Painting Styles Ashley Means Art 101 3/31/13 University of Phoenix Painting Styles Neoclassicism, Impressionism, and Abstract expressionism art vastly contrast each other and signify three very important art eras. In my essay I will describe, compare, and contrast these three important art eras. I will also discuss the painting techniques used. First off Neoclassicism is a painting of the early 1800’s. It classifies a different approach to painting.
The green was originally made from malachite, an oxide of copper. In the Old Kingdom it was applied liberally from the eyebrow to the base of the nose. In the Middle Kingdom, green eye paint continued to be used for the brows and the corners of the eyes, but by the New Kingdom it had been superseded by black. Black eye paint, kohl, was usually made of a sulfide of lead called galena. Eygyptian makeup Galena: Galena is still used in Egypt under the name kohl.
Simliar pieces to this were made in Song China [960-1279]; found in Goryeo metal prototypes. The potter who created this piece, was then replicating previous pieces like this that had been done before. However, since there is a difference of medium between the Chinese celadon and Goryeo piece, it becomes a new work upon its own, standing different from the previous pieces. The best-known example of refined, undecorated celadon produced during the first half of the twelfth century is a group of objects unearthed from the tomb of King Injong (r. 1122–46). The Fitzwilliam cup-and-stand set has a stronger blue tint in its glaze color and is not as flawless as the Injong tomb pieces, but it clearly demonstrates a comparable dedication to craftsmanship.
The Entombment is a glue-size painting on linen[2] attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Dieric Bouts. It shows a scene from the biblical entombment of Christ, and was probably completed between 1440 and 1455[3] as a wing panel for a large hinged polyptych altarpiece. The now-lost altarpiece is thought to have contained a central crucifixion scene flanked by four wing panel works half its height – two on either side – depicting scenes from the life of Christ. The smaller panels would have been paired in a format similar to Bouts' 1464–67 Altar of the Holy Sacrament. The larger work was probably commissioned for export to Italy, possibly to a Venetian patron whose identity is lost.
Illuminated manuscripts are best known as a product of the medieval Christian church, they actually had their origins in Egypt, nearly four thousand years ago. The first known illuminated manuscript in Egypt was the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Among the scenes commonly contained in the Egyptian Book of the Dead were the funeral cortege and the mummification process, as well as depictions of the deceased in the afterlife. Thanks to the dry climate in Egypt, a number of these ancient manuscripts have survived. Illuminated manuscripts which are manuscripts with decorations.
Chandeliers are also the most traditional of all lighting fixtures and the earliest of which dates back over 1000 years. The first or earliest chandeliers were only a cross shape object formed of two wooden beams with a spike at each end to hold the candle. The candles were fixed onto the prickets that in earlier times would have been made from tallow (animal fat) rather than today where they are composed of wax. The function of a chandelier was to provide a source of light inside a structure. And at the time of the 16th century these structures would be churches and abbeys, as well as palaces and castles in Europe.
Red dirt imparts a brilliant orangish-red colour to cloth that is almost impossible to wash out. Other natural dyes include sepia, obtained from cuttlefish, and Indian yellow, obtained from the urine of cows that have been force-fed mango leaves. One of the most popular natural dyes still in use today is carmine, which is obtained from the cochineal beetle. Cochineal is a traditional natural dye for colouring textiles especially in South and Central America and has been used for beautiful, lightfast and permanent scarlets, pinks and reds for centuries. This natural dye is derived from the cochineal beetle.
They also often pinpointed in areas of caves that were not apparently available or accessible. Some theories contain that cave paintings may have had a way of interactive with others while other beliefs assign a religious or ceremonial resolution to them. The earliest non-concrete of rock art in Europe went back about around 40,000 years ago and was discovered in the El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain. Almost 340 caves have been exposed in France and Spain that include art from prehistoric times. Originally, the age of the paintings had been a controversial issue.
One of the types of art during this time was painting and sculpting. Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were two of the most famous painter/sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. Michelangelo was born in 1475 and accomplished many of the famous works of all time before his death in 1564. Some of his works are the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and he also did many nude sculptures. Another famous painter of this time was Leonardo da Vinci.
The other form of photography is fine art photography which is more artistic and delves on the emotional part of the individual. The first fine art item to be made in history was a daguerreotype illustration of the Lords Prayer in 1851 by an artist called John Edwin Mayall (Colin, 2002). During the Victorian era, photographs made by fine art artists were introduced in museums in the United States Heidegger, (2001). But it was only until the 80s when snapshot aesthetics were included in photography and more people were willing to take up photography as a hobby (Michael, 2007). Over the years, photographers have developed several specific modalities of including the emotional aspect of art into photographs such that they portray more than a