Van Gogh’s use of line, color, motion, and rhythm spoke to me the strongest. We learned in chapter 1 the definitions and functions of these elements and principles. A line connects two points, defines boundaries between planes and shapes, directs the viewer’s eye, and conveys a sense of movement and energy. Color attracts our attention and excites our emotions; our perceptions of color are personal and subjective. When an object changes location motion has occurred.
Davidian Neoclassicism Jacques-Louis David was born in the year 1748 and lived through much change in France till 1825. Having lived through a “revolutionary war, Napoleon, and the Bourbon Restoration”, he had much inspiration to paint such profound pictures. David was painting in a new era of art called neoclassicism, and he embraced the era in his own way, and made his name very well known. Neoclassicism scholars often referred to this era as “Davidian Neoclassicism”(19th Century Art, pg 26) because of David’s success. His techniques and talent helped him paint very strong pictures of masculinity, and heroism, yet taking risks of painting in new ways.
In paragraph nineteen, “the rain was coming down in sheets obscuring the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in gray mist” (paragraph nineteen), this implies the storm is giving them privacy to do whatever they want. In paragraph twenty, the first physical contact between them happens when a lightning bolt struck a tree nearby and Alcee spasmodically draws Calixta closer to him and “the contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkably drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the old time infatuation and desire for her flesh” (paragraph twenty one). In
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.
He kept on painting his style. This style of art came to be known as impressionism. Monet’s work changed the direction of art because the traditional method
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. He specializes in experimental and performance techniques of light and shadows, and his style is concentrate on description of shadow and contour lines of paintings to create a bold innovation, making a deliberate break with traditional sepia-tone style. Moreover, Monet’s technique towards making use of color is quite fine and delicate; he used a large number of identical ordinary subject matter to experiment with light and color. Charing Cross Bridge, Fog is one of a twelve finished series oil painting that was created by Claude Monet in London, the United Kingdom in 1902. The 2 angle of its vision is oblique.
Victoria Finlay Color for artists is the most important tool for their artwork in expressing beauty. The chapters “White” and “The Paintbox”, from Victoria Finlay’s book “Color”, presents more similarities than the differences. The similarities are more clearly seen in both chapters because she is trying to present the same idea about how important is the color for artists and how they are trying to discover the most perfect techniques in using the color for their paintings. In the chapter on “White”, Victoria Finlay is presenting a history of the lead white which is a white pigment used not only by the masters of the color in their paints, but it was also used as a white base for cosmetics. The author evidence in supporting her ideas is by narrating stories.
He used these observations to depict realism in his art, and he used his imagination and skill to make his paintings as real and lifelike as humanly possible. With sculpture Leonardo believed there were limits, with painting, he had endless possibilities, and with these endless possibilities at his fingertips he could add certain symbols, and characteristics. One of these things was geometric shapes, they were a staple of the renaissance and a common theme in Leonardo’s paintings. Often times a triangle can be seen, which is a universal sign of the holy trinity. Another detail Leonardo would add is something a little more humanistic; he would give each being their own personal traits and facial features.
In the Preface to the 2nd edition of Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth said that poetry should be the “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” The poets, painters and writers of the Romantic era reflect this in many ways. Their progressive thinking, revolutionary action, dramatic anti-establishment artistry and outspoken spontaneity often led them to criticize the aristocratic and political climate of the Age of Enlightenment. They also tended to have a strong disapproval for the scientific rationalization of nature. The Romantics influence was not only on literature, its movement spread throughout the artistic community of Europe and the world causing new developments in the fields of Philosophy, Social Science, Sculpture, Paintings, Music, and much more. In 1822 Jan Vaclav Vorisek published the first impromptu piano piece under the title “Impromptu.” The influence of this piece of music would cause a wave to spread through the way in which composers thought and felt.
DADAISM AND SURREALISM According to OxfordDictionaries.com (Definition of art in English), art is defined as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” If we accept this definition as accurate, then whenever we view art we should understand that it originated from the skill and imagination of the author and it has purpose. Whether something beautiful (with the attempt to “soothe” the pain of the surroundings) or something with emotional power (with the attempt to “move” the thought from what might be considered normal), the historical period in which it was created is likely to play a role in the finished product. To see whether the historical period has any influence on art, two historical art periods will be examined: Dadaism and Surrealism. DADAISM Initially introduced during the World War I era (1916 – 1924), Dada came during a time of difficulty. Many of the men who served in the war came back injured, and could not find employment.