Museum: Impressionism and Artist

The focal point of the painting is the woman with infant. This is shown by the lighting in the painting being directly on her, the bright red that she is wearing, and the circling of the putti around her figure along with the majority of their gazes being directed at her. The bright light directly behind her and the infant could possibly be coming from the sun behind the clouds in the sky, the putti to her upper right holding the torch, or it could be symbolic in that it is the infant’s halo and representative of his divine nature. The overall piece is not overly dark but the lighting seems to be most focused on the woman, infant, her other children, and the flying putti. This is an example of tenebrism.

The museum I chose to visit was the Dali Museum mainly because I have been wanting to check it out since I first moved down here to Florida three years ago. My sister has always been a huge Salvador Dali fan and even has a tattoo of his painting titled “The Elephants” on her side. I am looking forward to experiencing more of his paintings other than his most popular works of art. I am also hoping this experience will give me a greater appreciation for him as an artist by seeing the diversity of his works. What I am least looking forward to is trying to find one work of art that really stands out to me enough to write this paper about. I am sure I am going to find multiple pieces of art that I will love.

One of the aspects I believe unifies this painting is, as I talked about above, the continuation of the blue of the woman’s clothing continuing up into her hair, which gives the piece a sense of wholeness and relativity. There is also balance in this piece, for while the woman’s head is offset, this is balanced out by the elongation of her shoulder and arm in the right side of the image. Variety is also achieved in this piece through the use of a variation of hues and a lot of tonal difference. Emphasis is placed upon the hair with the use of an unnatural hair colour, as well as the face where light colours are used to highlight and pull the attention. Space is not so much of an active principle in this piece, but is still present nonetheless. Beryl is placed in the middle of the painting, with her taking up roughly 50% of the space, and the rest taken up by background.

When initially looking at the iconic black and white photo, one sees a woman and two children. After closely examining the image, one sees the third child, an infant, being held by the woman.The woman is not looking directly at the camera, but the audience is able to see her gaze. The woman’s eyebrows are furrowed causing her face to appear as worried with a look of desperation. Looking more meticulously at the woman, one will notice that she has a slight frown. The woman is able to show her stress by using her right hand to pull down slightly on her face. Aside from the woman, there are three children in the photograph. Two of the children are facing away from the camera with their heads rested on the woman’s shoulder. The third child is an infant who seems to be sleeping while this photograph was taken. The woman and children in the photo are migrants that are trying to survive the Great Depression and

Among the many artworks I have seen, I decided to discuss about the “Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle between Soldiers and Amazons (Warrior Women)” from the Roman civilization. It was built sometime in between 140 A.D. to 170 A.D and is approximately forty and a half inches in length, ninety-one and a half inches in width, and fifty and a half inches tall in height (“Roman Sarcophagus”). This masterpiece appealed to me because of the unique approach that has been designed to honor the deceased. Many people are familiar with the formatting and inscriptions of a gravestone because it is usually engraved with an individual’s full name, birth date, and death date. During the Roman Empire, a sarcophagus, which is a coffin, was widely used to show decorative themes that includes: battle scenes, hunting scenes, weddings, or other memorable episodes from the life of the deceased individual. The most luxurious ones were made from marble surrounded by symbolic sculptures, figures and inscriptions on all four sides (“Sarcophagus”). Another feature that captured my attention was the large quantity of details used to bring out a lifelike aspect of the deceased individual’s favorable moments in their life. In this artwork, this sarcophagus was dedicated to a Roman commander. The exterior of the sarcophagus has been well-decorated and carved with exquisite details depicting a battle scene

One of the unique parts of the ‘Seated Woman’ painting is the style that is presented by Picasso. Made mainstream in the art world by Picasso and fellow artist Georges Braque, cubism is the

What style did the artist work in? (This is noted for you at the beginning of this assignment).

The painting was done by a friend of mine and is supposed to represent the

There are also people in the background of the painting who are also wearing mundane clothing and seem to be carrying packages. The front of the painting is full of things that are meant to be carried onto the ship. Although the things themselves are expensive, it makes the front of the painting seem cluttered and

The first piece of art work that caught my attention was a water color painting by Teresa Prioiur's called Bliss. I selected this piece due to how the artist used

This piece is hands down my favorite piece of art to study so far. I have made many mosaic art pieces and have spent many hours making the “perfect creation” of art using stained glass or ceramics. It’s hard work, and this mosaic art piece reflecting a well-known scene in the bible is simply breathtaking. After studying different art forms up to this point I notice a huge change in how people are represented. There are more expression and color in this piece of art as opposed to other pieces or sculptures that we’ve looked at up to this point. I really like the attention to detail that the artist gave to each person in the piece as well as the scenery behind

When Gustave’s parents passed he received a sizable allowance and inheritance. Because of all this money he was able to paint without the pressures of selling, something many artists can only hope for. With the money Gustave had, he funded Impressionist Exhibitions. He also supported many of his fellow artists and friends; Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and multiple others. Gustave bought his first Monet in 1876. He was incredibly helpful and important to Monet’s career and financial survival. Gustave played a major role in convincing the Louvre to purchase Monet’s ‘Olympia’ for their greater good. Gustave was precise in sponsorship, you will notice the absence of Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, and other

Oil on canvas. The Cleveland museum of Art. What I really like about this artwork is how the artist have expressed the love and betrayal in the one painting. We can see so many people with different emotions in this picture. At the one side of the painting we can see one women are crying in another women shoulder. At the middle we can another sitting in the ground sadly. I think the main part or main theme of the paining is, the artist want to show relations between two people. it looks like the man has fallen love with another girl and leaving his wife and the child. I thing I have noticed about this artwork is non of the people in this painting feeling happy. The use of black and the white color also help to show the sadness in the

On the left side of the painting there are about sixteen different women, which takes up most of the left side. They are pushed together on a higher pedestal. They are bending and twisting in exaggerated forms. Some are holding each other while others their arms flying in all directions trying to escape or fight off the men dressed in armor with shields that are on the ground floor grabbing at

After Realism, a new style of art called Impressionism was developed around the end of the 19th century called. Impressionism was initially organized by a group of artists called the Anonymous Society of Painters. This group was composed of many artists including Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissaro, as well as many others (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History). These artists were all quite independent and their styles varied considerably, but they were unified by their difference and exclusion from the annual Salon held at the Louvre. Impressionism was developed partially due to new scientific research in color theory, and partially to artists taking a step back from painting politically and returning to painting for their own enjoyment. Impressionist artists would use dabs of complementary colors right next to each other instead of the secondary color that they wished to create, because they realized that humans would perceive the color as mixed if they looked at the painting from the proper distance. Impressionists also kept the imagery very flat to remove depth in order to maintain the strength of colors. Lastly, Impressionist artist, especially Monet, used bold variegated brushwork that changes from each object to give the painting a shimmering quality. Claude Monet was a key figure in the impressionist movement. He was born in 1840 and raised in Normandy. Monet, influenced by Barbizon painters and Japanese woodblock prints, painted huge asymmetrical