CH 20 – The 18th & 19th Centuries: Six main movements: Rococo‚ Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ (The Academy)‚ Realism‚ Impressionism (Macchiaioli) & Postimpressionism Rococo is a unique style occurring toward the end of the Baroque period. It is a much more ornate style that shows sweetness‚ gaiety‚ and light; painterly and pastel features. It is chiefly characterized by the representation of the leisurely activities of upper class society by a frivolous choice of themes. Rococo is derived
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Vincent van Gogh Born on March 30‚ 1853 in Groot-Zundert‚ Holland‚ Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch-post impressionist painter whose work influenced art a lot in the twentieth century. His father was a pastor‚ so van Gogh was brought up in a religious matter. As a child‚ van Gogh was silent‚ serious and thoughtful; he was also emotional and lacked self-confidence. By the time‚ van Gogh decided to become an artist‚ he’d already had two unhappy romances‚ had worked as a clerk at a bookstore‚ was an art
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IWT1 Task 1 000251565 Polly A. Welch Impressionism and Post Impressionism In Paris in the late 19th century (1874-1882)‚ several artists who called themselves the Anonymous Society of Painters‚ Sculptors‚ Printmakers‚ etc. organized an exhibit that launched the movement called Impressionism. These artists‚ such as Eduoard Manet‚ Edgar Degas‚ Claude Monet‚ Pierre Auguste Renoir‚ and Mary Cassatt‚ sparked worldwide following and revolutionized Western conceptions of painting. Appearing
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I have carefully reviewed and analyzed the paintings that you are taking into consideration for sending to the Children’s Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. I am aware that you only wish to send one painting to the hospital which I know may be stressful to decide. However‚ I am here to help. Since the painting will be going into a children’s hospital‚ I would hope that you are attempting to convey a peaceful and uplifting message to the families in the waiting room. After careful consideration‚
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narrative about the person/s resting with the space that he/she/they were located. To focus on the restful/meditative/uninhibited/spontaneous gestures of the resting figures. Technical Objectives: To use mainly INDIRECT PAINTING such as Pointillism‚ Erasure‚ Glazing and Scrumbling as techniques to create a narrative about the bodies within the space for the composition. To investigate how the application of paint and the reaction of the medium with one other produce a narrative about the
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The Scream and Starry Night: Differences and Similarities FAS/202 The Scream by Edvard Munch was painted in Norway in 1893 and is a product of the Expressionism period. This piece measures 3’x 2’5” and was created using oil paint on canvas. Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh measures 2’5” x 3’ and was painted in France in 1889 using oil paint on canvas. This work is from the Post-Impressionism period. Both of these paintings have techniques that are individual to
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share some similarities. A real life subject‚ distinctive brushstrokes‚ thick layers of paint and vivid colors are all characteristics of both styles of art. (1) In The Pine Tree at St. Tropez‚ Paul Signac seems to be able to draw from Seurat’s pointillism and combine Monet’s vibrant color palette to create an artistic style that is one-of-a-kind. Signac places his subject in the center of the canvas which is creating a decisive dividing line down the center. The sloping
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Renoir’s Large Bathers As a student in a suburb of Philadelphia‚ I have had the opportunity to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art on multiple occasions over the last two and a half years. On some visits‚ I spend my time staring at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers while other times I dedicate my time to admiring the Sculpture Garden; but one thing that stays the same through every visit is my shameless staring‚ dare I say gawking‚ at Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Large Bathers. This 1887 oil on canvas is
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Chapter 4: The Visual Elements Contour & Outline -Outline: boundaries for 2-D forms -Contours: the boundaries we perceive of 3-D forms -Contour Lines: are the lines we draw to record those boundaries Ex) Jennifer Pastor (cowboy mish-mosh drawing) “The Perfect Ride” Direction & Movement -Directional lines: follow + create movement -Diagonal = imply action -Vertical = assertive quality -Lines formed by edges Implied Lines -Dotted lines Ex) The Embarkation of Cythera—Jean-Antoine
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In the century preceding the Renaissance‚ landmark artists Cimabue and Giotto made an important stylistic shift that signaled the beginning of a new kind of art. They rejected the ethereal‚ flattened world that had dominated Italo-Byzantine painting for centuries; and in its vacancy they created believable visual illusionism—a depiction of space‚ volume‚ and the observable world. This artistic development was built upon by Renaissance artists like Fra Angelico who championed the use of scientific
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