Down for the Count is a heavy work that is used to depict the times of the Great Depression. Fletcher Martin was very distinct about what he wanted us to see and how he wanted us to see it. The subject matter is surrounded by supporting details such as the color‚ light‚ space‚ and also the size and scale. Fletcher Martin painted this using oil paint on a canvas. The painting seems to be layered but not with many colors. The painting itself is very neutral in the sense of color schemes. The most
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young‚ yet talented artist of the 1980’s. His works were paintings that were considered to be unique in comparison to others. He took art to a whole other level and made people really think about what they were looking at when they saw his work. Basquiat struggled with many things during his life because he was raised without his parents. Although he was on the street most of the time‚ he was still one of the most successful painters of his time. Unfortunately‚ Basquiat’s
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There were many beautiful paintings during this era and it is hard just to choose one great painting. I will be analyzing and describing the piece of artwork “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard. “The Swing” is a great piece because it shows wonderful color‚ texture‚ and many other elements used in the painting. The piece of artwork was created in 1766 in the 18th century time period. Also in this time period of the rococo era and this piece was establishes in that era because of its colors and
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In the 19th century‚ many changes of art took place. It started with a new "realism" approach‚ where artists did no longer want to paint what they were told to paint. The things that they previously had to paint were religious‚ Greek‚ or aristocratic. They were many art students that had the desire to step out of the box and paint "real life"‚ or the lives of regular people. This was a stark difference and shocking to people as all of the sudden their servants were depicted working hard in the fields
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In consideration of Bonheur de Vivre‚ Les Demoiselles d’Avignon‚ and The Large Bathers‚ we can see an evolution of the Post-Modernist style. Paul Cézanne’s Post-Impressionist masterpiece entitled "The Large Bathers" is an oil on canvas work which was painted in 1905. The large bathers was the last (and largest) in a series of works by Cézanne which were intentionally designed not to appeal to the untrained observer in an attempt to create a timeless appearance. This disregard for artistic conventions
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Late 19th Century Artists always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s‚ the arts all changed‚ but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century‚ all of that changed. The impressionists‚ realists‚ and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing
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French artist‚ Claude Monet‚ was born November 14‚ 1840 in Paris‚ France. He experimented with loose handling‚ bold color‚ and strikingly contrasting styles . As he matured‚ he became more aware to light and color. Monet also became increasingly sensitive to the decorative qualities of color and form‚ and began to apply paint in smaller strokes. Claude Monet uses cool blues and green tones that become balanced out by the colors of the bright flowers with small and short brushstrokes throughout the
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The first painting that I find an interest in to describe its historical and cultural contend is called the Family of Country People. This artwork was painted by Louis Le Nain in the year ca. 1640. Louis was a French artist who also took an interest in painting genre of everyday life like Dutch. A great example of his principle is displayed in the Family of Country People. He painted a peasant family or people work the soil. He included three adults and five children in his work‚ and they all look
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In the book Light‚ Figes presents the backgrounds and the relationship between Monet and his family. From chapter to chapter‚ we have learned the personality and feelings of each member in the family by their actions and conversation. Eva Figes uses a beautiful way and writing style to describe the beauty of the pond in Monet’s backyard under the shadow of the light. (Figes 41) Light has played an important role in this book. Different characters have different respective to the light. For example
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Though always considered a notch below a world-class institution‚ the Dallas Museum of Art significantly improved its standing within the art world when it received the undeniably world-class modern and contemporary art collections of three prominent local collectors (the Hoffmans‚ the Rachofskys‚ and the Roses); the collections‚ gifted together in an unprecedented deal‚ totaled more than 900 works and with subsequent acquisitions has grown since the announcement to more than 1‚200. The Edward Larrabee
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