Subject Matter The painting is part of a series of canvases with mythological themes. Since antiquity Apollo - the embodiment of the high, the spiritual principle in man. For artists who created paintings on the subjects mentioned, the Apollo was a symbol of the high purpose of art, and Ban with Marsyas - a symbol of vulgar, coarse pseudo catering to the crowd and wakes up in her base instincts. The appearance of a satyr Marsyas nothing like the ideal of beauty. The artist depicts him as if he was a messenger of hell. The main idea of the complex and dramatic pictures this: the purpose of art - to elevate the soul, and worthy of punishment those who cynically use art to awaken in man instincts and passions.This painting is composed in such a manner, that it should be viewed from a distance as opposed to …show more content…
The painting is executed only in three colors that are incredibly accurate betray the horror of the situation presented. For arrogance satyr stripped off his skin. Executioner Marsyas advocates Apollo himself, having fallen to terrible cruelty of man - he sits on his haunches with a knife in his hand, already sentenced to punishment. This is the tragedy of the story, the artist puts just punishing knife in hand of Apollo, which is on par with gross executioners administers a terrible penalty. The central figure of the picture - the once haughty satyr Marsyas - expresses the pain and suffering from the cruelty of Apollo and regret for what he did. The agonized face of Marsyas illustrates the artist’s penchant for conveying intense emotion. At the same time look attracts a figure sitting on the left of the main character - it resembles the artist who receives a strange pleasure from the observed scene.The painting depicts another satyr, who covers his face with his hands, depicting this despair and fear. But they do not play a big role, because the picture is about two characters whose life line is very
It is a religious and realistic painting. The circle of stars represents the crown of immortality. In the painting, Madonna looks up to the heaven with her hopeful eyes. This painting is very romantic and full of emotion. The focal point is on the top of the head where is lighted and brightened up. The halo on her head and saturated cloth contrast the dark hue in the
The statue of Kouros by an unknown artist, depicts a Greek young man. He is nude representing the ideal heroic male nude. This work is symbolic because he is the representation of God, warrior, a symbolic ancestor or a victorious athlete. His large eyes were made by getting inspiration from Mesopotamia. From the frontal view, his hands are at sides, fists clenched, and striding feet. The stiff and muscular figure symbolizes that he was ready to go into war for his town, family or country. The eyes are unnaturally wide open, and the mouth forms a characteristic closed expression, also known as archaic smile. Archaic smile makes a piece more expressive. The stiff figure and frontality shows the symbolism of the piece.
The artist depicts an initial confusing and weirded-out thought for the viewer at first glance, but as one deeply examines the art, the subject matter begins to become more clear. The vision being shared in this non-objective painting has a context of placing one in the standing of Mr. Man by gaining height and freedom from the (white) bars that are rising on each level that represent conflict which traps one in a “cage” of misery. The unbalanced symmetry of having the left side take up more space with little action, and the right side being smaller with the action unraveling, makes the viewer break down each composite perspective. For the left side, the mysterious female muse, Moon-Face, has an unproportional face that is almost blushing with shades of light pasty orange, with the mouth wide open. The energetic mood is amplified by the tone of yellow that is splashed in the mouth, representing a loss of words or at a state of disbelief. The female’s lower half is created with tints of red that enhances the curves on her body, as if chiaroscuro connects the light and dark contrast to show outline of the breasts, stomach, and hips in
The use of the oil paint falls from broad and gestural to refined and purposeful. Over all the painting style is semi-loose to retain essential information within the painting. The worm colors bring a comforting feel to the piece of thoughtful solitude and prayer. Although this painting depicts what life may have been to Indigenous people in the 19th century, the artist shows his lack of understanding of the culture. Respect is one of the core values to many planes people and respect goes further than the relationship between people but all things in life such as birds and stone and plants. They all have a sprit that is considered a relative. The problematic aspects of this painting are how sacred items are leisurely treated as objects. The three most noteworthy items are the cha’nupa, cansiga, and waph’a’ha. First, the cha’nupa should be propped up or held and not let be lying on the ground and put together. Second, the cansiga should also be propped up and face up at all times. Finally, an eagle feather or waph’a’ha should never touch the ground. These are things that can be damaging to our own understanding of history, Indigenous culture and spirituality. Although this is just one painting a person without the cultural knowledge could see this and believe that the treatment is tolerable since this is a paining from the past and insightful artist. This paining wile well
This art includes Mantiklos Apollo, it is one of the masterwork of that time. Mantiklos dedicated the bronze statuette to Apollo and it probably represents the god. The treatment of the body reveals the interest seventh-century BCE Greek artists had in representing human anatomy. Furthermore, there is Orientalizing amphora, it is two handed storage jar. It painted vases, animals such as bear, lions
I have talked about the three painting that I have feel interested about it and describe their significance and how it connects to the Humanities.The first painting called the Cleombrote and Leonidas painting created by the Francois Xavier Fabre represented that by that Era if people an person break the rule of the tradition that people has been following out their life. Person will going to get punished by the king. Secondly, we have described the feeling from the women about his husband. In the painting by Jean Michel Moreau the Younger, which was Creusa Pleads with Aeneas as He leaves for War. It described that how Creusa plead with Aeneas not to go for war. Lastly, we describe that about people belief about continue following the tradition that has been following by the people. Interior view of the Church of Saint Peter’s in the Vatican by Francesco Panini have describe that how people renovated their holy place to continue following their tradition. These three painting had gave us a well explanation about the study of humanities which basically means belief in the human
What do you think the figure in the foreground is meant to represent? What face does the face resemble as it screams? Use one word to describe the overall feeling of the painting. The screamer twists and bends, mouth agape, hands clamped to his face, screaming.
In the painting, The death of Socrates as elaborated in the video shows emphasis through the choice of color, placement and implied line as well as directional forces. For example, Socrate is placed in the middle of the painting with a white brilliant colored robe beside a man that is giving him a cup of poison with a brilliant red robe. The use of these colors create the contrast between death and blood with life and purity. By placing Socrate by himself helps create more attention to his figure. Emphasizing the importance of his character and his status. Emphasize shown through implied space can be seen by the interaction between Socrates and the man giving him the cup of poison. Giving more meaning to the painting and enhancing the motives
This painting also contains natural looking figures and objects, which help give some realism to the story. Grimaces on the face of Matthew, as well as the swordsman, and onlookers depict the reality of experiencing such a terrible occurrence. Flesh is
However, this picture was strange and somewhat scary. The painting presents an apocalyptic vision of the childhood game. The canvas is dominated by a large tree and has profiles of children with their mouths open in horror. The painting offers double or multiple readings; the game of hide and seek where children are depicted in the work and by the viewer who can make endless discoveries embedded in the dense thicket of designs. Words that come to mind when looking at this painting have dark connotations. Words such as burning, fire, horror story and hellish have been used to describe feelings that may be experienced when looking at the painting Upon close inspection of the painting, there can be found images that cannot be seen from a distance. An example is the vein in one child’s face that has a faint dandelion that served as a pedestal for another child. This kind of imagery is understandable because of the time period in which it was painted, during World War II. The design in this painting is a consummate statement of figure-ground, which is the situation where an image on one side of its boundary can be reversed to become the background of a different image on the other side of the boundary. Every visible object in the painting, tree, hand, child, leaf, and bird is perceived in a state of change reflecting the transformations that occur in nature. The
First of all, the lecturer argues that full color is used in this paintings, which questions the author' point of view that there is something inconsistent about the way the woman in the portrait is dressed.
The tale of “Icarus” was supposed to be a life lesson towards children and adolescents to listen and obey their parents; however, there are four artists that have interpreted the tale in different ways in forms of a painting and poems. The four artists convey the overall message of “Icarus” through their own ways of meanings of the human experience in terms of death and its selfishness. These artists have in common of illustrating the cruel nature of humans and the insignificant death they face. Although, the works of the artists convey different meanings of “Icarus,” they all connects together to the same theme.
As demonstrated in the drawing, execution is a horror, cruel, and disturbing to see or do. The real world issues of this painting are war and executions. Wars and executions are terrible and it all
A man clings to his daughter as the door to his home shatters into pieces. Soldiers stream into the room and tear his daughter away as they drag him into the dark night. They throw him up against a wall with several of his friends and neighbors lying dead or dying on the ground. He asks himself, “Why is this happening? What have I done wrong?” before shots ring out and he crumples to the ground, dead. Francisco Goya portrays wrongful condemnation in his painting Execution of the Citizens of Madrid by using contrast in his colors and the facial expressions of those in the painting.
“Saturn Devouring His Children” is the boldest painting of the group. Goya portrays a grim voracious giant with predatory, lunatic eyes stuffing his son’s torn, headless body into his maw, a visual equivalent of torture and murder, set against the darkness which accentuates the mood of despair to illustrate his honest views of humanity during a turbulent time.