In The Turning Road‚ L’Estaque‚ named for the road that curves through the painting‚ Andre Detain uses intensely saturated colors‚ shape‚ and line to capture the energy and exuberance of the scene and provide an evocative and sensational interpretation of the location he chose to paint. The piece’s present location is the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston‚ Texas‚ and was originally from L’Estaque‚ France. The piece is oil on canvas‚ painted in 1906. The work is a colorful representation of a landscape
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Description An expressionist figure painting of a nude woman using oil paint on linen Head leaning back and sitting comfortably in her arm-chair‚ the woman’s left arm is slung over her chest and her right arm supporting her leaning into the armrest. She has her right leg relaxed and her foot gently touching the floor. Her left leg is folded up‚ pushing hard against the edge of the seat. There are no recognizable objects other than the woman and the arm-chair. The artist uses a primary color scheme
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The famous artwork that I chose to recreate is [ Composition II in Red‚ Blue and Yellow]‚ which is made by Piet Mondrian in 1930. The reason why I decided this art piece is really clear and easy to understand‚ this one is the only artwork in the Abstract Expressionist Art period that I could paint and my ability and talent could afford. Actually‚ Piet Mondrian was not from the AEA period‚ this talented Dutch painter was a donor to the De Stijl art movement and group. De Stijl means ‘the style’ in
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Andre Derain’s The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge‚ 1906 is a direct contrast from the original series painted by Monet. While Monet tended to use soft colors that would represent things that would be seen outside such as a purple sun during sunset or a bright orange‚ yellow‚ and red spot where the sun would be‚ Derain broke against the natural mold and used extreme color when extreme color was not always meant to be. In this painting specifically‚ we can see a green sky‚ a bright
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Painting Styles ART 101 April 1‚ 2012 Painting Styles Neoclassic Art‚ Impressionist Artworks and Abstract Expressionism are very identifiable by their form‚ painting style and the era they speak of. All three have some comparisons and some very evident contrasts. The Neoclassic era of art reflected resurgence in the interest of the Greek and Roman Eras. People of this time were interested in seeing woman as more upstanding. They were also going back to a high moral tone‚ recognizing
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J. M. W. Turner is one of Britain ’s most popular artists who showed exceptional artistic talent from his early age and entered the Royal Academy at fourteen. His landscape paintings made him popular regardless of a darker side to his paintings that were made big issues by critiques. He became a well-celebrated artist despite of the difficulties he came across in life. Even being born in family of a Garden barber‚ he became very famous for his works such seascape and landscape. His success seems
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Émile Zola Émile Zola was born on April 2‚ 1840 in Paris. He spent most of his childhood in southern France. He went to school in Lycee Saint-Louis in Paris and failed the Baccalaureate exam. In 1863 Zola became unemployed for two years. In 1865 he was hired as a clerk to work in L.-C.-F Hachette where he then worked in advertising. His first novel was La Confession de Claude (Claude’s Confession). He then went on to journalism. He continued to write many works such as Therese
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Art Can Be Anything As you look at the paper‚ you may see a mess of colors and think how in the world can this be a painting? Once you look and think deeper about what the picture could be‚ the true meaning is revealed. The intricate lines of my fingerprints are clearly visible. All of the fingerprint patterns and the details from each handprint are created differently. Each handprint is not the same. I can feel the generous amount of paint spreading all over my palm and up to my fingers. The
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One of the most famous Chinese readings The Tao Te Ching‚ a founding text of Taoism. Taoism is a Chinese philosophical and religious tradition. Taoism is best known as nature‚ two opposites interacting with equal forces. Tao is indescribable‚ and it’s an abstract concept‚ progression of the universe and natural order. An aspect of its nature is highlighted throughout The Tao Te Ching. In the translation by Waley‚ he says how people should live life. The Tao Ching encourage one to look for enlightenment
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Guardian Angels Guardian Angels (George L. Vivant Gallery) by Dorothea Tanning is an oil painting on canvas. It depicts a wing-like figure looming over a cloth covered landscape. Tanning chose a cool color scheme with just a hint of red at the bottom of the picture plane. The painting is abstract‚ we don’t know exactly what the wing-like figure is and female silhouettes can be seen infused into the figure. Through the use of detail and her color scheme Tanning successfully gives the appearance
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