The social practices of the society living in an age of consumer culture was characterised by its leisure time which found expression in a number of Manet’s paintings such as‚ Music at the Tuileries‚ 1862‚ that denotes a social gathering at a garden‚ the painting shows a homogenous class as one can conclude by their postures‚ attire‚ etc. The faces despite their visibility remain indiscernible. This anonymity of faces is seen in another painting titled The Masked Ball at the Opera‚ which again denotes
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CEZANNE Within this Essay‚ I will compare two artist ’s plates‚ outlining the key differences between them - Plate 1.3.24 Cezannes Jug and Fruit (1885-87) and Plate 1.3.30 Zubarans Still Life with Lemons‚ Orange and a Rose (1663). Although both pictures are of still life objects‚ they way in which they have been painted are quite different and therefore give the viewer quite different experiences. Composition The composition of both plates are Cézanne ’s Jug and Fruit (Plate 1.3.24)‚ and
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a) Vincent Van Gogh: Cornfield with Cypresses Vincent Van Gogh painted this landscape in 1889. He considered it one of his best landscape paintings because at that time he found interest only in cypresses. There were 3 very similar versions of this painting where the colour of the sky changed from blue to green based colours. . Wheat field with cypresses Wheat Field with Cypresses‚ June-July 1889‚ A Wheat Field‚ with Cypresses‚ September 1889‚ Vincent van Gogh made these paintings when
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The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a piece full of rich colours that reflect both the time period and the artist’s impressionist style. This composition not only conveys a leisurely gathering of people‚ but also expresses the changing French social structure of the time due to the industrial revolution. To portray these themes Renoir uses‚ shape‚ space‚ colour and texture. Shape is seen in the modeled figures and bottles‚ and space is created by overlapping of the bodies
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Although from the same artist group‚ these Impressionists originated from backgrounds that seemed worlds apart. Claude Monet‚ known as the "Master Impressionist" varied the themes in his artwork more than any other artist did. Monet’s work "Impression Sunrise"‚ of which the term "Impressionist" originates also gives rise to the title "Master Impressionist". Edgar Degas started his career as an artist with nothing in common with Monet but the era in which they lived. From themes to brushstrokes
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The Swing by Pierre Renoir The impressionist movement started when Claude Monet and other artists held an exhibition in Paris in 1874. People like Edgar Degas‚ Claude Monet‚ Pierre Renoir‚ Camille Pissaro created their most important work between 1870 to around 1910. The critics gave the exhibition the worst reviews possible. "The critics considered Impressionist paintings an insult to viewers because they were expected to accept apparently unfinished art as a real’ painting." The name was
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The title of this work is View of Toledo by the Spanish artist El Greco. The painting depicts the landscape of Toledo‚ Spain‚ the city where the artist worked and lived for most of his life. This is a very significant work for several reasons: it is considered to be the first landscape in Spanish art‚ one of only two surviving landscapes painted by this artist‚ and because this artist rarely painted non-religious subject matter. View of Toledo is considered to be one of the most dramatic and individual
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With only 13 years between the births of the two artists‚ we could say that Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh were born in the same period. They may have been born quite close together but both men discovered art was their vocations almost 20 years apart‚ which may have been why they are such different artists. Monet had a head start on Van Gogh as he was introduced to art at a very young age. Monet also had a mentor who taught him the tricks of the trade and pushed him from caricatures to landscape
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In virtually any art form‚ color temperature can be manipulated in a way that evokes certain moods and feelings to the viewer. These two paintings are a perfect example of how color temperature can interpret the same subject in several ways. André Derain’s The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge‚ 1906 displays a distinct warm temperature that is interwoven with cooler tones. At a first glance‚ the red‚ yellow‚ and green that dominates the painting tells us that it is indeed on the warm end
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VLB was born on April 16th‚ 1755 in Paris. Her father was a pastel painter not very well recognized but greatly encouraged VLB’s interest and talent in painting. As a child‚ she was constantly drawing‚ so much so that she would get in trouble with the teachers for decorating her school work. At home‚ she had plenty of opportunity and support to experiment and create. She could draw alongside her father in his studio‚ and friends of her father would give her lessons in drawing‚ as well as invite her
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