Western painting

felt that an artist should paint whatever they feel like painting. He despised the strict conventional rules of the French Academy, who only accepted structured artwork. (The Art Story Foundation, 2014) He was often criticized due to his style, technique and the unconventional subjects in his artwork. Later on throughout Manet career, he became an inspiration to the impressionist style due to his popular technique of “alla prima painting.” (The Art Story Foundation, 2014) Recognized by his…

a beautiful piece of art designed to be printed and bought by patrons. Its visual depiction of what can initially be associated with Roman architecture after the fall of its empire is what initially captivates the viewer into looking deeper. The painting communicates using the placement of seemingly foreign figures amongst ruins to signify the survival of life and human civilizations even after the destruction and fall of a great empire such as Rome. The author uses the placement of the figures…

The Seduction of Yusuf created by Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād. The Seduction of Yusuf is a flat plain painting, with numerous decorative patterns for your eye to follow throughout the image, while the artist try to tell a story with in its context. The artist uses vivid colors, numerous use of geometric shapes in the image itself and has a wide use of multiple patterns for your eye to look at as it moves from one side of the image to another and you’re never being completely being drawn in by the…

A Painting with Many Stories The Railway painted by Edouard Manet is a painting of many stories. This painting without knowing the actual story behind it makes the viewers make up a story. Some would say the painting lacks many details due to it being an oil painting and not an acrylic. Even if the painting may lack some details it still has many eye-catching features. These features draw the viewers in slowly by revealing different parts of the painting. The background is there to support the…

contrasting Donald Judd’s untitled 1980 sculpture and Renne Magritte’s ‘The treachery of images’ 1929 painting. I will be weighing up the positives and negatives of both the sculpture and painting and finally concluding my essay with my opinion. Renne Magritte’s ‘The treachery of images’ is a painting that of surrealism, which creates a three-way irony of an object that corresponds to words and image. The painting itself is a pipe, with a phrase in French “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” which…

In this essay the paintings Charles, I at the hunt and The Blue Boy will be compared to one another specifically in subject matter, media and composition in relevance to their eras and styles. Anthony Van Dyck created the painting Charles, I at the Hunt and later Thomas Gainsborough created The Blue Boy after being inspired by Van Dyck’s artwork. Both pieces share similarities, as well as distinct differences. Van Dyck created Charles, I at the Hunt in the images of King Charles I in 1635…

Spanning the years 1765 to 1769, the French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze painted The Dreamer in oil on canvas. His painting, The Dreamer is a beautiful example of Greuze’s talent in portraying emotion by successfully combining the elements of art which enhance the mood of the image. Greuze creates a well constructed composition through the use of line, color and light to convey the state of being at rest and nearing a peaceful slumber. His use of smooth, flowing lines which curve with the…

works is to mention that neither artist captured the scene better; neither painting can be objectively considered superior. Rather, the…

modern art. It explains Kandinsky’s own theory of painting and crystallizes the great ideas that were influencing many other modern artists. Kandinsky’s words were written in the period between the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the consumer society, ring with remarkable poignancy today. Kandinsky’s ideas are presented in two parts. In the first part called ‘’ About General Aesthetics’’, issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner…

brush strokes with prompt movements to bring out the energy and vibrancy of the festival scene, where it is almost as if the movements in the painting were brought to life, and one can almost feel the atmosphere and imagine being a spectator of the Balinese dancers through the portrayal of the light and textures. He uses two different techniques of painting in the foreground and background respectively to create pictorial depth. This can be seen in the rich and vivid details and outlines of…