Analysis Of The Poem ' Bacchus Discovering Ariadne '

I will be analyzing the piece Aeneas and His Family Fleeing Troy. This artwork is currently being displayed at the San Diego Museum of Art, in Balboa Park near downtown San Diego. This painting was made in 1635 during the Baroque Period in France by Simon Vouet. Vouet was the most influential painter of his time and did much to make Paris an artistic center of Europe. Vouet was heavily influenced by Caravaggio who also heavily influenced other painters during Vouet’s time. In this paper, I will be exploring issues such as material, subject matter, scale, historical context, light, human figure, and finally museum context.

Touring at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, I got to see many paintings from different eras. The area that interested me the most was the Baroque style. Specifically, the painting called “The Sacrifice of Isaac” by Peter Paul Rubens which stands around 55 ½ x 43 ½ inches (Zarling, 2014). It is an oil painting on wood panel was made in 1612-1613 Baroque period (“Peter Paul”, n.d.). Since the Counter-Reformation, the style of paintings has become more realistic and dramatic with light, color and space.

Peter Paul Rubens’ masterpiece, Venus and Adonis, is not only a significant artwork of the baroque-period in Europe during the seventeenth century, but it also tells the mythological story that begins with love, and ends in tragedy. Displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this painting is admired for representing the unique baroque-style of this era, as well as Rubens’ particular use of the medium and how it reaches those who are viewing it. His attention to detail and crafty use of symbolism within the painting assist viewers in deciphering the story, along with the values of the period in which Rubens was living. In studying the composition of the work and noting the historical context from which it came, one can ultimately

The painting this paper will focus on is titled The Abduction of Europa by Noël-Nicolas Coypel. In this painting, the artist uses composition, light, color, and expressive qualities to achieve the mood of romance and playfulness in a mythological scene. The huge painting is representing a known myth that involves the Roman equivalent of a Greek myth of a powerful god being so infatuated with a nymph that he kidnapped her. In the this painted visual, we are specifically witnessing the moment Jupiter is swimming away with Europa and taking her far from her home.

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the visual analysis of the artwork. This paper examines an Egyptian half nude portrait art which is taken from Metropolitan Museum of Art (Fig.1). The statue characterized both male and female seated figure with a Braid hair. In this essay, I will present a complete visual description of this artwork (its preservation, costume and iconography), and then I will compare it to another artwork which is chosen from Textbook that is Akhenaten and his Family (Fig. 2).

In the Bronze Age paintings and specially the Minoan we began to realize how realistic they look and how they are showing movement. We can see that in paintings of landscapes, sport events or even a story or a ritual. Some of the Minoan art is different from each other but some are quite similar in style, technique or in motifs. In this essay we will be showing the similarity of style between the Hagia Triada sarcophagus and the Minoan palace frescoes paintings.

The painting chosen to examine is The Garden of Eden by Francesco Solimena. This painting was created between 1725-30. The medium of the painting is oil on canvas. The scale, although not specified, appears to be about a couple feet high and a couple feet long. The general subject matter is Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. It seems to be before they have discovered the forbidden fruit. The figures seem to be embracing everything the garden has to offer, they seem content and comfortable in their own skin. In most paintings, Adam and Eve are covered up after eating the forbidden fruit, for they are shamed. The fact that they are shown in the nude most likely suggests that they still have their innocence. An important thing to note about

Throughout history people can see many of the developments and differences among cultures, through the artworks that were produced. This essay will carefully analyze, evaluate, and compare four distinct works, from different time periods and cultures. The works to be compared are: The Woman from Willendorf, The Bust of Nefertiti, Figure of A Woman, and Young Flavian Woman. Throughout this paper the style and function of each individual work will be explored, along with the cultural ideas presented in each piece.

Finally, the last important observation that can be made is the details, but they are not ostentatious details. Typical of a Classical Greek sculpture (and of Polykleitos), this figure has many humanistic details. His hair is curled delicately and there is not a stray out of place, even with the fillet or band around his head. This alludes to a sense of youthfulness, handsomeness, and perhaps elegance. As previously mentioned, one can see the muscles in his torso and arms. You can also see his collar bones, his ribs, and his elbow bones. Upon close inspection, one can also notice his toenails and the tiny wrinkles in his belly button. However, most of the details are from his face. This statue does not have abstract features or the Archaic smile. His facial features are more pronounced: plump lips, high bridged nose, and lidded eyes. The emphasis on his features gives off a calm, loss-in-thought expression. Also emphasized by the slight tilt of his head, Diadoumenos is also looking away from the viewer; he seems to be staring at the cloth of the fillet he used to tie his head (the ends of the fillet band are not shown in the sculpture, because it is fragmented). However, he does not look too

While walking through the halls of the museum, I was in a rather skeptical attitude, because after several halls, none of the paintings particularly impressed me. They were all too confusing, too simple. So it continued until I went into a room with huge canvases, and that 's where my eyes got attracted to an artwork that has later become my favorite. The large, towering almost to the ceiling vertical canvas intrigued me with its colors and texture, and in the description has been written that this is the work called "Veronica" by a famous modern artist Jay DeFeo, and it’s been created pretty a long time ago- in 1967. This piece is drawn in a very nice mix of colors and looks like a silk thread aspiring up and shimmering with all shades of bronze and gold. The painting is done in the abstract style so that everyone sees in it something of their own- a feather, wood texture, a piece of fabric- as far as the imagination will suffice. According to the author, it should be Veronica’s veil - a piece of cloth which bears the likeness of the face of Jesus. In Gospel, during the Passion of Christ, one of the holy women who accompanied him to Calvary, offered him a towel on which he left the imprint of his face. Whether the artist is embedded in this work some deep (religious) meaning or not - I don’t know, so I appreciated the painting from an aesthetic point of view. I really liked the technique that DeFeo used to create big and small strokes and transitions between shades: it

The Apollo of Veii is a 5ft. 10 in. painted sculpture molded out of terra-cotta. This sculpture was originally a decoration on the roof of a temple built by the Etruscans. Both the Greek and Etruscan’s style of art was similar, with that being said the particular sculpture is a resemblance of the Greek Archaic style of art. The curvilinear style along with the flat surface patterns of the folds of the drape/ clothes he was wearing, the diagonal calf muscles radiating from beneath the knee, the smile, and the style in which the hair was made (long locks) are the same characteristics of Archaic Greek art. The difference between the Etruscan and Greek art form lies in the clear and crisp contours, forms and stylization, of Apollo’s body along with the fact that he is depicted as striding (showing fluid flowing movement). This is also what makes the sculpture of Apollo of Veii realistic because the sculpture not only shows fluid motion (the position of his legs and his stretched out arms) but also the expression that is on Apollo’s face.

The artwork I have chosen from the book was the painting by Rogier van der Wayden called the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the evangelist (c. 1400-1464). The work is done with oil painting on wooden oak panels. This painting is very meaningful and descriptive, while also telling a story. It portrays a very complex image of the crucifixion of Jesus Crist on the cross, and his mother, Virgin Mary and disciple John suffering his loss. This painting is divided into two panels, dividing the two scenes. I believe this type of painting would be presented in a church or museum setting, because of the bright and bold coloring. This work overall is resembling a very important time in history, and also has a lot more deep and hidden analysis

This piece of art is an ink drawing by Johannes Stradanus. It is a visual depiction of our hero, Odysseus, standing before a line of shades who are waiting to speak with him. Odysseus had dug a pit with his sword and filled it with the blood of the sacrificed sheep. The shades are to drink from the blood before their meeting with Odysseus, being the main activity occurring in the drawing. The line is lead by Tiresias, and next to him kneels Anticlea, Odysseus’s mother, who is next in line to drink. The most significant figure in the drawing is Odysseus. He is portrayed as honourable due to his pose of pride, and noble clothing. He is the brightest and most detailed of all the figures. The artist wants the observer to focus on the main activity

The subject of the artwork is Nefertiti, who was the wife of Akhenaten. In addition to being a wife, Nefertiti was also a queen of Egypt. Nefertiti is posed in a very graceful stance. She looks very calm and put together. Due to the curvature of the very elongated neck, the Bust of Nefertiti is poised into a relaxed pose, while maintaining her eternal beauty at the same time. These features are also noticeable when moving the focus towards the eyes, which are slightly closed enough to see her eyelids in addition to her actual eyes. Her eyes are composed into a very natural state; they aren’t widened as if they are portraying a specific facial expression. Her entire face has a peaceful and very naturalistic look. Although often times portraits in Egypt were made to be exaggerated and never depicted what the person actually looked like, this piece

Specific characteristics that are commonly associated with this painter’s style is that he tends to use luminous colors, mannerism, dynamic tension. His technique focuses on oil on canvas, perspective (atmospheric and linear), and chiaroscuro. As seen in this artwork, this would gravitate towards classical allegory because of the presence of Bacchus. His use of luminous colors from the artwork can be seen such as the blues, reds, pinks, and greens. There is atmospheric perspective seen on the horizon on the right side of Ariadne and there’s a sense of depth being illustrated on the background. There is also a sense of dynamic tension seen between bacchus on the right