Western painting

Art can take form into many shapes with each artists painting in their own unique way. Most painters paint in order to express emotion or draw out sense of desire and wonder for the viewer at hand. Rene Magritte is beyond extraordinary in the sense that he cares not of a ‘deeper meaning’ but instead cares of a ‘deeper mystery’. While his signature paintings focus around his idea that there is more to the eye than what can be seen, he holds a firm grasp on making people question his work whether…

of his own private language of metaphor.” As positioned in the painting, Wyeth’s first impression of Christina occurred when she was out in the field, where he officially recognized her steadfast ambition. Explaining that she "was limited physically but by no means spiritually,"…

In Jose Clemente Orozco's fresco Epic of American Civilization: Anglo-America (panel 15), Orozco uses the visual elements and design in planning out this work. Shape and form are present in the work, but also, value, color, space, time, and lines are used as well. Orozco makes use of these elements to show the ideas that are being formed in this piece. The use of shape is present in this work as buildings and people. The buildings are two-dimensional shapes that form the structures while…

John Dunkley’s ‘Neither Day nor Night’ exhibit has more than thirty paintings and a few carved-wood and stone sculptures. Even though his work is shown in many galleries in Jamaica, Dunkley has never been the focus of a solo exhibition since the 1970s, and never outside Jamaica. He is considered to be one of Jamaica's most important historical artists. T-he paintings in this exhibit are from 1930s - 1940s, he was born in 1891 and passed away 1947. The exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is…

Fernandez de Lara For the cover of Marilyn Stokstad’s latest edition art history textbook, I would choose Gustave Caillebotte’s painting: Paris, Rainy Day. I believe this painting best represents the traditions of our history and culture through its style and subject matter, while still being reminiscent to classical art from periods such as the Renaissance. The painting, belonging to the Impressionist movement, defines the beginning of modern art by depicting a subject matter unlike the one…

22 by Jackson Pollock, who is known for his unique style of drip painting. He was a pioneering, influential painter in the abstract expressionist movement (Seed). Art critics usually regard Pollock’s works as images of chaos, lacking a rigid structure and harmony (Chave 100). In No. 22, Pollock employed his usual manner of pouring and dripping paints on canvas. As Chave pointed out in her essay, “there is no center in his paintings, no one area predominating over others ”(106). Spectatorship,…

an oil painting on canvas. It is located in the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. The subject in the foreground is an African American man mounted on a rearing horse in the style of Napoleon Bonaparte. The painting has a decorative, Baroque theme that looks very much like wallpaper in the painting’s background, reminiscent of luxurious French fabric. The background is also filled with tiny paintings of sperm which is Wiley’s way of parodying the style of art traditionally seen in Western…

The Hudson River School was a group of artists based in New York City in the mid 19th Century. Primarily known for painting landscapes, the group belonged to many of the same clubs and in 1858 many of them worked at the Studio Building on West 10th Street, the first building in New York City to be built primarily as a workplace for artists. Thomas Cole, considered to be the founder of the movement, was born in England in 1801 and emigrated to the United States in 1818. In 1825 he moved to New…

Marc Chagall Marc Zakharovich Chagall (July 7th, 1887 – March 28th, 1985), a name he did not use until 1910 (arrival in Paris), was a Russian-born French Artist, holding the title of one of the premiere Jewish Artists of the 20th century. His paintings are largely associated with Cubism, Fauvism and Symbolism, producing artwork using many types of media including paint, stained glass, tapestries and many others. Chagall painted in a style all of his own, basing his works upon emotional…

After my first glance, I knew something about this painting was different. Was it the subject matter? Perhaps it was the unusual use of color. Paul Gauguin’s “Tahitian Women on the Beach” is a very complex piece of art. It took quite a bit of observation on my part to pin down exactly what caused such a strong reaction. I consider myself to be quite creative, but when it comes to art, I am at a loss. This painting features a Tahitian landscape with two women in it. The women are sitting on a…