Western painting

directly at the viewer. This is something that is an artist choose to use to make a point to show the viewer that the woman is the desired object but also the one who is in charge. I will be comparing the paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Edouard Manet’s and Titian . With the comparisons of the paintings of Venus that these great master artist have painted have shown a progression of how the world have been changing for the woman and the figure of the nude woman . The change of how the female…

Andre Breton was a prominent French Surrealist poet who was born in France and was known as the founder of the Surrealist movement (Biography.com 1). Andre Breton was thought of as the man who was the influence of the Surrealist movement due to his outstanding work of art and literature during the movement (poets.org 1). Breton found an interest in medicine and pursued medical school while a young man (biography.com 1). Breton has developed his passion at a very young age and very rarely does a…

lifetime. (Mann) One painting where she allows her cultural roots as well as tragedy to influence her painting is in that of the Two Fridas (1939), Frida depicts her change in persona after her divorce with Diego as well as emphasize her Mexican and European ties. She painted herself in two versions, each in different attire. One of the Frida’s wore a white European dress of the era, while the other Frida contained Mexican historical references. (Frida Kahlo…Art) In the painting, The Broken…

‘finished’ and formally framed, with proper perspective and all the familiar artistic conventions (pg. 66),” but the artists he wrote about didn’t follow those rules. His book is about underdogs but, when he wrote about the artists and how they were painting different than what was liked back then, I thought it was more about how the underdogs of the time didn’t conform to society. He wrote, “the Impressionists had an entirely different idea about what constituted art. They painted everyday…

René Magritte was a Surrealist artist who has managed to retain his prominence with the simple, yet thought-provoking paintings that he created in his lifetime. By intertwining ordinary subjects with juxtapositions, Magritte was able to successfully force viewers into reconsidering what is often assumed. A well-known example of one of these artworks is The Lovers II which, as its title states, depicts two lovers – a man and a woman – kissing in the corner of a room. However, oddly enough, both…

Determining What Comprises Art Art is commonly considered a beautiful painting or sculpture in a gallery for public view. However, not all art fit into the perfect mold of what we imagine. Marcel Duchamp used a urinal to create his artwork "Fountain, with the words "R. Mutt 1917" inscribed (Jacobus and Martin 372). Is Duchamp’s "Fountain" any less art than da Vinci 's "Mona Lisa"? Investigating the composition of art and looking at alternative arts may aid in understanding. To be considered…

piece, while perhaps different, is no less masterful. Even though we are seeing what was to Monet, perhaps akin to a blurred and grainy photograph, this does not diminish its beauty. Within this piece we can see so much more than just a masterful painting, we can see into his Soul. As the saying goes, The eyes are the window to the soul, and Monet’s windows were getting cloudy. Knowing what I now know of his eyesight and having analysed his work leading to this piece, I can almost feel Monet’s…

it had a deeper purpose than just showing abstract shapes and nicely chosen colors. This painting makes me feel like Odili Odita was proud to show everyone the two different worlds he was a part of. I admire the way he used such simple materials to explain something so complex. I also feel a sense of being proud of being African American by combining the two cultures into something so beautiful. This painting gives me a sense of pride and knowing that my history is something special and…

The artist who I find the most interesting is Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican self portrait artist. She was well known, and it still well known as a strong feminist icon. She was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. Frida Kahlo began her art work after a horrific bus accident she was involved in which lead to fractures to her spine and pelvis. One of her art pieces included a visual representation of her accident, which shows her spirit reflecting over her body lying on…

color. This is a topic that has been continuosly discussed. One of the most famous dicused debates of art was the Great Line vs. Color Debate of 1671. This took place at the French Roayal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. The dispute was weather drawing or color was more important in painting. The two parties involved were the Poussinists and the Rubenists. Those who argued that drawing was the most important thing were dubed the Poussinists named after the painter Nicolas Poussin.…