Here he met his good friend, Amadeo Modigliani. Modigliani was and Italian painter and sculptor who mainly worked in the styles of fauvism and cubism of figures. Although Rivera is known for his frescoes, there was a short time between 1913 and 1917 where he devoted his work solely to the style of cubism. Cubism at this time was big in Paris, where Rivera was currently studying. Here he met the father of cubism, Pablo Picasso.
Picasso and Munch: Comparison of Styles To begin to compare and contrast the works of Pablo Picasso and Edvard Munch one must understand the motivation and personal factors that influenced the evolution of their styles. Munch, as an expressionist was plagued by issues and the world around him was changing. The feelings of despair as a result of war and death and tragedy played a tremendous role in his works (Jester 2005). Pablo Picasso’s work was also influenced by the world around him but with a much lighter and positive feel. Many of his works (Picasso) were based on relationships and love, with his mistress being the subject of several pieces (Picasso 2011).
I’ve been curious about Georgia O’Keeffe, since my second job in the 80’s when it was popular to sell Nagel, Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe prints. “O’Keeffe’s landscapes and still life’s are among the most reproduced paintings in popular media” (Carlin, 2009). I always wondered what O’Keeffe was thinking about while she was painting, since all I saw was sexual imagery disguised as flowers. Many art critics came to the same conclusion, which Georgia adamantly denied, but a few critics state she accentuates the sexuality within each object. Georgia insisted the abstract sexual imagery was in the eye of the beholder, and not her intention.
Rosa Bonhuer was born in Bordeaux, France, March 16, 1822 and died in Thomery, France, May, 1899. She was a French animalier and realist artists, one of few female scultors. Paulus Potter was born on November 20th 1625 and baptised in Enkhuizen, Dutch Republic and died in January 1654. In this essay i will explain how artists evolve during time and improve by influence through other work by other artists. I am going to discuss how Rosa Bonhuer has made a impact in history through work of one of many artists in this case i will be comparing her with Paulus Potter i will discuss the similaritys of how both artists become painters the life backgrounds and how there work had progressed into works of art to be known throughout history.
Prof. EAP 120 6 May 2014 A Deep Reflection on Three Paintings Art seeks particular idealisms within each time in history whether it is imposed upon them by an emperor, pharaoh, king, or pope, or self-imposed by the artists themselves. This may be especially true of these painters, Tiziano Vecelli (Titian), Edouard Mamet, and Pablo Picasso, all with their own ideals. Two aspired to their own personal vision, while the other followed in the footsteps of his contemporaries. Titian's Venus of Urbino, 1538, was painted for Guidobaldo II, duke of Urbino. This was probably a mere representation of a courtesan in her bedchamber elevated to the status of classical mythology, yet there is no evidence when the work was commissioned that it was intended as anything more than a female nude for the private delectation of the duke.
La Tour used a painting technique called, trompe l’oeil, French terminology for, “fool the eye.” La Tour obviously used this technique before William Harnett came along. This particular technique gives the painting a very unusual appearance where some of the objects look like they are glued onto the canvas. There are a lot of details and depth in this painting. The women’s hats with the feathers, the jewelry, the wine bottle, coins on the table, the cards behind the tricksters back just to name a few. La Tour carefully and artistically arranged the subjects in a way that the texture causes the viewer to develop an impulse to touch the piece.
Roderick Bright Professor Hutchinson Art Appreciation April 23, 2013 Cubism: Picasso vs. African sculpture Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. A primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form which were displayed in a retrospective at the 1907 Salon d'Automne. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. A style of painting Picasso developed along with Georges Braque using brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and "analyzed" them in terms of their shapes.
Instead, they placed more emphasis on the “structure, content, and formal order” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They liked to use unnatural colors and use geometric shapes, unlike the Impressionist’s use of soft lines and natural colors. Also, instead of painting outdoors to capture the moment, Post-Impressionist painted in a studio, and their paintings were based on the emotion and concept of the artist (Emelda, 2011). Like the Impressionists, however, they believed the originality of the painting was important. Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,").
The depiction in Picasso’s work is meant to be seen as abstract imagery, as in The Raft of Medusa’s composition is constructed by two pyramid structures formed by the surviving people. One of the similarities of the two masterpieces is that they were highly criticized and produced controversy when first exposed. Depicting three dimensional spaces in a two dimensional picture plane. They both reflect harmonies and forms of impression found in ancient cultures. Their texture is similar since they are oil paintings.
Pictorialism compared to Photorealism This research is to make a comparison between Pictorialism and Photorealism. To start with the research, it is useful to introduce some background knowledge for both of them according to the information given in my first reading (see reference 8). In the late 19th and early 20th century, photography wasn’t considered serious art and what photographers were looking for was to be taken seriously as artists so they made images that looked like paintings. A whole range of techniques, equipment and manipulation were used. They often made photos by using soft focus lenses, and sometimes painting on emulsion to change the texture or using textured paper to get a painterly effect.