looking at it. Based on one’s knowledge of the artist‚ time period‚ and the painting itself gives a whole different perspective than someone who doesn’t know any of the history. Also different life experiences can change the way a person can relate a painting to themselves. John Berger is known as one of Europe’s most influential Marxist critics. His belief is that to fully understand a painting you must understand the
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prompted with paintings of different styles and subjects. This room’s exhibitions’ era stretches from the 1920’s to the 1940’s‚ with artists from celebrated muralist Diego Rivera to controversial surrealist Balthus. This room exhibited works of many different medias from traditional oil-on-canvas works to colour pastel on paper. This room may seem slightly bland at first sights as they’re mainly portraits of plain-looking working class people and politicians‚ but behind the paintings themselves‚
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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: African-American Art A mural is an artwork of painting that is applied on the wall‚ permanent surface or ceiling. One of the distinguishing elements of a given mural is the architectural feature that is harmoniously attached on the image. Wall paintings are sometimes painted on canvases and then attached on walls. However‚ this is subject to controversy in the field of art. There are two types of murals in African and American setting. They include; Photographic mural
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chosen is an unfinished painting of mine. A couple days before I started painting it‚ I found out that I was accepted into the University of Washington. For me‚ I think the overall purpose it holds is that it’s supposed to decorate my dining room. Furthermore‚ the primary reason for my choice is the creative representation of myself that it holds. The flowers are brightly colored to Immediately introduce the ambience of it; joyous. Many artists can agree that botanical paintings usually contains a symbolic
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accident’ and over the top (Simon Schama’s Power of art). This painting represented slaves killed at sea. The intentions of this were to make viewers weep‚ but was actually viewed as absurd. (Simon Schama’s Power of art). Turner was viewed as mad‚ yet created the greatest British painting in the 19th century. Starting at a young age‚ Turner created sublime paintings that represented British and French issues and incredible imagination. This painting was based off the factual event of 132 African Americans
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later studied landscape painting in Germany. Von Guerard interests excluding art involved exploring‚ such as taking long treks in Australia and New Zealand‚ and it was on these trips that he created finely detailed pencil drawings of the environment around him which he later used as the basis for his paintings. Von Guerard expressed environment by the feelings it evoked from him whether that being awe or terror‚ and specifically focused on the colouring and lighting. His paintings are also known for being
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When looking at these paintings there is a a lot of similarities to be noted‚ first of all‚ both Bathers and Leda with the Swan feature nude figures bathing in the water‚ with trees around them. They are both very natural scenes and have a relaxed air about them. Both of the paints have a low tonal range‚ but Bathers is bright and lively‚ even though the scene shown is relaxed the brighter colours coming from the right shows that the scene might be depicted earlier in the day‚ whereas in Leda with
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In this Picasso painting‚ he uses sharp contrast. It portrays a woman who looks to be suffering. The artwork is distorted so the observer has to piece together the “puzzle” in some areas. The woman is covering her mouth with her hands while tears pour down her face. The color scheme in this painting is very simplistic. Picasso makes the colors contrast and stand out so the viewer can see what exactly is going on. For example he uses the blue to show that she is crying. Without the solid blue‚ the
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Anselm kiefer is a German artist whose monumental work‚ basically confrontational‚ dates back to a period when the painting was not highly valued. Most of his art works particularly reflect on the German history as well as myths which are normally associated with the holocaust. The themes portrayed in his pieces are normally influenced by his interest in aspects of mythology‚ history and vast knowledge. This essay will be used to compare and contrast two of his pieces made at different periods. The
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that stands out is a large painting by Gordon Samstag‚ titled Young Man Desires Position. The painting was done in the 1930’s and was done with oil on a canvas that measures 50 ¼ by 47 ¼ inches. The lighting in the gallery isn’t exceptionally bright‚ but there is a light shining onto the top right of the piece. This compliments the artist’s rendition of value on the figure in the painting. Directly on the left side of Young Man Desires Position is a tempera painting on a panel done by Reginald
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