JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER Who was Jean-Antoine Watteau? Gradually drifting away from the seventeenth century Baroque style‚ French painting of the eighteenth century embraced the Rococo. One of the most influential and acclaimed artists of this era was Jean-Antoine Watteau. Watteau undoubtedly mapped the path of new artistic advancements in France. He was a former costume designer
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DUCCIO – MADONNA AND CHILD This is the first time I do the museum paper‚ that’s made me have a lot of mixing feeling‚ wondering‚ excited‚ curious… Then‚ I went to the internet to make some research in art works at Metropolitan Museum. Actually‚ I’m interested in painting for one reason is I love drawing. I made about eleven oil paintings in my whole life. My life inspired me to put my emotion into the painting‚ sometime it was sad‚ sometime it was exciting. The value of all the painting is not
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By Madisyn Leidall Our creations are based upon inspiration‚ and that can come from anywhere. Sometimes‚ we are inspired by what happens to us in our lifetimes‚ we can be inspired by what we read‚ what we see‚ or we can be inspired by other people. Painters have a place where all their creativity and inspiration comes from‚ and sometimes that is painters from the past‚ and other times it comes from their own experiences and struggles. Edvard Munch created one of the most well known paintings worldwide
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Before the 20th century‚ not many artists had done modern abstract. Paintings such as "The Green Stripe" and "Harmony in Red" by Henri Matisse were given bad critiques. They were mostly objected to the different use of color in the paintings‚ and many did not understand his work. The use of color was used to show his emotional expression. Henri Matisse was born in Northern France in 1869. During his youth‚ he had no interest in art. His father had high hopes for him to become a lawyer or work at
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Edgar J. Brown is the artist that inspires me the most. I chose him because like Edgar I too have a fascination with sports. From a young age Edgar grew up in a family that was very sport oriented. From baseball‚ football too basketball and pretty much anything competitive they watched it‚ or played it. But sports were not the only talent young Edgar possessed. He was extremely good at drawing and painting. The paintings were mostly super hero related throughout his child. As he reached his high
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Each artist has his own style. They have their own way of how they use each different media‚ and way of portraying life. This gives each painting or drawing a unique look that is almost the artist’s way of signing their work. Such as‚ the difference between one of the mural study pieces at the Pearl Fincher Museum and Sheep Shearing by James “Buck” Winn. This makes each painting look different‚ and gives each painting a different feel. Made by an unknown artist in an unknown year a mural study
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The painting‚ Fishing for Oysters at Cancale‚ was done by and American Artist in 1877 while in Paris. Sargent was twenty-one at the time when he was at Brittany sketching the fishermen on the shores. After he completed this painting he sent it to New York where it would be displayed at the Society of American Artists where it would be viewed for a month. John Singer painted another version of Fishing for Oysters at Cancale which was larger and more complete then the original. In 1878 the larger
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Wyatt A. Pipkin Professor Jennifer J. Chase Hum2250 28 February 2016 DO YOU EVEN VAN GOGH‚ BRO? Pipkin 1 On July 27th 1890 Vincent Van Gogh died a fairly young man‚ completely crazy and lost in his own mind. I want to dive deeper into the life of this brilliant‚ yet completely crazy man‚ who has produced more than 2‚100 artworks‚ made up of some
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In the essay "Feeling and Form‚" Susanne Langer discusses how art is not a thing‚ but a symbol that shows feeling (58). In Chapter 3 she writes: "A work of art is often a spontaneous expression of feeling‚ I.e.‚ a symptom of the artist’s state of mind. If it represents human beings it is probably also a rendering of some sort of facial expression which suggests the feelings those beings are suppose to have. Moreover‚ it may be said to "express‚" in another sense‚ the life of the society from which
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In the article "Vermeer‚ Fame‚ and Female Beauty: The Art of Painting‚" Eric Jan Sluijter claims the predominant interpretation of the work puts "many scholars on the wrong track‚" (Sluijter‚ 265). Instead‚ he proposes Vermeer was focused on fame‚ rather than history. Sluijter supports this argument by providing historical context and comparisons. Art of Painting was painted by Johannes Vermeer from 1666-1667 in Delft‚ Netherlands. This work follows the Dutch tradition of close observation of the
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