On October 10‚ 2017‚ I observed the painting called “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh from an online art source. This is a painting I have seen several times since the second grade in art class‚ but on Tuesday‚ October 10‚ 2017‚ at 2:34 pm. I witnessed this painting once again. Vincent Van Gogh‚ who was born in 1853 and lived until 1890‚ painted “Starry Night” in June of 1889. This painting represents the view of the East window from his room in the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. (Van Gogh) From
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Introduction Franz Marc was a German artist and printmaker‚ and also one of the key statistics of the German Expressionist movement. Franz Marc was born in February 8‚ 1880 in Munich and past away in March 4‚ 1916‚ eventually Marc was only 36 years old. Wilhelm‚ the father‚ was an expert landscape painter; his mother‚ Sophie‚ was a strict Calvinist. Marc began to study at the Academy of Fine Arts‚ Munich in 1900. In 1903 and 1907‚ he spent time in France‚ intensely in Paris‚ visiting the city’s
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The two art periods that I chose are Baroque and Impressionism. Baroque art refers to the style that would be found in Europe and North and South America during the 17th and 18th century. The Catholic Church heavily influenced their art‚ as well as the Protestant rising up during this time. There was an emphasis on unity and harmony in all of the visual arts that often had themes from the Bible or stories. There was realism and more attention was paid to physical details in portrait paintings‚
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The Last Judgement by Michelangelo Painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel is Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement. It is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of religious art. The work of art took over four years to complete and was finished in 1541. The painting incorporates all of the primary elements and principle of designs as it portrays the end of the world. Michelangelo uses lines of various width‚ length and texture to emphasis the complexity of all
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“I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold” is an art piece painted by Charles Demuth‚ an American Artist born in Lancaster‚Pennsylvania from 1883-1935. This specific piece was painted in 1928 and is made of oil‚ graphite‚ ink‚ and uses gold leaf paint on paperboard. This art piece is encompassed of varying hues of red‚ yellow‚ orange and gray paint. The most important aspect of this piece is the number 5. The point of this is to pay homage to a poem by William Carlos Williams. In Williams poem‚ he writes about
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The term Post-impressionism is used to describe late 19th century art that rejects the “capture-the-fleeting-moment” attitude of Impressionism and is characterized by bright colors and defined brushstrokes as opposed to the impasto approach of impressionists. Impasto is a technique in which paint is applied so thick onto the canvas that it stands out from the surface‚ creating a 3-D texture effect. The paint can be mixed on the canvas to achieve a desired color. One distinguishing factor of a post-impressionist
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The Last Supper paintings from Leonardo and Tintoretto were painted roughly one hundred years apart. Even though the two paintings have the same title‚ the two artist painted these paintings in different styles. The two artist differ from each other‚ Tintoretto is interested in motion‚ light‚ and the theatrical appeal and Leonardo is interested in more of a simple appeal. Despite their differences‚ both artist’s goals were to illustrate the importance of the last supper in one painting. These paintings
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Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas is a scenic‚ oil on canvas that is beautifully displayed at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Albert Bierstadt created the work of art in 1870. Bierstadt was born in Germany in 1830 and at the age of two his family moved to Massachusetts‚ he soon went back to study in Germany where he developed his art abilities. Many of Albert’s art pieces glorify landscapes vividly on actual places he visited while traveling the American West; his fascination with the landscapes
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Primavera Sandro Botticelli followed a different path than many artists and painters of his time‚ which in turn gave him a unique edge. Instead of basing his work on the ideas of light and shade‚ he incorporated the element of line‚ into many of his works of art‚ and he also relied heavily on drawing beforehand. This and his inclusion of classcism‚ individualsim‚ and his own play on realism are the aspects that set Botticelli apart and made him unique during the Early Renaissance period.
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Alice Neel’s painting titled David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock displays a relationship that appears to have gone dreadfully wrong. Alice Neel painted this painting in 1970 with the characters David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock as the titles suggests. With the different colors being used and Neel’s placement of these two men in the painting makes them seem to be at a cross road. This relatively large‚ naturalistic portrait being at 59 ¾ inches x 56 inches done on oil on canvas shows a failing relationship
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