Gregory Gioiosa

While the painters after the Impressionism period were collectively called the “Post-Impressionists,” the label is quite reductive. Each artist had their own unique style, from Seurat’s pointillism to Signac’s mosaic-like divisionism, Cezanne, Émile Bernard, and others. These artists were all connected in that they were reacting to the aesthetics of Impressionism. Two of the more influential painters from this movement were Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, who aimed to connect with viewers on a deeper level by access Nature’s mystery and meaning beyond its superficial, observable level. However, each artist’s approach to achieving this goal was different. In close examination of Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin) and Paul Gauguin’s Self-Portrait with Portrait of Émile Bernard (Les misérables), one may clearly see the two artists’ contrasting styles on display.

Georgia O 'Keefe was an American artist who began creating pieces that were very detailed, yet still abstract in some ways. In

First thing that I noticed about this gorgeous oil and tempera on panel painting was the precise emotional aspect: romantic and simple, yet so exceptionally lifelike. This work surely shows a development from the powerfully

I first became attracted to Yayoi Kusama’s work when I came upon a 1966 photograph of Kusama modeling on her own installation with painted dots covering her body. The photograph communicated what seemed to be a special message that fascinated me; I was curious about what symbolism the polka dots express and what connotations Kusama was intending to reveal by painting repetitive tessellations. I was instantly drawn to the manner in which Kusama dresses in the fashion of her own endless imagination; it seemed that Kusama’s body and art have merged into one creative entity, softening the variance between the artist and the art piece. In short, the photograph inspired me in discovering Kusuma’s history, analyzing her art pieces, and contemplating my

Keith Haring, a man who did not fit in with either the societal norms or the street culture in New York City, like many others. Instead of changing himself to fit in, Haring chose to change the societal norms and street culture to comply with him through the use of his art. His artwork differed greatly from other artist in many ways, but the most apparent difference is the message that he sends through his pieces. He incorporated his own style into his pieces and expressed many different ideas to society that were generally not accepted, especially his view on AIDS. Through his artwork, Keith Haring was able to transform the New York City street culture, which resulted in a change in the art scene and gave exposure to ideas that had not been

Staring, her eyes helped show her creativity. Green with gold specks and hints of gray. If I stared long enough I could almost imagine an evergreen forest with trees that touched the skies and water so clear I could see the swarms of fish below swimming below the waters surface and above the smooth lake stones. Her hair was a long honey color. Lips in such a sweet shape with a plump bottom lip and a smaller but plump as well top lip. She turned back to her painting. It was an odd scene with a small boy about six to seven years of age, a cigarette dangling from his lips, there was a chicken beside him, I wonder what that symbolizes, staring off into space as the small boy sat smoking. This scenery will be forever frozen but the brush strokes

Andy Warhol and Tommaso Guidi also known as Masaccio teaches one that art is not just a drawing it’s a connection to something so much bigger. Learning and understanding the message each artist is putting out is such a wonderful thing to encounter. This paper entails two artists who created two unique paintings using different things like silkscreening and photography. Understanding their art, learning about why it was created and their inspiration is a big factor. Through their art they are telling a story. Also to inform you on why the artists drew the paintings, where the painting were created, and what the paintings mean.

The color scheme of the painting looks as if it’s somewhere along the lines of complementary and analogous. The colors contrast each other, but also compliment them in a very specific way. It is very clear with the splashes of red on the blue down in the bottom left corner. This work has a very open palette, as you can tell by the usage of many colors. The color is very expressionistic. The intentional variation of the color speaks volumes of the mood being portrayed. When standing in front of the painting, the dominating warm colors seem to disregard the sad blues and purples, giving the observer a happy, peaceful feeling. I would imagine looking at the

The painting, NUMBER 1, 1950, is currently both my favorite Jackson Pollock work of art and one of my most favorite works of art. The reason for this is because I <>and because I studied Jackson Pollock and Number 1, 1950 when I was a member of Academic Decathlon in James E. Taylor high school. The sense of movement in this works of art give this painting a sense of being ‘alive’. This same restless movement causes me to feel...restless, as I am constantly trying to find something to rest my eyes on, even though I know that there is nothing to ‘rest my eyes

Many artists in the early 1900’s and those of today, started to paint because of seeing Van Gogh’s work and style. As I stated in the beginning of this essay, his artwork was very different than the other artists of his time period. His paintings were a direct reflection of his mood and mental state. A lot of his works of were dark and gloomy, while others were uplifting and inspiring. I have also noticed that ever since Van Gogh’s era, a lot of new artists follow Van Gogh’s lead and paint with a very similar technique.

I found an art piece from El Museo Del Prado that caught my attention. The name of the art work is called “Angel with a crown of Lilies” which was painted by Giambattista Tiepolo, his full name was Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He was one of the greatest eighteenth-century European painter and outstanding first master of the Grand Manner (a term used widely from the eighteenth century to describe what was considered to be the highest style of art in academic theory – a style based on an idealized, classical approach). Giambattista Tiepolo art works tend to involve the viewer on a purely imaginative level

Notwithstanding anyone specific expertise or knowledge of painting technique, each of us can quantify beauty as it relates to art in our own minds. We can see the growth of art and how it provokes emotion, understanding, and experimentation over time. Over the course of time, it appears that art, artist, and the lovers of the various periods of art seem to move beyond a name or basic aesthetics of style and venture into a deeper more comparative analysis of the work and its position in our culture.

For my fourth art journal I viewed the painting called Gone Ape. This piece of worked was created by an artist names William Wilson. I viewed this piece of art work at the Kennedy Museum in Athens Ohio but the piece of art was created in Westlake, Ohio. William Wilson the artist if this piece created a picture of a cartoon monkey surrounded by many small ransom comic stripe type pictures. He created this work of art out of acrylic paint and it consist of limited colors.

I went to The Art Institute of Chicago on a Thursday when it was free for Illinois resident and when there were different exhibitions going on. There was long line at the entrance near the museum at 6pm in the evening. I went alone because I thought I can have better focus on picking a good art work. I was ready to go through all the magnificent paintings for my art museum paper. As I walked through the museum, there were colorful Indian Modern art exhibited for the occasion. They were big and vibrant. The was also a special exhibition of Tarsila Do Amaral, one of the leading Latin American Modernist artist who paint like Cubism, Futurism and expressionism. Her artworks were childlike in terms of the painting style of objects and people. I was most fond of the modernist and contemporary part of the gallery with painters like Salvador Dali and Francis Bacon. I was fascinated with Salvador Dali’s Venus de Milo with Drawers. The drawers unnaturalistically located on a human body was intriguing. The depth of the human mind and subconsciousness are creatively represented by these drawers on Venus de Milo. Francis bacon’s work Figure with meat was not bad either. Figure with Meat is a disturbing depiction of Pope Innocent X sat in front of a cow carcass cut lengthways in half. (Gould) Like his other painting, the theme is dark and twisted. The carcass is included serve as a direct reminder that death will be at the end await

In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Dedalus defines beauty and the artist's comprehension of his/her own art. Stephen uses his esthetic theory with theories borrowed from St. Thomas Aquinas and Plato. The discourse can be broken down into three main sections: 1) A definitions of beauty and art. 2) The apprehension and qualifications of beauty. 3) The artist's view of his/her own work. I will explain how the first two sections of his esthetic theory relate to Stephen. Furthermore, I will argue that in the last section, Joyce is speaking of Stephen Dedalus and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as his art.