Sandra Vargas Formal Analysis November 19‚ 2014 Professor Alison Pearlman Exotic Landscape (French 1844-1910) (1910) by Henri Rousseau Oil on canvas Mexican Pictures Henri Rousseau’s piece titled Exotic Landscapes (1910) represents a childhood myth in which he called his “Mexican Pictures”. He cultivated this idea that he served in the Mexican army by creating a multitude of landscapes paintings. Below I will be describing one of his most famous landscape pieces named “Exotic Landscapes”
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A Formal Analysis of Art Darlene Traci Kepner ART/101 February 17‚ 2013 Karen Witt A Formal Analysis of Art The visual literacy of line usage by both artists is extremely different from one another. Van Gogh ’s "The Starry Night" Sayre‚ H. M‚ (2010) (Fig.73) and LeWitt ’s "Wall Drawing No. 681” Sayre‚ H. M‚ (2010) (Fig.77) portray subject matter of different compositions. However‚ both depictions of art‚ also express‚ different qualities‚ styles‚ and eras. Van Gogh is from the eighteenth century
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Historical Approach to the Ditchley Portrait of Elizabeth Elizabeth I had been the queen of England for fifty years and was the last monarch who came from the line of Tudor.She is also known for her virginity.Her impact on era is so vast that it is called as Elizabethan Era or Golden Age which is the time of flourishment in all fields of art‚ the rise of humanism thoughts and the colonialism with the Renaissance and the geographical discoveries. The Ditchley Portrait was painted for Sir Henry Lee who
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people. But also images can play an important part of telling a lot about someone because there is always a story behind an image. Many images come to mind when thinking of things that represent who I am. The imagery I would include in my metaphoric portrait would be a stage‚ Disney World‚ and a plane. Generally‚ the stage is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a metaphoric image that represents me. During high school‚ I was very involved in the theatre department and always felt I could
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Sociological Portrait: Milestone 2 In reviewing the different functions of education‚ of which there are several. From formal to informal each is important as the next in an individual’s development and future function in society. The function of formal education consists of learning skills and gaining knowledge‚ i.e.‚ reading‚ math‚ history‚ science‚ languages to name just a few. Outside of the more necessary function of education is socialization‚ future preparation‚ and economic functions
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Why do artists make self-portraits? Why would someone take the time to create a work of art that merely resembles themselves? To answer this‚ one must understand the famous artists of the past‚ both visual and literary. When analyzing a self-portrait‚ one notices that it often goes beyond the visual characteristics of the author. Minute details that can be easily overlooked frequently delve into the artist’s personality and can sometimes make the viewer look deeper into themselves. To answer
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Formal Art Analysis Hailey Niemi The Starry Night that was done in 1889 is an oil on canvas painting. This is a very famous work of art and a very complex‚ beautiful piece. In terms of lines this painting is quite uninhibited. The painter was thinking outside the box so to speak. The lines used in The Starry Night are all over and all around in swirls and other patterns. I think the art portrays that the artist views the world as a very whimsical place with endless possibilities. This might
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realism movement‚ his Portrait of Marevna c. 1915 is vulnerable to the assumption of being an outlier to Rivera’s more well-known style and to the reduction of being merely evidence of experimentation. Though Portrait of Marevna cannot be linked at first glance to the politically charged‚ indigenismo-influenced work he created during the Mexican Mural Movement of the 1920s‚ inklings of this era are present within the portrait’s construction. This paper explores how Portrait of Marevna
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The Arnolfini Portrait‚ created by Jan van Eyck‚ is a complex oil painting that was created in 1434. It is a representational work because it references real life events‚ which in this case‚ are the marriage rituals of that day in age between husband and wife. For the very first time in history‚ van Eyck became the perfect eye-witness in the truest sense of the term. This portrait is very complex due to the fact of its iconography. It is very symbolic and has been interpreted in several‚ countless
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DESCRIPTION: Literal qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Frida Kahlo created the painting Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird in 1940 in Mexico City. The painting is an oil on canvas and is currently at Harry Ransom Center‚ The University of Texas at Austin. FROM THE WORK: 1. Line Several vertical lines occur within the leaves behind Frida herself. The strongest lines are created on her thorn necklace that hangs on her neck and down her chest. 2. Light & Value The light
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