Through the use of lighting‚ color scheme‚ and orientation Casey Baugh has convinced the art client to enjoy and possibly buy his painting “Illumination”. The power of lighting has been used for many years by various artist. The girl’s eyes are illuminated in the painting which draws attention to them. Also‚ the nontraditional lighting may catch people off guard and make the painting stand out from the crowd. The rest of the painting is dark. This adds to the mysteriousness and eeriness of the
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Vincent van Gogh painted over eight hundred paintings in less than ten years. He lived from 1853-1890 only spending the last ten years of his life painting. Gogh’s most frequently used style was impasto‚ thickly used oil paints on stretched canvases allowing the movement‚ and texture to be visually seen. Each one of his pieces of work had a rare meaning behind it. People believe after his father’s death Gogh’s artistic talents were unbound due to his technique‚ and talents that changed miraculously
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Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who influenced the art world in the twentieth century and how people view art today. Vincent’s first brother died as an infant and he always thought of himself as the “replacement child.” Being the oldest in the family‚ Vincent had to drop out of school to work and financially support his family. His younger brother Theo was a respected art dealer who financially supported Vincent when he realized his passion in art. Vincent Van Gogh was a painter
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In art history‚ the female nude in art is both at the center and the edge of cultural acceptance. According to Art Historian Lynda Nead‚ this acceptability‚ if found‚ has always become under threat‚ for the female nude stands at the edge of the art category. The female nude risks‚ and has always stood to lose‚ its respectability in the art world if it spills out and over into the pornographic--meaning images associated with eroticism and obscenity. The trouble has always been the vagueness and instability
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In the poem The Great Scream in Nature that Edvard Munch wrote to go along with his most famous painting‚ it says‚ “I was walking along the road with two friends/ The sun was setting-the Sky turned blood-red/ And I felt a wave of Sadness- I paused/ tired to Death – Above the blue-black/ Fjord and City Blood and Flaming tongues hovered/ My friends walked on – I stayed behind – quaking with Angst – I felt the great Scream in Nature”. One painting. One simple‚ iconic painting that critics claimed to
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Zhao Mengfu’s piece entitled Twin Pines‚ Level Distance features two pine trees a small piece of land and it is surrounded by rocks. In the background we can see more rocks‚ or mountains‚ drawn in very delicate cursive-like lines. The exact location that this painting took place in is unknown‚ but we can assume that it is in China. This painting was made in 1310 during the Yuan dynasty. It is currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was painted with ink on paper and was
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The legacy and art of Pierre Auguste Renoir spans from the 1800’s to the 1900’s. “At an early age‚ Renoir had already decided that painting was his true career; and with the money he managed to save from his commercial employments he began his studies in art school (Renoir‚ 1983)”. Renoir learned early on that the essentials of art stood outside of the school doctrine for art. Through this liberating style of the artist‚ he graced the world with beautiful art. The art of Pierre Auguste Renoir
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Eric Naylor “The Fall of Icarus” The story of Icarus explains his attempt to escape from Crete by using wings that his father created from feathers and wax. He ignored instructions warning him not to fly too close to the sun‚ and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he then drowned. There are various paintings for this story‚ but three artists are highlighted today for their unique design in their painting and views for this story. -------------------------------------------------
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In the movie‚ Benny & Joon By Jeremiah S. Chechik‚ colour is used in many occasions to develop the audience’s understanding of the characters. Specifically‚ Joon. In the beginning of the film a montage of Joon painting and a train travelling is displayed. Giving us our first impressions of Joon. The next scene where we learn a lot about Joon is when she is snorkeling in traffic. We learn the extent of her disabilities. Towards the end of the movie one of the final scenes is when Benny and Sam
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The subject matter on which I am doing this assignment on is a piece of photography. This piece was done by a local photographer Greg Hill. He accordingly named his work “Pierre Pressure”. This piece of photography captures a pierre and its surroundings in Sebastian‚ Florida. Above the pierre is the focal point of the artwork‚ a breath-taking Florida sunset. The sunset is constructed of various hues of pink‚ orange‚ and yellow. The alluring sunset is ever so slightly hidden by a veil of oddly formed
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