Vincent Bugliosi

When studying art through the ages, a person will begin to notice certain similarities and difference that come to light during different ages. Frequently, it can be seen that one work of art could not have come into being without their predecessor works. The two works of art that I will be discussing are The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner [Fig 1] and The Manneporte near Étretat by Claude Monet [Fig 2]. To begin, The Fighting Temeraire is an oil on canvas painting, measuring 90.7 x 121.6 cm…

Midnight in Chinatown In SFMOMA, the work that attracted me the most is “Midnight in Chinatown” taken by Williard E. Worden in 1903. As the name suggests, the photography depicts the Chinatown at midnight by using a long shot. There are Chinese traditional buildings along on the sides with dim lantern lights reflecting on the surface of ground. The photograph has a grey tone overall, which enhances a sense of quietness. The photographer uses the technique of perspective to suggest the endless…

Fernando Botero is a Colombian artist known for creating bloated, oversized depictions of people, animals and elements of the natural world. Born in Colombia in 1932, Fernando Botero left school to become an artist, displaying his work for the first time in a 1948. His subsequent art, now exhibited in major cities worldwide, concentrates on situational portraiture united by his subjects' proportional exaggeration. I could argue that Fernando Botero is our most renowned artist. This, of course,…

The Life and Times of Caravaggio Known as one the fathers of modern painting, Caravaggio was probably the most revolutionary artists of his time. He often went against the norm by depicting events of the past as if they were taking place in the present day and used models in a hitherto unheard of manner – pulling people from the streets and painting directly from life. He was famous for his use of light and shade in his paintings. It was said that he wouldn’t allow anyone to pose in daylight.…

Edouard Manet and Alexandre Cabanel may have both been taught by academic teachers but when it comes to their paintings and techniques they are in two completely different areas of art. Alexandre Cabanel’s The Fallen Angel is a painting about a biblical story that many people knew compared to Edouard Manet’s The Ragpicker which is a painting of a regular day person that people could walk by on the street without much thought to them. In Edouard Manet’s oil painting The Ragpicker Manet used a…

Is there life after death? For Vincent Van gogh there was. Vincent Van Gogh was known for a painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and color, highly influenced 20th-century art but before he was known in every household, Van Gogh had suffered from mental illness and remained poor causing him to be virtually unknown throughout his life. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of art. In over a…

In this essay I will discuss the ways that Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Night Cafe, 1888 was used as influence for Ernest Ludwig Kirchner’s, Street, Dresden, 1908. To prove my point I will provide visual analyzations of the pieces, some background to the artists and the art movements they were associated with, and events that happened around the time the paintings were created that affected many artists and the work they created. Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Night Cafe, depicts a scene a cafe with…

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…

The artist David Hockney painted American Collectors in early years in Southern California 1968. He painted acrylic on canvas. American Collectors, it is double portrait of man and woman, who is Fred and Marcia Weisman with their collection of art works. Including a sculpture by Henry Moore and William Turnbull, which are the stack of stones in front of the man, and native American totem pole next to the woman. The woman, Marcia Weisman wears pink long dress with a smile on her face. She stands…

In the documentary film In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles, produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1984, the life of misunderstood artist Vincent van Gogh is depicted, particularly his works done in Arles, France. The film takes the viewer on an in depth journey of van Gogh’s life highlight points such as his inspirations and specific paintings all the while weaving it into the story that is uniquely the artist’s own. Through the introduction of the artist’s inspirations…