Action painting

Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer is a painting that alluring me for multiple reasons. It’s a piece of art that is quite simple but the more you look at it the more you notice. Painting is exactly what the title describes it to be, which is a Woman Holding a Balance. As I analyzed the painting further I began to notice things about the woman this painting is centered around. I would notice things like what she is wearing, doing, and looking at. I began to then see things in the background

viewed as a genre of painting that contemplates life and time passing through an existential lens. Although this may be true, it seems that one may be myopically viewing still-life in a way that robs it of its nuances. This is even truer of still-life that contains a self-portrait of the artist – whether a traditional self-portrait or reflected on a mirror – as seen in many 17th century Dutch still-life. I argue that still-life with the artist’s portrait embedded into the painting is not solely a two-dimensional

Castiglione painted the scene in the large paintings for the Ziguangge. As mentioned in the previous section, changes were made to the original paintings while reducing them to smaller versions for the copperplates. However, there is evidence of changes made by the European artists while making the copperplates. Hence, in the plates done in France, a dominance of European elements is seen. By comparing the various available versions of the prints, in the form of paintings, drawings, proofs and prints, one

just over 30 paintings of his that are well known today ("Vermeer Gallery”). The Milkmaid was painted by Vermeer in 1657-58 (“The Milkmaid”). This time period was known as the Dutch Golden Age. During this time, women carrying out domestic roles was honorable. The woman in this painting is most likely a kitchen maid who is making a type of bread porridge with leftover bread and milk (milkmaids milk the cows, kitchen maids worked inside). The small wooden box on the floor in the painting is a foot heater

himself into his paintings to get his point across. Cole's 'The Course of Empire' series consists of five parts: The Savage State, The Pastoral State, The Consummation of Empire, Destruction, and Desolation. I will begin by detailing the two main themes in his paintings that recur throughout the series: the

Curious enough, this animal has never been apart of Australian fauna, which suggests that the artists were painting by memory of their voyage to Australia. This indicate that one of the many reasons the artwork was created was to tell the story of them, of their journey and of their past. Significance of the rock art The Bradshaw rock art is very significant

While both Vermeer and Van Eyck depicted and relished the material world in their paintings, Vermeer, unlike Van Eyck, communicated a moral meaning instead of overt religious symbolism. According to Kahr, Girl Asleep symbolizes “Sloth” and the express message is to “avoi[d] the traps of sensual pleasures.” Swillens, on the other hand, interprets this painting to represent “disillusioned and disappointed love;” the girl stopped working because “sorrow overmastered her.” Both of these interpretations

Pablo Picasso and Goya were both very famous artists and were part of the cubist movement. They both have a very different style of painting but they do have similarities in some of their paintings. For example, Picasso's Guernica and Goya's Third of May are similar in ways. The Guernica is probably Pablo Picasso's most famous work. It is a painting that expresses his most influential political statements. It is about his personal reaction to the Nazi's casual bombing practice on the Basque town

contemporaries, he also influenced those styles of the much later artists. His ability to combine detailed characteristics with mood and spiritual qualities made his understanding of human nature known. He showed these brilliant techniques in painting as well as drawing and etching. As he went through life, his work developed and grew, adding more colors to his palette and increasing the boldness of the brushwork. This artist’s artwork has influenced many, bringing appreciation to him and his

People. Both paintings are excellent in their own right, but many believe that the Mona Lisa is praised more because of its “status” and less because of the work itself. Delacroix’s painting contains more of the factors associated with “a great painting” but is not as well known, and therefore receives less recognition than the Mona Lisa. As I view both paintings, I seem to be drawn more to Liberty Leading the People than the Mona Lisa because of the overall quality of the painting, not the legend