John Twatchman Analysis

Viewing art influence the young or old and give a view into someone's mind. The beginning of my tour started with the main building of the Menil Collection, where I viewed three pieces; The Rape, Tourist of Prague III, and the Yipwon statue. Dorothea Tanning’s Tourist of Prague III is particularly abstract, this is the type of artwork that can take you somewhere, mentally, the piece captured me. Another piece that is cause for pause is The Rape from Rene Magritte. Magritte's work was interesting in a way that I wanted to keep digging into the work to find the meaning of what the artist was saying. I thought the work has an overall melancholic mood, because of where the woman’s body was. After a woman gives herself away maybe

As humans have changed and progressed throughout history, so has their art- from cave paintings to Greek sculptures to the incredible realism of the Renaissance. In addition, throughout history art has been questioned- why did the artist make this? What are they trying to convey? What is the purpose, the symbol, the reason? Every artist has a motive for creating, and it may be as honorable as challenging a social injustice, or as mundane as a commission. The three most universal motives for making art are for beauty, for money on commission, and to convey a message about the artist’s thoughts or emotions on a subject. Each of these motives can be influential, however conveying a concept through art is the most powerful, as it has the ability to change the way society operates.

Last Sunday, I went to the Museum of Fine Arts and walked through the marble corridors in pursuit of Percy’s “it.” I was accompanied by a friend who was in pursuit of taking candid photos. I came in with a set of expectations as Percy writes, “the sightseer measures his satisfaction by the degree to which the [museum] conforms to the preformed complex” (473). When I entered the museum, the quietude of the atmosphere caused me to become drowsy and I quickly looked for the café to drink coffee. Feeling energized, I wandered aimlessly for close to an hour, amazed by the museum’s architecture and rustic paintings displayed. However, being surrounded by great artistic pieces of history, I did not gain the sense of being enriched or enlightened. Due to the nature of the assignment, I was not nearly as interested and felt that I could have been lost in the moment if I had entered on my own free will. That was until I stumbled upon the “Showdown! Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada” art

In this museum, we will be showing you artwork throughout history that all shares a similar theme in all of them. All of the art pieces in this museum all involve nature and seascapes, many artists throughout history have drawn nature and the ocean that is around them or beautiful place that they made up, but many of these beautiful landscapes were made with no specific theme in mind except beauty, many of these painting are supposed to depict beauty in the eye of the beholder, but many of these painting may still seem dark and gloomy.

When visiting an exhibition of art work by artists was organized by Winston Salem State University at the Diggs Gallery. When I reached, the Art Gallery, it packed with students of the university. Clusters of people were inflowing the exhibition halls, their faces were pleased with joy. On the walls, pencil drawings and Jet Magazines were up for presentation. Most of them replicate daily activities and some of them brought us into a world of imagination of how life was in the past. As I sauntered through the exhibition halls, I heard the voice of a public speaker who was telling the guests about the artists and their works. The exhibition offered me precious minutes of moderation and enriched my mind. It brought me back into my pleased and peaceful past.

The process of selecting art to display in a museum can seem arbitrary and nonsensical. A multitude of questions arise when faced with the task of selecting works for a museum. Who has the right to choose which works of art are worthy to be presented and studied for years to come? How can a selection be chosen that encompasses entire styles and movements of art in just a few works? What proportion of the choices of art should spur reflection versus offend viewers? Ultimately, all of these questions seem unanswerable to me. Despite this, I will choose and justify two selections of works of art which I believe should be preserved and viewed for many years. The two selections I have chosen are Bridal Veil Falls by Ansel Adams and Amazon rainforest by Daniel Beltrá.

In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City the painting “Joan of Arc” by Jules Bastien-Lepage hangs in the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Gallery. This Piece is rather large and was done with oil paint on canvas, its dimensions being approximately eight feet tall with a width of ten feet. When walking toward Bastien-Lapage’s painting, it’s size and realism grabs one’s attention, and then holds it while this scene of Joan of Arc seems to take place right before one’s eyes.

Intrinsically intriguing as the artworks and themes are for many viewers, what lies with greater uniqueness is the visual context of art, as emphasized by Helena. Artworks, despite the era or time period, are always initially distinguished based on the surface; for example, what’s present and what’s going on. As I tour the Grohmann Museum with Helena, I was taught to look at the furthest distance in the portrait rather than the surface.

As a child, I traveled to Europe and visited various museums that housed numerous famous paintings. I remember walking into museums and not understanding anything, I could never actually understand the sheer brilliance behind these works of art. Now, after taking this Art History course, I can safely say that I understand and appreciate art a lot more. I would love to go visit all those museums again, just to see the art works from a completely different perspective. When I saw the Sistine Chapel a few years ago, I thought it was absolutely beautiful, but I didn’t really know what the paintings stood for therefore seeing it now would be a completely different experience. After visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art, there was one painting that really stood out for me, Prometheus Bound by Peter Paul Rubens

The painting’s pull is so great that no one can be brought to notice anything else. Even the people working at the museum are aware of nothing other than the painting when in its presence. It makes for the perfect cover for the owners who, never watched, can stand in the far corner, facing the wall: a boy and an old man standing side by side. They stare into the wall, as if they could see the world there, except their eyes are completely blank; and yet, somewhere, in the depth of their darkness, hides a terrible consciousness. Looking into such eyes, you would learn one thing: that you would not be of this World for

A great artist, Eugene Delacroix, once said, “What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.” This famous saying, highlights one of the reasons art or even a single painting is so important. Art is more than shapes and colors; art brings about so much more meaning. It expresses life, history, beauty, and morals. It shows beliefs and contributes to the many reasons that make a human being, a human. Art represents past, present, and future. An ancient painting that was made over 500 years ago could have all the meaning in the world. It shows what life was back then, how humans have evolved since, and how humans

An iconographic approach to interpreting Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist asks us to look for hidden meanings or symbols within the work of art. A pre-iconographic description of Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist would be the identification of a two babies and a woman. An iconographic analysis of Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist would show that the Madonna and child are common motifs represented in Christian paintings, as well is the story of John the Baptist. It was known that Saints were usually depicted with personal symbols in order to clearly identify the figure in question. The Madonna and child is a repeated motif through Christian paintings and Madonna (Virgin Mary) is commonly depicted draped in luxurious fabrics in the colours green, red and blue.

Throughout the vast history of art, historians can find connections throughout the centuries. Artists from the beginning of humankind have been inspired by the world around them. From the Apollo 11 stones to present day, history and culture have provided inspiration and have been the focus of various pieces. Examining artwork from the 15th-18th century, viewers can be shown a whole world that would be unknown to us without these artist’s contributions. History, religion, and cultural events have sculpted the art world, and we can observe this through many pieces during the 15th-18th centuries.

“Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. “- Francis Bacon. However when I learnt more about history of art and the way each movement and happenings in the world inspired artist to make new works, I was able to see much more than just a canvas with random paints and sketches. The interesting part about this concept is that each piece of art could be interpreted in many different ways. In contemporary art there isn’t right and wrong, each of us view and find different meanings and connections with artworks.

there are many versions of history. often, the last person to tell the story, creates the definitive history. this is particularly true when long time spans are involved and multicultural influences are at work. histories should be prefaced by the phrase, “from my point of view…………………” and so it is with art history. its origin, development and influence can be assessed differently by different observers who’s particular backgrounds and experiences shape their understanding.