The Mannerist Movement

One superb example of where the colors and scenery effected a painting is in the painting “Mr. and Mrs. Andrews.” In my first examination of the painting, many questions were brought up. One question

Firstly the directors and their team use a variety of different camera techniques to shape our view on the characters, and ultimately

The use of the color in the settings, make the film very unique in a very good way. For example all of the houses are colorful. The buildings and houses are very well placed throughout the film. The bright colors and well placed houses make the scenes and the overall movie unique. The bright colors make the movie memorable, because bright colors stand out more than other duller colors. Another example of the films features that make the movie memorable are the characters. The characters in this film wear very flashy clothing, which shows the audience that the characters have

Art is the theme of art, this means that the main reason artist design different types of art works is to bring about the visual satisfaction. One of the major reason as to why artist paint, draw or design their works is to have something to have look at. Therefore, before a viewer analyses a piece of art, he or she has to look at it as the first and foremost

The Mannerist artistic style of Agnolo Bronzino during the late Renaissance paved the way for later Baroque artwork in various ways. The Renaissance was a time of societal, scientific, and artistic advancement throughout all of Europe. The concepts of humanism and realism emerged from this historical period. A great portion of art created during this era was religious, reflecting the idea that humanity was divine. Discoveries during this period also set the fundamentals for modern-day science and technology. Advances in the early, high, and late Renaissance impacted the culture and the history of Europe for centuries. The concepts of the late Renaissance, however, differed considerably from those of the early and high Renaissance in various

Different forms of art are evident throughout the novel and are used as a way to help characters take their minds off of the world around them. The most apparent example of this is the

Two of the formal elements of this painting that reach out to the eye its shape and color. The shapes used in this painting are dynamic. The positions of every person are moments in time. The people are in the flow of movement they are not posing for a painting. Even Mary she has just glanced down at Jesus.

Prominent members of the group included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Degas. Typical characteristics of paintings from the Impressionist artists might include landscapes and urban scenes with bright colours, long thin visible brushstrokes and a focus on accurately portraying light. The early group were inspired by artists like J.M.W. Turner and his use of colour. Like Turner, impressionists often let the colour guide their painting. A core idealism of the movement was to trying to capture light at a particular moment. To do this they often decided to paint en plein air, they found this gave the paintings a sense of freshness. Multiple techniques were combined from artists like Velásquez, Constable and Turner. These techniques included impasta, making grey and dark tones from complementary colours and an emphasis on natural light. By combining these techniques of the past they created a new creative style of painting. Another common technique among the artists included the use of complementary colours as this was thought to bring out deeper and brighter colours with the paintings. One of the core ideas of impressionism linked to the same idea of spontaneity is to show an experience and to think about what the mind would see. For example not painting in all the faces in the background, only the ones in the interest of the painting and the audience.

During the Renaissance, all that changed. Artists then included an emphasis on human beings and the environment, which shown that this is indication of changes in their culture at the time. "Renaissance individualism and realism found their greatest and most lasting representation in the visual arts" (Walker 77).

Summers view is the “style” was created by art historians to help distinguish patterns or characteristics to contextualize artwork. Art historians have used style to create certain groups and explains the change (Minor 128). This allows art historian to create an order in their view of the past. Individual style of an artist such as gestures and brushwork of Van Gogh is the sign of his distinctiveness. Summers discusses how “style” could have been a byproduct of our society placing importance of individual genius and creativity (145). Ones style develops as the one develops through life such as a distinct characteristic of style that is exclusive to an artist and then show how that style relates to the artist training (148).

The art work from the 1400's to the 1600's showed a drastic change after 1520 when Mannerism was brought about. After a while the Mannerist style was known to not be such a good thing. People saw the paintings as not classical and distorted or out of proportion. Mannerism seemed to coincide with a period of political and religious unrest which lead to and age of anxiety and crisis where the clarity and confidence of the High Renaissance was lost (Benton and DiYanni 37-38). Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Parmigianino show some differences in Renaissance and Mannerism with their works of art of the Madonna.

The first is a medieval painting, created by the Italian painter Duccio creation, we can see that his paintings are characterized by a typical dark tones, because it is the early Virgin image, painting skills are not too mature, more oil painting Has not been born, cannot be repeated stacking, repeated changes, and thus in the character image of the expressive force is not perfect, it is not a strong light and shadow effect, but on the basis of flat painted slightly darker blooming, so that the face of the Structure and clothing pattern to show the bumps. However, as time goes on, the earlier the icon on the image, the less the effect of three, the basic lines are outlined in the plane, with color is simple and bright. But the phenomenon of rigid expression until the 16th century when the image has not been

Various styles of art change and mould to fit the times, as do their artists. It then follows that a number of eras are identifiable in history with the previous style or form of

They had the capability to take a photograph of what they desired to paint, and then return to their studio to paint it. This brought rise to a more photographic style of painting, which often flattened the subject matter. This can be very easily seen here in Manet’s painting. One could say it was a lighter version of tenebrism; the technique that used harsh light and darks. typically in this style of painting the figures are in extreme light while the background is rather dark, similar to what photography lightly would give. The woman in nude appears in a very bright, stark manner against the dark clothing of the man she is sitting beside. She appears very flat, almost as if she was cut out from another painting and placed there. Tenebrism isn't the only technique used to create this painting, for the brush strokes move away from clean and precise lines to more impressionistic

In the painting I chose, you can see a hint of a smile on Cecilia’s lips as she looks at something the viewer cannot see. Artists started using new techniques to make their art look more realistic. Perspective was a huge role to transform a regular painting into a more 3-dimensional looking one. This made it look like you were actually in the painting, for example something that is farther away will look smaller than something right next to you. The subjects in “The Lady and the Ermine” are in ¾ view, which demonstrates the use of perspective. Balance and proportion were also important; this is when drawing subjects are the correct size when compared to each other. As you can see, the ermine is the proper size compared to the lady. Many artists also starting using light and shadows, or also known as “chiaroscuro”, in their works to add drama, perspective, and timing to their art. Leonardo showed this very well in all his paintings, not just in the one I chose. The shadows are very evident in this painting, Leonardo even went as far as adding shadows to the creases in Cecilia 's fingers. In 1470 oil paint was brought to Italy, and artists started using them due to their beautiful rich color, which helped increase detail and depth. In addition, in paintings textures and patterns had started to appear. I you look at the painting I chose, you can see that there are patterns and designs on the lady’s dress, and you can see