Western painting

The still life show volume and create a tonal harmony without sensual or tactile appeal. It is exhibited at the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA and originated from France. Still Life with a Skull and Writing Quill by Pieter Claesz This painting was done in 1628 using oil on wood measuring 24.1 by 35.9 centimeters. The piece of work features a skull, a writing quill, an overturned wine glass, candle holder, ink pot, and books placed on a table. It also features a dark background. The…

two paintings are similar in the point that they both have implied depth to a certain degree. Raphael uses the figures in his work to give the appearance of distance between them in the foreground and background. Durand uses scenery in the foreground to make the figures seem as if they are farther back in the painting. Raphael uses one-point perspective, while Durand uses aerial perspective. In The School of Athens, the two men in the middle of the entryway in the background of the painting is…

The two paintings I chose to compare and contrast are Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church and Portrait of Félix Fénéon by Paul Signac. Both paintings have the same mediums; oil on canvas. Aurora Borealis was created in 1865, it is now housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington and its dimensions are 142.3 x 212.2 cm. Portrait of Félix Fénéon was created in 1890, it is now housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and its dimensions are 74 x 95 cm. Aurora Borealis is…

Paper Michael Coyle Art appreciation 1301 The subject I will be writing about is Martin Johnson Heade’s painting called “Passion Flowers with the Three Hummingbirds.” It is believed to be painted around 1875. The medium is oil on canvas height 17 ¼ in. (43.8 cm); width 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.). It is part of the American Art exhibit located in the San Antonio Museum of Art. This painting is part of a series of many pieces of art that depicted the Central and South American forests Martin…

The title of the painting I will be reviewing in this essay is Interrupted Reading (1870), painted by Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot. Regarding the subject matter of this painting, a young woman is shown wearing a light brown dress with a black and brown top that is paired with a white blouse. The woman in the painting is wearing a beautiful pearl necklace that has rose-colored accent beads, which match her rose-colored beaded ribbon in her hair. She has gold droplet earrings that hang low upon…

evolved into paintings. He used self-portraiture when he realized that his paintings might never be displayed in a museum. In many of Don Hall’s paintings, he incorporated famous artists but in some cases, he painted a replica of the artists painting but put in his own personal elements in it. All of his paintings were painted with acrylic paint and in every single painting he included himself in it because he used self-portraiture. He also expressed his humor in some of the paintings which was…

LAS MANINAS is one of the world’s most famous paintings and perhaps the most talked about through history. Las Meninas has long been perceived as a standout amongst the most imperative pieces in Western craftsmanship history. The Las Maninas was done in 1656 by the famous Spanish leading artist of the Spanish golden age “Diego Velazquez”. This painting was created in Spain in the Alcazar palace in Madrid. In this naturalistic western masterpiece the artist used the oil on canvas. He was…

time? According to Li Huarui, who is a professor at Capital Normal University, “Landscape painting was a “gentlemanly” pastime exclusively favored by literati just as rustic retreats were literati places,” (Huarui). Twelve Views of Landscape, which is a landscape painting that takes place in the Song dynasty, is an escape from routine life for Xia Gui, the artist of the painting as well as viewers; the painting expresses the Chinese people’s ideal world through the subject matter, medium, the…

The painting “Women of Tahiti” by Paul Gauguin grabbed my attention because it makes me feel like I’m at the beach with them. This painting was created in 1891 with oil on canvas. Gauguin’s work displays the atmosphere of Tahiti. The painting first caught my eye with the bright vivid colors. After that my attention was drawled to the women. Leaving me with the feeling that I’m on the beach with them. Gauguin usage of warm hues creates the feeling of warmth. The colors pink and red and white…

strictly Renaissance or Baroque. (thesis.) The painting Villagers Dancing by Lorrain in 1638 is one example of this mixture of stylistic approach. From left to right, Lorrain painted goats in the foreground and trees in the background. The trees on this left side are dark, and a large contrast to the white, open sky that then opens up as one’s eyes move towards the middle of the painting. The sky in the middle is very bright with some…