I’ve hung back in one of the galleries; it is empty and I can hear myself breathe. Framed by a skylight‚ the wind is twisting clouds into grotesque faces that disappear and then reappear. I am looking at a William-Adolphe Bouguereau painting. A young girl is posing in the painting. There is a broken pitcher on the ground‚ but the longer I stare at the painting‚ the more the pitcher fades into the background. The painted girl has her hands clasped together and she is dressed
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Gardner was the first female to be enrolled in the all-male Manufacture Nationale Des Gobelins et de la Savonnerier drawing school. She dressed as a man to be enrolled into the all-male school so that she could be taught by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Bouguereau. She accomplished this challenge in 1873 where she became the first female to attend this school. Seven years later‚ Gardner created this painting‚ La Confidence. Representational of a common trend in this Victorian Era‚ La Confidence portrays
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Contemplation Over the weekend I went to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana‚ they had interesting exhibits on The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels and Revolution to Romanticism. As I walked through the exhibit of Van Cleef‚ the jewelry they had was exquisite and each piece had its own form of history to it. They had jewelry that Grace Kelly wore on her wedding day‚ which were a set of pearls that had a diamond in the middle of them they were so beautiful to look at. After finishing this exhibit‚ the next
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language of colour and drawing‚ displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century‚ won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art. In 1891‚ he went to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian and became a student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Gustave Moreau. Initially he painted still-lifes and landscapes in a traditional style‚ at which he achieved reasonable proficiency. In 1896 and 1897‚ Matisse visited the Australian painter John Peter Russell on the island Belle Île off the
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Art History Essay Semester 2 In the late 18th century Neoclassicism was a long and powerful movement. This movement came about for a few reasons. One of them is a response to the Rococo style which was based on the aristocratic and privileged and was the main style during the early 18th century. The French Revolution led to the execution of the French monarchy. As a result a new kind of art style came about – the Neoclassicism style. This was more simple‚ basic and more striking than Rococo; it
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15. A work that would be considered Pop Art. Mysteries‚ Ed Ruscha‚ 1987 16. A Modern sculpture. (Modern meaning not from ancient times…think 1945-present) Orangerie‚ Anthony Caro‚ 1969 17. A piece that shocked you. The Elder Sister‚ William Bouguereau‚ 1869 18. A piece that uses linear perspective to show space. 19. A piece of art that you don’t
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Henri Matisse is a French painter‚ born December 31‚ 1869. He was a post-impressionist painter despite having an apprenticeship under William-Adolphe Bouguereau‚ and later became a Fauvist painter. His teachings would later cause Matisse to reject his teacher’s style. (spurling). He would then proceed to be inspired by Paul Cézanne‚ which would later contribute to his characteristic contour lines (henrimatisse.net) . Matisse showcased his Fauvist style during his exhibit of Luxe‚ Calme‚ et Volupte
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FORMS OF ART FORMS OF ART + PROJECT BRIEF WHAT IS ART? I. What is Art? Its Purpose and Its Function II. Fundamentals of Interpretation: Formal and Contextual Analysis III. Principles of Design: Style What is Art? • Art (art)‚ n. 1. the quality‚ production‚ or expression of what is beautiful‚ appealing‚ or of more than ordinary significance • Work of art = visual expression of an idea • Medium = a particular material‚ along with its accompanying technique (plural = media) Traditional
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New York City‚ the 1870’s. Newland Archer‚ passing through the deep crimson drawing room where the much-criticised nude by Bouguereau was hung‚ entered the ballroom at the Beaufort House‚ solemnly. He was determined to announce during the ball his engagement to the beautiful‚ artless debutante May Welland‚ with the hope that the news would help her towards diverting gossip away from her cousin‚ Countess Ellen Olenska‚ whose returning from the Continent to escape from her marriage was sensational
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Formal Analysis Paper In my formal analysis‚ I will attempt to bring out various points of two works of art‚ ’The Elder Sister’‚ by William Bouguereau‚ and ’Portrait of a young Woman’‚ by Rembrandt van Rijin. Though they are from different time periods‚ there are a few select similarities to make note of. The main focus‚ though‚ will be in contrasting the two works based on color and the useage of the principles of design. In Bouguereau’s ’The Elder Sister’‚ there are many interesting points to
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