Virginia Fine Art Museum

Hung’s portrait reminds me of Frida Kahlo’s portrait as both artists include nature to represent life and imagination. Both portraits depict a woman with a neutral but almost pained expression, surrounded by various symbols of life. In addition, Hung appears to be trapped in her high collar much like Kahlo is caged in by her thorn necklace. Essentially the style of this self-portrait is realistic while simultaneously expressing the artist’s innermost thoughts and emotions. The portrait emanates a psychological appeal as Hung highlights the distinction between the dullness of her image and the color of mind, thus expressing her longing for creativity. Aside from the style of this portrait, I found that Hung’s profile was drawn in a traditional manner. In contrast, there was originality in the way the colors of the image contrasted. I found it very bold and powerful for Hung to contrast her black and white image with surrounding bright colors. It definitely draws a focus onto her face, but it’s done in a subtle way so that the painting overall represents the distinction between the inner and outer

The artwork being analyzed is called Nameless and Friendless and it was completed in 1857 by Emily Mary Osborn. The artwork was most likely created in England, where she was from. The media is oil paints on canvas, rather than the wood that was usually used. It is currently on display in Tate, Britain.

Hung Liu's paintings are of photographs. She paints from them because she wants to set free the messages that are locked inside the photograph. In Liu's painting Virgin/Vessel the woman's feet are disfigured because of foot binding. Chinese women did this in attempt to raise their status. They were unable to walk and forced into prostitution. The women became a sexual vessel and there was one in front of the girl in the painting. This shows the isolation and vulnerability. In Liu's Three Fujins, The women are shown with birdcages in front of them with represents the women's spiritual captivity. Their pose is uniform and shows that they have given in to the forces of the rulers in their time period. They did this in order to fit into the roles

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond at a glance is a modern metropolitan building that displays a vibrant exhibition of Byzantine art found in the Medieval and Byzantine wing. They are grouped together because they share a progression of time occurring in the heart of Europe roughly from the 1300s until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The exhibit begins with displays of medieval art of Western Europe. It further progresses to Byzantine art arranged in broad categories ranging from pre-Christian art, liturgical material, secular material and a display of coptic textiles. Although small scale, a few art pieces prominently featuring the human figure stood out in particular.

Beauty is an incredibly subjective thing; what might seem appealing to one’s eyes may be horrendously ugly in the eyes of another. However, the status of “beautiful” or “ugly” can be assigned rather objectively when art is examined from the perspectives of different philosophies. The beliefs and values of different philosophies can be used to find meaning and beauty in various art forms, allowing for a more straightforward determination of beauty. Because of the many layers of meaning most paintings entail, they are a perfect example of an art form that can be analyzed by numerous philosophical viewpoints to find meaning and beauty, and Ma Yuan’s painting Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring, which comes from the Song dynasty of Chinese and depicts a sole figure standing in a natural surrounding, is no exception. Ma Yuan’s painting is beautiful because it represents the ultimate achievements for the Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian philosophies.

This painting is colorful and suggests a color harmony by using a lots of adjacent colors. It has grey, yellow, brown, green and light blue in the background; it has organic human skin and lip color on the body. Since this work shows nature and human being, it has a real texture. Her body is closer to the viewer, but small hills, trees and mountains are further, which gives it a

As Edgar Degas once said, “ Art is not what you see, but what others make you see”. The St. Louis Art Museum is a place for artist to display their art and give spectators the option to see art from a new perspective. This was the case for me. As we walked up to the beautifully structured building that stood so tall and wide, my expectations were extremely high. At first glance I notice the bronze statue of King Louis IX of France riding high on his horse. From this statue alone, my expectations of the art museum grew stronger. I have never been to an art museum before, so I wasn’t sure of what to expect. My first expectation was to see huge detailed sculptures right as I walked through the door. That expectation didn’t come true.

Perhaps illness so influenced the artistic style of Van Gogh, but the picture turned out completely different to all that the artist wrote so far. This is not a Van Gogh, who was known. In the canvas, there is tension, anxiety, dense colors and warm shades of olive-mustard. On the contrary, here there is some kind of lightness, airiness, and transparent weightlessness. On the manner of execution, the pattern resembles Japanese prints: iris field full of peace, a lightness, and transparency. "Irises" are simple and unique, they are striking in their serenity and the ability to remove the internal stress of everyone who saw at least reproduction. Painting simply breathes watercolor, translucency and make to look at it more than one hour.

“The mind changes, the word changes, time doesn't stay still, history is a verb, it is ongoing, there is no past tense, future tense, history is constant” Hung Liu told interviewer Rachelle Riechart (Riechart). Hung Liu is a Chinese woman who was born in Changchun, China in 1948. She was born during the age which we call the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which heavily impacted her life. She lived in China for 36 years and then left for the United States. She now resides in Oakland, CA, where she teaches art at Mills College (“A World of Art”). A lot of her artwork is based on photographs and memories she has from China and photographs she’s taken in the United

Virginian Luxuries is a painting made in the 1800s most likely in New England by an unknown artist. The painting depicts the evil, inequality, and injustice of Racism and Slavery in the South. On the left of the painting, a white man attempts to kiss a black woman against her will. And on the right side, a white man beats a black man. A white man forcibly kissing a black woman shows the sexual abuse endured by female slaves. And sexual abuse wasn't the only mistreatment a female slave could expect. Due to the sexual attention (abuse) they received, the slave masters wives would often be very cruel to these women. The painting depicts this very well showing the kiss as a proper kiss, yet unsolicited and unwanted. Slave masters and wives believed slaves to be less human; therefore they were treated as property. This is clearly depicted in the detail put into the face of the white men and lack of detail on the slaves. The white man beating the black man on the right side of the painting is less subtle. Clearly showing the mistreatment of male slaves. Male slaves primarily worked the fields. They were literally worked to death. Again another great depiction of how the white man treated the black man in the south. All in all slave owners abused their power and treated slaves as property. From beatings, raping and just an overall lack of humanity shown to them. They had to follow all of their master’s rules regardless of injustice or inequality by the legal threat of severe punishment or even death.

The young lady in this painting looks like she could have anything she desire far as monetary. Once I start looking deeper into her eyes and the expression on her face, she does not seem to be happy at all with her life. The young lady eyes give me sadness, and she seemed ashamed of the things that have occurred in her life. Analyzing the image, the young lady appears as she wants something more, but she is unable to accomplish the goal. While examining the young lady in the painting she desires love, acceptance and a luxurious lifestyle, but she is unable to achieve it permanently.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is located in Richmond, VA. My wife and I decided to take a trip there on August 29th, specifically for this assignment. There were many interesting exhibits there that caught my eye and we spent the better part of a day exploring it all. Although not directly related to what we have been studying, one of the exhibits that I found most interesting was Japanese Tattoo: Perseverance, Art, and Tradition. This exhibit’s was created by artists and photographer Kip Fulbeck. The reason behind choosing this exhibit is because I have mixed feelings about tattoos. While I personally would

The painting has a really good color contrast that makes certain things pop out at you first like Buddha and his red robes are the first thing that draws your eye when looking at the painting.The Buildings and people have really symetrical shapes to one another they are the same on one side as the are on the other side. The paintings paint has really held up well to the passing of colors because the painting still has not only color but vibrant colors. The Building have the standard chinese shape but in the picture they point out wards so as to try and give the illusion of 3d.

To start off I asked one of my best friends (Carlos) who is currently attending UTRGV and he said, “Isn’t this the painting of that guy who cut his ear off”, I said “yes, so what is your opinion about it”. Carlos replied that the painting was interesting because of the face the guy makes while he doesn’t have his ear is strange. Carlos also said, “the guy cut of his ear to show his love to a girl”, which I found a little funny. Next I asked my mom (Corina) what she thought about it (Corina does not know much about art), she said, “It looks nice, he has green eyes” then I replied on what is her opinion about the art work. Corina said, “it is weird because the guy is wearing winter gear in the house and that his face looks worried, maybe he came from somewhere or is going somewhere” (in Spanish). Then, after I asked her I decided to ask my cousin (Paola) because she is currently taking art in high school. Paola told me that she had already seen the painting before and told me the story behind it, so I asked her what she thought about. Paola said, “the painting has very precise lines and the eyes are at an angle, so he was probably looking at something at the time or meant for it to look like that”. Each person saw different details in observing the painting which shows how different perspectives can be seen by different

In his canvas painting, we see various naked women at a harem enjoying their bath time. The focal point is a group of six women towards the left side of the painting. Most of the women are wearing colorful, exotic turbans, and all of them are wearing exotic, luxurious jewelry. Some of the women are laying down on colorful, vintage designed mats. The women within this Oriental-styled interior are enjoying different types of activities such as talking to each other, relaxing, bathing and playing musical instruments.