Vincent Lingiari

Vincent Van Gogh was one of the most auspicious artists of the 19th century. His paintings are still marveled at by people across the globe. Some of his words, however, were just as brilliant as his art. Van Gogh once said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”. This summer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Freakonomics and Dead Poets’ Society helped me to grow as a reader, writer and thinker by encouraging me that, while greatness takes time a…

Jackson Pollock was born in Wyoming, passed and most of his childhood in Arizona and his nomadic youth in California. The work of Pollock is very different from the improvisation and spontaneity of Abstract Expressionism was painting in which evocative fields of color hinted instead he made the physical act of painting and pour technique. Pollock transformed his interest in dynamic rhythms into a free, abstract style that had him working with his whole body in swirling gesture as he poured or…

Art isn’t just beautiful. It’s a piece of art that is historical. You will see how each generation is different by the type of art they drew or painted. Well art could be anything, as long as you feel and imagine it is. Some people rebel from their generation, which are the best. They are unique, original, and see art as the point of view they want to. Which it will start a new era of art every time this happens. People love things that are different because it stands out compared to the others…

Fauve paintings have a unique style, in the earlier Fauve canvases where color relates directly to emotional expression and not formal needs of the plane or reality of nature. Henri Matisse completed what is considered one of his greatest Fauve paintings in 1906, the Bonheur de Vivre which is the “Joy of Life”. Matisse’ work is said to represent similar qualities to Cezanne, for example they both create the landscape to function as a stage. Also, they both like to unify the figure and the…

Art is an expression of human creativity and imagination, primarily in a visual form allowing the emotional power and beauty in all artwork from paintings to sculptures to be viewed. Art has been around since about 32,000-30,000 BCE. Around this period the emerging of cave paintings were discovered in places like Lascausx, France. Art has taught us to understand the history of humanity through the prehistoric period depictions of huge mammoths to todays contemporary abstractions, artist have…

They each have a purpose in the artwork. A line for example, can draw the eye to a specific part of the art piece and color can emphasize a region of the artwork that the artist wants the viewer to pay closer attention to. The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh was painted in June of 1889. The view is from his room at Saint-Remy-de-Provence asylum. This piece was supposedly painted from memory and the stars are said to be based on a constellation Van Gogh had seen earlier. One of the first…

The title of the painting is called “Lights of Other Days” .It was painted by John F. Peto in the year 1906. The painting was donated to the museum by the Goodman fund. Peto painted a vivid display of old rusted lanterns and candlesticks lay out on a long table. There are five old rustic lanterns ranging from glass to open metal style. Surrounding the lanterns are several brass, gold, and copper candlesticks. Several of candlesticks had half lit candles and others had no candles. The display…

Post-Impressionism. Impressionists favored independent exhibitions, instead of government -controlled institution. Post Impressionism was the title bestowed upon the people who opposed the Impressionists. Camille Pissarro's The Goose Girl at Montfoutcault and Vincent Van Gogh's The Rocks are perfect comparisons of post-impressionists and impressionists. We will discuss the important figures of the two movements and each of their contributions before directly analyzing the two paintings.…

Botticelli does not only possess the ability to create various figures with distinct expressions and poses, but he is also able to give the illusion of space. This is seen as the ground appears to be tilted up, giving the spectator a sense that there is a firm ground placed below the feet of the figures. Nevertheless, despite painting the ground slightly tilted up, none of the figures cast shadow. This is done in order to emphasize the poetic nature of the painting while granting the…

The name of the work is The Hudson River School by Thomas Cole. It is a combination of Romanticism and Nationalism. It was made on the ground which is material that is used to support canvas or panel. The ground of this painting was consisted of a layer of underpaint in a white or tinted hue. The color of the ground unifies the artist's varied color palette. This work has a use of atmospheric perspective. By depicting the far away mountains as hazy and gray, the valuable tool of atmospheric…