Self-portrait

The Portrait of Louise Antoinette Scholastique Gueheneuce, Madame la Marechale Lannes, Dechesse de Montebello, with her Children, is a French work of art created in 1814. Measuring approximately a hundred and two inches in height, oil on canvas this portrait portrays the widow and her children in bright colors showing the importance of the family. Mounted on the wall surrounded within a copper frame that has spiraling butterfly figure. Located next to many other European arts within the Museum…

The Subjective Side of the Art The art is various in its manifestations. The style and topics of human paintings differ trough ages. The social taste and the need to sell the pictures influence the style of artists and thus the certain styles are being created and followed. The style inherent to the epoch can be seen through a comparison of pictures made in the certain time, by the different artists. The personal style of an artist also plays a significant role in the creation of the masterpiece…

but also of notable personalities in the arts and letters of her time” (May, 1). Accomplishing an early start in her career, Vigée-LeBrun, at the age of fifteen, she was already supporting her recently widowed mother and younger brother through her portrait paintings (NMWA, web).…

Brayden – Essay T.S. Eliot’s poetry has been described as “a disturbing portrait of uncertainty amidst the turmoil of modern life” this statement is reflected well by Eliot’s poems; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Love Song) and Rhapsody on a Windy Night (Rhapsody). Love Song emphasises this through the portrayal of Prufrock and his thoughts. Rhapsody represents this statement through the repetitive nature of life delineated within the poem. Ingemination a visual representation has been…

The title suggests it should be a portrait, but the arrangement of figures says otherwise. Greatly influenced by his teacher who was encouraging up and coming artist to skip the sketches step and go straight for the canvas, he wanted his students to break free of the old rigidity styles.…

passages, Rembrandt painted, sketched, and etched the people of Amsterdam – ranging from circus performers to children playing in the street. Many of his pieces are portraits of individuals who had either inspired Rembrandt or commissioned him to do so. The influence of the effluent individuals on Rembrandt is fairly clear in his self-portraits throughout the years. Rembrandt often painted himself in the same way he would paint his well-to-do patrons; wealth and urbanity appear to be the things…

era, is a man of mystery; no one knows anything about his childhood, birth, or family. The documents from his time were most likely lost, didn’t survive, or were never documented. He is known for his paintings in the courts, religious art works, portraits of famous figures, and himself. There aren’t many records of his early life. It is unknown about his birth because it was never documented by his mother and father or lost. Still, with the help of some documents that have survived, some experts…

Itzcuintli Dog with Me, created in 1938 by Frida Kahlo, is a self-portrait created with the use of oil-based paints. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who was born in 1907 and died in 1954. This artwork is found in the Dallas museum of arts and it is found outside of the American art gallery. While the painting may appear to be simply, it has many artistic elements within it. As the title of the artwork implies there are only two figures within the painting, Frida Kahlo and her dog. Kahlo is seen…

painted a portrait called Head of Aesop, after Velasquez that was the beginning of his professional independence. John had also developed a skill called alla prima 3 well studying under Carolus-Duran as a pupil. Sargent had a goal with this painting and the goal was to get the best visual effects from the painting, so that the stroke of the brush and the splashes of the pigment from it would mix together into a realistic image when standing somewhere across the room from the portrait. When…

in a moment of anticipation, observing the viewer’s constant shifting. However, it can also be interpreted that the gaze of the figures are towards the king and queen reflected in the mirror. The mirror can also be mistaken for an already finished portrait, but the cloudy detailing of the glass suggests that it is a…