two different styles. Picasso’s style was cubism whereas Kahlo’s style was surrealism. One of the famous artworks that Picasso has done was The Weeping Woman and it was a cubism style. On the other hand, one of the famous artworks by Kahlo was Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. Even though the two artists’ cultures were different, they both made a huge impact on the history of art. Picasso was a true artist and was very clever in every way. Throughout his life, he has done many…

Taylor Bieschke Image Making II Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh is a portrait photographer. He is best known for his shots of Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemmingway and Audrey Hepburn. He was asked to shoot countless icons in film, politics, and literature during his time as a photographer. Yousuf was often asked to take photos of his subjects. Only early is his career did he have to ask to take his photos, but once the iconic shot of Winston Churchill was printed by Life, he no longer had to go out…

Raphael was one of the greatest artists of all Renaissance time. Raphael was best known for his Madonna's and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome]. Raphael was one of the best at using depth perception in his work. Raphael had some amazing talents but they were often over looked by people because they were more interested Michelangelo and DaVinci works of art. Even though Raphael is often in the shadow of other artists, he was still one of the great artists of the…

will begin living a moral life again. he rushes to his portrait to see if it has become beautiful again, but it had not changed in the way he hoped it would. “He could see no change, save that in the eyes there was a look of cunning, and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite” (Wilde 211). Wishing the portrait be gone, he picks up a knife and slashes it. When the servants go to investigate a noise from Dorian’s room, the see the portrait of Dorian: young and beautiful, and an old,…

The head of a pharaoh is a portrait made of stone and copper during the 5th and 6th dynasty (old kingdom). The portrait originated in Egypt (2675-2139 B.C.E). The head of the pharaoh, according to Freer and Sackler Gallery (current location), is believed to have been part of a full body statue because of the missing piece of the neck. The tall crown with the round top indicates that the pharaoh ruled over southern Egypt. There are a couple of unattractive things that I do not like. I know it is…

era's most timeless canvases. He could influence from Romanticism and Baroque style period. The two artists are Diego Velazquez and Eugene Delacroix’s which Renoir could have get influences from because their paintings have something similar in the portrait painting named “By the Seashore” by the impressionist Renoir.…

important figure in the literary culture of the nineteenth century, focusing on literary realism and trying to capture life as realistically as possible. In The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James reveals the realities of how society’s expectations of women and unequal gender relations in marriages affected women of the…

from such fees, historians believe this is mostly due to his amazing skills and maybe a little to do with local common financial hardships of the people of that time. It was around this same time Johannes would meet a gentleman named Peiter van Ruijven, Mr. Ruijven would become a benefactor of Johannes and would come to buy most of the paintings Johannes would later come to paint. Johannes’ family would come to rely on the financial support of Peiter van Ruijven, his money would become very…

Of all the paintings available, I actually enjoyed Billy. The work, a portrait of an individual who I assume is Billy, employs the same outlandish neon-like colours, however, it also utilizes more subdued whites and dark purples and light beiges that balance out the bright neon colours, making the composition appear more balanced and subdued than some of the others. I image this is why I enjoyed this particular portrait and not the others. The lines created by his hair draw the viewer’s eyes…

architecture, and lifestyles. At the center of her investigations are many questions about relationships to community, which she explores on in all her bodies of work. She has investigated the aspects of many different communities, while creating portraits of the people from them. Opie takes interest in how identities are shaped by our surroundings. "Many of her works capture the expression of individual identity through groups (couples, teams, crowds, etc.)." In one of her series titled High…