Ben Quilty: The Human Figure In Visual Art
Year 10 Visual Art - Essay
The human figure is one of the most enduring themes in the visual arts. The statement of figure in art changes as human needs and artist appearance developed (1). Early figure pictures only served very little purpose such as communication. The figure of art hugely developed after the invention of the camera as it captures the true emotion the figure had to offer. This dramatic change made the figure of art very worthy and creative (2). The context of images has changed of many years as artists are finding news to improve there pieces and learning new techniques which means there is more variety of images such as; paintings, sculptures, drawing and loads more (3). Art has intensely transformed over a period of time …show more content…
Cheery Hood creates the most emotional, touching and beautiful artworks, which are just stunning to the naked eye. One of her artworks, Ben Quilty that is a painting of an Australian named Simon Tedeschi pianist hugely became famous when it won Cherry the Archibald Prize in 2002. ‘He looked fantastic’, says Hood. ‘I was talking with him and he has this really interesting expression and so much character in his face. I hadn’t seen anybody I wanted to paint who’d be appropriate for the Archibald and I thought he’d be perfect’ (4). Cherry soon found herself drawing this masterpiece and Hood took around 50 photographs of him in different poses and different lights. The watercolour and varnish flowed easy on the canvas for Cherry, she states, ‘he’s so true to the type of face I like to paint (4). The painting, Ben Quilty shows artist use of dark colours that ease down his body giving the painting effect and meaning. This is the masterpiece that lead Cherry Hood to winning of the Archibald Prize in 2002, a huge accomplishment for this inspiring and talented …show more content…
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"History Of The Figure". Slideshare.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 June 2016.
(3) https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060903184741AA8Pm8S
"How Has Artwork Changed Over Time?". Au.answers.yahoo.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 May 2016.
(4) http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/28470/
"Archibald Prize Archibald 2007 Finalist: Ben Quilty By Cherry Hood". Artgallery.nsw.gov.au. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 June 2016.
(5) http://www.theartstory.org/artist-moore-henry.htm "Henry Moore Biography, Art, And Analysis Of Works". The Art Story. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 June 2016.
(6) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/henry-moore/henry-moore-om-ch-reclining-figure-r1172012#fn_2_1 Correia, Alice and Lyndsey Morgan. "Reclining Figure 1951 By Henry Moore OM, CH". Tate (2015): n. pag. Web. 26 May 2016.
(7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclining_Figure:_Festival "Reclining Figure: Festival". Wikipedia. N.p., 2016. Web. 11 June
The human figure is one of the most enduring themes in the visual arts. The statement of figure in art changes as human needs and artist appearance developed (1). Early figure pictures only served very little purpose such as communication. The figure of art hugely developed after the invention of the camera as it captures the true emotion the figure had to offer. This dramatic change made the figure of art very worthy and creative (2). The context of images has changed of many years as artists are finding news to improve there pieces and learning new techniques which means there is more variety of images such as; paintings, sculptures, drawing and loads more (3). Art has intensely transformed over a period of time …show more content…
Cheery Hood creates the most emotional, touching and beautiful artworks, which are just stunning to the naked eye. One of her artworks, Ben Quilty that is a painting of an Australian named Simon Tedeschi pianist hugely became famous when it won Cherry the Archibald Prize in 2002. ‘He looked fantastic’, says Hood. ‘I was talking with him and he has this really interesting expression and so much character in his face. I hadn’t seen anybody I wanted to paint who’d be appropriate for the Archibald and I thought he’d be perfect’ (4). Cherry soon found herself drawing this masterpiece and Hood took around 50 photographs of him in different poses and different lights. The watercolour and varnish flowed easy on the canvas for Cherry, she states, ‘he’s so true to the type of face I like to paint (4). The painting, Ben Quilty shows artist use of dark colours that ease down his body giving the painting effect and meaning. This is the masterpiece that lead Cherry Hood to winning of the Archibald Prize in 2002, a huge accomplishment for this inspiring and talented …show more content…
(2003). Modernism. Lodon: Tate Publishing.
(2) http://www.slideshare.net/RachaelVanDyke/history-of-the-figure
"History Of The Figure". Slideshare.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 June 2016.
(3) https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060903184741AA8Pm8S
"How Has Artwork Changed Over Time?". Au.answers.yahoo.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 May 2016.
(4) http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/28470/
"Archibald Prize Archibald 2007 Finalist: Ben Quilty By Cherry Hood". Artgallery.nsw.gov.au. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 June 2016.
(5) http://www.theartstory.org/artist-moore-henry.htm "Henry Moore Biography, Art, And Analysis Of Works". The Art Story. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 June 2016.
(6) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/henry-moore/henry-moore-om-ch-reclining-figure-r1172012#fn_2_1 Correia, Alice and Lyndsey Morgan. "Reclining Figure 1951 By Henry Moore OM, CH". Tate (2015): n. pag. Web. 26 May 2016.
(7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclining_Figure:_Festival "Reclining Figure: Festival". Wikipedia. N.p., 2016. Web. 11 June