There are four paintings that I want to show and analysis. Tow of them from ancient China‚ and the other two paintings from the Western imperial portraiture. Firstly‚ look at this painting. This painting is part of The Thirteen Emperors‚ which is collected in Museum of Fine Art Boston. This painting was created by the painter - Yan Liben around AD. 581 - 604. More specifically‚ the material of this painting is Classical Chinese Painting On Silk‚ from this short sentence‚ we can know this emperor
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such rich colors enhances the painting to look realistic. Also‚ the use of light towards the front of the dog‚ makes it seem as if the sun is facing towards the dog and the owner is on the opposite side. Lastly‚ the scale of the dog and the ball (the ball being the size of
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This is exactly what Artemisia Gentileschi has done with oil painting mediums. Known as one of the famous female Baroque artist‚ all of her works are perfectly painted with great detail and colors. When one looks at her works‚ one can see the excellence in her skills that are portrayed in her paintings. Oil painting has been around since the 7th century AD in Asia; during this time‚ unknown artists‚ in order to create painting in the caves of Bamyan‚ Afghanistan‚
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Sansui-ga is a form of Japanese monochrome landscape paintings‚ the preferred genre among Zen painters in the 14th-16th century. Sansui-ga painting is done in Chinese-inspired sumi-e or suiboku-ga‚ an ink wash painting style‚ which uses black ink in various concentrations. Gradations of ink are used to create a sense of light and shade‚ as well as modulated brushstrokes and lines to create a sense of volume and rhythm. (Parent) Vast landscapes on screens and sliding doors set a serene and contemplative
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and truth. This is the basic premise for Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ in which prisoners sit in a cave‚ chained down‚ watching images cast on the wall in front of them. They accept these views as reality and they are unable to grasp their overall situation: the cave and images are a ruse‚ a mere shadow show orchestrated for them by unseen men. At some point‚ a prisoner is set free and is forced to see the situation inside the cave. Initially‚ one does not want to give up the security of his or
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attention on spaces with large amounts of light and or shade rather than focusing on the details as other often would. This is what lead to majority of his creations to be worked in with layers. Essentially‚ the first layer was the basics needed for the painting as the second carved away shading and provided more details and texture along with correcting any defects that presented themselves. The last layer was used for finishing touches such as blending colors or smoothing the lines to make them more realistic
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MUSEUM PAPER MARK ROTHKO AND HIS PAINTING “WHITE CENTER” Mark Rothko’s painting “White Center” is a breathtaking abstract painting I saw at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA). Rothko painted this 84 x 72-inch oil on canvas work in 1957. The painting is done in his signature style of using color and form-floating rectangular shapes. Rothko was part of the American movement that became known as Abstract Expressionism‚ which was more than just a painting style. It refers to the process
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Joseph Wright of derby- an experiment on a bird in the air pump National gallery 1768 oil on canvas painting. 183 by 240 cm travelling scientist is shown demonstrating the formation of a vacuum by withdrawing air from a flask containing a white cockatoo‚ though common birds like sparrows would normally have been used. Air pumps were developed in the 17th century and were relatively familiar by Wright’s day. The artist’s subject is not scientific invention‚ but a human drama in a night-time setting
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skill. Jan Van Eyck’s painting; “The Arnolfini Portrait” depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Arnolfini was a merchant from a city in Tuscany‚ Italy‚ called Lucca. The Arnolfini family was very powerful. People often say that the woman in the painting is pregnant‚ but that is not the case. In fact‚ she is holding her full-skirted dress to her stomach‚ because that was the contemporary fashion. Jan Van Eyck was really interested in the effects of light in paintings‚ and used it a lot.
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When you first look at the painting‚ you see the inside of a room but your eye is directed at a window with a tree outside. The image is a still-life painting‚ with the canvas oriented portrait-style. The artist is depicting a scene from his daily life. In the foreground‚ you see the inside walls of a room‚ with a woman petting a cat in the corner‚ and the background illustrates a tree through the window. The painting has been arranged in a way that the main focus - the window - takes up a large
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