The Plain Near Auxers By Vincent Van Gogh

He’s known for thick, curvy brushstrokes, which gives this whole scene a moving approach from the tiny flowers that are gently sitting below the wheat field to stirring leaves of the olive trees along with the whirling sky to let the viewer know what was going on in the eyes of the artist. The meaning behind this particular piece was described as one of Van Gogh’s best landscapes while in the asylum that he made two separate pieces, one for the National Museum in London and a smaller version for his mother. A majority of his art pieces are landscapes because the location is near the facility where the view is mostly suburban, According to an

Post-Impressionists left behind the Impressionist doctrine of truth to nature. Rather, they chose “in favor of restless feeling and intense color, as in this highly charged picture, van Gogh made his work a touchstone for all subsequent Expressionist painting” (WikiArt, 2016). Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Starry Night, is Post-Impressionism oil painting on canvas. He created it in 1889, during the time he was committed to the mental asylum in Saint-Rémy, France.

The work is very smooth and fluid making it appear much like a photograph. The oil is not built up on top of itself keeping it very two dimensional. The colors vary between dark and light throughout the painting. In the top right corner, the sun, outside the painting, shining down, aluminates the castle and also the lone tree at the bottom left corner. Besides the back cliff, the rest of the painting is in shadow and displayed in a much more melancholy tone. The colors that Cole focuses on, to display the sharp contrast between rock and nature, are mostly dark greens and gold. The striking blue of the river stands out dramatically from the rest of the colors and draws the eye after the initial citing. The grey in the cloud is the only place where I can find that shade of gray in the work, and it sets itself apart from the snow white clouds in the background. The color helps draw the eye immediately to the castle on the hill. My eyes then fallow the flow of the river down to the tree, which is illuminated by a beam of sunlight.

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

I am analyzing the form and content of a stylized painting entitled The Palisades by John William Hill. This was found in the collection section of themetmusuem.org which was painted during the pre Raphaelite movement; when artist emphasized meticulous detail in what was observed rather than imagined nature. This artwork shows the aesthetics of nature, depicting a peaceful scenery with spacious green acres during the year of the 1870s. During the late 18th centuries, natural resources weren’t highly industrialized and that in itself shows how nature was essential for all human species. I argue that this painting shows how everything in nature connects and communicates with one another.

The first thing that came to my mind when I discovered this paint was the word massive. It was incredible how the size of this painting became a way to present the art work. While looking at the art work standing far way, I was captured by not the scenery of the mountain and garden, but the use of white background, the emptiness that it bring out. Just like Shen Zhou’s Poet on a Mountaintop, that uses lines and white background to create sense of cloud flowing in the sky. Although, Yuan Jiang uses something that Shen Zhou did use on his painting, something that I find really magnificent, the use of shadow. Unlike those lines that define clouds in Poet on a Mountaintop, Yuan Jiang uses something similar to Dong Qichang’s The Qingbian Mountains, which white out in between mountain, create sense of cloud. By doing so, it is far more realistic compare to just use of line. Though, Yuan Jiang did not just white out the background,

The painting Wheatfield with Crows is a great example of the style that Vincent Van Gogh is knows for. The short, seemingly carefree brush strokes form the sky, the field and the three roads. The black crows add movement to the scene and provide ground for future disagreements among scholars. The colors in the painting are very vibrant, with a strong contrast between the dark stormy sky and bright yellow fields.

To begin with this is an Oil Painting, which was first discovered in the 15th century “Entry to the Ark” was executed in 16th century Northern Europe therefore oil painting was still relevant. While Oil painting was new and so it was widely used it had its own pros and cons it is a very forgiving medium of painting in which you can make changes or edits directly on the canvas with a paintbrush whenever you need to do so. A con to this method of painting is the drying time oil paint dries very slowly. I found in the viewing the painting that the oil looked very vibrant even though it was supposed to be a muted dark storm look the colors were very

After browsing through many books, I spotted a book call, Thomas Moran: Artist of the Mountains. Looking through that book, I found many paintings that touched my heart, but the one I loved the most is called, Fort George Island. It is a great painting expressing the beauty of nature. The painting is created by Thomas Moran, one of the greatest artists of 19th century. He was originally born in Bolton, England. The rapids industrialization of 19th century, which left his parents without a job, and forced them to move to Kensington, Philadelphia

One artist painted a beautiful portrait of their mother which was incredibly detailed and proportioned. Another artist painted a city landscape which made the big buildings pop out by its amazing depth and shades. The final artist painted a large group of fishes; they added in warm colors to create a relaxing mood.

He just liked to take something that was a realistic painting and put his classic abstract spin on them to make his

This is a 2-dimensional painting. It is very soft, and the colors just fade into each other. His use of sfumato lighting is evident, especially, in the face and around the eyes and mouth. Some of the shapes he uses in this portrait consist of oval-shaped for the face, triangle to represent mountains in the background, and circles for the tree tops. The colors used in this painting are naturalistic colors. They are colors that we see in everyday life. The background portrays what real-life landscape looks

Besides being a memorable portrait painter, the artist also realized landscapes and composition pieces. With technical dexterity and a rich chromatic gamut, he is capable of achieving splendid grays

This painting shows how close and codependent humans and nature were. How well humans worked together with one another and their world. How peaceful those that are close to nature are, which is why it (nature) must be celebrated and appreciated.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art calls “The Harvesters” a "watershed in the history of Western art" and the "first modern landscape". The workers carrying sheaves of wheat through the clearing, the people bathing in the pond, the children playing and the ships far away convey a sense of distance. Bruegel used the medium of oil to be used on wood when painting “The Harvesters”. He painted on the paint lightly, and delicately so the brush strokes were almost untraceable.