Assignment Three: Research on Da Vinci’s The Last Supper Go to a website that offers a color representation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Enlarge the image and study the painting. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the painting depicting? This painting depicts the shock and horror of the twelve disciples upon learning that one amongst themselves was going to betray Jesus Christ.
Getting Impressionism through Claude Monet Impressionism is the one of the most significant 19th-century fist distinctly contemporary movements in painting that has happened in European art. France emerged in large numbers of painters who created a great number of classical masterpieces. Claude Monet, a French artist is one of the most important impressionists in France; moreover, some of the theory and practice of its movement are also promoted by him. For this following essay, it will aim to Monet’s artwork of impressionism – Charing Cross Bridge, Fog, analyzing the characteristics’ development, namely brushstrokes, landscape, visual angles, light and color in the concept of aesthetic progress in art, and discussing about some people have both positive and negative review on his work. Claude Monet is one of the most vital painters in French, a great deal of theory and practice of Impressionism, he also take the majority of participate in contribution.
Task 2 Option 1 Write an essay of 1000 words in response to the following questions: - In what way can Picasso’s Guernica be seen as a form of protest? - Is it continuing to fulfil this purpose today? Picasso painted Guernica in response to the bombing of the Basque town, Guernica in 1927 during the Spanish Civil War. The essay will discuss why the painting can be perceived as a protest against war. The Study Diamond (The Open University (2013), Block 1, 2.3, p.75) will be used to explore the effects, techniques, context and meaning of the painting.
Madonna and Child by Duccio, tempera and gold on wood, 1284, Siena Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium (usually a glutinous material such as egg yolk or some other size). Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the 1st centuries AD still exist. Egg tempera was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by the invention of oil painting. A paint which is commonly called tempera (although it is not) consisting of pigment and glue size is commonly used and referred to by some manufacturers in America as poster paint.A 1367 tempera on wood by Niccolò Semitecolo.
It said the Goya and Mengs argued a lot and Mengs disagreed with Goya’s examinations of art. After falling out with Mengs he sent applications to the Royal Academy of Fine Art in 1763 and 1766, but was denied. In 1771 he journeyed to Rome where he got second place in a painting competition organized by the city of Parma. Later in 1771 he moved back to Zaragaoza and painted his first frescoes one in the cupola of the Basilica of the Pillar, the cloisters of Aula Dei, and the Sobradiel Palace. In Zaragaoza during this time he studied with Francisco Bayeu y Subias were his painting began to show the delicate color tones he became famous for, he painted mostly with oils and with the technique called al secco.
Castellanos created this artwork in response to his friends battle with alcoholism. As you see there are many bottles included in the artwork as well as other objects that were sentimental to the ones who had donated them. The process of the artwork embodies a metaphor for birth, death, and rebirth. Birth; the materials are made in a factory, death; once we are done with the materials we toss them or recycle them and when they are recycled they are reborn by melting them down and starting the process all over again. As I have already stated the piece has a medium because it is covered with metallic pigments and recycled paint.
“The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John” (fig.1) and “The Crucifixion” (fig.2) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an oil painting created between ca.1495-1625 of European Paintings. Both of the paintings are created by different Dutch and periods, but the painting deliver the same message to the audiences. It describes the death of the Jesus and the sadness of the people. It represents most of the people cherish and pray for Jesus. Although two image’s messages are same, but they are painting in different materials.
As the 13th century drew to a close in the wake of the Crusades, a little known artist was creating masterpieces paying homage to the Christian faith. Historical record of Duccio Di Buoninsegna’s life are far from complete, with the earliest documentation of his life in 1278 when he received payment from the Siena Council for the decoration of twelve trunks designed to store documents (ducciodibuoninsegna.org, 2013). Di Buoninsegna was an Italian painter believed to have been born in the region of Tuscany sometime between 1255 and 1260. It was in the Tuscan town of Siena that he completed one of his most famous works, Madonna and Child. This work, thought to have been completed sometime between 1290 and 1300, is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013).
Linda Cheung Professor Bender Intro to World Art Paper Assignment 13 October 2011 Portrait of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk by Oskar Kokoschka I suppose you could say that what captivated me at first glance was the color used and the vitality thus brought out of the “Portrait of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk” by Oskar Kokoschka. Due to the pigmentation of this particular piece of art, I was initially drawn to it from across the room. However, as I approached it and gave closer inspection towards this artwork, I discovered that there were various other elements to take in as well. Easily depicted in this painting is an important figure, which can obviously be deduced to being Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, in the middle. Behind him to his right sits a man who has his hand placed on Masaryk’s arm, and behind Masaryk’s left are images of a civilization.
Criname… Professor … ART 101 25 April 2014 Critical Review of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Constantly updating and mastering his style, he was known as the pioneer of cubism (“Pablo Picasso Biography”). By his death in 1973, over twenty-two thousand pieces of wok have been documented (“Pablo Picasso and his Paintings”). The Life of Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso was born in 1881, in Spain. Pablo Picasso, as he known by, was the son of Don José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art teacher with whom Picasso studied under until he was thirteen years old, when he surpassed his father’s skill.