Nature And Nature In Antonio Vivaldi's La Primavera

Accordingly, the nature was one of the Romantic themes adored by numerous readers during this era. The author’s description of untamed environment and striking sight inspires and impresses the readers. Soothing and relaxing people through these illustrations, author takes them away from the impersonal society. For example, The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth by John Wesley Powell vividly displays the spectacular views of Grand Canyon to make readers forget the depraved reality. “The carving of the Grand Canyon is the work of rains and rivers,” Powell stresses that Grand Canyon is the splendid work of nature, not the artificial work of

My first work is "La Primavera" written by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. “La Primavera” is one of four violin concertos, each capturing moods and illustrating stories related to a specific time of year. Each section within this movement illustrate the most beautiful scenes of the spring season, including birds, babbling brooks, and a thunderstorm. (Soomo). My second work is an oil on canvas painting, titled “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” by Thomas Moran. “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” was painted in 1872 and captures the unique geological formations and diverse and extravagant colors of the Midwestern United States landscape. (Cantrell, 2014). “In an era before color photography, this

Thinking about a tree, one might think about the leaves and how they could symbolize balance, growth, and harmony. Or one might think about how a tree represents nature itself by symbolizing such attributes as strength, stability, diversity and withstanding the greatest of challenges to survive. Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site specific land art which embody these characteristics and represent nature as a whole. Goldsworthy’s process is to be as involved in nature as he possibly can and to produce sculptures to draw out the character of the environment. He seeks to draw emphasis to the beauty and exquisiteness of nature while also displaying the stages of life nature goes through; it grows, stays and decays as an integral part of the circle of life. Goldsworthy’s piece Ice Spiral: Tree Soul, exemplifies these distinctive elements and displays his unique technique in a way that captures the essence of nature. When one first looks upon the photograph of Tree Soul, it almost looks unreal or that the ice spiral surrounding the tree was digitally added to the image of the tree. The spiral ice sculpture is perfectly molded to wrap around the tree and opens the eyes of the audience in sensing the beauty and multidimensional details of the natural world.

On Saturday, November 4th, I visited the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. The piece of art I decided to write about is called “A Mountain Symphony (Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado)” This two-dimensional oil on canvas painting was completed in America in 1927 by Sven Birger Sandzén. This painting has not been on public view since 1927 and is located in the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. It was a “Free Day” at the museum, so I decided to attend by myself. I was unable to get a picture of myself in front of the work of art I decided to write about, but I did get several pictures of the artwork and a picture of myself with the “Free Day” sticker. I decided to write about this work of art because it was the only piece in the museum that really stood out to me and really caught my attention. A Mountain Symphony is a lively, beautiful landscape painting with a vibrant pallet filled with luminosity and broad brushstrokes. The sculptural quality of the paint surface reflect the influence of turn-of-the century modernist techniques. The balance of color and light brings happiness and joy to the viewer.

One artwork that I have chosen to write about is Harriet Tubman by Aaron Douglas. I have selected this artwork because I am drawn to its color. In addition, I have a strong admiration for the subject matter. Looking at this artwork relaxed me and made me feel at peace as I was emotionally hypnotized by the color green. Even after looking at this artwork for a prolonged period of time, my admiration for it did not change. This artwork seems to represent freedom and being at peace.

I drew inspiration from the creative indigenous cultures and the drama of the scenery. I painted many impressionist works of art during our travels. On our journey back we traveled through Santa Fe. On this journey I made contact with the artist community within the Museum of Mexico.

I also chose the first piece because of the almost off-putting gaze of the woman in the audience towards the viewer – I wanted to describe the expression she had, and the expression of the performer looking down at her. I chose the second piece, Fog over San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California by artist Sandow Birk, because of the use of light in the painting, and because of the subject matter – the beautiful scenery of the Bay, with a highly populated prison almost just out of sight behind the fog. I felt that this was a good example of atmospheric perspective and wanted to expand my understanding of it by studying it. The pieces both relied on light techniques to make up the composition; Shinn’s work heavily utilized chiaroscuro, and Birk’s artwork relied on atmospheric perspective. In contrast with my last formal analysis, liked both paintings I decided to write about – I did this intentionally because I wanted to expand my formal analysis skills by writing about pieces I felt an emotional connection to, to see if I could ignore my feelings and concentrate on just the content. This time around, I felt like I had taken enough notes, and I wasn’t straining my memory to recall major details about the painting, however,

Proficient Images 14 points:  You have the required image for at least one of your artworks. I am glad you included images for both. You could even do close ups of the artworks if you get into the details.

One of the strongest presentations based on the short story “The Boat” was that of Alex MacLeod, Anngela Lee and Charlotte Taylor. Not only was their project complete with all the necessary components, but also the execution was well considered, detailed and professional. They went above and beyond by using multi-media, handouts and personally connecting with the class to effectively communicate a great deal of information about their three-dimensional artwork and its relevance to the theme of Fate versus Freewill in “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod; however, no-one is perfect, and, undoubtedly, an area of their project that they could have improved upon was the oral presentation of their work.

The first piece of artwork is by William S. Rice. This piece is a painting, with many, many different colors. There is a parrot sitting atop a branch, and it seems to be looking down at a butterfly resting on a branch below it. I picked this piece because of the many vibrant colors it had. There was a parrot on a branch, and it seemed to be staring down

In order to compose this assignment, I visited the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). The USF Contemporary Art Museum is a compact museum on campus located near the Dance buildings and the Theatres. The museum opened its establishment in 1989 and has offered a wide range of art from around the world including the United States, Africa, Europe, and Latin America (usfcam.usf.edu). In order to keep students engaged in the art, the museum changes its exhibits a couple times a year. Currently, the exhibition on display is entitled Extracted and incorporates “the extraction and circulation of natural resources around the globe” (Megan Voeller). Despite the museum being not large in size, I was able to attain a sense of nature through photographs, sculptures, video messages, and banners produced from artists including Otobang Nkanga, Marina Zurkow, Claire Pentecost, Mary Mattingly and Daniel Shiffman. The social angle most strongly related to the exhibit on display at this time is nature and culture. Extracted was motivated by relationships between humans and the environment referring to “complex technical processes behind oil drilling and mining or industrial agriculture” (Megan Voeller). Most of the artists focus their work on nature including the environment, ecosystems, and life itself.

The two articles help readers understand that when man and nature are together they create knowledge and emotions. Both writers describe feelings that one might feel when in touch with nature; in different ways, both elaborate on the fact that if man and nature were to disconnect then an imbalance would occur. “The river was

I chose to write about the art piece by Thomas Moran after going to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. While walking through the buildings I saw a mass of artwork that ranged from gold artifacts to paintings. I have to say that it was a lot to take in but I chose the painting by Thomas Moran called the Stranded Ship on East Hampton Beach. I liked the painting with the raging water crashing on the beach with the stranded ship in the distance. I really like the contrast of the dark waves with the white spray on the beach and white caps on the waves. It seems to tell how dangerous the waves can be but there is a lot of flow. The waves seem to be choppy but big and dangerous but I can feel the sense of movement and the wind blowing. It

The portrait I choose to discuss is the Magnolias on Gold Velvet Cloth by Martin Johnson Heade. This portrait I believe is an oil, canvas due to the full vibrant color. What I like about this portrait is that it’s a beautiful flower. I am infatuated with flowers; I love having many things that are designed or have flowers printed. As I saw the portrait in the museum it made me visualize know suddenly what to write on my museum paper. I have a magnolia tree in my backyard. I remember my childhood whenever I and my older brother use to play on the swings and every time I saw a magnolia flower I will make my brother get it for me because I love the smell of the flower it remains me of lemon scent.

Here we are going to talk about our two paintings in more detail and The First Landscape Painting for discussion is Uragami Shunkin, Spring landscape, 1821, Ink on silk. This large painting has many Japanese traits but also carries over numerous Chinese