He visited Constantinople in 1611 to 1612 before moving to Italy, where he lived from 1613 to 1627. He was mostly in Rome where the Baroque style was emerging during these years. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as his 'Two Lovers' indicates that he began in Rome as a follower of Caravaggio. Even though he was successful in Rome he returned to France in 1627. His new style was without any doubt Italian, it showed an individual talent and a profound study of Italian painters.
This style was originally controversial and opposing artists thought of impressionists as not skilled with incomplete works. However, the pursuance of being in the exact moment, light was skillfully placed to give radiance from the sun and reflections were realistic enough to give you the time of day the scenery took place. This can explain why it was more effective for artists to capture their subjects in the great outdoors. The incompleteness was rather helpful in achieving an instant vision and was done by using primary colors without blending. In order for this style to be clarified artists used short brush strokes, dotting and smearing techniques.
Art maybe define as the creation of an object, which may not be done by nature itself, but the willing driven power, inspiration and imaginary perception by any individual, which may be visual to the development of an aesthetic environment, experience and object that can be shared with others. “During the Renaissance, the word Art emerges as a collective term encompassing Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, a grouping given currency by the Italian artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century. Subsequently, this grouping was expanded to include Music and Poetry which became known in the 18th century as the 'Fine Arts' .“Art develops out of every situation thus the use of abundant materials in our environment to create unique artwork which brings a new definition to Fine Art ”. About Artists El Anatsui’s “Rain Has No Father” Size: 13 x 19feet (2008) and Roxanne Swentzell’s “Mud Woman Roll On” Size 10 x 11feet (2011) are the two pieces of art that caught my attention because of the creativity, their ability to reuse abandoned materials such as bottle caps, copper, metal plates, straw, clay and above all the inspiration behind the art works. El Anatsui, the main brain behind this art
This essay refers to the versatility and the depth of his stylistic variations, a precursor for many aspiring artists of the Renaissance, with reference to his various works, influences from sights and surroundings and pure innate genius. The essay is structured in a way of exploring the use of his different variations and ideas in sequence with the related pieces of his art, signifying the extent of it being an innovation of the style. Donatello’s origins and associations with other great artists of this time are important aspects to appreciate the sculptor in him. He was born in Florence, Italy as Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi, the son of a wool comber and remained a bachelor throughout his life. Early in the 15th century, while the painters were still laboring on frescoes and altar pieces for the churches, the sculptors were patronized to fashion works for exterior niches.
), there’s a tremendous amount of detail put into it, and perhaps one of the most defining features of it is that it has got the patron in it. Since it was commissioned by someone besides the church, they wanted to be put in the piece of art that they paid to be painted. The patrons of the altarpiece appear on the far left side, as if they were part of the scene itself. Now we have Italian renaissance art. Some defining characteristics of it are that it is very classical (drapery tends to cling to the body, revealing the perfection of all the idealized bodies), they used plenty of linear perspective (whereas Northern art was more medieval, so they didn’t much care for that), they liked using illusions in their work, and they didn’t have patrons in their work because the church usually commissioned all the art.
Along with the invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century, the Renaissance artistic developments spread to other parts of Europe and started the creation of the Northern Renaissance. Religion played a big part in both the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance, which is one of the biggest similarities in their art. With the central idea of Humanism, both Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance emphasized man and individualism. However, they were different in many ways due to the culture, social, timing and the geography differences. For example, while the early Italian Renaissance abandoned the traditional Gothic style during the 15th century, the Northern Renaissance didn’t break out from it so quickly due to a host of social and political reasons including the Reformation.
You need to have read each chapter at least once, and it’s a good idea to flip through each chapter as the test approaches and take another look at the images. 1: Art in the world. Beauty, location, religion, fantasy, emotion, memory, cultural context, social consciousness, popular culture. 2: Elements of art. The basic toolkit for making art, including line, shape, texture, volume, mass, light, contrast, color, perspective, and motion.
Historical Art Periods Compared and Contrasted Teresa L. Lake Western Governors University Student ID # 000248755 January 2, 2013 Historical Art Periods Compared and Contrasted Introduction I am comparing and contrasting two different art periods that have had great influence on our history. Both the Renaissance period and the Baroque periods were early in history and played a big role in portraying people and events that took place long before cameras and video recorders were common household items. These art periods relied on the creative minds of the artist and skillful hands of sculptors to give life to the subjects. The use of light, color and shadow made the pieces more true to life and added the artists’ perspective of the subject to each piece. The artists in these periods also captured expressions on the faces of the subjects which added to the depth in the story that was portrayed by each piece.
It is clear that Dix was not accurately depicting Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann as he would appear in life. This raises the question whether Stadelmann would have approved of the finished artwork, and what it was Dix was trying to say. As with any artwork, it is impossible to know where Dix’s interpretation ends and the viewer’s subjective inventiveness begins. Therein lies the effectiveness of art as a combined experience that transcends the intent of the artist. Dix may lay the groundwork through his strategic use of artistic elements, but it is ultimately the observer that builds the
Kathleen Schultz Professor M. Slattery December 21, 2011 IDS/Creative Voice Final Exam: Dream Curator INSPIRATIONS As I sat in front my computer prepared to write a paper called the “Dream Curator” and thinking about all of the art projects that were presented in class, I have to say over all they were very inspiring. The artists themselves were inspiring as well. All in all they all really put fourth a great effort. I chose the theme “Inspirations” because, as the artists stood and talked about their projects I frequently heard the artists say the words“ it inspired me”. I could see that many of the projects were inspired by childhood memories, passions, music, even culture.