Thomas Cole, a painter who founded of the Hudson River School, traveled to the Catskills in search of scenic views. One of Cole’s paintings caught John Trumbull, the president of the American Academy of the Fine Arts, eye and bought the painting. Trumbull quickly spread the word about the new young painter. More upper-class people of the art world started buying Cole’s paintings and within a few years Cole became the leader of an accomplished circle of landscape painters. Over the next 80 years, the Hudson River School grew to include about 100 painters!
While walking through the European Painting Galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art one cannot avoid noticing Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair. The painting is monumental, taking up an entire wall and standing eight feet high. The horses and humans are almost life sized and are so carefully and realistically depicted that one feel as though they are watching the parade of horses march through the museum. Rosa Bonheur is famous for her realistic illustrations of animals and The Horse Fair is her most celebrated work. Rosa Bonheur was born on May 16th 1822 in Bordeaux, France.
GEORGIA O’KEEFE Among the great American artists of the 20th-century, Georgia O’Keeffe stands as one of the most compelling. For nearly a century, O’Keeffe’s representations of the beauty of the American landscape were a brave counterpoint to the chaotic images embraced by the art world. Her cityscapes and still lifes filled the canvas with wild energy that gained her a following among the critics as well as the public. Though she has had many imitators, no one since has been able to paint with such intimacy and stark precision. Georgia O’Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887.
The painting I found on “The Metropolitan Museum of Art” named “Madame Georges Charpentier (née Marguérite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Émile-Charles (1875–1895)” (Met museum 2012) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was a famous French artist and also he was the leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. (Artble2012). This painting is the most representative for his impressionist style. I choose this painting because when the first time I saw this painting I was feel so warm and peace, also from this painting I seems to vision my mother and let me feel at home.
2012 will be an interesting year for all. Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her Diamond Jubilee on June 5th 2012. The UK will be celebrating her rise to the throne 60 years ago in Buckingham Palace. Also, the London Olympics will be taking place during this time, from July 27th to August 12th. There will be approximately 205 nations competing in 300 events.
18 November 2011 Historic Site Visit (de Young Museum) My visit to the de Young Museum was quite an interesting one. Not only did I see numerous paintings, furniture, and decorative art on the second floor, but I also learned some fascinating historical information about each piece and the different periods each artwork originated from, starting with the colonial period till 1900. All the different types of art from different periods in the ten galleries range from the 16th to the 19th century and are comprised of objects by our Native Americans and their cultures, immigrants and their descendants, and all the colonists from Europe. These ten galleries exhibit different visions of America, ideas from different cultures, and the diversity
This area of London is now known as Crystal Palace. The exhibition was opened on 1st May 1951 by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with over 100,000 items of art and inventions on display. People bought expensive tickets to see the opening ceremony in the same way that people buy tickets for the Olympic opening ceremony today
Anna kwesi El 103/Prof.Harris 09/09/08 Paragragh1 New York Experience As immigrant, how has had the chance of living in the USA for a while. Her dream is to visit the most famous States in the USA. New York being one of the famous States, on 29th August 2008, Anna had the opportunity to experienced life at New York. According to Anna, she said, it was a nice one that she had. The first thing she saw when she alighted from the bus at downtown Manhattan was a crowd of people all over the street, some running to catch their buses, others crossing the street.
He was also known as “The Troubadour” and for his rampant womanizing, his talent of poetry and the arts, and for his court which became the center of European culture. His court was full of troubadours, performers, and many people from diverse cultures. William IX and his people promoted a court of chivalric love and song. It was into this unique atmosphere that Eleanor was born and it contributed to her personality and development as a fiercely independent woman. Eleanor was born to Duke William X and his wife Aenor sometime in 1122.
As you enter the Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of these emotions may pass through you as you step each inch further into the massive building. This museum is home to thousands of artists with the most renowned works of art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was established in the late nineteenth century, and is one of the world’s most comprehensive museums of art and culture. There’s such a variety of exhibits that one should see when visiting the museum that it would take weeks to go through each delicately. The works of these artists range from simple sketches, to oil paintings, to photographs, to sculptures, and more.