Vincent Lingiari

How to Be a Good Photographer? “Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art” –Ambrose Bierce. The perception of a beautiful painting is projected from the artist’s mind, feeling and mood; and a major part in completing the artists vision is the way he places the object in his art. Contrary to that some of the most beautiful pictures happen when objects naturally fall into place alas the natural movement of the sun from east to west can create many beautiful versions of…

The painting Number 11, 1949 by Jackson Pollock is one of Pollock’s paintings from his famous “drip period.” The painting is large but not huge, it is about 45 inches tall and 47.5 inches wide, so it is a little bigger than the size of an old TV. This painting does not depict anything in particular. It is an abstract painting, there are no figures present. Instead of containing figures, the painting contains forms. The forms in the painting are created by the many layers of different colored…

Henri Rousseau Henri Rousseau was a naïve painter who lived from 1844-1910 but primarily worked from 1884 until his death. The works of Rousseau where distinct and unlike anything else that was being created, this was most likely due to Rousseau’s lack of formal training. Rousseau managed to create imaginative and brilliant pieces based solely on his own intuition and natural skill. There reality of Rousseau’s early life is a bit foggy due to the great mythos that surrounds the artist, in large…

In the mid-1800’s to the early 1900’s two artists are responsible for the modern art movement these two artists are Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet. These two artists have very distinct style of painting, however, they both helped to shape the direction of painting would go over the following century. Monet and Van Gogh painted their lives on a canvas and in their thoughts and words. Through both of the men’s paintings we can understand the struggle as artists during this time in history. The…

Gustav Klimt’s ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the most beloved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt was well known for creating paintings, murals, and sketches. One painting that he was most notable for is called the The Kiss. In this painting, his aesthetic sensibilities are not compared with any other artists because he created art that portrayed themes that include love and feminine beauty of the body. He…

The application of color and paint in a piece creates a noticeable surface texture within the work. This surface texture can be used to enhance the general chaos or conversely the straightforwardness of a work. The use of color within the image also has an effect on the overall mood of the painting and the viewer’s perception of the subjects. In Claude Monet’s Grainstacks (Snow Effect) the heavily textured surface of the painting and visibility of the separate brush strokes creates a sense of…

Humans have constantly been improving what they have already got. To achieve a more perfect version, they go through a number of eras or epochs where they try out different versions. Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter in the 20th century, went through different periods where he drew in a specific colour to see how it affected the painting. He started off with the Blue Period, where he drew mostly blue colours (Pablo Picasso, 2015). This he used for a few years, until he switched to the Rose…

1) Which topic have you chosen for your Second Written Assignment (the research paper)? Provide the topic you have selected from the list provided and put the key concepts on the topic in boldface type: ->The key concepts of the topic I selected for this research assignment is the majority of artists in 19th and 20th century came up with on non-naturalistic colors techniques to express new modes of artistic expression. The key concepts of the topic, I selected for this research, assignment…

Genius is Dissension On a gloomy day in 399 BC, a prolific philosopher lost his life through execution for daring to question moral character and believe differently from the state. In 1663, a dignified astronomer paced his home in solitude after being placed under house arrest for proposing the preposterous hypothesis that the Earth revolves around the sun. In the spring of 2013, thousands of people roamed through an art exhibit displayed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The exhibit…

Vincent van Gogh “…I have found in my work something to which I can devote myself heart and soul…” (Living with Art p.10). Vincent van Gogh was a deeply disturbed man, however, he found his form of expression through art. Initially working as an art broker with his brother, Theo, he soon come to make art of his own (van Gogh’s p.11). However, the years he spent working with and on his art were in the latter ten years of his life (Living with Art p.10). While working through his troubles, he…