Van Gogh Museum

The three main artists which were called post-impressionists after their death were Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh. But it mainly started with Paul Cezanne. Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin were the post-impressionist artists who began to respond the questions raised by impressionists, their artworks had lots of feelings in them, they also felt that something…

In Susan Wolf’s paper “The Meanings of Lives,” she discusses the qualifications of and the innate human yearning for a meaningful and fulfilling life. The foundation for her argument lies in her three criterion for meaning which include involvement, purpose, and success. She then continues her argument by explaining the opposite of each of these criterion as a stereotypical person. However, Wolf’s assertion suffers from being overly general in that it makes the assumption that all humans have…

Pair Four: Senufo Equestrian, wood, (19 century) [Location: British Museum] and Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne, bronze (9 century) [Location: Louvre, Paris] When art is from two different time period and two different cultures it is thought that the two pieces when compared would not have much in common. However, that is hardly ever the case; they can have similaries in meanings and cultural significance. With the help of the readings from “Icon” and “Art Through the Ages”, along with the…

street, as well as the “fascination of the city at night.” This painting relates more closely to the “real” physical world than Tanguy’s imagination, more so than his Figure 3. Yves Tanguy, Rue de la Santé. 1925. Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 61.1 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Painting and Sculpture…

3. The colour Anderson's film is very expressive in colour application, which is one of the important reasons why his films are considered unique. Each of his films will almost always be a surrealist colour, but it won't be overblown and will blend in harmony with the entire film. First, colour recreates the old European environment and architecture. The film rarely uses coloured background light source; colour often passes the costume of the person and the prop in the scene presents. The use of…

Thomas Cole was one among many pioneers of the Hudson River School of art, an aesthetic movement that took place alongside the American Romantic period. This movement sought to highlight the beauty of natural landscapes through paintings and to accentuate the beauty of nature over industrial and societal progress. However, ancient ruins were of interest to Cole, and many of his European counterparts viewed America’s lack of ruins as a fault. As a result, Cole created the series of paintings, The…

are two versions of the piece that were made by Vincent Van Gogh. The first one was the original version, and it contained many colors with a primary focus on yellow and dark gray. The second one, the version made for Paul Gachet’s collection, contained more of an emphasis on the color blue. Both pieces were created as post impressionism portrait pieces of the doctor. They were created on canvases with oil paints, like the majority of Vincent Van Gogh’s art pieces. And each piece is stylized a…

tone or brown watercolor to paint it on paper. The Parting of Hero and Leander before 1837, this is my favorite image using watercolor to paint it also this painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1837. The ancient Greek grammarian and poet Museums is most famous for his poem on the lovers Hero and Leander. Leander swam the Hellespont to join Hero. When he drowned, she flung herself into the sea. it is the story tell about this picture but I also thinks I feel be sorrowful in this picture…

The Fox in the Snow by Gustave Courbet was written in the year of 1860. This painting shows much detail of how colors, lines, and shading are used throughout the painting. Describing just how each color compliments other colors and which colors fights other colors showing their difference in the painting, giving it that exact detail and richest of the painting. In the following paragraphs will describe the many characteristics shown in the painting. When looking throughout the painting, and…

decided by that of the history of the artwork itself. One could look to Vincent Van Gogh; whose works became no more extraordinary after his death, but his tragic story assisted in him to become a household name. The history of the artist surpassed that of his paintings, causing the painting to become famous in turn. This statement will be further argued and shown utilizing the works of Kazimir Malevich and Rembrandt Van Rijn. Each of these men…