impasto – An Italian word meaning “in paste.” In impasto, oil paint is applied thickly to a surface to create texture. intaglio – Any printmaking technique in which lines and areas to be inked and transferred to paper are recessed below the surface of the printing plate. For example, etching, engraving, drypoint and aquatint are intaglio processes. landscape – The depiction of an outdoor scene. line – A mark created by a pointed tool such as a pencil, pen, or brush moving across a surface.
Although the flowers are asymmetrical, the artist has tried to create an element of balance by placing them almost at the middle of the painting, and through the mixing of intense and dark colors. This makes the flowers to stand out clearly in the painting. The artist uses a variety of colors to make the painting beautiful and reduce a sense of monotony (Buster and Crawford 31). The viewer is looking at the flowers from a distance thus their medium size. This brings the effect of realism generated by the painting.
The unique texture used by Rothko helps the painting look dynamic and expressive. Unlike Mondrain, whose rectangles have sharp edges and even color, Rothko made the edge of his rectangles blurry, and the density of color uneven. It is easy to discover that the picture plane of White and Greens in Blue is built up by layers and layers of small brush strokes, and the brush marks are sometimes dense and sometimes sparse. This indicates that Rothko paints in a very spontaneous way. For example,
The lighting which was used included: a full studio light from the right side and a soft studio light on the left that also spills on the backdrop. The camera equipment that was used to create this image included: a camera, processing chemicals, a studio, studio lighting, a wooden box and canvas. The style of this photo is surrealism, it is taken in a vertical format with the angle of composition at eye level. The tone is highly contrasted from the highest white in the forehead to the darkest black in the split of the hair. The texture within the picture varies.
In Picasso’s painting he uses cubism by showing all sides of the prostitutes at once on a two-dimensional surface. In myartslab it explains how Picasso’s painting uses a wide range of influences such as the Egyptian statuary, Greo-Roman sculptures of women and African sculpture in particular with the mask. This painting however was strongly influenced by Picasso’s African Period which lasted from 1907 to 1909 which is explained in the textbook reading. This painting was the pivotal point of cubism in the art movement and abstract art. In Picasso’s painting of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon you can see how he imposes geometrical symmetries in the women (cubism).
Although he briefly trained as a Naval Surgeon, Ferguson soon realised that his ambition was painting and he spent some time travelling in Spain, Morocco and France to develop his artistic knowledge and experience. The first painting I am going to discuss is 'The Pink Parasol' which is a portrait painted in 1908 of a fellow artist and friend Bertha Case, when they were both in Paris. In this painting Ferguson adopted much stronger colours than in his other paintings and like Matisse used green paint to represent shadows in the face. He emphasised pattern by merging the pink parasol with the background of his picture by blending it with the cold colours. The painting is of a woman peering over her shoulder, she is wearing a hat with a pink bow and is also wearing a scarf, in the background there is a pink parasol around strong blocks of cold colours.
Rather than hanging each canvas up on a wall like traditional paintings he chose to display this piece on the floor creating a 3d sculpture. On one side you can see the beautiful gold leaf which has been cut away to possibly resemble a nature like scene. On the other side, the back side the viewer can see the plain canvas and wood frames. The beauty of a golden landscape contrasts with normal everyday linen and wood. This material choice and placement could be a implicit undertone of inner beauty.
The brush work is very evident and hard (I could see the brush strokes on the canvas). There are different shades of colors blended together. The uses of Dark colors integrated with lighter colors is very present. For instance, the gentleman seated at the table with his hand pointed is much more darker in color specs than the gentleman seated to his left with much brighter, crisp colors. The definition of the bodily features is very relevant to the Baroque era.
This combination of analytical and synthetic cubism reflects Picasso’s interest in ideas perception and reality in painting. Picasso introduced Analytical Cubism into the art world during 1908 to 1912 as the early phases of cubism. It is recognisable by its use of geometric shapes being abstracted and distorted to show multiple viewpoints which is clearly shown in the artwork “Still Life with a Cane Chair”. Doing this explores reality closer to truth as you visually grasp many angles rather than just one. When we see an object in reality we see every side of it and we mentally create a 3D picture of it in our head so using
“Portrait of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk” is a 38 3/8 inch by 51 1/2 inch oil on canvas painting that incorporates the technique of layering various colors and pigments. The layering technique used for this piece of art creates textures and therefore forms a sense of depth within the painting and also somewhat of a 3D appeal. Kokoschka also paints in a very energetic and lively manner. His brush strokes are very quick paced and “of-the-moment”. His style can be also classified as the type in which when one paints, there really is no such thing as “messing up,” just